Battery on s5 sucks now...

[BR34KF4ST]

seriously,when i first had my s5 its battery was so good to the extend that i can game a whole day without it dying but now,barely last a day without doing anything,cleared cache quite a few times already,any help would be appreciated

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[BR34KF4ST]

second screenshot

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[Tech-Newb]

From both of your screenshots, it looks like you have bad network coverage. Can you press that graph and take a screen shot?

Also, it looks like chrome also uses lots of battery. Have you been using chrome all the time? If yes, you're battery should be fine.

Also, battery will degrade by time. You can buy new battery.

The graph should look like this

 

[BR34KF4ST]

graph

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[dgcamero]

Try clearing app cache (settings, storage, cache), and then shutdown and clear Davlik cache by holding home, volume up and power button until the Samsung appears, then release all but power button (I think that's how you do it --- otherwise search how to reboot galaxy S5 into safe mode)...and use volume keys to scroll down to "clear cache partition" and use power button to confirm...then reboot your phone normally. Some things may seem slow to launch for a day or two (gallery especially) and the battery can drain quickly while the device is recaching. Once you've given it 72 hours it should have recompiled most of the cache data...and you can see if the battery is any better. Fortunately they're only $10 shipped on Amazon if that doesn't help.

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[Tech-Newb]

graph

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You have a poor network coverage. Your phone tries to search for signal all the time thus making the battery drain a lot. You can try to switch to other carrier that have better network coverage in your area.

I also recommend doing what dgcamero said.

@dgcamero since android 5.0, dalvik has been completely replaced by ART.
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[BR34KF4ST]

have done all that,however battery doctor showed that if i charge longer even after it reaches 100% my battery should last longer,and apprently it did for now.

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[dgcamero]

You have a poor network coverage. Your phone tries to search for signal all the time thus making the battery drain a lot. You can try to switch to other carrier that have better network coverage in your area.

I also recommend doing what dgcamero said.

@dgcamero since android 5.0, dalvik has been completely replaced by ART.
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Thanks for letting me know! I thought it had been replaced by ART, but it is still there as an option...so I figured it won't hurt to clear it even if it probably doesn't do anything useful.

But yeah, I just saw how bad your cell coverage is on the second screen shot compared to the first...

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[Tech-Newb]

have done all that,however battery doctor showed that if i charge longer even after it reaches 100% my battery should last longer,and apprently it did for now.

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Hmm.. battery doctor you say.... battery saver apps like battery doctor doesnt save battery at all. Instead it drains more battery! Uninstall it and you will see an improvement on your battery live.

Also, do you have task killer apps that clears RAM like clean master, du speed booster,etc. If you have it, uninstall it also. Android is designed to work with fulling as much as RAM it can. Cleaning RAM will only force close those apps for a while then they restart by itself. Thus making battery drain faster too!

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[BR34KF4ST]

i just installed battery doctor also .-.

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[Tech-Newb]

i just installed battery doctor also .-.

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Well... you should uninstall it. Its bad for your phone

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[AXEL314]

Well... you should uninstall it. Its bad for your phone

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and if you have one of those "ram management clear cache" apps, get rid of that too

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[BR34KF4ST]

ok i got rid of it now lets see,ill post battery stats again soon

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