Note 5 Battery life thread

[bettercallsal92]

I don't know how you guys get such amazing battery life, I average at 4 hours of SoT. This is after having tons of stuff turned off in package disabled pro, so almost no bloat + no Samsung stuff, voLTE is off and I'm running a dark theme. I've also done numerous factory resets but I don't think I'll be able to do better than this, unless there's something you guys think I'm missing

oh, and this is the T-Mobile variant.

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[Venom0642]

More battery life tips link : https://www.androidpit.com/samsung-galaxy-note-5-battery-tips

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[spasell]

Oh for those that don't know printer is on by default which will kill your battery make sure to turn it off, it's in settings and more connection settings

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Disagree. I've had this on forever and doesn't do a thing to my battery.

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[spasell]

Is there anything I can do to prevent the Cell standby from eating 21% of my battery? That doesn't seem normal at all. I've already turned on power saving mode.

In an hour of use I'm down from 65% to 44%. If I can't fix this I'm definitely returning this phone.

Issue for me too. It's a combo of things. Poor cell connection plus having WiFi on will make that happen. When I turn my WiFi off it goes down dramatically for some reason. I also have cell range extender in my home.

I went from 18-20% cell standby to 5-10% when I changed these things.

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[spasell]

I don't know how you guys get such amazing battery life, I average at 4 hours of SoT. This is after having tons of stuff turned off in package disabled pro, so almost no bloat + no Samsung stuff, voLTE is off and I'm running a dark theme. I've also done numerous factory resets but I don't think I'll be able to do better than this, unless there's something you guys think I'm missing

oh, and this is the T-Mobile variant.

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I'm convinced that those with these over the top battery life stats just don't use their phones like a phone.

I am a power user with a lot of actual CALLS being made. I do a lot of email. Text. Web browsing. Use my pen. Read WSJ app. Read Feedly and FB. my SOT averages about 3.5-4 hours and I am getting approx 13-15 hours of battery if I really push it hard which I consider excellent.

I decided to charge my phone to 100% at midnight and leave it unplugged. Didn't use screen at all obviously. When I turned it on in the AM at 545am it only dropped 3% and I had WiFi off overnight.

So right there my battery stats were going to be Unreal. I think that's what happens with a lot of these 24-27 hours of battery life.

This past weekend I got 1 day 16 hours with 10% left by doing just what I said and only listening to Audible when mowing lawn as well as checking things but only for about 5 minutes at a time.

I think 15 hours of good business use is excellent. Plus the quick charger takes me up another 20% in 20 min on charger. That's Unreal.

I pressed it real hard yesterday and was down to 23% after 8 hours. I did quick charge and got it to 50% which lasted me more than the rest of the day after work.

Love this thing.

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[recDNA]

We all define using hard differently. I like everything on all the time. Bluetooth to gear2. Wifi on for accurate location. 4 email accounts synced. Auto brightness. Google everything synced. I don't really know what people mean by the cloud? Samsung cloud? Google? Dropbox? I use em all. I stream music and netflix. Use a phone like I do and tell me how you get 72 hours on a charge.

 

[bettercallsal92]

I'm convinced that those with these over the top battery life stats just don't use their phones like a phone.

I am a power user with a lot of actual CALLS being made. I do a lot of email. Text. Web browsing. Use my pen. Read WSJ app. Read Feedly and FB. my SOT averages about 3.5-4 hours and I am getting approx 13-15 hours of battery if I really push it hard which I consider excellent.

I decided to charge my phone to 100% at midnight and leave it unplugged. Didn't use screen at all obviously. When I turned it on in the AM at 545am it only dropped 3% and I had WiFi off overnight.

So right there my battery stats were going to be Unreal. I think that's what happens with a lot of these 24-27 hours of battery life.

This past weekend I got 1 day 16 hours with 10% left by doing just what I said and only listening to Audible when mowing lawn as well as checking things but only for about 5 minutes at a time.

I think 15 hours of good business use is excellent. Plus the quick charger takes me up another 20% in 20 min on charger. That's Unreal.

I pressed it real hard yesterday and was down to 23% after 8 hours. I did quick charge and got it to 50% which lasted me more than the rest of the day after work.

Love this thing.

