Another battery thread

[maj71303]

I agree! I'm giving the S6 all the time in the world to see if it will work for me given its constraints. I like Samsung's quality and find their screens, voice quality and overall ease of use... all positives.

I would have jumped on the Note 4... but it's really large... and my hands can handle it... but on a belt holster, it's a chunk of high tech.

Currently running an S4, up to date, still runs fine, four spare batteries, car charger..

The ONLY negative to the S6 that I can see is my hesitancy to commit to a non removable battery! And I wonder if this is the direction of all future smartphones.

Nothing wrong with a non removable battery if it is of adequate size. I just can't tolerate a small non removable battery. See what else will be out that might peak your interest which is the same thing I'm doing. If your phone is still in good working order I would wait as this year has indeed started off with a whimper as smartphones seem to have plateaued.

 

[warpdrive]

I agree! I'm giving the S6 all the time in the world to see if it will work for me given its constraints. I like Samsung's quality and find their screens, voice quality and overall ease of use... all positives.

I would have jumped on the Note 4... but it's really large... and my hands can handle it... but on a belt holster, it's a chunk of high tech.

Currently running an S4, up to date, still runs fine, four spare batteries, car charger..

The ONLY negative to the S6 that I can see is my hesitancy to commit to a non removable battery! And I wonder if this is the direction of all future smartphones.

If you're worried if a new S6 will last you as long as your S4 then don't worrie. The S5 without tweaks should last you longer than your S4. But if you have to swap batterys often, than maybe it's not for you.

Also, sadly us this is the direction that most phones are going in.

Here is my phone with everything turned on and pushing it hard with games and streaming videos.

This was before a few little updates so it may have gotten even better as I get almost zero cell standby now.

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[stevelam]

Ironically enough, owning an s6 actually makes me want a removable battery now. If I don't put it in power saving mode and turn basically everything off, it doesn't last even half the day.

 

[Adranalyne]

Ironically enough, owning an s6 actually makes me want a removable battery now. If I don't put it in power saving mode and turn basically everything off, it doesn't last even half the day.

Sounds rough. Not having that problem at all, actually.

Posted via Galaxy S6 edge

 

[chiro972]

I have had phones with poor battery performance before so I know how frustrating it is. I am not much for diving into the deeper levels of configuration and I know we all use our phones differently, but just to let you know there is hope. My verizon g6 was taken off the charger at 3am yesterday when I woke up and checked the time. I got up at 6 and used my phone off and on all day (light usage, but still usage) by 10pm, I was at about 40%. I did enable battery saving but not the ultra saving mode and otherwise my phone is pretty much as it came from Verizon.

So for me, the battery is more than acceptable. I do know this. In the past, my very worst performance with batteries has been when I am in areas of low signal. If the phone is constantly searching for signal that will drain the battery faster than playing a graphics intensive game.

Hope you get it sorted. The battery does have the potential to last all day with light to moderate use.

 

[DLK1]

turning the phone off for 24 hours

Your are kidding, I bet most smartphone users can not stand to turn there phone off for 24 minutes and you want 24 hours. A lot of people do not have land line phones, so turning if off for would be tough. I for one would not be able, my phone is the only phone and most of the time my PC is tethered to it for internet access.

 

[t11rmh]

I agree! I'm giving the S6 all the time in the world to see if it will work for me given its constraints. I like Samsung's quality and find their screens, voice quality and overall ease of use... all positives.

I would have jumped on the Note 4... but it's really large... and my hands can handle it... but on a belt holster, it's a chunk of high tech.

Currently running an S4, up to date, still runs fine, four spare batteries, car charger..

The ONLY negative to the S6 that I can see is my hesitancy to commit to a non removable battery! And I wonder if this is the direction of all future smartphones.

I have a Note4 and use a belt holster.

When I first got it I compared it to my S5 and the screen on my S5 looked small. Before that the S5 was perfectly adequate.

So there's no going back me when it comes to screen size now.

Posted via a kicking Note4 on Lollipop.

 

[ray sital]

The S6 doesn't have worse battery life than the iPhone 6. It's better. Whether by benchmarks or by anecdotal reviews, it's better. Maybe you have a defective unit or need a factory reset.

Posted via Galaxy S6 edge

He gave an anecdotal review and you're telling him he's wrong. I'm not sure that's fair.

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[Adranalyne]

He gave an anecdotal review and you're telling him he's wrong. I'm not sure that's fair.

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I don't really care about fair, but I'm also done talking about this. You, or anyone else, can believe what you want about this phone or any other.

