Battery Saving Tips - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions & Answer

Wanted to see what battery savings tips you guys have and want to share. Mines would be downloading "Galaxy Buttons" and disabling the capacitive button lights from turning on all the time.
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Power Saving Mode Tip - What I learned

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I was messing around with the power saving mode just now. I realized that when I tick-on "Screen power saving" I can notice a huge slow down on the whole ui. Now remember everything else is ticked-on including the cpu limiter. But with "Screen power saving" turned off, I couldn't tell the difference between power saving mode and non-power saving mode. Which leads me to conclude the "Screen power saving" is doing some major cpu calculation which might actually not be so great as it defeats the purpose of power saving.
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boodies said:
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I was messing around with the power saving mode just now. I realized that when I tick-on "Screen power saving" I can notice a huge slow down on the whole ui. Now remember everything else is ticked-on including the cpu limiter. But with "Screen power saving" turned off, I couldn't tell the difference between power saving mode and non-power saving mode. Which leads me to conclude the "Screen power saving" is doing some major cpu calculation which might actually not be so great as it defeats the purpose of power saving.
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Even I noticed lag while powersaving is on .......
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That power saving mode and blocking mode are the stupidest two things that they pushed on android.. I never used thise things. Also, that screen brightness adjustment in notification menu is so annoying,and I never touched it. And whyv they added those extra toggles in notification menu next to sound,wifi ,mobile data,etc so now everything slides from side to side and I always press something that I don't want. Or maybe there is a possibility to turn those off and I can't find how to..
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defenderko said:
That power saving mode and blocking mode are the stupidest two things that they pushed on android.. I never used thise things. Also, that screen brightness adjustment in notification menu is so annoying,and I never touched it. And whyv they added those extra toggles in notification menu next to sound,wifi ,mobile data,etc so now everything slides from side to side and I always press something that I don't want. Or maybe there is a possibility to turn those off and I can't find how to..
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Toggles can be customized even on stock.
And power saving mode really does save battery, and its customizable.
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adytum said:
Toggles can be customized even on stock.
And power saving mode really does save battery, and its customizable.
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It saves battery but it destroys performance. It is acting like galaxy ace when on power saving mode . Please show me how to customise the toggles, because I can't find out how after 10 days of looking into the settings. Can I move the brightness adjuster too? Thanks
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defenderko said:
It saves battery but it destroys performance. It is acting like galaxy ace when on power saving mode . Please show me how to customise the toggles, because I can't find out how after 10 days of looking into the settings. Can I move the brightness adjuster too? Thanks
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Dear ...go to settings ...display...notification panel...and yes u can remove the brightness adjuster too from thos setings itself
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manish21nov said:
Dear ...go to settings ...display...notification panel...and yes u can remove the brightness adjuster too from thos setings itself
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Maybe I am not seeing it...
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defenderko said:
Maybe I am not seeing it...
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Gues ur on 4.1.1 .......the options are available in 4.1.2
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manish21nov said:
Gues ur on 4.1.1 .......the options are available in 4.1.2
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Yap, I am on 4.1.1 ! Thanks
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defenderko said:
Yap, I am on 4.1.1 ! Thanks
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Sorry, didn't realize it is a 4.1.2 feature!
But I don't understand how you can say that power saving mode destroys performance, I hardly notice any difference in normal usage. It's basically just the cpu locked at 1 ghz.
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The screen power saving mode does something with the screen's refresh rate, if you have it on you will notice the screen flickering in a very fast rate, so the slow down in the UI is probably because of the screen is skipping every other frame making it seem like it slowed down when it is not
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The screen power saving mode does something with the screen's refresh rate, if you have it on you will notice the screen flickering in a very fast rate, so the slow down in the UI is probably because of the screen is skipping every other frame making it seem like it slowed down when it is not
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Does make sense, but would that really save a lot of Battery? I think the sweet spot now is to just tick on CPU Limiter while leaving everything off. [Obviously people who use CPU apps don't really need this feature as they can modify the CPU even more] Too bad I really don't use this feature much as of yet but will report back if I find anything new. I'll try to use the phone for a couple days with just the CPU Limiter ticked on this weekend.
If you want to save power on your Note 2, you might use SetCPU, Screen Filter & Juice Defender Plus, these apps help me a lot to save battery.
Because it limits your screens fps to like 40 or 30
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Because it limits your screens fps to like 40 or 30
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I strongly believe it is lower then 30FPS.. Perhaps below 25fps.
HOWEVER if you uncheck Screen Power Saving, the FPS returns back to normal. I usually use Power Saving mode with only Power savings on, this way performance is not affected.
What's interesting is that I've been testing power save mode on some pretty high end games like modern combat 4 and nfs most wanted and you only lose 4-8 fps on average, but it still remains over 30 fps.
This is with all the options ticked in power save mode. For gaming while off the charger, it would help extend the battery quite a bit.
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What's interesting is that I've been testing power save mode on some pretty high end games like modern combat 4 and nfs most wanted and you only lose 4-8 fps on average, but it still remains over 30 fps.
This is with all the options ticked in power save mode. For gaming while off the charger, it would help extend the battery quite a bit.
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If that is true, I hardly find a reason to NOT use power savings until more graphics demanding games come out. I'll also test it out on Deadzone.
boodies said:
If that is true, I hardly find a reason to NOT use power savings until more graphics demanding games come out. I'll also test it out on Deadzone.
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Well those extra fps could come in handy, but if power save gives extra playing time then it might be worth the slight loss.
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EP2008 said:
What's interesting is that I've been testing power save mode on some pretty high end games like modern combat 4 and nfs most wanted and you only lose 4-8 fps on average, but it still remains over 30 fps.
This is with all the options ticked in power save mode. For gaming while off the charger, it would help extend the battery quite a bit.
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Exactly my experience too.
Also, it's not the fps getting capped, lower fps is just a result of capped cpu frequency, but the refresh rate is capped, which could lead to a certain amount of flickering even though I cannot see it. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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power button lag note 3

