For the love of god, I was so excited about the S7 and the bigger battery life... I used to get seriously bad battery life out of my Note Edge and with the S7 I was excited I'd finally get a good battery life.. I figured they learned their lesson on battery optimization...
I was wrong....
I'm getting REAL bad battery life out of my S7 and so is my wife. I don't know what to do anymore. I was on the "post your battery life" thread and took up on people's advice and used the package disabler to disable several apps/bloatware, installed greenify to force "aggressive doze" but my phone is just CHOMPING down on the battery. I took some screenshots of GSAM, so I'm hoping someone could help me out...
I might do a factory reset and see how that goes, but I don't think it's going to help anything...
Please please help me. I'm wishing I got the AOSP phone from google now... I do love the water resistance and low light camera (and OIS) though so I would hate to let that go!
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Stop playing so many games
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Stop playing so many games
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I'm not playing any games buddy. Little bit of snapchatting, but as you can see that's towards the bottom. Not much of a gamer.
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I'm not playing any games buddy. Little bit of snapchatting, but as you can see that's towards the bottom. Not much of a gamer.
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Just factory reset. That fixes everything
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Disable nfc if u don't use remove all apps see how the battery is. It's not the phone it's ur apps. Everyone is getting at least 6hrs sot
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Brava27 said:
Just factory reset. That fixes everything
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I'm gonna do that now. Phone is charging so I can do it...
I just don't get it though. The phone is so new, why should I have to do this?
Where is the "clear cache" thing done from recovery? how do I get to it?
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Disable nfc if u don't use remove all apps see how the battery is. It's not the phone it's ur apps. Everyone is getting at least 6hrs sot
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What apps would cause this? It's not like I have some crazy apps. if you look at the GSAM screenshot, they are barely drawing any power. It's everyday apps most of us use.
I don't have anything out of the ordinary
How long have you had your phone? Mine took 5 days before the battery started workign well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/help/temporary-fix-battery-drain-t3343415
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How long have you had your phone? Mine took 5 days before the battery started workign well
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Since the 10th. It's def not that
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Gonna do these now.... Let's see what happens. Sucks you can't use the wifi for location reporting though!
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Gonna do these now.... Let's see what happens. Sucks you can't use the wifi for location reporting though!
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You can. Just turn it off until you get your battery under control. Once your battery becomes stabilized then slowly turn things like that on.
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razorseal said:
For the love of god, I was so excited about the S7 and the bigger battery life... I used to get seriously bad battery life out of my Note Edge and with the S7 I was excited I'd finally get a good battery life.. I figured they learned their lesson on battery optimization...
I was wrong....
I'm getting REAL bad battery life out of my S7 and so is my wife. I don't know what to do anymore. I was on the "post your battery life" thread and took up on people's advice and used the package disabler to disable several apps/bloatware, installed greenify to force "aggressive doze" but my phone is just CHOMPING down on the battery. I took some screenshots of GSAM, so I'm hoping someone could help me out...
I might do a factory reset and see how that goes, but I don't think it's going to help anything...
Please please help me. I'm wishing I got the AOSP phone from google now... I do love the water resistance and low light camera (and OIS) though so I would hate to let that go!
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try flashing another firmware with odin...that's what i did and it solved my issues
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Just factory reset. That fixes everything
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100% no it does not.
I have found that although connecting to my home wifi is fine, connecting to the guest wifi at work eats my battery. I now just use my mobile data connection at work. I could see this by using the other graph on gsam and turning the wifi off made a clear and significant change at work but not at home
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OK well I did the factory reset and only put the apps I use (which are actually a decent amount from home automation to banking etc)
Android OS is higher compared to what I disabled with package disabler, but we'll see what happens. I'll come back to report in a few days.
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I have found that although connecting to my home wifi is fine, connecting to the guest wifi at work eats my battery. I now just use my mobile data connection at work. I could see this by using the other graph on gsam and turning the wifi off made a clear and significant change at work but not at home
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You can try to enable the "Smart Network Switch" - there is an option somewhere in Wi-Fi settings. This enables the mobile data if the Wi-Fi connection is unstable/weak, so it avoids eating your battery but at the same time you can benefit from Wi-Fi when possible.
