[lebstus]

New to Samsung, just left apple. Having difficulty with battery life and email icon showing five new emails when I have none

Also took this shot of battery, is this decent

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[dby2011]

I also just got a Galaxy 5 after using Windows Phones. I like the phone but the battery life is not good so far. I've only had it for 3 days and played with a lot of settings. Today will be my first full day at work with it and we will see how long it lasts. So far I am not impressed and am questioning my choice of phones.

[PainFX]

New to Samsung, just left apple. Having difficulty with battery life and email icon showing five new emails when I have none

Also took this shot of battery, is this decent

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what is the actually screen time though?

[lebstus]

How do I check screen time

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[lebstus]

This must be it

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[lebstus]

And

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[Philtronic]

Battery life is supposed to be very good with the S5... Something is not setup properly... look at my S5 battery stats, everything is ON except Bluetooth and GPS, plus, I got mediocre radio signal...

By the way, I never use any battery saving mode.

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[Rmedy21]

Every so often the Android system keeps taking up the percentage of the battery life of my phone. I cleared cache and stopped all programs. I've tried taking out the battery and stuff. This happens once in a while. I don't know why they can't make the android system operate less in the background. One thing I can say about the iPhone stand by time it's fantastic. I can leave the phone for days on 100% and it will still be at that percentage. I wish android could do something similar with there OS to optimize the battery life.

Verizon Galaxy S5 😎

[P_Devil]

The screen time is also dependent on its brightness. That's not a bad number if the brightness is set to a high value, otherwise something might be up. Battery life has been a lot better with my S5 compared to my iPhone 5. It was just OK at first but the upgrade to Android 4.4.4 has put it above and beyond my iPhone 5 along with my friend's iPhone 6 (that standard model, not the iPhone 6 Plus).

My S5 has been on for 5 hours and 45 minutes with the battery at 87%. That's with moderate texting and playing music (stored on the SD card using the Google Play Music app) for 3 hours (1 hour through Bluetooth in my car, 2 hours through my wired headphones at 75% volume). My iPhone 5 was already at 50% by this time of the day with less usage, my friend's iPhone 6 is currently sitting at 65% with the same amount of usage (they've just been playing music through a wired connection though).

My S5 will finally get down to 65% before I plug it in at 10:30 PM and that's after even more moderate texting, wi-fi internet surfing, using facebook (wi-fi), maybe taking a couple of pictures, playing music via Bluetooth for another hour, and playing music on my Bose SoundTouch via AirPlay (using a 3rd party plug-in). I would of already had to charge my iPhone 5 on the way home just to get it back up to 85% just so it could be drained down to 5% before charging at 10:30 PM.

[kfortson]

why is the battery losing power so quickly?

[sdardoin]

My battery power is very sporadic as well... first few days was great but it seems like its getting worse. The Android system itself is eating up 73% of the battery life. What could possibly be running so much?

Granted the battery life isn't terrible, but it seems like it should (and used to be) better

[Rmedy21]

My battery power is very sporadic as well... first few days was great but it seems like its getting worse. The Android system itself is eating up 73% of the battery life. What could possibly be running so much?

Granted the battery life isn't terrible, but it seems like it should (and used to be) better

If I had the answer I would give it. Sometimes I feel like I should invest in a extended battery.

Verizon Galaxy S5 😎

[Allenhardiman]

The screen time is also dependent on its brightness. That's not a bad number if the brightness is set to a high value, otherwise something might be up. Battery life has been a lot better with my S5 compared to my iPhone 5. It was just OK at first but the upgrade to Android 4.4.4 has put it above and beyond my iPhone 5 along with my friend's iPhone 6 (that standard model, not the iPhone 6 Plus).

My S5 has been on for 5 hours and 45 minutes with the battery at 87%. That's with moderate texting and playing music (stored on the SD card using the Google Play Music app) for 3 hours (1 hour through Bluetooth in my car, 2 hours through my wired headphones at 75% volume). My iPhone 5 was already at 50% by this time of the day with less usage, my friend's iPhone 6 is currently sitting at 65% with the same amount of usage (they've just been playing music through a wired connection though).

My S5 will finally get down to 65% before I plug it in at 10:30 PM and that's after even more moderate texting, wi-fi internet surfing, using facebook (wi-fi), maybe taking a couple of pictures, playing music via Bluetooth for another hour, and playing music on my Bose SoundTouch via AirPlay (using a 3rd party plug-in). I would of already had to charge my iPhone 5 on the way home just to get it back up to 85% just so it could be drained down to 5% before charging at 10:30 PM.

How do you tweak your battery life

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[PainFX]

The screen time is also dependent on its brightness. That's not a bad number if the brightness is set to a high value, otherwise something might be up. Battery life has been a lot better with my S5 compared to my iPhone 5. It was just OK at first but the upgrade to Android 4.4.4 has put it above and beyond my iPhone 5 along with my friend's iPhone 6 (that standard model, not the iPhone 6 Plus).

My S5 has been on for 5 hours and 45 minutes with the battery at 87%. That's with moderate texting and playing music (stored on the SD card using the Google Play Music app) for 3 hours (1 hour through Bluetooth in my car, 2 hours through my wired headphones at 75% volume). My iPhone 5 was already at 50% by this time of the day with less usage, my friend's iPhone 6 is currently sitting at 65% with the same amount of usage (they've just been playing music through a wired connection though).

My S5 will finally get down to 65% before I plug it in at 10:30 PM and that's after even more moderate texting, wi-fi internet surfing, using facebook (wi-fi), maybe taking a couple of pictures, playing music via Bluetooth for another hour, and playing music on my Bose SoundTouch via AirPlay (using a 3rd party plug-in). I would of already had to charge my iPhone 5 on the way home just to get it back up to 85% just so it could be drained down to 5% before charging at 10:30 PM.

What was your on screen time within that 6 hours?

[P_Devil]

What was your on screen time within that 6 hours?

I don't remember. I know it was at least 75 minutes, probably more like 90 minutes. It was sporadic though as the screen was on only when I was reading a text and replying to it, there was only a solid 30 minutes or so in the morning when the screen was on for a straight amount of time and I was using the Facebook app along with surfing the internet. My screen time, by the end of the day, will be somewhere in the 2-3 hour range. I do read a lot of my emails through my Moto 360 instead of using my phone and I know that helps.

How do you tweak your battery life

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I have my screen brightness set to 30%, Bluetooth turned on all the time (I have a Moto 360), wi-fi turned off when I'm not at home, I use the Google Now Launcher, I clear my cache once a day, I restart my phone every couple of days, and that's it. My phone can go for a solid 4 days with the extended battery that I have but I hardly use it anymore, not after the Android 4.4.4 update. Before, with Android 4.4.3, my S5 was actually worse than my iPhone 5. It would easily get down to 40% (or less) by the end of my 8 hour work day. I almost returned it until the 4.4.4 update came out.

[sdardoin]

If I had the answer I would give it. Sometimes I feel like I should invest in a extended battery.

Verizon Galaxy S5 😎

Well, after a simple reboot, my battery life is back to normal... nearly 5 hours on the battery and still at 90%. Guess some process was confused.