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I've been experiencing battery issues lately and I struggle to find a solution for it. When I first bought my Xperia Z3, battery was wonderful and was lasting over 2 days with moderate usage. Now, I am forced to charge it every night and it often dies even before the end of the day.
Every night, I charge my phone to full before going to bed and notice in the morning that 30% of the battery get drained overnight.
Since then, I have tried many things but it didn't solve my issues:
- Did a factory reset
- Disabled every widgets
- Kept apps to a minimum
But my battery is still draining overnight (and in general).
I installed GSam battery monitor and it seems that no specific app is draining the battery.
Here a more pictures for details: img ur.com/a/eqsuq#0 (copypaste as imgur, can't post link yet as I'm a new user )
What could be the source of my issues?
I'll be so happy if you could provide me with a solution. Thanks!
onxrth said:
I've been experiencing battery issues lately and I struggle to find a solution for it. When I first bought my Xperia Z3, battery was wonderful and was lasting over 2 days with moderate usage. Now, I am forced to charge it every night and it often dies even before the end of the day.
Every night, I charge my phone to full before going to bed and notice in the morning that 30% of the battery get drained overnight.
Since then, I have tried many things but it didn't solve my issues:
- Did a factory reset
- Disabled every widgets
- Kept apps to a minimum
But my battery is still draining overnight (and in general).
I installed GSam battery monitor and it seems that no specific app is draining the battery.
Here a more pictures for details: img ur.com/a/eqsuq#0 (copypaste as imgur, can't post link yet as I'm a new user )
What could be the source of my issues?
I'll be so happy if you could provide me with a solution. Thanks!
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what firmware are you using?
I had the same problem after flashing a pre-rooted stock 5.1.1. The only solution I could find was to do a full wipe and flash a pre-rooted 5.0.2 now things are back to normal for me.
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what firmware are you using?
I had the same problem after flashing a pre-rooted stock 5.1.1. The only solution I could find was to do a full wipe and flash a pre-rooted 5.0.2 now things are back to normal for me.
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I'm running stock 5.1.1, unrooted. Never flashed anything before.
So if I understand correctly, you flashed a 5.0.2 and then let it update itself to 5.1.1?
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I'm running stock 5.1.1, unrooted. Never flashed anything before.
So if I understand correctly, you flashed a 5.0.2 and then let it update itself to 5.1.1?
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no I flashed a stock 5.0.2 and have stayed on that. Disabled software update so I don't get OTA updates. Everything back to normal on 5.0.2. Won't update until a stable Marshmellow comes out. For me heat and overnight battery drainage problems made 5.1.1 a nightmare. 5.0.2 is rock solid.
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no I flashed a stock 5.0.2 and have stayed on that. Disabled software update so I don't get OTA updates. Everything back to normal on 5.0.2. Won't update until a stable Marshmellow comes out. For me heat and overnight battery drainage problems made 5.1.1 a nightmare. 5.0.2 is rock solid.
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I see. Damn that really would be a last resort for me, seems like a lot of work just to resolve the battery issues. I hope someone can come up with a fix because surely the Z3 is working perfectly under 5.1.1 for most other users.
I have seen the battery drain pictures and i see there is a solid blue line awith the Wifi awake option. I have experienced it before.
What you need to do is perform these steps and then report back.
1. Go to Wifi settings>Advanced>Disable "Scanning always Available".
2. If you don't want to recieve notifications when screen is off then also set the "Keep wifi on during sleep" to ALWAYS
3. Enable Stamina mode and use EXTENDED STANDBY
Check if the solid blue line cuts in between when screen is on and off.
iamdani46 said:
I have seen the battery drain pictures and i see there is a solid blue line awith the Wifi awake option. I have experienced it before.
What you need to do is perform these steps and then report back.
1. Go to Wifi settings>Advanced>Disable "Scanning always Available".
2. If you don't want to recieve notifications when screen is off then also set the "Keep wifi on during sleep" to ALWAYS
3. Enable Stamina mode and use EXTENDED STANDBY
Check if the solid blue line cuts in between when screen is on and off.