What is shown at App usage in Gsam? Anyways, have you got that since the beginning. If yes and you used smart switch set your device up as a new, also had cruel battery life at first, but after setting the device up from scratch (also set it up as new device at the play store and didn't restore) it got pretty neat.
I thought it was established that package disabler actually made battery life worse on the s7? I was originally using it when I first got the phone and my battery life took a significant dive. Once I uninstalled it and disabled google/samsung reporting as well as wifi/bluetooth scanning, it has solved everything. I am able to get a solid day and 4 hours out of one charge of my s7 Edge.
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I thought it was established that package disabler actually made battery life worse on the s7? I was originally using it when I first got the phone and my battery life took a significant dive. Once I uninstalled it and disabled google/samsung reporting as well as wifi/bluetooth scanning, it has solved everything. I am able to get a solid day and 4 hours out of one charge of my s7 Edge.
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I use it and it works fine for me. I think it has to do with which packages you disable.
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I notice my battery life varies a lot. Sometimes it lasts more than a day. Sometimes I'm in the red by 10 pm, with more or less the same usage through the day. I notice when the battery is draining fast, I can reboot the phone and get the normal, long battery life back again. I hope this helps anyone who has the same issue. It could be the apps I have and/or android itself doing the draining after having been up for a while. A reset refreshes the processes.
I have had random wakelocks off and on since I got this phone, but since I rooted with kingo the wakelocks and battery have been much much worse.
sEnt from thE noTe 3
My battery was flawless until I rooted with DD's process. I went from 2d+ battery lasting down to 24h just like my S4. Pretty disappointing. It appears to be something interfering with the kernel or something, I have no idea. My phone was taken off the charger at 100% while turned off and when I unplugged it and turned it on it was already at 98%. 4 hours later I'm at 63% after very minimal use.
Same here. Wakelocks everywhere after I rooted with Kingo
sEnt from thE noTe 3
what can I do to get rid of these wake locks?.
No clue emart. It's enough for me to look into another phone. I knew I should have never bought into the Samsung hype and stayed with htc
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Rippley05 said:
No clue emart. It's enough for me to look into another phone. I knew I should have never bought into the Samsung hype and stayed with htc
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LMFAO! That has to be the funniest thing I've ever read on here for sure. That is hilarious. Thank you so much for brightening my morning.
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LMFAO! That has to be the funniest thing I've ever read on here for sure. That is hilarious. Thank you so much for brightening my morning.
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Let me guess, anti htc fan boi? OHMYGODLMFAO SO FUNNY!. You're welcome. Run along now
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Let me guess, anti htc fan boi? OHMYGODLMFAO SO FUNNY!. You're welcome. Run along now
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I agree, I have definitely had an abundant amount of wakelocks killing my phone since I rooted with Kingo... I used to defend Kingo but when I rooted with DesignGears method everything was flawless. I was able to get around 2 days and 6 hours of on screen time before.
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I agree, I have definitely had an abundant amount of wakelocks killing my phone since I rooted with Kingo... I used to defend Kingo but when I rooted with DesignGears method everything was flawless. I was able to get around 2 days and 6 hours of on screen time before.
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I was talking about this in the kingo thread but people didn't think it was kingo. I have to believe it is something with it because wakelocks and battery have been atrocious since doing it. They suggest going back to stock and factory resetting...I may not have another choice.
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I was talking about this in the kingo thread but people didn't think it was kingo. I have to believe it is something with it because wakelocks and battery have been atrocious since doing it. They suggest going back to stock and factory resetting...I may not have another choice.
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Yeah definitely going to have to agree with you Rippley. At first I was in denial that it was Kingo, and I still don't believe the allegations of malware and all that but it definitely is giving wakelocks. You can try to root with Design Gears method and see if that helps. It helped me it just takes a little longer.
