S7 edge Battery life

[ClintRo]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

So, since I got my edge, the battery life Seemed terrible and it was always super hot when using it. I checked battery usage and "media" was unbelievable high for battery usage, even immediately after unplugging the phone from charger. Decided to unmount my SD card and it stopped the issue. Any thoughts? Must be Something bad on my sd card? The SD card has all of my photos, videos and about 8,000 songs that I was using in my S5 and just popped into the edge. Thanks for any help.

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I wouldn't be surprised if it was indexing them all and using a lot of resources. I bet after it is done you would see a drop back to normal.... Maybe remount it before bed and hook to charger over night and see how it does the next day.

 

[rflores5432]

Had you transferred any apps onto your SD card when it was in your S5?

Yes I actually did. Only had the 16 gig version and device storage was constantly very low do transfered large apps to SD. I'm thinking I should copy my music and photos to computer, then re-format the SD card in the phone then transfer just the music and photos back?

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[rflores5432]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

Wow. It's amazing how much smoother things are working and not super hot after removing the SD card. LOL

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[ClintRo]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

I have an SD card, but it doesn't have anything on it...LOL

 

[Captpt]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

I was told by a rep at AT&T that we could increase our battery drain immensely by turning off LTE and just running 4g or 3g..
He said he does it on his iPhone and where he used to never be able to get through a day without putting his phone on a charger to getting a day and half out of a full charge..
Any body here try this???

 

[ClintRo]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

LTE is 4G? If you can deal with the slower 3G speed it will save battery I believe.

 

[tshirttan408]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

Yes I actually did. Only had the 16 gig version and device storage was constantly very low do transfered large apps to SD. I'm thinking I should copy my music and photos to computer, then re-format the SD card in the phone then transfer just the music and photos back?

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I'm no programmer but could be an app on there trying to update itself or something. Try downloading a file manager and purge it of any apps.

 

[ClintRo]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

Wow. It's amazing how much smoother things are working and not super hot after removing the SD card. LOL

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Maybe you should try backing up everything on the card and put it in the phone and reformat. then if all goes well with it empty you could start adding apps and photos.

 

[rflores5432]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

Maybe you should try backing up everything on the card and put it in the phone and reformat. then if all goes well with it empty you could start adding apps and photos.

Sounds like a plan. Thanks everyone

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[t11rmh]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

So, since I got my edge, the battery life Seemed terrible and it was always super hot when using it. I checked battery usage and "media" was unbelievable high for battery usage, even immediately after unplugging the phone from charger. Decided to unmount my SD card and it stopped the issue. Any thoughts? Must be Something bad on my sd card? The SD card has all of my photos, videos and about 8,000 songs that I was using in my S5 and just popped into the edge. Thanks for any help.

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Save your music to a pc. Format your SD card in the phone and then copy all of your music back again. This is what I do when I get a new phone and want to keep my media on it. Sometimes the file system on from pervious phones just causes too much trouble.

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[Rose4uKY]

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Now that I have a 64 gig card I guess I could add my music it's like 16 gigs and on my computer but when I go to Google Play it's all there so I don't think I really need to have it on my card. I do take a lot of pictures and do some video so that's mostly what my card will be used for. I have 2 folders on my computer though that I always dump on each phone's card one has lots of ringtones and the other has short texting notifications I use for specific people. And since on this phone under contacts you have 2 choices for people ringtone and notification sound I am good using the stock app and may not even use Textra. We're in love with these phones.

 

[Captpt]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

LTE is 4G? If you can deal with the slower 3G speed it will save battery I believe.

Guess not (did a little investigating lol),
4g is 4th generation, LTE stands for long term evolution, so 4G LTE stands for fourth generation long term evolution. 4G and 4G LTE are actually 2 different animals.. I never stream movies and such (Pandora is about the nearest I come) so I'm thinking my if I turn back to 4g or 3g I could save battery without noticing much of a difference??

 

[Palladium65]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

Guess not (did a little investigating lol),
4g is 4th generation, LTE stands for long term evolution, so 4G LTE stands for fourth generation long term evolution. 4G and 4G LTE are actually 2 different animals.. I never stream movies and such (Pandora is about the nearest I come) so I'm thinking my if I turn back to 4g or 3g I could save battery without noticing much of a difference??

Apparently you save 25% more battery when turning off 4G or 4G LTE

 

[Palladium65]

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These are my battery life stats after first days use



Had 4G/LTE on used mostly wifi tho .

Always on display off.

 

[KimJongOMG]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

You 2 phone carrying fool!!!

My first day is no indication... but to be honest as long as it gets me thru the day even with 5% left at the end I am going to be great. I have wireless charging everywhere... Work, Car, Home bedroom and living room.

I can't help it, one is for work .

I can see doze doesn't seem to be kicking in on my phone. Guess AOD really does keep it from activating.

 

[ClintRo]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

I will test out AOD/doze this weekend. It looked like it kicked in last night. I left it in the car w while I play volleyball for a few hours.

 

[KimJongOMG]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

I will test out AOD/doze this weekend. It looked like it kicked in last night. I left it in the car w while I play volleyball for a few hours.

I'll test my later tonight when I go to sleep as well. Will update with results.

 

[Palladium65]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

Final battery results after 1st day use.

Am seriously impressed.

 

[shoaib shah]

At the end of my 4th cycle I got close to 5hrs SOT.

Hoping that I can do 6hr SOT to make it a solid performer.

Between how do you guys make the screenshot size bigger.

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[Fillyo]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is very good

I am not going to freak out after first cycle, but I've lost 43% in just under 8 hours with 1 hour of SOT, and android system is taking 41%. I am using LTE on Verizon only, and have 3 email accounts syncing, and full location services, just as I did with my Note 4.