Posted via Galaxy S6 edge

 

[TrekScout]

If I can charge once a day with medium use I call that good. I was charging twice a day until a Samsung rep told me to change my Mobile Network Mode from Global, to LTE/CDMA for Verizon (or LTE/GSM for ATT and the like). Global setting means the phone is always looking for multiple signals when it only needs to look for your own carrier's 1 type of signal while inside the USA. This and turning on Power Saving Mode helped me a lot. I also turn off things I am not actively using, Wi-Fi, GPS, BT are big battery drains and if you are not using them, shut them down.

 

[msavic6]

Here's my first full charge with the S6.

No optimization done so far, location is on, location reporting is on, always on WiFi scanning and smart network switch are both also on.

Over night, with roughly 9 hours of standby, I lost 2% battery, with further optimization, I'm certain I can get this down even further.

 

[Pragati Kapoor]

Hi Guys,
I have noticed same battery issue with Samsung. S6 . I am using T-Mobile services . Cell standby sucks battery very fast. I m in my way to return my phone to T-Mobile.

 

[mferrinda]

Here's my first full charge after factory reset and cache wipe. Appears there's a bug with email sync, two mail accounts one exchange and one imap were set to push, happy with standby time.

 

[raruhs]

Hi all,

I got my AT&T GS6 on April 17, moving from Windows phone. As other I experience poor battery issues. After a factory reset done thru the settings menu, not the recovery, this is what i have achieved so far. I have also disable some google services that I do not use. Wifi is always on as it is Bluetooth, nfc. I live in a very poor reception area.

 

[Adrian_hdz]

After 2 weeks of 3-3.5 hours of screen on time, today seems to be a good day after letting it drain completely then recharging it to full. I'm on course to easily 5hours screen on time. Let's hope the battery evened out and remains this good!

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[sonja77]

My "battery drain problem" differs depending on where I'm at. (I keep Wifi on and Location off.)
If I'm at home and connected to my home Wifi, my main battery problem is cell standby (Google Play Services does not even show up on the battery screen). If I'm at work and connected to the Wifi there, my main battery drain problem is Google Play Services (Cell standby does not show up at all on the battery screen)?!

I've looked into the 2.4gHz vs. 5gHz setting on my home Wifi but I can't figure out what I have. I've googled and went into the gateway/router settings but I can't find it. I have ATT uverse and use an Arris NVG510 modem/router.

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[kirbyo0000]

I wasn't sure which of these battery threads to post in, so I'll start with this one. I was one of those people with what I determined an abnormal battery drain in my Samsung Galaxy S6 with Sprint. I did my due diligence and remained patient trying to use all the great information I have found here on the forums. I did all the tweaks and even tried the factory reset. I'm a light to moderate user, no videos usually twitter, texts, some FB and few searches. I'd finally determined the battery just wasn't right. My mom got one at the same time and was having a much better experience with battery life. I absolutely love the phone, so this was my major hurdle before deciding to stick with the issue for 2 years. I decided on the 14th day to run it back to Best Buy and do a swap, I even discussed it with the Samsung rep who tended to agree with me. I then made it to the phone reps at Best Buy who ran a diagnostic and were determined to tell me I was wrong and the phone was perfectly fine, until they compared side by side with some other users in the store and it was clear something was afoot. I was losing more and doing less than everyone there. They did the swap, and after a half day usage I can clearly see a difference. I'm %20 difference to the positive. Hopefully these results stick. I just wanted to share that perhaps in some of these a simple swap maybe the key. Thanks

 

[mferrinda]

So after factory reset and on third charge cycle I think I've seen the battery life I'm after 4.5 hours moderate to heavy use.

 

[Nreeldeep]

Sigh. THe main reason I bought the S6 was because I read the battery was supposed to be relatively decent. But on medium usage, after 9 hours I'm down to 30%. And when I say medium usage, I mean some bus stop schedule checking, very light browsing, maybe 1 hour of screen time in total (with screen set to automatic brightness at the lowest level). Here are some screenshots:

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And on light usage, after 12-15 hours I'm down to 22%:

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Is this normal/average? Or is my poor phone stuck with a crap battery?

Thanks

At least it's pretty, right? That's what Samsung was going for this year: form over function. They hit it out of the park!

 

[dvls2012]

Cell Standby was draining my battery so I wiped the cache and fully reset my phone hoping it would help. I get much better battery life now, only about 5% drain overnight. However, if I'm on wifi I still get most of my battery drained by cell standby. I still have a few days before my 14 are up. Should I get a new S6 or keep what I have and hope for a fix? I mostly use Spotify, twitter, chrome, youtube.