I may just figure out how to go completely back to stock without root. Without the ability to flash roms, I don't really need it.
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My solution thus far has been Greenify and CPU Master Pro. I can get around 24hrs with 2.5-3 hours of screen-on time.
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My solution thus far has been Greenify and CPU Master Pro. I can get around 24hrs with 2.5-3 hours of screen-on time.
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That is actually bad battery life.the phone on a bad day should get about 4-5 hours of screen time.
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Greenify is kind of generic. It doesn't identify and tame wakelocks from what I see. It just has a list of apps that apparently get greenified?
5 hours of screen on time is realistic unless you're gimping your phone by turning brightness down and everything off. 2-3 hours isn't that great..that's Nexus 5 level
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I'm also getting some ridiculous battery drain. can someone let us know what I can turn off for services? I'm using AT&T GN3
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That is actually bad battery life.the phone on a bad day should get about 4-5 hours of screen time.
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Really? I keep the brightness cranked up at 100%.
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Really? I keep the brightness cranked up at 100%.
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I would consistently get 4-5 hours of screen on time with 100% brightness before rooting
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Rippley05 said:
I was talking about this in the kingo thread but people didn't think it was kingo. I have to believe it is something with it because wakelocks and battery have been atrocious since doing it. They suggest going back to stock and factory resetting...I may not have another choice.
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Anyone tried the zerolemon 10000mah extended battery? Hope it works as we'll as they claim
Rooted with Kingo, definitely not complaining. Was able to limp it for 1.5 days.
Using Battery Doctor + Greenify, screen on auto, wifi/GPS on. Not sure what the on screen time was tbh, but was on for a few hours minimum.
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I installed the latest c firmware (d in build prop) with LG flash tool (NOT UPGRADE), a CLEAN install.
wiped(factory reset) before flashing, then in flash tool cleared and made a CLEAN install and factory reset after to be safe (3 resets) .
Now I get very few screen misses, and screen on time 4.5 hours.
Before this I got screen on time maximum 2,5 hours.
Just wanted to let you guys/Girls in on this as it worked perfect for me and my wife.
Thanks for the placebo
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Think I've been around enough to make an accurate judgement, add I'm an recognised developer, I made a hell of a lot of mods and ROM's all developed for two things only battery life with good speed.
You don't have to believe me, what matters is for me, add I got a much better phone.
Hi smaberg,
I was wondering if you are on the Euro 815 version of the G4? Based on your post I'm guessing you are? As a guy who knows what he/she is doing, I was wondering if you could make a flashable zip of the version d firmware? I have a mac and my understanding is you need a pc for the LG flash tool?
Figured I would ask and would greatly appreciate if you could help!!
Do you have the same set of apps installed as you did before the firmware and resets?
I saw better battery results on my second G4 vs my first, some of which I assume was because I installed a lot less apps on the second unit. Which seems reasonable to me.
What device is the OP using?
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I'm on international 815 (Euro).
Still using the exact same apps(didn't use LG backup Restore as it brings back the old draining Barry problem from my old backup).
And NO I can't make an zip, as it would skip some important steps. I mean I can make it, NO problem, but then you will end up with the exact same problem add the old.
hey Smaberg, can you outline the step to flash the new version? I'm using 815, but since i'm residing in Asia, my phone is not seeing any upgrades.
Yeah i also like to get exact steps you made to flash
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lol at 3 factory resets..just makes me want to skip the whole ordeal
it's 2015 and google (+manufacturers) still can't get their **** together even when using the most powerful hardware available
android 5.x has been utter failure imo.
@smaberg, 4.5 hrs screenon is nothing to be specially proud on, yesterday i had 6hrs with 12.5hrs on battery. Device is H815 and firmware is v10c howecer, i got my device on saturday and did just root it this night... we will see how it behaves now.
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Furma said:
lol at 3 factory resets..just makes me want to skip the whole ordeal
it's 2015 and google (+manufacturers) still can't get their **** together even when using the most powerful hardware available
android 5.x has been utter failure imo.