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I will try that and give the results tomorrow
iamdani46 said:
I have seen the battery drain pictures and i see there is a solid blue line awith the Wifi awake option. I have experienced it before.
What you need to do is perform these steps and then report back.
1. Go to Wifi settings>Advanced>Disable "Scanning always Available".
2. If you don't want to recieve notifications when screen is off then also set the "Keep wifi on during sleep" to ALWAYS
3. Enable Stamina mode and use EXTENDED STANDBY
Check if the solid blue line cuts in between when screen is on and off.
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Update on the situation:
You were totally right. My phone lost less than 2% overnight after following your steps. Moreover, the battery has been great so far with moderate use, standing at 60% remaining with more than 2 hours of SOT (2 hours SOT put me at around 30% remaining before).
Thanks a lot! Strangely, the history details screen still shows Wi-Fi as a solid blue line.
Here are some screenshots: img ur.com/a/zqG0E
First part shows the stats when I woke up in the morning, second part shows stats at the end of the afternoon.
Ideally, Stamina mode wouldn't be required but I think this is a good compromise until a fix comes up.
EDIT: After a second night in Stamina mode, it appears that I lost 30% overnight again. The only significant change I can think of is the fact that I added Whatsapp as a standby app so that I can receive messages when my phone screen is off. I will try to remove the app and see how it goes tonight but if I cannot put Whatsapp as a standby app at all, then it will be terribly inconvenient to not be able to receive messages instantly without having the screen on.
onxrth said:
Update on the situation:
You were totally right. My phone lost less than 2% overnight after following your steps. Moreover, the battery has been great so far with moderate use, standing at 60% remaining with more than 2 hours of SOT (2 hours SOT put me at around 30% remaining before).
Thanks a lot! Strangely, the history details screen still shows Wi-Fi as a solid blue line.
Here are some screenshots: img ur.com/a/zqG0E
First part shows the stats when I woke up in the morning, second part shows stats at the end of the afternoon.
Ideally, Stamina mode wouldn't be required but I think this is a good compromise until a fix comes up.
EDIT: After a second night in Stamina mode, it appears that I lost 30% overnight again. The only significant change I can think of is the fact that I added Whatsapp as a standby app so that I can receive messages when my phone screen is off. I will try to remove the app and see how it goes tonight but if I cannot put Whatsapp as a standby app at all, then it will be terribly inconvenient to not be able to receive messages instantly without having the screen on.
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Sorry for not responding to this post. Just got back on.
So whats the update? Hows battery life going?
i havent put whatsapp onto the list for standby apps and i get messages fine when the screen isnt on
I just got my Z5 a few days ago, and the battery life is downright AWFUL. With stamina mode on, my phone drains about 1% every minute or two, just while browsing the web. What is going on here?
Here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/uDv2hIs.png
Me too, it's a total letdown. Had 3 hours SOC and around 9-10 hours overall before it conked out on me yesterday
Uclydde said:
I just got my Z5 a few days ago, and the battery life is downright AWFUL. With stamina mode on, my phone drains about 1% every minute or two, just while browsing the web. What is going on here?
Here's a screenshot: http://i.imgur.com/uDv2hIs.png
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Looks like your device is spending a lot of time switching networks which is battery intensive. Are you in a poor signal area?
augie7107 said:
Looks like your device is spending a lot of time switching networks which is battery intensive. Are you in a poor signal area?
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Occasionally, but not all the time. The battery drain was still this bad even when I was connected to my WiFi signal at home
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Occasionally, but not all the time. The battery drain was still this bad even when I was connected to my WiFi signal at home
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Try airplane mode and see if it improves. This will allow you to use WIFI but halt network search and switching. Check battery stats after a while to see if that helps. Of course, you will get no network dependent communications while in airplane mode so take that into consideration prior to testing. Battery performance will settle down after a few weeks as well but you certainly seem to have a major drain problem and testing will help you locate the cause.
augie7107 said:
Looks like your device is spending a lot of time switching networks which is battery intensive. Are you in a poor signal area?
