[Q] Battery saving tips - Ascend Mate 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi all,
Although I am more than pleased with the Ascend Mate 7 (silver edition) battery life, I was used to try and save as much battery as I could on my Gnex.
Do any of you use any apps or settings on the Mate to stop it's battery from dropping when the screen is off? I've got Greenify installed as well as Amplify, but although apps are hibernating I still get that popup that app X is using battery in the background. I've also got the usual strange wake locks keeping my device from falling asleep (*backup*, framework services...) , but I'm trying not to get too bothered by them because I know nothing about those sort of things to start messing around.
What do you do to keep the battery life to a maximum?

dekraan said:
Hi all,
Although I am more than pleased with the Ascend Mate 7 (silver edition) battery life, I was used to try and save as much battery as I could on my Gnex.
Do any of you use any apps or settings on the Mate to stop it's battery from dropping when the screen is off? I've got Greenify installed as well as Amplify, but although apps are hibernating I still get that popup that app X is using battery in the background. I've also got the usual strange wake locks keeping my device from falling asleep (*backup*, framework services...) , but I'm trying not to get too bothered by them because I know nothing about those sort of things to start messing around.
What do you do to keep the battery life to a maximum?
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Battery life is fine for me, I like to have speed so no power saving for me, brightness high (auto), everything allowed data etc.
I just dont worry about battery life, a day of heavy use and I still have a bit left so all is well.

dekraan said:
Hi all,
Although I am more than pleased with the Ascend Mate 7 (silver edition) battery life, I was used to try and save as much battery as I could on my Gnex.
Do any of you use any apps or settings on the Mate to stop it's battery from dropping when the screen is off? I've got Greenify installed as well as Amplify, but although apps are hibernating I still get that popup that app X is using battery in the background. I've also got the usual strange wake locks keeping my device from falling asleep (*backup*, framework services...) , but I'm trying not to get too bothered by them because I know nothing about those sort of things to start messing around.
What do you do to keep the battery life to a maximum?
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It is the modem that is the biggest battery drainer in this device. best battery tips is use wifi if possible...
This will give you a few more extra battery life.. up to 9 hours screen on time.

blackinfinity said:
It is the modem that is the biggest battery drainer in this device. best battery tips is use wifi if possible...
This will give you a few more extra battery life.. up to 9 hours screen on time.
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Hmmmm. So you say: kill mobile data when you are on wifi?
Do you know of an app that does this automatically, switching between wifi when there is a trusted network and using data when there is not?

dekraan said:
Hmmmm. So you say: kill mobile data when you are on wifi?
Do you know of an app that does this automatically, switching between wifi when there is a trusted network and using data when there is not?
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This is my observation, people who use minimal amount of 3G or 4G data and wifi instead is those who get 9 hours Screen on time.
People who use no wifi and only 3G/4G and maybe 200-400 MB per day are those who get 4.5 hours of screen on time.
This is nothing unique for this device however this modem is for sure not the most power efficient modem out there..
This is also the reason why people get astronomical differences in battery time.

Do you guys use titanium backup? What apps do you freeze?

I've got it installed but lack the knowledge to use it safely. I am interested to know as well, also which system/stock apps to uninstall safely

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I've got it installed but lack the knowledge to use it safely. I am interested to know as well, also which system/stock apps to uninstall safely
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Right now, i only froze some google apps. Like news, games, books and such. The print app also I know i wont print stuff off my phone.
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Had my mate 7 delivered yesterday. After using it till 2% battery I then charged it up for about 4 hours till fully charged. I took it of charge and went to bed. This morning it says 76% how can it use that much power in standby? It did have a notification about Google play services waking up many times. Any fix? Surely this isn't correct for a phone to do.
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Also it looks like email has used most power by 40%! How's that possible lol it's been asleep. What do I do guys lol
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Hi @vimto25 I don't really know how to shut down the google play services wake ups. I've tried to use System Tuner to limit the wake locks like in this and this thread, but ultimately I found it made things worse on my Mate 7. Have you installed Better Battery Stats to see what is really keeping your phone awake? Then just search around this forum for a solution or post your wake locks in the better battery stats thread!
Could it bee (this is a laymans opinion) that since this was your first time, your email was busy syncing all your mail?
Hopefully someone else really knows how to help you out! At night I always use the ultrabattery powersave option and never lose more than 10%. And if I do, I usually have a strange wake lock myself, like google play services, *backup* or framework.

