Battery tips for owners who are struggling

[Yeoi34]

Re: Phone Radio battery drain

You can turn off the active mobile network standby off. Its found in the developer options.

Thanks I will give that a try

 

[Yeoi34]

Isn't that just signal issues?

I would assume not because you see the signal is very good 99% of the time.

 

[Notefan161]

I would assume not because you see the signal is very good 99% of the time.

I had the same issue at work when my phone was on just 4G the radio was like 62% just odd

 

[Notefan161]

I would assume not because you see the signal is very good 99% of the time.

Same for mine now

 

[Busted51]

is the network set to “global” or “LTE”. i think i read somewhere having it on global can cause the antenna to switch unnecessarily

 

[Notefan161]

Best battery life I've had so far

 

[NIZMOZ44]

That app doesn't show what's using the battery though

I've used it, and it does show what is using the battery. It's in one of the selections.

 

[Yeoi34]

is the network set to “global” or “LTE”. i think i read somewhere having it on global can cause the antenna to switch unnecessarily

What you see in the screenshot I set the mobile network to 3g/2g (auto)

 

[Notefan161]

I've used it, and it does show what is using the battery. It's in one of the selections.

Maybe just takes time then

 

[Palladium65]

Anyone with the S10+ Exynos Dual Sim variant with two sims have any tips or can share their battery life ?

 

[libra89]

I see optimize, high, medium and max but I dont see the adt power saving on the screen

When you go to settings->device care->power mode, adaptive battery should be under the options you shared.

 

[jtcannonball]

Aren't you on the plus size??

Nope, the regular S10. My plus was defective and Best Buy didn't have any to exchange and since this was near the size of my old S9+ I just went with it and I love the size and battery is great for what I need.

 

[popkurn611]

Nope, the regular S10. My plus was defective and Best Buy didn't have any to exchange and since this was near the size of my old S9+ I just went with it and I love the size and battery is great for what I need.

Awesome! Good to hear

 

[Rukbat]

I would assume not because you see the signal is very good 99% of the time.

@Yeoi34

"99%" doesn't mean anything - that's a setting that the manufacturer makes, and 99% could be "just over the threshold for noise-free reception" or it could be "WOW! You almost never see a signal this strong".

Install LTE Discovery, look at the Signals tab, and see what your actual LTE signal strength is. -90 to -110 is okay, but -110 is getting into the "raise the transmitter power" area. Under -115 ("under" meaning a larger number - it's showing you dBm below 1mw) means that the phone will raise the transmitter power ("if the tower is so far away that its signal is weak here, my signal will be weak there, so raise the transmitter power"), and it will cost you battery just to sit on the lock screen. Unless you go into airplane mode.

 

[Notefan161]

Battery life seems to be getting better

 

[Yeoi34]

Re: Phone Radio battery drain

Enabling developer settings I found the setting was already off. Turning it on and off made no difference.

 

[Yeoi34]

Battery life seems to be getting better

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What have you tried?

 

[Yeoi34]

@Yeoi34

"99%" doesn't mean anything - that's a setting that the manufacturer makes, and 99% could be "just over the threshold for noise-free reception" or it could be "WOW! You almost never see a signal this strong".

Install LTE Discovery, look at the Signals tab, and see what your actual LTE signal strength is. -90 to -110 is okay, but -110 is getting into the "raise the transmitter power" area. Under -115 ("under" meaning a larger number - it's showing you dBm below 1mw) means that the phone will raise the transmitter power ("if the tower is so far away that its signal is weak here, my signal will be weak there, so raise the transmitter power"), and it will cost you battery just to sit on the lock screen. Unless you go into airplane mode.

In the order of the screenshots, here is my screen with the LTE on, 3G / 2G (auto), 3G only, 2G only

 

[Notefan161]

What have you tried?

I have AOD only on for tap to wake that seemed to have made a big difference and I put on all the settings from YouTube tech guy battery saving gestures.

Have Adaptive brightness off

 

[Yeoi34]

I turned on Airplane mode and left overnight , it made a big difference as I only lost 2%.