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Try airplane mode and see if it improves. This will allow you to use WIFI but halt network search and switching. Check battery stats after a while to see if that helps. Of course, you will get no network dependent communications while in airplane mode so take that into consideration prior to testing. Battery performance will settle down after a few weeks as well but you certainly seem to have a major drain problem and testing will help you locate the cause.
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All right, thanks. I'm gonna try that and report back here later today.
Okay, airplane mode hasn't helped much at all. I'm still draining 1% every minute or two.
Uclydde said:
Okay, airplane mode hasn't helped much at all. I'm still draining 1% every minute or two.
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That is truly strange. Any running apps killing it? I just streamed a two hour movie and lost 22%. I read somewhere that the pre-installed AVG was a battery hog. I couldn't tell you because I uninstalled it as soon as I booted for the first time. Are you still running it? That may be the next test.
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That is truly strange. Any running apps killing it? I just streamed a two hour movie and lost 22%. I read somewhere that the pre-installed AVG was a battery hog. I couldn't tell you because I uninstalled it as soon as I booted for the first time. Are you still running it? That may be the next test.
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Nope, I uninstalled it immediately too.
Only other suggestion is factory reset or repair firmware both if which are a PIA.
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That is truly strange. Any running apps killing it? I just streamed a two hour movie and lost 22%. I read somewhere that the pre-installed AVG was a battery hog. I couldn't tell you because I uninstalled it as soon as I booted for the first time. Are you still running it? That may be the next test.
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Only other suggestion is factory reset or repair firmware both if which are a PIA.
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Yeah, I thought it would come to this.
Uclydde said:
Yeah, I thought it would come to this.
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Have you looked at your Google account settings to see if everything is syncing properly? I have seen this before when someone had an error while trying to sync photos to their Google account, demolished their battery until they went into account settings and unchecked whatever it was that was syncing constantly.
Also make sure you have opted out of Google's location history thing in Google maps where it tells you everywhere you've been on any given day, that can wipe your battery as well. Lastly try turning off the xperia protection that allows you to remotely deactivate the phone, just make sure you don't lose it in the meantime !
I got a Z5 the day it came out and it has done pretty well on battery life, at least until I installed Facebook and Messenger. When I uninstalled the two of them, the battery life returned to pretty good. With Facebook and Messenger the battery was draining extremely quickly. I unlocked the bootloader the day I got the phone and am waiting for TWRP as root will sort a lot of this out.
After 3 Days, i looks like a normale Day use by me around 50% battery. I have allthetime Bluetooth and Wlan on. Whatsapp and Gmail sync. I use my Phone usually for streamming musik over bluetooth around 2h hours, read news and message (Whatsapp) around 2h hours, play some games around 30minutes and some Calls around the same time. My "old" Z1 i had usually to charge ones during the day and of course during the night. So im happy with the battery time @ z5.
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Have you looked at your Google account settings to see if everything is syncing properly? I have seen this before when someone had an error while trying to sync photos to their Google account, demolished their battery until they went into account settings and unchecked whatever it was that was syncing constantly.
Also make sure you have opted out of Google's location history thing in Google maps where it tells you everywhere you've been on any given day, that can wipe your battery as well. Lastly try turning off the xperia protection that allows you to remotely deactivate the phone, just make sure you don't lose it in the meantime !
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Okay, I just turned off automatic Google photos backup, and Google's location history setting was already off. I also turned off my Xperia (the thing that lets me remotely deactivate the phone). Let's see if it works.
Yeah, its still draining fast. In case you're wondering, I keep my screen at half brightness. You can look at the photo I attached.
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Did you ever resolve the issue? I'm getting similar battery life and am not happy about it.
This may be a noob-ish suggestion and one that the phone industry claims isn't necessary anymore, but have you tried "calibrating" the battery by charging it to 100 and completely draining it to the point where the phone won't turn on 2 times and then fully charging it a 3rd time? It may be an old, unnecessary habit, but I've done this every time I get a new battery (or phone) and I usually have really good battery life for the first year - year and a half. The one device I failed to do this on was my Xperia z2 tablet and it suffered for it (i think) although that could just be my prejudice and confirmation bias speaking.