dekraan said:
Hi @vimto25 I don't really know how to shut down the google play services wake ups. I've tried to use System Tuner to limit the wake locks like in this and this thread, but ultimately I found it made things worse on my Mate 7. Have you installed Better Battery Stats to see what is really keeping your phone awake? Then just search around this forum for a solution or post your wake locks in the better battery stats thread!
Could it bee (this is a laymans opinion) that since this was your first time, your email was busy syncing all your mail?
Hopefully someone else really knows how to help you out! At night I always use the ultrabattery powersave option and never lose more than 10%. And if I do, I usually have a strange wake lock myself, like google play services, *backup* or framework.
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I only have 25 emails synced which they synced when I set the phone up earlier that day.
I have looked how frequent it.synced and it said every 15mins which sounds very frequent but all my devices I've had emails syncing around 10 mins.
But I'm guessing it's email that's my problem hence why it said 40% with over 1 hour cpu time. Hmmm I've changed the sync time but I can't see that helping much.
I think I'll do what you have done by enabling power saving mode at night. I currently use normal all the time.
I LOVE this phone just need this small problem sorting.
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vimto25 said:
I only have 25 emails synced which they synced when I set the phone up earlier that day.
I have looked how frequent it.synced and it said every 15mins which sounds very frequent but all my devices I've had emails syncing around 10 mins.
But I'm guessing it's email that's my problem hence why it said 40% with over 1 hour cpu time. Hmmm I've changed the sync time but I can't see that helping much.
I think I'll do what you have done by enabling power saving mode at night. I currently use normal all the time.
I LOVE this phone just need this small problem sorting.
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It would be nice if someone can list some information on how he has set up his phone for battery performance.
Anyway i always use ''smart mode'' of the battery,
i have 5 email accounts in push , always pushing , but my battery on 8 hours a day of screen on and messenger chatting, on mobile data or wifi always on its battery lasts like 1day and 3/4 on !
you can enter the phone manager app and disable the user apps from booting up. just live the ones you need, like whatsap, messenger, google service, gmail, super user or smth else.
Hope it helps !
cheeers !

The-Vega said:
It would be nice if someone can list some information on how he has set up his phone for battery performance.
Anyway i always use ''smart mode'' of the battery,
i have 5 email accounts in push , always pushing , but my battery on 8 hours a day of screen on and messenger chatting, on mobile data or wifi always on its battery lasts like 1day and 3/4 on !
you can enter the phone manager app and disable the user apps from booting up. just live the ones you need, like whatsap, messenger, google service, gmail, super user or smth else.
Hope it helps !
cheeers !
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I'm going to see how it is again tonight. I may restart the phone before bed and see what happens. So far battery isn't very good for me but I can see it has potential so it's how the device is set up the end of the day. Just didn't expect my battery to drain that much and esp using email on standby.
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Do not set it manual, just set your E mail in push mode. Not by interval.
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The-Vega said:
Do not set it manual, just set your E mail in push mode. Not by interval.
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How do you do push mode? All I see is interval
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After every charge. I lose 10% from a full charge in roughly 2 hours. But I still to manage to to get my phone over a day of use and 6hrs of screen time. WiFi is always on for me.

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It's the best battery saver I have tried.