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Me too, but I did one before flash, one with the flash tool as I chose to make a CLEAN install, and the last mostly to be sure.
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@smaberg, 4.5 hrs screenon is nothing to be specially proud on, yesterday i had 6hrs with 12.5hrs on battery. Device is H815 and firmware is v10c howecer, i got my device on saturday and did just root it this night... we will see how it behaves now.
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I know, but compared to before, with only 2 hours, sometimes even less worth stock a and b I'm pretty ☺ happy, now I'm going to deactivate some junk and see the results, and when I'm done I'll share it.
I'm trying to get the best battery without root, then with root and some of mine scripts and files mod. And we'll see where we stand. In the end maybe an ROM pure made for battery as in the old days. If some still want this? I thought/think people mostly want bling bling and speed...
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I know, but compared to before, with only 2 hours, sometimes even less worth stock a and b I'm pretty ☺ happy, now I'm going to deactivate some junk and see the results, and when I'm done I'll share it.
I'm trying to get the best battery without root, then with root and some of mine scripts and files mod. And we'll see where we stand. In the end maybe an ROM pure made for battery as in the old days. If some still want this? I thought/think people mostly want bling bling and speed...
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Hi,
I would definitely be interested in a battery life based ROM. I find that premium phones have more than enough power you need (if youre not a gamer) so as long as the UI is smooth battery life is more important to me.
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Ravi
Only used 4% battery and got this screen on time. With everything on.
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Here's mine
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That's weird, you have the economy saver logo activated but still have 62% of battery life...
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That's weird, you have the economy saver logo activated but still have 62% of battery life...
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You can turn it on manually which some people do to prolong battery life rather than just when on low battery.
rav101 said:
You can turn it on manually which some people do to prolong battery life rather than just when on low battery.
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Correct I have it on pretty much all the time. It doesn't effect anything I do on the phone and I get a lot better battery life as you can see combined with the use of App Ops, DisableService, and greenify
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Correct I have it on pretty much all the time. It doesn't effect anything I do on the phone and I get a lot better battery life as you can see combined with the use of App Ops, DisableService, and greenify
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I don't use it because of the annoying orange colour change... How did you get rid of that??
I notice there isn't an open thread to talk about battery life yet, and now that the phone is actually shipping, want to hear (and see) what people are getting on that 2800 mAh juicer, and how it does against the Galaxy S7, the LG G4, and other devices.
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I notice there isn't an open thread to talk about battery life yet, and now that the phone is actually shipping, want to hear (and see) what people are getting on that 2800 mAh juicer, and how it does against the Galaxy S7, the LG G4, and other devices.
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says it has about 7 hours screen on time, ill see what the drain is during a normal day of off/on time tomorrow probably
Here is my battery life, so far it's just as good as the s7 edge and no battery drain issues!!!!
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Here is my battery life, so far it's just as good as the s7 edge and no battery drain issues!!!!
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That sir is awesome battery life. Mind sharing your phone usage habits and coverage? Bluetooth Wifi etc
Thanks!
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That sir is awesome battery life. Mind sharing your phone usage habits and coverage? Bluetooth Wifi etc
Thanks!
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This all wouldn't be possible if it wasn't for the application called "shut app".. With the s7, edge I was managing about 4hr30 min screen on time and then I installed the app shut app, it closes out all these silly background processes but still allows you to get notifications from Facebook and Instagram.
Once I installed the app the s7 edge had amazing battery life and went increased to about 6 hours screen on.
Now comparing this g5 to the s7 edge, the s7 edge had a major battery drain issue from Android system!! How else do you explain this screen on time doing just as well as the monster battery the s7 edge has??
I obviously have every vibration off, WiFi is only on while I'm at home, I have adguard installed and it just got updated to milestone and I no longer see it in the battery section affecting battery life. I have insurance on my phone so I turn Google location reporting off. I turn off all usage reporting in Google also. I have sync always on, I have too for work. I only have one account syncing, that's my Google.
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Here is my battery life, so far it's just as good as the s7 edge and no battery drain issues!!!!
