Galaxy S5 battery/charging

[Tara Rayburn]

I've noticed since the update (at&t) my phone has been taking forever to charge up. It's been plugged in for 3 hours, very minimal use and it's at 64%. It's also dying more quickly. What gives? Did I miss something? Any suggestions?
Thanks!

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[B. Diddy]

Does it show that it's Charging (AC) or Charging (USB)?

Regarding the battery drain, charge up to 100%, then let it drain to 20-30% with normal usage, without charging in between. Then show us:

1. The main Settings>Battery screen.
2. The fullscreen battery graph screen (which shows Awake time and Cell Signal Strength).
3. The Screen category (to see total Screen On time).
4. The Cell Standby category, if present (to see Time Without Signal).

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[Tara Rayburn]

Here's those screen shots. I usually always charge to 100%, remove my phone and I don't charge again till 20% or less. I don't know if maybe my charger all of a sudden sucks or what.

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[B. Diddy]

It would still be helpful to see the details when you tap Screen and Cell Standby. Also, tap the graph to see if you get the fullscreen graph that includes things like mobile signal strength.

Your Facebook is using a decent amount of battery. Do you really use it that much? Facebook has lately been a bit of a battery suck, sometimes due to buggy versions. Do you have the latest version installed?

 

[Tara Rayburn]

I check Facebook often, but I'm never in it that long. When I get out of it, I always clear all apps. I don't know why it's using up so much now.

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[Tara Rayburn]

Oh and yes I'm on the current version.

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[ironass]

FaceBook is a known battery drainer and FaceBook need to address this problem...

Samsung Galaxy S5 Battery Drain Fix Android 5.0 Lollipop Sprint Verizon

Top 5 battery drainers...

1. Facebook

2. Spotify

3. Instagram

4. Path

5. Amazon

 

[B. Diddy]

Open your Facebook app, tap Menu, then App Settings, and change the refresh to Manual, if you don't need it to be constantly checking for updated posts while you're not looking at the phone. Also, turn off the video auto-play. That might decrease the battery usage a little, but much of it might be due to poor coding.

 

[Tara Rayburn]

Thanks. I did just turn off the notifications. They were agitating me anyways. I cleared the Facebook cache too.. Whatever that is.

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[aspiller1998]

You're not alone... used to love this phone but now I hate it. I've factory reset it, disabled apps, booted in safe mode you name it!

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