Hi all,
Just want to share a battery saver app which works really well on my charge. I used to have 10-12 hrs normal usage, now I have 20hrs with left over at the end of the day. The only feature that you have to look out for is "enable cpu saving", it may work for you, but for me this put my phone in so deep sleep that it never wake up. But of course just pull battery, reboot then disabled the feature. it made by a big Chinese internet security company and "melvinchng" is nice enough to translate it to English for us. All credits go to him. Hope you all like it. Cheers!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1685816
Better than Antutu?
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cnoevl21 said:
Better than Antutu?
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For me it is, but the best bet is try it for yourself and let us know your opinion. You have nothing to lose.
Here is screen shots of mine. I will post a few more later.
If u want to save battery just turn off 4g under wireless and networks. My 3g only will last 1.5 days of moderate to lighter use.
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buhohitr said:
Here is screen shots of mine. I will post a few more later.
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I may be missing something, but it looks like all it is doing is blocking mobile data periodically, right? mobile data is the biggest drainer on battery performance (in my experience). however, I don't want to have it off, even for a minute - as if I misplace my phone, I'll need mobile data to be on in order to find my phone via the Lookout app...
jco23 said:
I may be missing something, but it looks like all it is doing is blocking mobile data periodically, right? mobile data is the biggest drainer on battery performance (in my experience). however, I don't want to have it off, even for a minute - as if I misplace my phone, I'll need mobile data to be on in order to find my phone via the Lookout app...
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It doesn't unless you instruct it to do so. If you toggle wifi/4g on only when needed then you should save even more. Did you see Vulkano? that video streaming over 4g. If I have wifi/4g on all the time, with my normal usage, I can have the phone unplugged at 8am to 10pm and still have about 30% left. Of course my normal usage maybe different from yours. If I have your phone in standby (screen off), I got 10hrs and the phone is at 91%.(about 1% per hrs). I suggest to find out if this app really help or not, just try it out, you have nothing to loose.
buhohitr said:
It doesn't unless you instruct it to do so. If you toggle wifi/4g on only when needed then you should save even more. Did you see Vulkano? that video streaming over 4g. If I have wifi/4g on all the time, with my normal usage, I can have the phone unplugged at 8am to 10pm and still have about 30% left. Of course my normal usage maybe different from yours. If I have your phone in standby (screen off), I got 10hrs and the phone is at 91%.(about 1% per hrs). I suggest to find out if this app really help or not, just try it out, you have nothing to loose.
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thanks, I will.
I know that in standby mode with wifi on and 4G off, my battery drains about 1% per hour. with 4G on (no wifi connection), ~5% per hour.
once factoring in some moderate usage, that drops down quite significantly.
OK, as promissed, here are pictures after 11hrs. Noticed my screen time is more than 50%.
Looks good. But will need to see a comparison to without the app.
But I did download and install it. Will see how we do tomorrow.
tappin' that....
jco23 said:
Looks good. But will need to see a comparison to without the app.
But I did download and install it. Will see how we do tomorrow.
tappin' that....
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Haha, seems like to need a lot of lucks!
buhohitr said:
OK, as promissed, here are pictures after 11hrs. Noticed my screen time is more than 50%.
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Actually, you didn't include your screen on time at all. Your screen's percentage of battery use was over 50%, though. Including your actual screen on time would help when comparing battery usage.
well, this app was a major fail for me. after 4 hours, down to 61%. it blocks what I need (google syncs such as mail, calendar, photos, drive, music, etc). so if someone sends me an appointment, I will not receive it.
I don't have any problem with Juice defender. But I guess it isn't for everyone. I just use it so I don't have to worry about manually switching back and forth between 4g and wifi as I go around throughout the day.
I turned off 4g recently to try to improve my horrible battery life (just got 4g in my area too ). It wasn't a huge difference but what really changed it for me was to stop overclocking. I really don't see much lag anyways and it didn't help with the apps I wanted so fixes fine for me.
Tazer2death said:
I don't have any problem with Juice defender. But I guess it isn't for everyone. I just use it so I don't have to worry about manually switching back and forth between 4g and wifi as I go around throughout the day.
I turned off 4g recently to try to improve my horrible battery life (just got 4g in my area too ). It wasn't a huge difference but what really changed it for me was to stop overclocking. I really don't see much lag anyways and it didn't help with the apps I wanted so fixes fine for me.
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regarding Wifi, I have found that editing the build.prop file to adjust the wifi interval scan helps dramatically. I changed my 1800 (once every 30 minutes). now I leave wifi and 4G on all the time with no significant battery drainage.
but I have found that these so-called battery saving apps just simply cut off mobile data or "auto-sync".
This app was a huge fail for me. Back to the antutu battery saver i go.
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cnoevl21 said:
This app was a huge fail for me. Back to the antutu battery saver i go.
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antutu was a fail for me too. so was "easy battery saver"
trying out juice defender again. I think I'm okay with mobile data turning on/off periodically. JD seems to do this nicely. I also like how JD turns on mobile data when the screen is unlocked.
however, I'm thinking that this could be done via a build.prop edit of some kind. essentially, what I would like to do is:
if WiFi is disconnected and screen is off/locked, turn on mobile data for 1 minute every 30 minutes, if WiFi is connected, turn off mobile data and keep wifi connection.