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I've been running the hell out of this all morning. Installing apps, watching videos, linking to watches, played some music truth bt speakers. Wi-Fi and BT always on and will stay that way.
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I've been running the hell out of this all morning. Installing apps, watching videos, linking to watches, played some music truth bt speakers. Wi-Fi and BT always on and will stay that way.
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whats your screen on time so far?
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whats your screen on time so far?
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It was just at 3 hours when I posted those shots. I won't be at my "average" daily use for a few days, but by comparison for me, I was running my droid turbo through a lot of videos and internets same time last weekend, and it was dead by 2pm. So I'm thinking at worse, I haven't compromised time between charges.
It was just at 3 hours when I posted those shots. I won't be at my "average" daily use for a few days, but by comparison for me, I was running my droid turbo through a lot of videos and internets same time last weekend, and it was dead by 2pm. So I'm thinking at worse, I haven't compromised time between charges.
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So at 57 % of battery you had 3 hours on screen? What brightness do you have?
Battery Life pictures so far today of battery life
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So at 57 % of battery you had 3 hours on screen? What brightness do you have?
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Auto. I rarely do anything to conserve battery life. I'll report back once I have a "normal" day as well. Probably Monday.
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It was just at 3 hours when I posted those shots. I won't be at my "average" daily use for a few days, but by comparison for me, I was running my droid turbo through a lot of videos and internets same time last weekend, and it was dead by 2pm. So I'm thinking at worse, I haven't compromised time between charges.
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did you disable anything big or is most of it still on
If it will can get 5h SOT on 50-70% brightness and with LTE i will love this phone
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Battery Life pictures so far today of battery life
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whats your screen on time ?
Terrible battery life so far
My battery life is terrible ... I have LG-H820 and after setting it up i'm barely touching it because i'm busy with something ... Even did a factory reset and set it up from scratch again ... No dice ... Look below:
EDIT: My "Screen ON" time is only 41 min.
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was minimal usage about an hour and a half of SOT when i checked
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My battery life is terrible ... I have LG-H820 and after setting it up i'm barely touching it because i'm busy with something ... Even did a factory reset and set it up from scratch again ... No dice ... Look below:
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You have an app that is destroying your battery life. I'd look into it. I've been seeing very positive things for the moment about this phone both here and in forums and reddit.
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You have an app that is destroying your battery life. I'd look into it. I've been seeing very positive things for the moment about this phone both here and in forums and reddit.
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Yep, some app is trashing my battery ... But the funny thing is that i have no apps installed besides "GSam Battery Monitor". Bone stock and i've disabled some google preinstalled apps (Gmail, Hangouts, Photos, PlayMusic, Google Docs, Sheets) and all of the ATT apps that can be disabled. Not sure what is calling this com.lge.ia.task.informant process that is trashing my battery. Obviously, i've logged in with Google account so i can get access to PlayStore and i've configured my outlook.com email as an Exchange account. My outlook.com account is a must ...
Right now i suspect that the problem is related to the com.lge.exchange (com.lge.ia.task.informant seem as part of it?) but i do not see any problems with my outlook.com account on any other device (i've confiscated my brother's s7 edge for my testing yesterday and today and i've violated my work rules by adding personal email on my work iPhone 6s plus).
Anybody else with this rouge com.lge.ia.task.informant process/service problem?
TMO is pushing version PC8 now and reddit users are claiming that the battery drain is fixed. Hope VZW follows soon!
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be nice if they fixed the crappy FFC too. they say video improvements, so maybe they fixed the snapdragons problem with 240fps slowmo and choppy 60fps 1080p too
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TMO is pushing version B8 now and reddit users are claiming that the battery drain is fixed. Hope VZW follows soon!
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What battery drain? I'm not seeing that.
Sir_Eagle said:
What battery drain? I'm not seeing that.
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Have a SD820?
jayochs said:
be nice if they fixed the crappy FFC too. they say video improvements, so maybe they fixed the snapdragons problem with 240fps slowmo and choppy 60fps 1080p too
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It has been fixed
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It has been fixed
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You mean it is fixed in the TMO update? If so, really hoping for a fix in the VZW one whenever that comes...