Hey everyone. Just wanted to know if you all are experiencing a lag when using the power button to turn OFF the screen. At times it will be instant and at others it will do a 2 phase dimming before powering off. Also at other times it will take a couple seconds before responding to the push of the button. Let me know if you all are having the same issue. I had the note 2 and I don't remember if it had the same problem.
Also I can post a video when I can if ya all need a visual.
Thanks in advance.
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Hey everyone. Just wanted to know if you all are experiencing a lag when using the power button to turn OFF the screen. At times it will be instant and at others it will do a 2 phase dimming before powering off. Also at other times it will take a couple seconds before responding to the push of the button. Let me know if you all are having the same issue. I had the note 2 and I don't remember if it had the same problem.
Also I can post a video when I can if ya all need a visual.
Thanks in advance.
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Yes and in question and answer section i already open thread for this befor and 3 users confirmed this. I hope new software will fixed this and this is not hardware issue.
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Ah thanks for that quick reply. My searching skills seem to be non existent lol.
Mine seems ok how much lag are we talking?
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snowwhite007 said:
Mine seems ok how much lag are we talking?
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Its occessional but if you try many time continuesly switch off by power button you will found lag for switchig off the screen.
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Turning off the option for using the power button for s-voice (s-voice options) reduces the lag
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I got annoyed by the Home button so I installed Button Savior on my Note 2. I'll do that on my Note 3 for sure. I just hate mechanical Home button. I wish Button Savior lets me configure long pressing Home to be launching Google Now
How? Can you guide me to make it off.
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Turning off the option for using the power button for s-voice (s-voice options) reduces the lag
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How to make it off? Pls guide..
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Screens only on german, hope it helps.
Start s-voice, after that, enter settings (menu button). Disable option (should be "open with home button" or sth. like this (I'm using a german device)
Hope, this helps
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I have the same issue, considering going to the store to swap it.. but store is 3hrs away T_T
Do you guys think this is just the effect of too harsh a transition to screen off max frequencies?
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check this out maybe this helps you..
http://youtu.be/EEjQMM8xplc
note 3 lag
I messed around with the settings and it's not like a huge difference but try turning off the water ink effect for the lock screen to open the device and put none and I notice a .5 or sec difference, it's sad if it turns out because of that:crying:
Omg I found out why there is lag on the power button when putting the phone to sleep and waking it up. Turns out that a lot of apps or system processes, well it uses a lot of ram I used a app called clean master it's free and it frees up ram. When I free the ram the power button seem more responsive. So try it out. Kind of disappointing for an amazing phone even with 3gb ram can still be effected like this
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I got the same problem. Bought mine from a Fortress in Hong Kong unlocked. 4G LTE model.
Also noticed that not only is there a lag before the power off button kicks in but a lag for the thing yo actually shut down. Takes a while to shut down.
I'm pretty sure it has to do with power saving frequencies set in the kernel. I have experience this with previous devices when tweaking kernel for power saving. If the low side for idle is really low you'll get the lag. Don't quote me on this but I'm almost certain.
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hellyhb75 said:
Turning off the option for using the power button for s-voice (s-voice options) reduces the lag
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It completely removes it for me. Its pretty much instant.
I agree. I went into svoice and unchecked open via the home key and also wake up command and the lag waking up mostly gone. I still get some with multiple apps running in the background though, not too concerned either way.
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muhammad zakir said:
check this out maybe this helps you..
http://youtu.be/EEjQMM8xplc
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If you uncheck open via the home button you will no longer be able to open it back up by double clicking on the home button. Say you unchecked it and then you wish to go back and check it again you will no longer be able to go back as double clicking on home button no longerbrings back this option to check or uncheck again
Anyone know how to bring this option back?
But see this thread is about the power but to make it sleep and wake up, not the home button to go back to the main page.
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In need of easier way to screen shot