(TIP) Saving Battery Life on Galaxy Note 3

Didn't see it posted so I though I be the first, If it was sorry.
How to Increase Battery Life on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 or Simply how to make it last longer though out the day. Have another Tip? Leave a comment and let me know, Ill add them.
My Top 10 Tips for saving Battery Life.
1- Enable power saver
2- Disable unnecessary features & gestures
3- Turn off WiFi & Bluetooth when not needed
4- Delete unused widgets
5- Close applications that you are not using
6- Toggle From 4G to 2G
7- Disabling Background Data:
8- Changing Application Sync Settings:
9- Set Brightness to ” Auto ” and lower Timeout Duration:
10- Avoid Live wallpapers, instead set Dark wallpapers.
Thanks for the tips. But if I follow that, what's the point to use such an advanced smartphone?
Kisses99 said:
Thanks for the tips. But if I follow that, what's the point to use such an advanced smartphone?
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Samsung crams SO many features into their phone I doubt you or really anyone uses all of them regularly (it's not like you can't turn anything you want back on). Also some of these are just temporary when you really need to conserve power; like Power Saver, which really degrades the performance of the processor and GCU or switching to 2g data.
Tip No. 11 Turn your Phone Off...
Thanks a lot.. But if turn off the device saves a lot of battery jeje.
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- Turn off mobile data when you're not using it. This can save you about 3 days of battery live. In one go.
- Turn off Auto Sync. Did you seriously think something that connects to the internet all the time did not drain your battery?
- Don't use Auto modes. Yes, this includes brightness. IT'S A SENSOR, GENIUS. Sensors require power. Just turn down the brightness yourself. (30% is more than sufficient in ordinarily lit rooms.)
Kisses99 said:
Thanks for the tips. But if I follow that, what's the point to use such an advanced smartphone?
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Well have you every been stuck without a way of charging? There's times I know I wont be able to charge my phone and it might die so i do these things in order to improve and prolong my battery life.
Take a brick charger with you :laugh::laugh:
Unless you mean to do this when you're running low once in a blue moon, then ok.
Otherwise what's the point of the phone?
I do the literal opposite of your list.
Full brightness (unless I'm in a dark room)
4g
Syncing 4 gmail accounts
Syncing Microsoft exchange calendar
Power saving mode off
Facebook connected
I do have a fully charged original note 3 spare battery on me at all times though.
But I rarely need to use it before 7 pm (12 hours after taking it off the charger in the morning).
blackout720 said:
Well have you every been stuck without a way of charging? There's times I know I wont be able to charge my phone and it might die so i do these things in order to improve and prolong my battery life.
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Yes, I do have. My solution is tha I will carry 3 oem batteries...plus a 10000 mah battery power bank.
I only got the spare battery yesterday.
I was still running on full mode before the spare battery. I made sure my phone was always charging (while at office, car or home).
blackout720 said:
Well have you every been stuck without a way of charging? There's times I know I wont be able to charge my phone and it might die so i do these things in order to improve and prolong my battery life.
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Indeed... I do 7 hours a day by train, in which I have a 70% chance that I might have to spend half of that checking the travel advisor for an alternative route. I know what it is like all too well....
To me battery life is more valuable than knowing my neighbour managed to write a Q on her visit to the bathroom.
Is there any way to turn off data when the screen is turned off in the settings? Similar to the htc ones power saving option
NoFanboy said:
Is there any way to turn off data when the screen is turned off in the settings? Similar to the htc ones power saving option
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I think juice defender does that.
The thing I like about the Note 3 is that battery life is not an issue anymore, provided that I can charge it overnight.
Today, I've been on battery for 17 hrs straight, including phone calls, 90 minutes of navigation, Internet use etc. And there's still 28% battery left.
My point is: if the battery life is much less, there's something wrong, and you should investigate that before turning to measures like in the first post. Use an app like Wake Lock Detector or Better Battery Stats to check what is draining your battery.
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I don't actually have a Note 3. Still on Note II but I check in here for feedback.
I would suggest people to purchase the Android Tuner app. It ain't cheap unless u buy it in a sale, but it crams many utilities into one program meaning you don't have to run several different apps. These include battery information/tweaks, overclock/undervolt, ram management, screen off tweaks like disable data or wifi when there's no network activity such as streaming music, backup options like titanium pro, etc etc and much much more of varying complexity depending on how far you want to delve into it.
All in all, a wonderful app and worth every penny.
crislevin said:
I think juice defender does that.
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Yeah. But I was hoping it would be built into the settings
Yeah the features are there for us to use. And betteries to drain
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could someone clarify this for me?
when you turn off
"Auto Sync"
or enable
"Restrict Background Data"
what does it do exactly?
does it mean I would no longer get notifications for WhatsApp, Twitter, Gmail?