It will be fixed with the next Samsung update...TMO just pushed PC8 to their users... Now they love the Phone. International users have had it a while and PC9 has been spotted in China. Good time are coming cause the performance sucks on PB5.
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so who has proof ffc was fixed? sorry, but some random guy on a forum saying it has without showing any proof isn't really proof enough.
especially when I think it was phandroid.com that did an article saying slow motion still isn't fixed with that update...
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My new S7 has better battery life than the POS Note 4 i traded in, usually the battery is depleted by the time i get home from work every single day in the last 2 years, now I have 50% left with the new S7, loving it.
I just picked up an s7 on Saturday. I'm not impressed with the battery life so far. Android system is the top battery consumer. I came from the nexus 6p and Android system was never high on the list. Also, it doesn't show up as a top battery consumer on my girlfriends s6.
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jlvlawrence said:
I just picked up an s7 on Saturday. I'm not impressed with the battery life so far. Android system is the top battery consumer. I came from the nexus 6p and Android system was never high on the list. Also, it doesn't show up as a top battery consumer on my girlfriends s6.
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I REALLY like this phone size, speed, screen, camera, etc. Almost everything is great, which is saying a lot because this is my first non-rooted phone and I was nervous about it. I've disabled the Verizon and Samsung apps I don't care for, so I am good there. The problem is, battery life is pretty bad considering how much it was raved. My LG G3 could easily get the same battery life/SOT. I'm on wifi 85% of the day, good signal strength, yet I barely can get 2.5-3hrs screen time and ALWAYS have to charge during the day. Like others, the Android OS is what's killing my battery. I am within my 14 day return window, and I am starting to think the issues won't be fixed, so it might be time to consider a different phone. Hoping for some help or suggestions here.
Just got this phone yesterday this is my first cycle. I'm not sure why you're getting 2.5-3 I almost got 6hrs and all LTE too... Mostly gaming and browsing some streaming YouTube to my car with blutotooth. I'm very impressed so far even though Android system still showed up on mine as a top consumer. I'll try to get 6hrs screen time if I turn on power saving maybe
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Just got this phone yesterday this is my first cycle. I'm not sure why you're getting 2.5-3 I almost got 6hrs and all LTE too... Mostly gaming and browsing some streaming YouTube to my car with blutotooth. I'm very impressed so far even though Android system still showed up on mine as a top consumer. I'll try to get 6hrs screen time if I turn on power saving maybe
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+1 my battery usage looks a lot like this
Looks about right. That's what I get. It's great battery life for usage. People just get paranoid about Android system using power in standby. Hopefully the next update Congress to Verizon soon and helps the battery get even better.
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+1 my battery usage looks a lot like this
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Did you guys do any disabling? Do you have push email or push exchange, location, etc? I have moderate battery life - about 2.5 hrs SOT on a 17-18 hr charge cycle. I would expect to get better SOT if I used it more often, but obviously at the expense of overall battery life.
I think Android System hides a long t of battery hogs - I think lots of apps will wake the phone to sync or perform background activity or notfy, which gets caught as Android system.
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Disabling apps that aren't really needed really help in my opinion with battery life. Disabling location history helps. Turning off some of those unneeded wifi search settings helps too. I turned off the always on display. I think my record was something around 4 hours of screen on time. Using the gear s2 smartwatch I got in the mail from Verizon really decreased my battery life. I am exploring ways to fix that since i really like the watch.
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Same here battery life sucks.
are we ever going to get the latest update lol...
Updating now to the latest... Any one notice if this fixed the slow mo and front camera issues?
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are we ever going to get the latest update lol...
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Got an update now, not sure what it is yet.
So guys, I love my S7 edge, as I'm sure a lot of you do, but after the update yesterday my battery life has taken a serious dive in the wrong direction.
Turns out its the Bluetooth, except I haven't used Bluetooth all day, I've been at work, where I only look at it a few times a day.