- others suggest NOT to fully drain your phone's battery because you might have troubles turning it on.
Did you by any chance have "Glove Mode" enabled in Settings < Display? It seems that your screen is the culprit. Try disabling "Smart backlight" if you have it enabled and "Tap to wake up".
From the screenshot you posted earlier (History details) we can see that even when the screen is off the wifi is on and the phone isn't actually sleeping. So you got a wakelock on your hands that uses WiFi and doesn't let the phone sleep.
In WiFi settings under advanced (Wifi< Three dots, top right< Advanced) do you have wifi as always on? Change it to "Only when plugged in", also disable "Scanning always available" in the same menu.
Any chance we can get a list of apps you have installed yourself on your phone?
Anyone else experiencing this? Atrocious battery life post upgrade. Nothing odd running in background, program or processes. Rebooted phone. Started the day at 100% with moderate usage at best, I'm already down to 19%.
Battery life is relatively unchanged in mine after the mm update. Easily make it through the entire day with 50-60% battery life remaining. I disabled a whole bunch of the bloatware (and will be removing it entirely when I decide to root my phone) and battery life is wonderful.
shaels said:
Anyone else experiencing this? Atrocious battery life post upgrade. Nothing odd running in background, program or processes. Rebooted phone. Started the day at 100% with moderate usage at best, I'm already down to 19%.
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Mine has been fine, slightly better with doze/disabling packages. Do a back up through Smart Switch and try a factory reset. I do that every time I update.
I'm envious of your successes. I'll give it a bit to see if it stabilizes, if not I'll use SS and reset/restore.
shaels said:
I'm envious of your successes. I'll give it a bit to see if it stabilizes, if not I'll use SS and reset/restore.
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I will recommend "Package Disabler Pro" to disable bloatware. Costs but is worth the cash.
Mine went through on Thursday and so far battery appears ok.
I have noticed however the lighting is messed up all over. Play books night light feature is broken and dims it to unrecognizable levels. I have to go into the settings again when in the book and disable auto lighting and manually raise it. When back at the list of books screen, the brightness drops to nearly off again.
Also it seems the notifications when listening to music are much louder. I could listen to mp3s via poweramp while reading a book and get an SMS text and itd be a light little sound. this is playing louder than my music and very annoying.
My batter life was horrible after the upgrade. Here's what I did to fix it.
1) Wifi sleep policy - Changed that to "While Charging" (big difference noticed after that)
2) Fully charged phone then let it run down to 0 (must let it power itself off)
3) Wifi Scanning has been moved under Location setting. Go to Location -> Improve accuracy, make sure Wi-Fi scanning is off.
Batter life is awesome now.
jasong127 said:
My batter life was horrible after the upgrade. Here's what I did to fix it.
1) Wifi sleep policy - Changed that to "While Charging" (big difference noticed after that)
2) Fully charged phone then let it run down to 0 (must let it power itself off)
3) Wifi Scanning has been moved under Location setting. Go to Location -> Improve accuracy, make sure Wi-Fi scanning is off.
Batter life is awesome now.
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1: Apps/sync will use mobile data as priority if this is done while waiting to connect to wifi. In turn, using even more battery if an app/sync wakes the phone switching between networks.
2: This is damaging to Li batteries. To extend the life of your battery, it is better to keep it topped above 80% and cool(not very common in real world applications). These aren't Ni batteries, long gone are the days of "memory discharging".
If you don't need notifications at night, use airplane mode. I miss Xposed, Autotasker, and Amplify(formerly Bounce)... Greenify is a good alt atm
Note: Sometimes even Play service updates will introduce bugs and or "retarded" policies that will destroy the battery, especially the "Now" systems. It can happen at the most random times as well and not at all most. Every now and then the fat man will get stuck in the tube.