Battery losing 1% each minute.

Hello i just bought a Nexus 5 red 16GB and i saw that the battery was losing 1% every 1 or 2 minutes , even if i'm just doing normal things like SMS/Internet ( and not using camera and YouTube ).
I use the low-consumption location setting and i disabled nearly all the Google apps/Twitter/etc.. notifications.
Is it normal?
Thank you !
Btw : i'm on low brightness and there is 70% battery remaining , with 50minutes on-screen use.
Meyer2436 said:
Hello i just bought a Nexus 5 red 16GB and i saw that the battery was losing 1% every 1 or 2 minutes , even if i'm just doing normal things like SMS/Internet ( and not using camera and YouTube ).
I use the low-consumption location setting and i disabled nearly all the Google apps/Twitter/etc.. notifications.
Is it normal?
Thank you !
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Yes. It's a fact of life that using your phone will drain battery... especially if using services that rely on data connection like SMS and internet.
Now if you were loosing 1% per minute in standby with the screen off, then I'd be concerned.
If you're still worried then try these apps...
Battery Monitor
Wakelock Detector
BetterBatteryStats
Greenify
CitizenLee said:
Yes. It's a fact of life that using your phone will drain battery... especially if using services that rely on data connection like SMS and internet.
Now if you were loosing 1% per minute in standby with the screen off, then I'd be concerned.
If you're still worried then try these apps...
Battery Monitor
Wakelock Detector
BetterBatteryStats
Greenify
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Ok but , i see many guys with stock rom that have 4-5 on screen battery life , however for me it would be 3h max...
It is possible to get 5 hours of screen on but with data and wifi turned off and doing light things... It might help to restrict background data for all the apps you don't want to run in the background and also greenify them(it hibernates them). With 3g on battery consumption increases dramatically at least in my case
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i installed Greenify and i only see one app that i greenified, btw could you explain me what you mean :
"With 3g on battery consumption increases dramatically at least in my case" ?
On my N5 there is really huge difference between battery consumption on wifi and on 3g... Wifi can give me around 3-4 hours of screen on and 3g gives me only around 2-3... Thats why I have background data restricted for majority of apps and for default data type I have sellected 2g
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MaCroX95 said:
On my N5 there is really huge difference between battery consumption on wifi and on 3g... Wifi can give me around 3-4 hours of screen on and 3g gives me only around 2-3... Thats why I have background data restricted for majority of apps and for default data type I have sellected 2g
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Ok but with what i do , and even just reading in Books this would mean that i have only 1h30 of battery since i've been 1h15min on-screen and i'm at 61% now... i disabled wifi and data.
MaCroX95 said:
It is possible to get 5 hours of screen on but with data and wifi turned off and doing light things... It might help to restrict background data for all the apps you don't want to run in the background and also greenify them(it hibernates them). With 3g on battery consumption increases dramatically at least in my case
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You can get 5+ hours sot with everything on, Wi-Fi, data, bt, location, auto screen brightness. I do. But it's how you setup and use your phone. I don't do games or social media. Nor do I use any battery saving apps, like greenify. Here's one with location off
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You can get 5+ hours sot with everything on, Wi-Fi, data, bt, location, auto screen brightness. I do. But it's how you setup and use your phone. I don't do games or social media. Nor do I use any battery saving apps, like greenify. Here's one with location off
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I agree ) though I use a lot of social networks and majority of my screeon on time is spent on facebook messenger and facebook so I think that 4 hours of screen on under those circumstances is pretty ok I don't play games either
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jd1639 said:
You can get 5+ hours sot with everything on, Wi-Fi, data, bt, location, auto screen brightness. I do. But it's how you setup and use your phone. I don't do games or social media. Nor do I use any battery saving apps, like greenify. Here's one with location off
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I don't do social app either , i used chrome 12minutes , YT 3min , and that's pretty much it.
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Meyer2436 said:
I don't do social app either , i used chrome 12minutes , YT 3min , and that's pretty much it.
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Get gsam or betterbatterystats to see where your wake locks are. Without that information people are just guessing where your issues are
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Get gsam or betterbatterystats to see where your wake locks are. Without that information people are just guessing where your issues are
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ok thank you guys, just a last question , is this normal that my usb charger ( stock ) is making noise?
My charger is making light noise as well, but only when the phone is unplugged from it or when the battery is fully charged.
porman said:
My charger is making light noise as well, but only when the phone is unplugged from it or when the battery is fully charged.
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That's normal, mine does too. A high frequency hum
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MaCroX95 said:
It is possible to get 5 hours of screen on but with data and wifi turned off and doing light things... It might help to restrict background data for all the apps you don't want to run in the background and also greenify them(it hibernates them). With 3g on battery consumption increases dramatically at least in my case
