I've had my S5 for about a month and it's had AMAZING battery life. I've been using it more than any other phone i've had and it easily lasted 24-36 hours off the charger. I'd also check out the battery usage for fun and the screen is what was killing battery by a large margin. Well today I took it off the charger and didn't touch it and then when I finally picked it up 2-3 hours later it was down to 70%, which was very unlike how it normally would drain - especially not being touched at all. Now after only 11 hours unplugged and very minimal usage today (mostly at idle with screen locked) it is down to almost needing to be plugged in, and when I check battery usage it has "andoird os" as used up 53% of the battery and screen is only at 14%. Usually by the time my phone is killed the screen percentage is the big one.
I haven't changed anything in my phone since yesterday except for I unchecked the box where it made the screen more sensitive to be used with gloves.Anyone have any ideas?
edit: after some searching on this site I came across the stuff below in quotes, but i'm not sure i want to uncheck it because then it won't find wifi when i enter and leave the house, will it? Plus, it's not like having it on was a problem in the past.
Here is a screen shot of my phone, maybe someone can help me understand it?
I haven't changed anything in my phone since yesterday except for I unchecked the box where it made the screen more sensitive to be used with gloves.Anyone have any ideas?
edit: after some searching on this site I came across the stuff below in quotes, but i'm not sure i want to uncheck it because then it won't find wifi when i enter and leave the house, will it? Plus, it's not like having it on was a problem in the past.
I'm also on a Note 3 with AT&T. Just got it 11 days ago. The other day I ended up at 40% battery by 1:30 in the afternoon after coming off the charger at 6:00 AM with just very moderate at best use. So I googled battery saving tips and gleaned from several different article and I also got a battery app to optimize. I turned off the feature that allows apps to still keep scanning using wifi. Settings>wifi>hit menu for Advanced>turn off Always allow scanning. (has to do with Google location services) I read that somewhere and changed the option. I also keep wifi off at work and now I am doing much better. I took phone off charger at 7 am and I'm at 95% with some light use-sent a text, downloaded the above mentioned app and read a little email. Hope this helps.
I was having the same problem...using about 15% battery every hour even with the screen off. I turned off the always allow scanning option and man what a difference. Going on 12 hours and still at 70% battery.
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Here is a screen shot of my phone, maybe someone can help me understand it?
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