All thoughtful replies. I don't have Location on ever, unless I'm using Waze, so that's a non-issue for me. Allowing WiFi to sleep when the phone is off, while I'm only connecting via WiFi, effectively makes my smartphone a dumb phone, until I wake it up, right? The fact that I need to start changing around "normal" settings on my phone, to lesser benefiting ones, to get back to the battery life I had before I installed MM is pretty silly. I've been hoping things would settle down, but they don't. I can try using SmartSwitch later to see if that helps.
Steamer86 said:
1: Apps/sync will use mobile data as priority if this is done while waiting to connect to wifi. In turn, using even more battery if an app/sync wakes the phone switching between networks.
2: This is damaging to Li batteries. To extend the life of your battery, it is better to keep it topped above 80% and cool(not very common in real world applications). These aren't Ni batteries, long gone are the days of "memory discharging".
If you don't need notifications at night, use airplane mode. I miss Xposed, Autotasker, and Amplify(formerly Bounce)... Greenify is a good alt atm
Note: Sometimes even Play service updates will introduce bugs and or "retarded" policies that will destroy the battery, especially the "Now" systems. It can happen at the most random times as well and not at all most. Every now and then the fat man will get stuck in the tube.
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No, it will connect LTE and then switch to wifi. LTE use more battery life, the network switch uses a bit, then finally you are into wifi. If your phone wakelocks or alarms(location ping, play service ping, etc) it will use more battery than wifi always on. Personally, I've tested both to make sure a wifi wakelock bug hasn't been introduced as I do with every update and play service update(it does happen and it's horrible drain). I see more savings always on.
If you meant you disable mobile network, yes, dumb phone, text and call. Also, I disable mobile usually always as I piggyback off work cell at work, and always wifi at home. I only toggle mobile data when necessary.
jasong127 said:
My batter life was horrible after the upgrade. Here's what I did to fix it.
1) Wifi sleep policy - Changed that to "While Charging" (big difference noticed after that)
2) Fully charged phone then let it run down to 0 (must let it power itself off)
3) Wifi Scanning has been moved under Location setting. Go to Location -> Improve accuracy, make sure Wi-Fi scanning is off.
Batter life is awesome now.
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I believe this is what most people encounter. Most dont have unlimited data and use WIFI always. I think by default, WIFI is set to always on, even when phone screen is off. WIFI will rape your battery. I did my own tests with wifi vs 4g and just by using my 4g all the time, battery quadrupled. Many argued that WIFI uses less battery, and i have the best of the best wifi router/modem/isp with 5ghz ac excellent coverage. Not the case for me. I have unlimited and just stick with that now. Battery life on MM has been great for me.
My battery life is 4x better. I couldn't be happier.
shaels said:
Anyone else experiencing this? Atrocious battery life post upgrade. Nothing odd running in background, program or processes. Rebooted phone. Started the day at 100% with moderate usage at best, I'm already down to 19%.
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Been on MM for about five days now and my battery blows, so much worse than what it was!
musicfreak190 said:
My battery life is 4x better. I couldn't be happier.
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Mine is exactly 4 times worse
Battery the same.
But I have to tap the screen harder to chose app.
Going to factory reset and start clean, been a while.
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Has Verizon released any new updates to patch the issues with Marsh Mellow update
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Has Verizon released any new updates to patch the issues with Marsh Mellow update
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Not that I know of.
Though they JUST released Marshmallow. Verizon is probably still patting themselves on the back even though they released several months late. What I'm waiting for is a miraculous root.
I never use my phone the same amount every day, so it's hard to say exactly what kind of battery life I get, but I have noticed that it has improved. I would usually be near 15% by 10pm after coming off charger at 6am. Now I float around 25% at 10pm. So it seems to be better, even if only slightly so.
I see a minimal improvement, but I was doing what I could without root prior to sleep unnecessary crap.
Weird, when thye MM updated happened, up until the last two days, I was getting much better battery life under MM. But the past few days my battery life has declined dramatically to the point that I am not getting through a day of minimal use. Screen only 2%, Android OS consuming 76%.