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i get 5+ screen on hours with everything on except gps and wifi(i use LTE 100% of the time).
battery life has everything to do with how you use your device personally, how you personally set it up, which apps you use, and very importantly the quality of your phone and data connection.
simms22 said:
battery life has everything to do with how you use your device personally, how you personally set it up, which apps you use, and very importantly the quality of your phone and data connection.
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This should be written on a piece of paper and included with the sale of every smartphone
Ok guys , today i finally had 3h50 of on-screen and a total of 10hours ( i wanted to test the battery so i think if i use it normally i'll have 3-4hours of on-screen and 15+ hours in total. )
Thank you guys.
By the way , i found that my wifi and 3G/4G connection was cut-off several times ( actually it seems to be connected but when i want to use internet it's not working and i need to reset the concerned connection ) , maybe this explains that problem.
Your time is normal for your setup and usage. You have location on. And probably multiple apps accessing it. Facebook is constantly loading posts and pics, that takes some juice. Etc...etc.
3 hoursish of SoT is normal in that scenario.
I get 24 hours plus and 6 plus hours of SoT consistently. But I have location off, no social apps other than Tapatalk, rarely use the "phone"...I text....and don't game. I greenify some apps that I know drain battery. I use display brightness from play store for a manual brightness slider to keep screen as dim as I can take. Gnow off. Well, you get the idea. Lol
Is it a dumbphone now? Well, 1 or 2 toggles and its plenty smart. And I rarely see battery life much higher than mine. So it suits my needs. If I worked an office job and could charge anytime, I'd have everything on too.
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Meyer2436 said:
Ok guys , today i finally had 3h50 of on-screen and a total of 10hours ( i wanted to test the battery so i think if i use it normally i'll have 3-4hours of on-screen and 15+ hours in total. )
Thank you guys.
By the way , i found that my wifi and 3G/4G connection was cut-off several times ( actually it seems to be connected but when i want to use internet it's not working and i need to reset the concerned connection ) , maybe this explains that problem.
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Yup. Weak signal while on data is a huge killer!!!
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Your time is normal for your setup and usage. You have location on. And probably multiple apps accessing it. Facebook is constantly loading posts and pics, that takes some juice. Etc...etc.
3 hoursish of SoT is normal in that scenario.
I get 24 hours plus and 6 plus hours of SoT consistently. But I have location off, no social apps other than Tapatalk, rarely use the "phone"...I text....and don't game. I greenify some apps that I know drain battery. I use display brightness from play store for a manual brightness slider to keep screen as dim as I can take. Gnow off. Well, you get the idea. Lol
Is it a dumbphone now? Well, 1 or 2 toggles and its plenty smart. And I rarely see battery life much higher than mine. So it suits my needs. If I worked an office job and could charge anytime, I'd have everything on too.
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I thought it seemed normal for his set-up too.
You're drain and screen on time are impressive!
These are my standard settings, which I've used on most of my phones to squeeze the best out of the battery without sacrificing too many of the features:
Brightness 40%
All vibration off
All location services off
Google Now off
WiFi always on
3G(H+) selected instead of 4G (unavailable in my city)
x3 Gmail accounts with Push notifications on
Weather update every 4hrs
Facebook update every 4hrs but for messages only
Greenify most apps apart from essential stuff like SMS, Gmail, Hangouts, Play etc
Restrict background data for non-essential apps
I'm currently using Purity with default kernel settings and with normal usage I get around 2-3 days / 3-4hrs SoT. That's checking FB & BBC News a few times a day, a bit of Chrome, sending and receiving a few texts, maybe a few rounds of Solitaire. Even If I'm playing more demanding games or using Chrome for longer periods I'm still getting around 24hrs. I live in the city so get strong reception, and connect to WiFi at home and work so barely even use mobile data unless I'm out and about. However, when I'm out in the countryside or in an area where signal is poor I notice my battery takes a big hit.
So, the holy trinity of set-up, usage and signal quality... everyone's is different
CitizenLee said:
I thought it seemed normal for his set-up too.
You're drain and screen on time are impressive!
These are my standard settings, which I've used on most of my phones to squeeze the best out of the battery without sacrificing too many of the features:
Brightness 40%
All vibration off
All location services off
Google Now off
WiFi always on
3G(H+) selected instead of 4G (unavailable in my city)
x3 Gmail accounts with Push notifications on
Weather update every 4hrs
Facebook update every 4hrs but for messages only
Greenify most apps apart from essential stuff like SMS, Gmail, Hangouts, Play etc
Restrict background data for non-essential apps
I'm currently using Purity with default kernel settings and with normal usage I get around 2-3 days / 3-4hrs SoT. That's checking FB & BBC News a few times a day, a bit of Chrome, sending and receiving a few texts, maybe a few rounds of Solitaire. Even If I'm playing more demanding games or using Chrome for longer periods I'm still getting around 24hrs. I live in the city so get strong reception, and connect to WiFi at home and work so barely even use mobile data unless I'm out and about. However, when I'm out in the countryside or in an area where signal is poor I notice my battery takes a big hit.
So, the holy trinity of set-up, usage and signal quality... everyone's is different
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2 or 3 days!? Amazing! Good job.
I usually use 6 hours a day....so 24 to 28 hours is my norm.
If I could use it less, hopefully I'd be around your time. Hopefully. Lol
Overnight drain is usually 0.3 to 0.5 per hour.

