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I have gone through about 3 cycles if battery, with fast charging turned on. Battery life has not been good, especially with screen off drain. Getting about 3hrs SOT while I've heard people say theu get around 6.
So my question is how many cycles should I go through before I judge battery? And should I disable fast charging? Does fast charging damage the battery?
I have the verizon US variant, so there isn't much I can do to improve battery life without root...
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Turn fast charge off. Turn off AOD. I have an AT&T model. Helped my battery immensely....
I can go the entire day, 6am to 11pm, with average usage and have about 40% battery left. VR drains my battery like butter on a stove.
gleggie said:
I have gone through about 3 cycles if battery, with fast charging turned on. Battery life has not been good, especially with screen off drain. Getting about 3hrs SOT while I've heard people say theu get around 6.
So my question is how many cycles should I go through before I judge battery? And should I disable fast charging? Does fast charging damage the battery?
I have the verizon US variant, so there isn't much I can do to improve battery life without root...
Thanks
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I'm also on VZW and I've had my S7 for a week. After about 3 days of poor battery life (~2hrs SOT), I turned AOD, location, BT, and NFC off, and disabled a bunch of bloatware (I posted what I did in the battery thread). That improved my SOT to over 4 hours +more standby time. I've since re-enabled BT and location and haven't noticed a difference. I left fast charge on but I use a slow charger at night, just because that's what's plugged up behind my bed.
Sorry, I don't have a source but I'm pretty sure I read something credible that said fast charging doesn't affect battery life/quality. I know that's pretty flaky, so take if with a grain of salt because plenty of other people are saying it helps.
TehPirate_ said:
I can go the entire day, 6am to 11pm, with average usage and have about 40% battery left. VR drains my battery like butter on a stove.
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How Is this even possible?? Do u have aod on? I need immensity help
I too have some similar questions just like @gleggie has posted
"how many cycles should I go through before I judge battery? And should I disable fast charging? Does fast charging damage the battery?"
Also how to measure battery cycles? Any credible app for the same?
Fast charge doesn't affect battery life immediately, charging your phone faster causes heating and overworking of battery, so slowly, average battery life decreases.
Slow charge when possible! (Wireless charge generally heats more than wall charge!)
... My 2 cents
My phone on fast charging, even wireless doesn't get any hotter than previous phones. My other half has a HTC One M8 for two years and still gets 5-6 hours SOT and has fast charged since day one.
I use fast wireless charging and get 6 hours SOT.
All I turned off is NFC, and my signal is usually full.
amedeonofal said:
Fast charge doesn't affect battery life immediately, charging your phone faster causes heating and overworking of battery, so slowly, average battery life decreases.
Slow charge when possible! (Wireless charge generally heats more than wall charge!)
... My 2 cents
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So, to slow charge a S7, do we have to turn off fast charging from the settings and then charge via the charger that came with the phone(the so called fast charger) or should we use a charger from an old phone say SIII etc.?
Does this hold true for Motorola's phone also which have turbo charging option?
Also how to measure battery cycles? Any credible app for the same?
Just turning off fast charge you do a lot good for your mobile..
One thing you can do is check battery temperature as you change charger or method. I don't know about Motorola, but maybe its battery is user replaceable... I personally don't know any app that keeps track of battery temperature
billubakra said:
Also how to measure battery cycles?
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On Exynos you can find it in
sys/class/power_supply/battery/battery_cycle
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Even better, try my new app
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...ge-monitor-t3555496/post71003358#post71003358
amedeonofal said:
Just turning off fast charge you do a lot good for your mobile..
One thing you can do is check battery temperature as you change charger or method. I don't know about Motorola, but maybe its battery is user replaceable... I personally don't know any app that keeps track of battery temperature
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Thanks dear. I have turned off fast charge, should I now charge via the charger that came with the phone(the so called fast charger) or should we use a charger from an old phone say SIII etc.?
Moto G's battery is not user replaceable.
waterdaan said:
On Exynos you can find it in
sys/class/power_supply/battery/battery_cycle
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Even better, try my new app
https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...ge-monitor-t3555496/post71003358#post71003358
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Thanks for replying. I wasn't able to find any battery cycle file/log in that location, quite strange. And yes I have the Exynos version. I will test your app and will get back to you.
Of the little what I have understood from various threads here is to charge the battery when it is between 20-40% to 80-90% if you want to have a good battery life. I used to do the complete opposite charge, when the battery is at say 6-7% and charge it till it is maxed. I used to do the same for my laptop, any other tip for the battery?
billubakra said:
Thanks for replying. I wasn't able to find any battery cycle file/log in that location, quite strange. And yes I have the Exynos version. I will test your app and will get back to you.