I just fiddled with settings (Changed Wifi sleep to While Charging; Turned off wifi scanning). I am going to also try a reboot to see if that helps. I swear it started just about the time I started looking at Nexus 6p replacements).
Update, rebooting, and removing a few more useless apps and battery life has returned.
Has anyone tested stamina mode enabled all the time vs not running until 15% battery remaining.
I have heard conflicting information about this. As oreo has its own battery saving features this is the same as stamina mode. So end result is you don't gain any extra usage by having stamina mode enabled.
Has anyone tested this?
Good question. Would love to know people's thoughts.
I only managed to achieve these numbers thanks to stamina mode... I activate it before bed and turn it off once I'm awake.
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I only managed to achieve these numbers thanks to stamina mode... I activate it before bed and turn it off once I'm awake.
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What would happen if you kept stamina mode enabled 24 7
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What would happen if you kept stamina mode enabled 24 7
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If the stamina mode is on "Battery time preferred" the phone will feel a little laggy due to the reduced performance and that's not much fun.
It will also turn off some important features like the video enhancement features and I'd rather enjoy the phone than cut the performance short to save some juice.
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If the stamina mode is on "Battery time preferred" the phone will feel a little laggy due to the reduced performance and that's not much fun.
It will also turn off some important features like the video enhancement features and I'd rather enjoy the phone than cut the performance short to save some juice.
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I'm trying stamina mode on 24/7 and currently down to 68% with 3hrs and 18 mins screen on time.
Lets see where this ends up
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I'm trying stamina mode on 24/7 and currently down to 68% with 3hrs and 18 mins screen on time.
Lets see where this ends up
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That looks about right my friend. Keep in mind that using wifi will use less battery than mobile data. The brightness level, the strength of your reception, the type of content you watch (4k vs 1080p), browsing the internet or watching videos, having Bluetooth on, GPS on, all of these have an effect on the way your battery will perform.
Always deactivate the things you don't need and never allow your phone to get too hot. If you feel it getting a little to warm just disconnect the internet and leave the phone to cool off for a few minutes.
This should keep your battery healthy for a very long time. :good:
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That looks about right my friend. Keep in mind that using wifi will use less battery than mobile data. The brightness level, the strength of your reception, the type of content you watch (4k vs 1080p), browsing the internet or watching videos, having Bluetooth on, GPS on, all of these have an effect on the way your battery will perform.
Always deactivate the things you don't need and never allow your phone to get too hot. If you feel it getting a little to warm just disconnect the internet and leave the phone to cool off for a few minutes.
This should keep your battery healthy for a very long time. :good:
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Currently I'm on 50% with 5 hrs SOT which is pretty good. I think if I had a device with OLED screen then i would get much better results. However for a LCD panel this is pretty good. I'd be happy if I constantly got 6 hrs SOT with LTE usage.
I would like others input on this too. Also please share your experience, usage and thoughts
I've been using the phone for two weeks now and the battery drain has gotten pretty horrible the past week. I charge the phone up to 100% and leave it off the charger as I go to sleep from 1am - 9am.
I wake up and my phone has 70% battery left with wifi/data off. [Battery drain](https://i.imgur.com/VkAcAqd.jpg) [Google battery drain](https://i.imgur.com/qjxMkN2.jpg)
Does anyone know what I can do? Is there an app with which I can check on what's draining my battery?
Check what apps are draining the battery
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I've been using the phone for two weeks now and the battery drain has gotten pretty horrible the past week. I charge the phone up to 100% and leave it off the charger as I go to sleep from 1am - 9am.
I wake up and my phone has 70% battery left with wifi/data off. [Battery drain](https://i.imgur.com/VkAcAqd.jpg) [Google battery drain](https://i.imgur.com/qjxMkN2.jpg)
Does anyone know what I can do? Is there an app with which I can check on what's draining my battery?
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You can check which apps is draining the battery.