Looks like I'll have to bring my charger to work..

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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Katt50 said:
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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BratPAQ said:
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
subyfan said:
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.
alldino said:
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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vermiciouskanid666 said:
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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lildoggs said:
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!

Very limited SOT with OP6 128gb

Hi,
I am running OOS 5.1.11 with xxxNoLimits and radioactive kernel all freshly installed from scratch (my phone was wiped and oem locked then unlocked again). I still only manage to get 2hrs of SOT which is absolutely awful. Please help me
Attached is the battery usage graph.
Kind regard and thanks for any help.
echo246 said:
Hi,
I am running OOS 5.1.11 with xxxNoLimits and radioactive kernel all freshly installed from scratch (my phone was wiped and oem locked then unlocked again). I still only manage to get 2hrs of SOT which is absolutely awful. Please help me
Attached is the battery usage graph.
Kind regard and thanks for any help.
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Using Snapchat with 4G, is location, nfc and bluetooth also turned on?
That would explain the bad battery.
Snapchat is a battery hog, maybe also using some facebook services that you allowed location on and GPS is turned on.
I get around 6h SOT on 4G constant, no facebook permissions and not using snapchat.
Hi,
Thank you for the fast response. I have location turned on because of snapmaps so I will turn that off and limit some of Snapchat's permissions. Is there anything else that someone can suggest please it is crucial for me that my phone lasts all day because eventhough I dedicate quite a lot to Snapchat I also need it for word and Samsung internet for at least 2h each day.
Thank you again
Reduce your time on Snapchat and it'll last longer.
I know Snapchat drains my battery but it's the standby that is killing me and I already have optimised the apps and have Greenify but it seems so far that turning off location has helped quite a bit with general SOT so thank you. Also with Snapchat I only used it for 45mins and I know that it drain a lot but it just goes down too fast in general.
echo246 said:
I know Snapchat drains my battery but it's the standby that is killing me and I already have optimised the apps and have Greenify but it seems so far that turning off location has helped quite a bit with general SOT so thank you. Also with Snapchat I only used it for 45mins and I know that it drain a lot but it just goes down too fast in general.
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You don't generally need Greenify in Oreo and Pie, since they optimise apps pretty nicely on it's own.
Rather turn on advanced optimizations, look at the permission you gave to different apps (those also include the Gapps, they take too much advantage of all the permissions you give to the each app).
Also do check if you have Wifi scanning always on in the advanced wifi settings, that also lessens a battery by a margin.
Face unlock also reduces the SOT of the phone in my practice.
Some of the advices I saw on the forum, and mainly they work for me.
Also, if Gapps are spending loads of battery go to the recovery and wipe cache, let it rebuild cache with a charge or two and see if there are any results.
Thank you, I have cleared the cache and am letting it rebuild. The SoT now actually seems pretty normal just my phone tends to use 2-3% and hour on standby which doesn't seem normal. Thank you for your help though.
@echo246 Bro,
Move to stock. I am also using 128Gb variant and unlocked, wiped and moved back to stock using mega-unbrick tool. I am on OB3 pie and now I am getting 5 hr SOT + 2 days standby time in pure stock. use the stock battery optimizing features. Don't use any 3rd party app since it need to run in the back ground always to get the result. But then the result will be reverse. Also, don't be too curious and open the phone every 1 minute to check weather the battery is draining or not. Let it sleep. Be patient for one or two full battery circle (100% to 1%) get the result. You will get it. I am also in dual SIM always on 4G, location is in "ON" status. No 3rd party apps using for battery saving. Pure stock is always best and most suitable for every phone. as it made exclusively for that phone