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In my app you'll be able to see it, when you turn on
Show sys/class/power_supply in the settings.
As you can see in the screenshot, mine is 52.
sys/class/power_supply/battery
waterdaan said:
In my app you'll be able to see it, when you turn on
Show sys/class/power_supply in the settings.
As you can see in the screenshot, mine is 52.
sys/class/power_supply/battery
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How to turn on Show sys/class/power_supply in the settings?
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How to turn on Show sys/class/power_supply in the settings?
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No problem, I've answered in the app thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71010017&postcount=5
Mine seems to be topping the list of battery drain
Further update ,is this normal phone idle useage
From the day one when I bought this phone, I had Battery drain and I've been using all tips and trick. mostly tweaking setting and surprisingly yesterday night I had 0% battery drain with turning off Wifi.
combat goofwing said:
Mine seems to be topping the list of battery drain
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You have no cell signal?
Had cell signal all day
Don't get me wrong ,battery life is great so far today on 43% and had 3hrs 20 mins SOT,just strange to see phone idle at the top of the list
I'm having the same issue. Idle Phone drain definitely goes away when I turn on airplane mode but I haven't tried turning off WiFi yet. I transferred all of my settings and apps from a Pixel 2 XL that had no issues with power consumption.
99% after 8 hours idle overnight
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unrooted
If I had to take a guess, some app is draining your battery.
808dp said:
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If I had to take a guess, some app is draining your battery.
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I'm on stock 7.1 unrooted
Dispute this still getting great battery life with 5/6 hrs SOT
Is there any app that can help identify what is causing phone idle to drain the battery
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Idle drain
When you sleep, does your phone sleep, or does it stay up all night and crunch 1s and 0s? Rate this thread to express how you deem the speed at which the Samsung Galaxy M30s's battery drains under standby conditions. A higher rating indicates that when the phone is not in use, the battery drains minimally.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
I dont see any standby drain. When I keep data on (locaion,wifi and bluetooth off) in the night it drained only 2-3 % battery. with data off/location/wifi/bluetooth off it was 100% in the morning.
But I have a different issue, When I am using the phone, I see a drain now which was not there initially. Android system is draining most of the power. I usually used to get 9+ hrs SOT with 2 days usage. but now Both have dropped below to 1&1/2 day and around 8 hours SOT.. Tried all the things found on net, but it didnt helped.
Same things happens with after update. Before the update it works for 2 days but now a it runs for 1 & half day max.
vishal.gajjar.like said:
Same things happens with after update. Before the update it works for 2 days but now a it runs for 1 & half day max.
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I did the update too, so you think it caused by update? Is samsung deliberately doing it as everyone suspects of them doing that they slow down the devices or its just a bug they didn't realize?
Maybe it's a bug.
All tests are under airplane mode, no cell signal.
WIFI ON with "battery saver" OFF takes 0.5% per hour drain.
WIFI OFF with "battery saver" ON takes <0.1% per hour drain.
BUT !!!
WIFI ON and "battery saver" ON at the same time, the standby drain will up to 1.3~2% per hour.
I have test this for more than 10 times, trying to avoid any other cause.
Finally I'm sure that "battery saver" mode will cost more standby drain if WIFI is ON. （ yeah, that sounds ridiculous
But I don't know why.
lfk0000 said:
I have test this for more than 10 times, trying to avoid any other cause.
Finally I'm sure that "battery saver" mode will cost more standby drain if WIFI is ON. （ yeah, that sounds ridiculous
But I don't know why.
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Maybe one of your apps ?
Today night 8 hours : airplane mode, communication OFF drain=0% ( jawdrop).
Never expected anything like that.
pabgar said:
Maybe one of your apps ?
Today night 8 hours : airplane mode, communication OFF drain=0% ( jawdrop).
Never expected anything like that.
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The point is "battery saver" ON , could you turn it on and have a test ?
lfk0000 said:
The point is "battery saver" ON , could you turn it on and have a test ?
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Shure. I'll do it tonight
lfk0000 said:
Maybe it's a bug.
All tests are under airplane mode, no cell signal.
WIFI ON with "battery saver" OFF takes 0.5% per hour drain.
WIFI OFF with "battery saver" ON takes <0.1% per hour drain.
BUT !!!
WIFI ON and "battery saver" ON at the same time, the standby drain will up to 1.3~2% per hour.
I have test this for more than 10 times, trying to avoid any other cause.
Finally I'm sure that "battery saver" mode will cost more standby drain if WIFI is ON. （ yeah, that sounds ridiculous
But I don't know why.
