Battery Life discussion thread.

[j_hansen]

Haha welcome to my world, nice .

It really is getting good, I certainly wasn't expecting that when going through the first week or two, I was kind of happy with settling with 7-8 hours SoT but a dark theme and constantly updating all apps etc has worked magic

 

[mustang7757]

It really is getting good, I certainly wasn't expecting that when going through the first week or two, I was kind of happy with settling with 7-8 hours SoT but a dark theme and constantly updating all apps etc has worked magic

Mine has improved also to 9 -10.5 SOT
No complaints

 

[evohicks]

My signal seems to be running the battery ragged at the minute, does that mean it is worse signal than the Note 10+? maybe, but I'm losing lots of standby battery life right now, nothing is grabbing my attention in battery usage though. I've got lots of sleeping apps, dark mode, 60hz, AOD off, short screen time but its a trial at the minute.

Today I have around 2 hours of SOT, nothing power hungry, few calls,texts Internet.and 55% battery left...

 

[cardboard60]

Bad signal is tough.
Are you where you can stay on wifi.

 

[Notefan161]

My signal seems to be running the battery ragged at the minute, does that mean it is worse signal than the Note 10+? maybe, but I'm losing lots of standby battery life right now, nothing is grabbing my attention in battery usage though. I've got lots of sleeping apps, dark mode, 60hz, AOD off, short screen time but its a trial at the minute.

Today I have around 2 hours of SOT, nothing power hungry, few calls,texts Internet.and 55% battery left...

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I had similar today 2 hours screen time on 50%.

On 11% left with 3 hours, 45 mins screen time but I've left 120hz on.. I normally put low power mode on when it reaches 35%

 

[JOHNGAETANO]

My battery life has been great. Stabilized and as you can see I'm getting plenty of life.

 

[Lecrae116]

My battery life has been great. Stabilized and as you can see I'm getting plenty of life.

Could you elaborate on how you accomplished this?

 

[Ignacij]

Its strange that someones get 9-10h SOT and others 5-7h. IMO those with 9h must life in area with great signal, becouse there is no other logic when most of us using same tricks for saving battery.

J_hansen has exynos version like me, no way that his phone is like 30% better than mine, only possible is he is watchong YT 9h, but i dounbt.

So can u guys with 10h sot also tell us what is your daily signal.

 

[evohicks]

Its strange that someones get 9-10h SOT and others 5-7h. IMO those with 9h must life in area with great signal, becouse there is no other logic when most of us using same tricks for saving battery.

J_hansen has exynos version like me, no way that his phone is like 30% better than mine, only possible is he is watchong YT 9h, but i dounbt.

So can u guys with 10h sot also tell us what is your daily signal.

Phone reception is a big decider in battery life for sure, my workplace is not the best with a lot of rooms with zero signal, even outside it's only 1 - 2 bars, probably why I was getting better battery at home before I used the phone for work. At home overnight from around 23:00 to 06:00 it uses around 3% battery but then at work after being charged fully it can drop to 96% in just over an hour!

I think on average my Note 10+ was about 5% better on battery life. Overnight it dropped around the same as the Note 20 Ultra but wasn't dropping so quickly at work. Not sure exactly why this is but I'll keep investigating, I might even do a factory reset just to check all avenues.

But at the end of the day I am still getting home with plenty of battery left for an evening of usage and never getting close to needing a charge as I'm not really a power user. Other than this I love the thing just like my previous Notes.

 

[j_hansen]

I mostly have good signal here but I have noticed how much quicker the Note 20 Ultra is switching over to WiFi calling compared to the Note 10 plus 5G.
My 5G signal isn't the greatest but the Exynos version I have switches automatically so I don't think it is to big a drain.

 

[evohicks]

I mostly have good signal here but I have noticed how much quicker the Note 20 Ultra is switching over to WiFi calling compared to the Note 10 plus 5G.
My 5G signal isn't the greatest but the Exynos version I have switches automatically so I don't think it is to big a drain.

That's something I must look into also. I usually turn off WiFi and data between breaks as the damn thing never shuts up and with my line of work it needs to be in a dust free case so it's a pain to keep pulling out for unnecessary alerts, but I completely forgot about WiFi calling, might be worth leaving WiFi on all day with WiFi calling to see how that fares.

 

[j_hansen]

Maybe try and put it in airplane mode and then switch on WiFi and WiFi calling

 

[Serkle K]

So, yesterday, I decided to try my device at 60 hertz. I took it off the charger at around 9am and 24+ hrs later, I am at 10%, and about to put it back on the charger. I also got a SoT of 7.75 hrs. I love this kind of battery life and it looks like I'll have to hold off on the 120htz display until there's some kind of stability update for the battery.


EDIT: for some reason this didn't post when I thought I posted it.

 

[j_hansen]

I'm liking the 120hz to much to go back to 60hz so I have just set up a Bixby Routine to switch once battery hits 35% which won't be to often anyway.

 

[Serkle K]

I'm liking the 120hz to much to go back to 60hz so I have just set up a Bixby Routine to switch once battery hits 35% which won't be to often anyway.

I really need to get more into these Bixby Routines. I'm not sure if I dont have the patience to set them up, or if I'm too lazy to set them up. But, I also like WQHD+ more than I'm noticing any "studder" while scrolling.

 

[Notefan161]

I'm liking the 120hz to much to go back to 60hz so I have just set up a Bixby Routine to switch once battery hits 35% which won't be to often anyway.

I've set mine for around then so when I want extra battery it works very well with no need to go into power mode

 

[smooth4lyfe]

So, yesterday, I decided to try my device at 60 hertz. I took it off the charger at around 9am and 24+ hrs later, I am at 10%, and about to put it back on the charger. I also got a SoT of 7.75 hrs. I love this kind of battery life and it looks like I'll have to hold off on the 120htz display until there's some kind of stability update for the battery.


EDIT: for some reason this didn't post when I thought I posted it.

Yeah I turned mine off too. It's a noticeable battery drainer. As long as I have the option to change it anytime then I'm good lol 60hz is completely fine. I'm getting 8hr screen time with it off and I'm happy. I'll turn it back on once they make it more stable.

 

[Morty2264]

Keep using it, the phone will start to optimize your usage and learning.

That's a really good rule of thumb to use when breaking in any new phone.

 

[Gojo2020]

Snapdragon US T-Mo, dlb tap to turn on screen, optimized, 120hz, turned off 5g due to non existent signal, using phone speakers for videos,, bluetooth off at home via bixby routine, only used Google sync to do a restore. 13 hours before I had to plug in for a charge.

Was originally only getting around 3.5 h SOT using smart switch. Had to watch a few YouTube vids to figure out how to get the most out of the battery.

 

[Leafs1201]

Snapdragon US T-Mo, dlb tap to turn on screen, optimized, 120hz, turned off 5g due to non existent signal, using phone speakers for videos,, bluetooth off at home via bixby routine, only used Google sync to do a restore. 13 hours before I had to plug in for a charge.

Was originally only getting around 3.5 h SOT using smart switch. Had to watch a few YouTube vids to figure out how to get the most out of the battery.

What YouTube videos did you watch if you don't mind me asking, I've seen a few from Jimmyispromo etc.... That have helped but it seems like one day it's awful then the following day it's good for me, cheers.