I opened "apps" under settings and went through each and every app + system processes after the end of the first battery circle and which ever process or app used more battery, restricted it's back ground battery usage also all the installed apps too. So now no head ache. getting whats app notification even after optimised it. Not using chrome. using samsung beta browser.
Hi,
Thanks this is great thanks. I need Google pay though I tried what the other suggested and 36mins SoT with 3 hours on standby with a normal brightness without power saving mode on is unheard of for me. Thank you so far but is there anyway to make Snapchat more efficient?
echo246 said:
Hi,
Thanks this is great thanks. I need Google pay though I tried what the other suggested and 36mins SoT with 3 hours on standby with a normal brightness without power saving mode on is unheard of for me. Thank you so far but is there anyway to make Snapchat more efficient?
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I don't know whether you have replied to me or not. Anyway I assume so and replying.
Sorry I am not a snapchat user. I knew that always Facebook and whatsapp consuming more battery since it is running on background. But if you do anything, you won't get proper notifications. Only way for restricting background service is rooting. So forget all those, let the phone run as it is. OP6 is having a learning system how we use apps and accordingly it will distribute the battery. So let it learn from your usage and it will restrict itself.
(Bro, I was also a SOT + standby hunter like you, but now learned to leave everything to phone itself by controlling unwanted eagerness)
Yeah thanks by limiting the WiFi settings on not to scan and turning off location I have amazing standby now and my SoT without even having power saving on is a lot better now. Most of my problems come from Snapchat anyway but they are rewriting the very old and slow app ATM. Thank you
I have analyzed it and it turns out it is just Snapchat while using it 30 mins of using it and I'm down to 77% and I have used nothing else. Hope that snap Inc get the fix in faster coz they started the rewrite of the android code a year ago so hopefully it is done soon.
Some days I get 15hrs SOT without charging for 3 days. It all depends on how heavily your using the device
I also guess it depends on what apps you use because yesterday I had to do lots of research on my phone (I am a student which is why I need good phone battery and also why I use snapchat so much) and without power saving mode on I used 7% battery an hour (on Samsung Internet). My standby is now amazing because greenify just force closes snapchat now whenever my phone is off and when using snapchat away from home I turn location off (snapmaps) and used every optimisation for it possible. This has fixed that problem really well thank you. Yesterday I used snapchat and Samsung Internet and Excel and YouTube quite a lot and I got 5hrs SoT with only using power saving below 50% and with 14hrs standby. This therefore concludes that snapchat is a killer for every single android phone in existence (verified this on my old S6, my friends S6 edge, a S7 edge, a OP 5 and a Huawei P20 Pro). Thank you for all your help and if someone finds a new way to further improve this, then please also share your trick
dgunn said:
Some days I get 15hrs SOT without charging for 3 days. It all depends on how heavily your using the device
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15 HR SOT with 3 days standby?????????
Any changes?
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15 HR SOT with 3 days standby?????????
Any changes?
Can you tell us how? So that we can also enable so....
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I don't have anything special enabled. I just turn data off when I'm not using it, I turn location off when it's not needed. This also includes me playing Clash Royale for at least 3 hours a day sometimes more. When you're using SnapChat and your data you're also using your camera and location. GPS is one of the most battery hogging pieces of hardware on your phone. Right now I'm pushing 6 hours of SOT and I haven't charged my phone in over 24 hours and it's looking like I have 13 more hours left on my battery.

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