Samsung Galaxy S6 Cell standby battery drain?

[vfp5]

Never had a phone where cell standby drains the battery more than the display? So far battery life not looking so good...anyone know why this might be happening?

 

[Jdroids]

Re: Cell standby battery drain?

If you are on t-mobile there were many posts from early users on this already. It seems to be caused by some WiFi related bug and there are reports that turning off WiFi calling, VoLTE, always scanning for wifi would reduce the cell standby drain.

 

[vfp5]

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Appreciate the response! Unfortunately I'm on at&t. Really odd...pulling 16% now

 

[clevin]

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Any screen shot?

 

[dmxjago]

Re: Cell standby battery drain?

Same thing with me on AT&T. Here is a screenshot.

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[Jdroids]

Re: Cell standby battery drain?

Appreciate the response! Unfortunately I'm on at&t. Really odd...pulling 16% now

Try turning off always scanning for wifi, smart network switch and VoLTE. Then reboot and see if it improves.

 

[axia55]

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Try turning off always scanning for wifi, smart network switch and VoLTE. Then reboot and see if it improves.

I am on AT&T and have terrible battery life with cell standby as #1 drainer.

Never mind my question, I found a those settings. Hopefully that helps!

 

[vfp5]

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Thanks!! Gave that at a try...still no improvement. Same as screenshot above. Love everything else so far though

 

[clevin]

Can you guys do a calibration and see how much sot you got from 100 to 10%?

Focusing on one single process may not be helpful.

 

[ballzac]

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on att i can confirm that works, my standby was high now i have none

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[Jdroids]

Re: Cell standby battery drain?

Thanks!! Gave that at a try...still no improvement. Same as screenshot above. Love everything else so far though

Then how much does it drain on standby? If less than 2%/hr, I think it's not something to worry about regardless of cell stand by % on battery stats.

Some T-mobile guys had more than 5%/hr from high cell standby and others on at&t are having good stand by time.

 

[Raptor007]

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It seems to be across the board with the different carriers right now and hopefully Samsung is working on a fix. I ready on Sammobile.com that Samsung already is pushing 5.0.2 out but of course the US carriers won't get it unless its a minor security update that was in the works and approved prior to launch.

For once I wish Samsung would offer the option to buy direct and without carrier involvement.

 

[beatsandlife]

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Try turning off always scanning for wifi, smart network switch and VoLTE. Then reboot and see if it improves.

Can you help me find these options?

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[Jdroids]

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Can you help me find these options?

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First two are in WiFi setting screen on upper right corner. VoLTE depends on carrier version. T-mobile has it in phone app setting and at&t has it in mobile network/mobile data setting.

 

[beatsandlife]

Re: Cell standby battery drain?

Got it. Now I wait

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[warpdrive]

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I'll be back to answer more but cell standby while big is not effecting my battery life much if at all and I got everything turned on.

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[vfp5]

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Ok. Maybe it doesn't matter...just kinda odd. Showing 2.5 hrs ost with 42% left on the battery. Cell standby up to 21% lol

 

[quietkvj]

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Then how much does it drain on standby? If less than 2%/hr, I think it's not something to worry about regardless of cell stand by % on battery stats.

Some T-mobile guys had more than 5%/hr from high cell standby and others on at&t are having good stand by time.

I'm in T-mobile and I woke up around 12 am and pulled it off the charger, then woke up around 5am and was down to 88%. That's a little over 2% each hour. It was on WiFi with scanning allowed the whole time with location services on too, but WiFi calling was off, what do you think?

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[Inders99]

Re: Cell standby battery drain?

Isn't cell standby greatly impacted by the signal strength of the carrier in a given area? My current phone drains like crazy in poor network areas and hardly at all in strong signal areas.

 

[kcguy76]

Re: Cell standby battery drain?

Try turning off always scanning for wifi, smart network switch and VoLTE. Then reboot and see if it improves.

Hi - new Galaxy owner here. Can someone tell me where "Smart Network Switch" and VoLTE is/are on AT&T model? I found the always scanning for Wi-Fi. Would really appreciate the help!