Go into settings/apps/app mgr and Disable/Uninstall anything that has Amazon in the name. That app is a huge battery sucker.
Disable any app you don't use, for me, S Health is useless so I disabled it, noticed right away that the battery life improved.
Turn off sync, turn off Background data. Neither of those are needed for 99.5 percent of what we do.
For myself, I turn off Data, WiFi, Sync, every time I lock the screen and the phone is idle. I choose to use MacroDroid to handle that chore for me. YMMV but it is a great app.
Bluetooth uses a bit of power, but I leave it on because I wear a BT earpiece at work.
GPS location uses a tiny bit of power, but I leave it on also in High Accuracy Mode. This has not been a problem for me at all. Battery Doctor reports that only costs me about 25 minutes worth of battery per day.
I prefer to have the phone totally idled when I don't have the screen lit up and me reading something.
Telco calls and Txt Messaging works just fine w/o any of the data services, it is a basic 1x service that rides on the carrier's basic service.
I easily get 3 or 4 days of use when I am not really active with the phone.
On days when I need it, the battery is always nearly topped off at 90% plus and then I go surfing and use a lot of video, newspaper articles, realtime TV watching, etc..... when doing that I notice that the battery takes a pretty hit.... down to something like 80% or even a time or two down to 65% during a single surfing session that lasted a couple hours or more.
Just make sure that any app you are not using is not active in the background.... when I am out on the job, I make heavy use of the GPS and reporting locations for road work repairs, bridges that have missing pavement, etc.... on those times, the battery takes a good hit because of the heavy mapping data required to be downloaded and using email to send in the reports.
The S5's battery is a good one, I have no complaints. Originally before I bought the phone, I thought I would need one or two spare batteries. I always did in the past, but not with the S5. It has always gotten through the day with a lot of power left.
Sometimes it is down to 15%, other days it is still st 85% or better. Just depends on how active my work load has been.
08-24-2014 09:03 AM