Hello fellow moders, I am wondering if anyone knows of a simpler way of taking a screen shot without having to swipe my Palm across the scree.
It would be nice if I could press the home button and power button to screen shot. Maybe screen shot in the power menu.
I appreciate any suggestions.
If you hold the power button and the physical home button at the same time for a couple seconds it will capture a screenshot
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Worked thanks
Take spend out and hold the spen button while pressing on the screen.
Screen shot mentioned above with home button.
Palm swipe across the screen. Real easy.
My power menu has screen shot option. I'm using hyperdrive.
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leyvatron said:
Take spend out and hold the spen button while pressing on the screen.
Screen shot mentioned above with home button.
Palm swipe across the screen. Real easy.
My power menu has screen shot option. I'm using hyperdrive.
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For some reason, the Palm swipe doesn't work on my phone. It didn't work with 4.3 and isn't working with 4.4 leak either. Any ideas?
xxperrin said:
For some reason, the Palm swipe doesn't work on my phone. It didn't work with 4.3 and isn't working with 4.4 leak either. Any ideas?
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It sounds like you have air gesture turned off.
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It's on. Just not working for screen shots
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leyvatron said:
My power menu has screen shot option. I'm using hyperdrive.
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+1 on this method and you can this on with Xposed and Wanam without Hyperdrive if desires
krazy_smokezalot said:
btw post this in Q & A next time
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Isn't THIS the Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting section? Anyway, I think I am just doing it wrong or something. I practiced a few more times. I just don't understand how to wipe the edge of my hand across the screen from left to right without it moving the screen. Hmmf!
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Isn't THIS the Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting section? Anyway, I think I am just doing it wrong or something. I practiced a few more times. I just don't understand how to wipe the edge of my hand across the screen from left to right without it moving the screen. Hmmf!
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Screen Dim by Battery level

Does anyone have a way to stop the screen from auto-dimming when battery drops to 5%? I am rooted on Eclipse/NC2 ROM, and have spare batteries for emergencies, and this is extremely annoying... Or even change it to only happen at 1% instead of 5%, if it cannot be disabled.... Thoughts? Clues? Solutions?
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Isn't this from having power saving mode selected?
Nope, I leave that off, but the screen dims at 5% anyway.... Doesn't everyone else's?
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Power save mode

Why the hell does it keeping changing on its own?
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Because you have adaptive power saving mode turned on, turn it off.View attachment 4736764
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Any benefits of this adaptive power mode? In reality is it better to keep it on or off? Anybody tried?
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Any benefits of this adaptive power mode? In reality is it better to keep it on or off? Anybody tried?
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Adaptive power saving changes your power mode depending on your usage, other than that I don't think theres any benefit to it because power management actually comes from the power mode itself.
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minhajmsd said:
Adaptive power saving changes your power mode depending on your usage, other than that I don't think theres any benefit to it because power management actually comes from the power mode itself.
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Seems that benefits could be bigger only if more parameters could be adjusted for each mode...
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Thank you I was really thinking my phone was broken.
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i'm pretty sure the adaptive power saving turned off my AOD for no apparent reason when i took a bit of a long driving trip, not like the battery got that low, down to 60% or so most likely, not positive that was it but that's all i'd expect from it is suddenly a feature you like and use is shut off and you have to waste your time researching why.
With that turn off I actually seen great results with my battery got almost to full day and a half I wish I could of screen shot but oh well.
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Seems that benefits could be bigger only if more parameters could be adjusted for each mode...
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They can, simply enable medium power saving from the quickpanel and it will let you personalise the profile, resolution AOD and all, set it back to Optimal and then enable Adaptive power saving.
You want Adaptive power saving to be on all the time, it extends battery even more once it learns about your usage and you won't feel any slowdown unless you're playing.
Corv0 said:
They can, simply enable medium power saving from the quickpanel and it will let you personalise the profile, resolution AOD and all, set it back to Optimal and then enable Adaptive power saving.
You want Adaptive power saving to be on all the time, it extends battery even more once it learns about your usage and you won't feel any slowdown unless you're playing.
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Will try to adjust today to see if any gains could be seen.
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