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Any suggestions or fixes?
Turn Bluetooth off?
Make sure Nearby Device scanning is turned off, and make sure Bluetooth scanning is off under Location > Improve Accuracy.
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Turn Bluetooth off?
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Funny thing is, bluetooth was never on.
Damn if restarting or clearing system cache in recovery mode doesn't work you might need to do a factory restore
I was thinking "Oh great, yet another dude complaining about losing 5 minutes of his 8 hour SOT", but I'll admit this is a weird issue, especially if you haven't enabled or used bluetooth at all. Have you checked with a different logger, like Gsam?
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So guys, I love my S7 edge, as I'm sure a lot of you do, but after the update yesterday my battery life has taken a serious dive in the wrong direction.
Turns out its the Bluetooth, except I haven't used Bluetooth all day, I've been at work, where I only look at it a few times a day.
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WHICH UPDATE are you talking about? Be specific...
NO problems here:
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I was thinking "Oh great, yet another dude complaining about losing 5 minutes of his 8 hour SOT", but I'll admit this is a weird issue, especially if you haven't enabled or used bluetooth at all. Have you checked with a different logger, like Gsam?
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Yeah I'm not the type to moan about poor SOT. The battery life on this phone is among the best. But yesterday was just terrible. Seems today it is doing better. Only time will tell.
I also have battery life issues after the APD1 update. Whereas before the phone had no problem lasting 48 hours, now it struggles to last 36 hours (Exynos here). I hate these stupid updates: notification LED is dimmer under most light conditions, battery life now sucks...thanks, Samsung !
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I also have battery life issues after the APD1 update. Whereas before the phone had no problem lasting 48 hours, now it struggles to last 36 hours (Exynos here). I hate these stupid updates: notification LED is dimmer under most light conditions, battery life now sucks...thanks, Samsung !
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I know you are going to hate this, but do a factory reset. Pain in the ass I know, but your battery will be back. Happened to me on the last update. I was relieved after the reset.
backup phone and reset phone system.
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backup phone and reset phone system.
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How do you backup your apps AND app data without root?
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Is your phone at&t?
Here's a thought, I also had pretty "bad" battery life after the previous update, and then it got back to normal after I re-enabled the stock Samsung apps that I had previously disabled, so enable them again and let them be for a day or two and see if you notice any changes. This doesn't apply to your bluetooth issue, but I just thought of this now.
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How do you backup your apps AND app data without root?
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if you have app backup set up through google it should be automagic
Im in the same boat... but i did a factory reset when i installed echo rom. My battery is lucky to get 9hrs with 4hrs screen time. Befoee the update i was getting 14hrs battery with 8.5hrs screen time. Its the 3rd day today so ill see how it goes cos i know it can take a while for thr phone to settle
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mwatson said:
I know you are going to hate this, but do a factory reset. Pain in the ass I know, but your battery will be back. Happened to me on the last update. I was relieved after the reset.
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Cool. Thanks for the tip. I've experienced exactly the same thing with this update - was getting about 48hrs with just shy of 6 hours screen on time. I have a long weekend coming up, so I'll see how it goes and then restore if I think it needs it.
I typically use Ultra Power Saving Mode overnight. It lost 13% last night in about 9hrs. I would have been disappointed with anything more than about 2%. So hopefully a reset will fix this because I've been loving the battery mode up to this point!!!!
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if you have app backup set up through google it should be automagic
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that backs up the apps, but not the "app data" which is a internally saved to the phone itself.
Basically my "Android System" usage went from 2-3% to 17-19% after this update. On the Exynos. So now the Exynos is now as bad as the SD820 at battery life.
I will reset my phone to factory right now, if this does not solve it (and I highly doubt it) then my only option is to flash the old APC8 firmware (it's possible to do it without rooting, right ?)
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How do you backup your apps AND app data without root?
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Use Samsung's own Smart Switch Windows application to take the backup.. It backs up everything, your Msgs, Contacts, Documents, Images/Videos, Apps and their settings..