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No I get that, I'm a power user too, but some people have great stats AND great SoT. OP gets almost 2 hours of SoT with 80% left. Thats unreal. In one hour of SoT I usually use up 20% or more of my battery.

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[Venom0642]

No I get that, I'm a power user too, but some people have great stats AND great SoT. OP gets almost 2 hours of SoT with 80% left. Thats unreal. In one hour of SoT I usually use up 20% or more of my battery.

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If i was to use my Note 5 really heavy i would be at 15 hours at least that and get 7 hrs sot i have got that before, now if i use my phone normal i get like the photo i posted earlier here at 1 day and like 8 to 9 hrs with sot 4 and half hours or 5 hrs already done this more than 10 x so not sure why some don't get this like i do.

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[Venom0642]

No I get that, I'm a power user too, but some people have great stats AND great SoT. OP gets almost 2 hours of SoT with 80% left. Thats unreal. In one hour of SoT I usually use up 20% or more of my battery.

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Here is what i got now

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[notelycloudly]

Looks like my phone has settled a bit. I charged it this morning to 100%, and now I'm at 51%. Mostly idle, but I've had a good two hours of screen time. Now THIS is the phone I paid for. I'm wondering if the Cloud was working overtime for me before (since it's a new phone) and was causing the battery to drain since it was listed as the biggest power drain before (not anymore). I also disabled/uninstalled a lot of the bloat.

Going to bed now, will see how it looks in the morning.

 

[bettercallsal92]

I would kill for battery life like that, Ruben. I hate having to charge my phone during the day. Coming from a oneplus one (granted, only 1080p) the battery life is disappointing. I would root but I don't wanna lose Samsung pay

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[Venom0642]

I would kill for battery life like that, Ruben. I hate having to charge my phone during the day. Coming from a oneplus one (granted, only 1080p) the battery life is disappointing. I would root but I don't wanna lose Samsung pay

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My last one

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[notelycloudly]

Looks like my phone has settled a bit. I charged it this morning to 100%, and now I'm at 51%. Mostly idle, but I've had a good two hours of screen time. Now THIS is the phone I paid for. I'm wondering if the Cloud was working overtime for me before (since it's a new phone) and was causing the battery to drain since it was listed as the biggest power drain before (not anymore). I also disabled/uninstalled a lot of the bloat.

Going to bed now, will see how it looks in the morning.

It was 45% when I woke up. Not bad for being idle 8 hours. I haven't charged my phone since yesterday morning, currently at 37%. I'd post a screen but I don't have enough posts yet.

 

[Chinoo]

It was 45% when I woke up. Not bad for being idle 8 hours. I haven't charged my phone since yesterday morning, currently at 37%. I'd post a screen but I don't have enough posts yet.

How you get this battery life? What's your normal use with the phone? Can you share what you have off and disable.

Thanks

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[bettercallsal92]

Mine right now. Id like it to be just a little better

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[recDNA]

Looks like my phone has settled a bit. I charged it this morning to 100%, and now I'm at 51%. Mostly idle, but I've had a good two hours of screen time. Now THIS is the phone I paid for. I'm wondering if the Cloud was working overtime for me before (since it's a new phone) and was causing the battery to drain since it was listed as the biggest power drain before (not anymore). I also disabled/uninstalled a lot of the bloat.

Going to bed now, will see how it looks in the morning.

What "Cloud?" Please explain? Google? What?

 

[bettercallsal92]

Also, is this normal? 23% discharge while screen is off. This is after almost 23 hours since the phone was last charged btw

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[notelycloudly]

How you get this battery life? What's your normal use with the phone? Can you share what you have off and disable.

Thanks

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My phone usage is generally Internet browsing, email checking, and Spotify streaming.

I disabled most of the built in apps (things like NFL Mobile and Slacker Radio), as well as some of the add-ons from Google and Amazon that I don't use like Google Music. I also keep power saving mode on, and my location is only on as needed. I also disabled printing, as suggested here.

 

[notelycloudly]

What "Cloud?" Please explain? Google? What?

Verizon's Cloud.

 

[notelycloudly]

How you get this battery life? What's your normal use with the phone? Can you share what you have off and disable.

Thanks

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I just wrote a response to this...not sure where it went.

Anyway I disabled the built in stuff I don't use like NFL Mobile as well as Google and Amazon add-ons I don't use. I also keep my phone in power saving mode at all times.