Just go Setting, then search for "Device Care", then hit "Battery" -> Battery Usage
All S10 phones have a bug that is causing them to not deep sleep when screen is off, causing poor standby performance. This is caused everytime you receive a VoiP call, so after you receive one, just restart the phone. Being caused a proximity sensor bug.
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avEmonsta said:
I've been using the phone for two weeks now and the battery drain has gotten pretty horrible the past week. I charge the phone up to 100% and leave it off the charger as I go to sleep from 1am - 9am.
I wake up and my phone has 70% battery left with wifi/data off. [Battery drain](https://i.imgur.com/VkAcAqd.jpg) [Google battery drain](https://i.imgur.com/qjxMkN2.jpg)
Does anyone know what I can do? Is there an app with which I can check on what's draining my battery?
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Try to wipe disable Google app and check battery consumption. If problem persists, try to wipe cache from recovery and if necessary do a factory reset, 30% battery drain in a night without network connections is not normal. If all attempts fail better go to Samsung assistance to change the battery
7hrs: 10% when sleep, wifi on. Not good but I think it is not too abnormal. I think, samsung still have a lot of bloatware!
But on screen I thnik is OK: 5-6h mixing, 3000mA battery on a strong SOC, it's normal. My back up Huawei GR5 2017, 3400mA, it is the same time!
This solution was posted on the S10 forum and certainly helped me.
There's a bug that stops the phone from going into a deep sleep mode post making a call (audio/video) on apps like WhatsApp, Skype et al. The solution for the time being is to reboot the phone once before going to bed. I tried a lot of other things but had a ~2% hourly standby drain which reduced to <5% overnight after figuring out this solution. I have both WiFi and Bluetooth on at night.
You may try to play around with the battery saving tweaks in ONE UI but nothing worked as well as this has. Hopefully there'll be a more practical fix to this soon.
Cheers!
Being as this affects voip calls, does this mean wifi calling is affected too? I mean, that's technically voice over IP.
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I tried to debug battery drain using Battery Historian. I noticed that the phone does go to Doze mode completely, but for some reason, CPU stays awake. I'm still new to the tool, will try to find out more about why CPU is kept awake all the time.
I get battery drain regardless I make any VoIP call.
Another issue I noticed is PUBG lags horribly on the phone. I tried different combinations of graphics settings, the game was still lagging.
Just tried pubg...hdr +ultra runs ok for me. No lags, maybe sometime stutters for a sec.
maderos said:
Just tried pubg...hdr +ultra runs ok for me. No lags, maybe sometime stutters for a sec.
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For the first launch, the game runs very smoothly, lag starts after that. The more I play, the more lag I get.
Putting the phone on battery saver mode barely drains any juice (Medium Power Saving mode), seems like it's just a software issue and not hardware specific issue.
By the time Samsung releases any fix, we might have to live with this one.
Since the update this last day or so, my battery is lasting way better than previously.
Not Jeff Goldblum said:
Since the update this last day or so, my battery is lasting way better than previously.
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Which region you are from? Is your phone unlocked? Is it Exynos based?
Europe region, unlocked with Exynos.
techhahn said:
Which region you are from? Is your phone unlocked? Is it Exynos based?
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Not Jeff Goldblum said:
Since the update this last day or so, my battery is lasting way better than previously.
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What update? Can you share the info that came with it? My SM-G970U1 is still on Feb. 1, 2019 patch. Although I don't have any problems with battery drain, pulled out two screenshots lately, both over about 12hrs period, one was with cellular radios on and the other just an airplane mode:
It's mostly Exynos people or the Sprint USA models \ service. No one else is having it really.
Got the March update. Exynos version. Battery drain seems a bit better at first glance. But it's not been long since the update. So not completely sure.
Got the phone today and the battery sucks lol and got an update today as well
My Snapdragon S10e never gets less than 4 hours of SoT under the heaviest use (I am constantly messing with settings, installing\closing\uninstalling apps, etc etc)
If I use it "regularly" just browsing Reddit and such, with a normal phone signal, I get 6 to 9 hours every time.
I don't use dark mode until Sunset.
I leave NFC/Bluetooth/Location on at all times.