Galaxy s5 Battery Drain

Awais Hassan

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So..ive read all the posts regarding battery drain.. i researched a lot.. i closed all the sync data and restricted background data.. brightness is at around 25%..and im comfortable with the brightness..now im uploading the battery usage stats to see if any expert can explain the issues here...i mean im aiming for a day and a half .. its giving me around 20 hours..
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Welcome to Android Central! Not very good, I agree. What's the total screen-on time? Tap the Screen category to find out.

Sometimes the battery that gets shipped with the phone is faulty. Are you able to try a different battery?
 

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Android system is high.

Have you updated your software?

Whats ur on screen time?

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Screen on time..i didnt see honestly..ive put my cell on charge and right now it shows 2 hrs and 41 miins..i think thats the time it spent on battery previously..ill try for a new battery..i just bought it 15 days back ...
 

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i havent updated my software..do i need to ? on screen time likely is 2 hours 41 mins.. thats wat i am seeing right now after ive charged my battery to its fullest..
 

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im also using Battery doctor and Clean master..
Try Green Power. I tried BD, Juice defender and then GP and I found GP to be the most effective and easy to implement. And be sure to keep location tp "power saving." And disable/uninstall ALL Amazon and carrier (like Verizon) crap.
 

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Try Green Power. I tried BD, Juice defender and then GP and I found GP to be the most effective and easy to implement. And be sure to keep location tp "power saving." And disable/uninstall ALL Amazon and carrier (like Verizon) crap.
different ppl say different things...battery doctor, cm browser, clean master, juice defender, greenify, and so on..... i wanna ask ...do we really need these apps at alll.. s5 has a sort of task killer of its own..(when u tap the left touch button besides the home button, and turn all apps for once)..do we really need to install all these task killlers?
 

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Wow 20 hours? You guys don't think that's good? That sounds amazing to me. I'm abetting averaging about 13 to 15 hours .
 

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Wow 20 hours? You guys don't think that's good? That sounds amazing to me. I'm abetting averaging about 13 to 15 hours .

But the screen didn't seem to be on very much. If I left my Nexus 5 alone, and hardly turned the screen on to do anything, it would last at least a day and a half--and this is a phone with a very mediocre battery. That's part of the reason I wanted to see the total screen-on time. The S5 should probably average around 4-5 hrs of total screen-on time per charge (while my Nexus 5 gets around 3).
 

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Here is my stats from today. I think they are pretty good.

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I would try Battery Guru. It's a bit different as it "learns" your pattern of operation and implements it's tools to optimize battery life for your "device" the way you use it.

I can honestly say it works for me and the way I use my S5.

I'm a very heavy user and it dropped the number of charges I used to require by about 40%.

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I just use MacroDroid now.

It has two major functions for me.

Screen locked:
turn off Data, WiFi, Sync, Bluetooth

Screen unlocked: turn all that stuff back on.


when I am not using the phone the battery use is almost nil. Way less than 1% per hour.

As PainFX just showed up above, knowledgeable use of the phone's capabilities can give phenomenal battery life.

Over a long weekend last week, I did not use my phone from Thursday after work until the next Monday going to work.
During that time, it used less than 15% of the battery over that 3 day period.

It is all about how you use it and what you expect it to do.

For me, if the screen is dark, I want the phone to be sleeping the deep sleep. It will still take inbound calls and text messages. Beyond that, I don't want anything else to use battery power.
 

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