Note 5 Battery life thread

[EMGSM]

Quick charge will heat your battery up shortening it's life more than a slow charge will.

Design a phone with a small battery, offer quick charge as the solution, which kills the battery faster, which isn't user replaceable, so it may be better to buy a new phone rather than replacing the battery, Samsung sales increase.

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WOW. That sounds about right. A normal consumer wouldn't think so deeply. Thanks for the info.

 

[EMGSM]

This is what I have started doing... Only fast charge for emergencies...i say this because I noticed my battery getting weaker on my S6 and I have always used quick charge with it when I charge, even for non emergencies

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Does the battery go back to normal using regular charge? I have a S6 Edge and don't want the battery to get weaker especially since I just got it in April.

 

[centerwaters]

Hope it continues after about 6 months to a year.

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all rechargeable batteries degrade after 6 months to a year. there's no way around it.
(okay, fine, some MIT engineer is trying to come up with a battery that NEVER degrades
no matter how many times it's been charged, but that's not on the market yet)

guess there is no way around having the Note 5's internal battery replaced, at least
the way I use phones. I fully charge my Note phone from near death back to 100%
almost every single day.

 

[quangtran1]

Totally nonsense to generalize that quick-charging damages today's batteries. I do not purchase phones that do not have this capability. I have multiple Sony Z3s, Motorola Droid Turbos, Samsung S6s, iPhone 6s, and now a Note 5. For the past 3 years, I've used nothing but quick-chargers at home, office, in cars.

One key measurement that determines how much charge a phone can safely receive is the C-rate, or the rate at which a battery charges or discharges. The C-rate is the ratio between the charging rate and the capacity of the battery as measured in milliampere-hours (mAh). All batteries in devices with the proper chipsets, rated at 1C, can handle this C-rate without getting damaged.

 

[Racing24]

Totally nonsense to generalize that quick-charging damages today's batteries. I do not purchase phones that do not have this capability. I have multiple Sony Z3s, Motorola Droid Turbos, Samsung S6s, iPhone 6s, and now a Note 5. For the past 3 years, I've used nothing but quick-chargers at home, office, in cars.

One key measurement that determines how much charge a phone can safely receive is the C-rate, or the rate at which a battery charges or discharges. The C-rate is the ratio between the charging rate and the capacity of the battery as measured in milliampere-hours (mAh).* All batteries in devices with the proper chipsets, rated at 1C, can handle this C-rate without getting damaged.

Well said.

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[smooth4lyfe]

Does the battery go back to normal using regular charge? I have a S6 Edge and don't want the battery to get weaker especially since I just got it in April.

Nope mine didn't, I mean it could have just been me, but I definitely noticed a change, and it didn't seem to fix

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[pappy35]

Totally nonsense to generalize that quick-charging damages today's batteries. I do not purchase phones that do not have this capability. I have multiple Sony Z3s, Motorola Droid Turbos, Samsung S6s, iPhone 6s, and now a Note 5. For the past 3 years, I've used nothing but quick-chargers at home, office, in cars.

One key measurement that determines how much charge a phone can safely receive is the C-rate, or the rate at which a battery charges or discharges. The C-rate is the ratio between the charging rate and the capacity of the battery as measured in milliampere-hours (mAh). All batteries in devices with the proper chipsets, rated at 1C, can handle this C-rate without getting damaged.

Absolutely correct. In addition, the battery endurance after a charge is not affected AT ALL by the method of charging (quick or low rate). The battery has a capacity, the means used to fill it up has no effect on how that battery will discharge the next day. MAYBE if you charge it at >2C everyday for a month it might cause a slightly quicker degradation. Maybe...

 

[calicocat2010]

Soo, I've had my phone since last Monday, and overall I'm pretty impressed. Here is my battery today. It's been off the charger since 7 a.m. I made two phone calls, checked email and browsed the net and Facebook. Where I work I have hardly any signal, but I keep the WiFi on all day. I have emails syncing in the background, a few background apps running. My screen brightness is about 30 percent (auto), used Bluetooth from work towards home.

However, I don't really know how to read this correctly. Is it the SOT that is supposed to be the 'good' thing, or the Time Remaining , ie. Average time or Last14m, or the Battery Life in general?
I see some people have very small SOT, but their Battery Time is very long. So, which is it?

 

[shibosway]

First full day discharge. I went another hour and 30 SOT after this down to 13%. I made 3 or 4 phone calls including being on hold for about 10 minutes, drove around in areas with bad reception using waze for an hour and kept my screen automatic for most of the day. Location was off until I used waze and WiFi for all but 3 hours when I was out running errands.

I've been using the wireless charger I got from Best Buy so I'm not fast charging. I'm thinking I'm only going to fast charge when I need it, which is to say I'll keep it in my bag for long days and 2A charge the rest of the time (wireless home and 2A in car)

I don't mind topping off throughout the day to be able to go 20+ hours and still have 25% left whenever I finally crash.





Note 5 !

 

[Torisen1]

It's okay but not up to par with what my Sony Xperia Z2 gave me. I still dig this phone though.

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[MedicD]

Yeah... Definitely not the best battery. Note 4 with the removable batteries was very nice. As long as vzw allows Samsung Pay when it comes out I'll be happy

 

[ThomaspHK]

Turning off VoLTE has dramatically improved battery drainage from Cell standby. From 30% (!!) to less than 1%. Seems to me there is an issue with the implementation of this function.

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[Kelly Kearns]

I have it on and my drain isn't bad.

 

[ThomaspHK]

I have it on and my drain isn't bad.

Depends on carrier maybe?

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[sup3r1or]

So yesterday I managed 17 hours off battery, nearly 4 hours screen on time before battery dropped to 7%. Better than my last phone but, not too impressive consider I see people getting 6-7 hours SOT No idea. Why my GSAM shows my Phone Radio takes 18% why ?

 

[jdhooghe]

This cell standby is pissing me off

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[sup3r1or]

Here are my stats just took of a chargee an hour ago

 

[ThomaspHK]

This cell standby is pissing me off

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Have you tried turning off VoLTE? See my post higher up in the thread...

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[MedicD]

This cell standby is pissing me off

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Yeah... idk what the deal is. Hope a fix is found soon.

I'm replacing my Note 5 with the 64GB version. 32 wasn't cutting it for plex sync, hopefully a new phone will magically fix my issue

 

[MedicD]

Here are my stats just took of a chargee an hour ago

That's really good. Is battery saver on?