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What do you mean by battery saver ? How can i turn it OFF?
I noticed the same problem
My battery now 76% and Android system takes 7% it is too much!
M-772007 said:
What do you mean by battery saver ? How can i turn it OFF?
I noticed the same problem
My battery now 76% and Android system takes 7% it is too much!
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I mean this : https://photos.app.goo.gl/8EDCvkKQuieJGCueA
You can find it in quick panel or an app called "Smart maneger".
If you didn't turn it on , it's off defaultly .
Maybe your problem has nothing to do with this.
Did you guys find any solution. Found today the android system used 11% draining the battery
jpaulpra said:
Found today the android system used 11% draining the battery
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:laugh::laugh::laugh: What you expected ? Let me explain that smartphone is a little computer with operating system - which is essential to it's existence and work.
If you do not want Android to consume energy then you should power off the phone :laugh:
11% is pretty normal
Losing battery when phone is idle, overnight drains about 15-18%%
XDA_RealLifeReview said:
When you sleep, does your phone sleep, or does it stay up all night and crunch 1s and 0s? Rate this thread to express how you deem the speed at which the Samsung Galaxy M30s's battery drains under standby conditions. A higher rating indicates that when the phone is not in use, the battery drains minimally.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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The battery performs well when in use (discharges at the rate of 10% per hour Heavy Gaming 'CoD: mobile', which is quite good I guess) but when the phone is idle, the battery drains quite fast about 2% per hour and the battery discharges about 10-15% over the night.
Losing 10-15% battery is not normal for a phone at all, also 10% of a 6000mAh battery is quite huge.
This problem persists. Any help is welcome!
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I have uploaded the battery usage stats screenshots on google drive, check the link. I turn off WiFi and clear recent apps before going to bed but still, the battery drains heavily 15% over 6-7 hours.
CAN'T share the link because xda won't allow posting URLs here as I'm new to XDA forum
Update on my battery drain, found the SD card malfunctioned and removal of the SD card fixed the issue.
jpaulpra said:
Update on my battery drain, found the SD card malfunctioned and removal of the SD card fixed the issue.
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How did you figure out the root cause? I am also facing battery drain by Android system after the recent security update.
Strange observation, but one I noticed on my Pixel 2XL before as well. My 3a seems to drain faster down to say 88-89% from 100 than it does for the rest of the charge. I get about 40 minutes of SOT from the first 10-12%, which isn't great. But then overall I still average 7 hours of SOT over a full charge.
Anyone else noticed this?
Also, does adaptive battery reduce or increase battery? I've had it on since I got the phone, just turned it off to see if it makes any noticeable difference.
gman88667733 said:
Strange observation, but one I noticed on my Pixel 2XL before as well. My 3a seems to drain faster down to say 88-89% from 100 than it does for the rest of the charge. I get about 40 minutes of SOT from the first 10-12%, which isn't great. But then overall I still average 7 hours of SOT over a full charge.
Anyone else noticed this?
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Yes I do... Remember the phone is just 3000mah ?
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Also, does adaptive battery reduce or increase battery? I've had it on since I got the phone, just turned it off to see if it makes any noticeable difference.
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Yes, it does and gets better with time. It takes a month or more (depending on your number of apps) to learn how often you use your apps and limit apps you don't use often.
Run a battery benchmark that drains the battery and observe the battery percentage during the process. It should be linear.
If it's not, then the most logical explanation is that the battery is not properly calibrated.
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Run a battery benchmark that drains the battery and observe the battery percentage during the process. It should be linear.
If it's not, then the most logical explanation is that the battery is not properly calibrated.
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And to calibrate - drain to 0%, then charge to 100%, drain to 0% again and then back up to 100%?
gman88667733 said:
And to calibrate - drain to 0%, then charge to 100%, drain to 0% again and then back up to 100%?
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Yes i have same issue,but now I'm used to it i guess it is a similar reason why iOS lasts so longer in range of 100-80 and then starts dropping faster i.e company wants user to feel like battery is lasting longer(iOS) and on pixel the battery stays longer in 80-30 region. Not sure about it just my theory about weird optimization by companies.
My poco gets really slow when battery is under 10%. Anyone having this issue? I haven't activated battery saver or anything, and still the phone looks like it's reducing its performance
My photo doesn't becomes laggy instead if I am running some games the game becomes laggy when battery goes below 5%. I think it's normal. And it's a feature to save battery.
Vontitan said:
My poco gets really slow when battery is under 10%. Anyone having this issue? I haven't activated battery saver or anything, and still the phone looks like it's reducing its performance
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You should never allow your battery to be that low. You are ruining your phone