Is This Battery Life Pretty Pathetic?

[RadeonHD]

This was over the weekend. I only went out Friday night. The rest of the weekend I was home. I have an iPad and Laptop and a Switch to distract me from my phone. 56 hours of runtime is fine for me.

 

[RadeonHD]

This was over the weekend. I only went out Friday night. The rest of the weekend I was home. I have an iPad and Laptop and a Switch to distract me from my phone. 56 hours of runtime is fine for me.

Can't figure out how to delete but here's the final number before I had to plug in. It was actually 62 hours of runtime with an additional one hour screen.

 

[RadeonHD]

There's so many elements that determine battery life. Always on Display was cute at first, but not really needed. That right there is a somewhat decent chunk of standby.

Also if your phone is your primary device you won't see 2+ days. When I'm at home I use my iPad + laptop for browsing. I'll use my phone for texting and occasionally Android Central at home. (Love the app better than website.)

 

[Nakrohtap]

If you you're picking your phone up every 5-10 minutes, you won't get that deep sleep that people not using their phones much will have. This is why the standby idle time is so much better for those doing this and the phone will last 2+ days off the charger.

 

[DanielLoreti]

If in a weak signal area and allowing background data and using for apps, battery life on any phone will suck.

Battery life for my Verizon networked N9 512 is a little better than my S9+. Good battery life.

How do you disable background data?

 

[mlbyanks11]

I don't get weak signal anywhere I've gone. how do you upload screen shots from the Android Central app??

 

[chyeo1979]

4 hrs SOT with 30% battery left looks fine to me

 

[DanielLoreti]

4 hrs SOT with 30% battery left looks fine to me

I'm at 30% right now 3.5 hours SOT and 15 hours of charger

 

[srbell67]

I’m getting about 6.5-7 hours of SOT on my iPhone XS max per day whereas I was getting 5.5-6 on my Note 9 prior. The Note 9 was returned.

 

[KupKrazy]

I’m getting about 6.5-7 hours of SOT on my iPhone XS max per day whereas I was getting 5.5-6 on my Note 9 prior. The Note 9 was returned.

So, you returned your Note 9 because you were getting 0.5-1 hr more SOT on a different platform?

 

[mlbyanks11]

Mine is awful this is from the past few days but been going on a lot longer than that

 

[RadeonHD]

Mine is awful this is from the past few days but been going on a lot longer than that View attachment 291958View attachment 291958

There is a possibility that your physical battery is bad. On the Note 4 I thought people were BS'ing when they got 6-7 hours and I barely got more than 3.5 on conditioned settings. It was the battery. Out of the box it was trash. A new one and I was able to get 5 as an average.

Unfortunately it's not as si.ple as popping off the cover and installing a new battery.

 

[srbell67]

So, you returned your Note 9 because you were getting 0.5-1 hr more SOT on a different platform?

Not just the battery, but the overall fluidity; performance and optimization of apps.

For instance and for whatever reason, in the Android Facebook app on my Note 9, it doesn’t let a user delete a posted comment on someone else’s thread. That’s ridiculous. In addition, it does not let one sort comments by newest first. This is just FB. No issues on the IOS apps. Not sure why the discrepancy.

 

[frederickdawg]

It's all about usage. My wife gets about 5-6 hours sot and I get 8 plus.
Im frugal, have most things turned off like high accuracy, mobile data at home ( weak cell signal ) black AMOLED wallpaper and substratum black themes etc... No social media either.

Where had she has everything on. Inc Facebook white default screen , high brightness. She don't care. Her phone works for her, whereas I appear to work for my phone

In all honesty the battery bump from 3300 to 4000mAh doesn't equate to mutiple hours of SOT. Probably in real life terms longer stand by and a little more sot, about an hour at most more. I'm merely comparing my note 8 usage to the note 9. I remember when my note 8 was new , I got 8 hours sot a few times,, then after about a few months it slowly declined and settled to approx 6-7 sot.

 

[sweetypie31]

It's all about usage. My wife gets about 5-6 hours sot and I get 8 plus.
Im frugal, have most things turned off like high accuracy, mobile data at home ( weak cell signal ) black AMOLED wallpaper and substratum black themes etc... No social media either.

Where had she has everything on. Inc Facebook white default screen , high brightness. She don't care. Her phone works for her, whereas I appear to work for my phone

In all honesty the battery bump from 3300 to 4000mAh doesn't equate to mutiple hours of SOT. Probably in real life terms longer stand by and a little more sot, about an hour at most more. I'm merely comparing my note 8 usage to the note 9. I remember when my note 8 was new , I got 8 hours sot a few times,, then after about a few months it slowly declined and settled to approx 6-7 sot.

Lol I think if we just used these phones as intended like your wife does we'd all be saner.

 

[frederickdawg]

Lol I think if we just used these phones as intended like your wife does we'd all be saner.

Agreed !

 

[Theot]

Lol I think if we just used these phones as intended like your wife does we'd all be saner.

That's what my wife does with her iPhone. Full brightness most of the time and plug in when it's completely dead.

 

[frederickdawg]

That's what my wife does with her iPhone. Full brightness most of the time and plug in when it's completely dead.

She also uses fast wireless charging over night which in my books is sacrilege in itself.

But I remember examining her note 8 after she (ab)used it for over a year, the battery capacity health was at 97% and the screen didn't have any burn in suprisingly. So all was good.

 

[mlbyanks11]

There is a possibility that your physical battery is bad. On the Note 4 I thought people were BS'ing when they got 6-7 hours and I barely got more than 3.5 on conditioned settings. It was the battery. Out of the box it was trash. A new one and I was able to get 5 as an average.

Unfortunately it's not as si.ple as popping off the cover and installing a new battery.

Well I master reset my phone and restored everything and a lot better sincr. but I have a replacement coming to me. Dont think its performing at its best battery wise.

 

[andreasmp]

I have worst battery life with the note 9 than any other phone I've ever had! I never get more than 4 hours SOT and I've barely used it today.