Battery tips for owners who are struggling

[Notefan161]

Thought be an idea for settings people are using to help with their battery life and any tips that has helped that they have changed.

 

[twisted_mind]

To be honest I've just enabled adaptive battery thats all. And location and nfc off. That still gets me 8hrs SOT at 30% remaining easily.
On the exynos + version.

 

[arwaldon4]

I wish I had that battery life for my S10. I had about 5 hours the first day.....now not so much.

 

[EMGSM]

- Use dark mode

- Use dark wallpaper

- Schedule AOD so it's not on all day. It doesn't drain much battery to begin with but it's a tip.

- Turn off unnecessary features.

 

[DamianP]

- Use dark mode

- Use dark wallpaper

- Schedule AOD so it's not on all day. It doesn't drain much battery to begin with but it's a tip.

- Turn off unnecessary features.

Without an LED, I prefer AoD on, and had hoped the huge battery would offset it. With all of the usual suggestions I can't get past 6 hours of SoT.

 

[Busted51]

not the best, but every day it gets just a little bit better with adaptive battery on..

 

[EMGSM]

Without an LED, I prefer AoD on, and had hoped the huge battery would offset it. With all of the usual suggestions I can't get past 6 hours of SoT.

How is signal strength in your area? Also is the proximity sensor working on your phone? These are just some issues that could drain battery.

 

[DSMpowerhousegroup]

I haven't done much of anything. get up to 10 hours sot

 

[bhatech]

Most important battery tip, stop comparing your SOT with some other person

 

[DamianP]

How is signal strength in your area? Also is the proximity sensor working on your phone? These are just some issues that could drain battery.

It's pretty average mix on average day in midtown NYC and suburbs, never bad. As a frame of reference I average about an hour less of SoT using a LG V40 same areas, use and apps and with a Mate 20, I would get 8 hours of SoT at a min for MY normal use.

I'm not unhappy with the battery, just shocked to see people getting so much better.

 

[WizeGuyDezignz]

Why is this thread turning into sharing battery life? I thought it was about tips to help improve battery life.

Like some others have touched on... Dark theme, dark wallpaper, AOD set to tap to show (although I personally keep it always on), adaptive battery setting, put apps to sleep that you don't use often, etc.

 

[Notefan161]

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not the best, but every day it gets just a little bit better with adaptive battery on..

Not the best? Would kill for these stats

 

[Jesus Delgadillo]

This is my average day. I have absolutely no power saving mode or anything at all, but Dark Mode day and night, and I play games and use social media hardcore. And I have my screen at WQHD.

 

[jcp007]

Lower screen brightness.
FHD+ screen resolution.
Under Power Mode, select Optimized and Adaptive Power Saving.
Dark wallpaper.
AOD with Tap to Wake.

 

[mach1man]

Most important battery tip, stop comparing your SOT with some other person

THIS RIGHT HERE!!! Everyone is different and this phone will act different for each person. I get an avg of 5 hours of SOT, but I also constantly wake my phone up from sleep. I work in an automotive shop so in between customers I look through social media, I may have 20 minutes between customers or I may have 3 minutes between customers. Plus texting a lot turns it from deep sleep to wake a lot as well. Now compare that to someone who's constantly on the phone gaming or scroll social media/forums they are going to have a higher SOT and probably push the battery life a little longer bc the phone is adjusting settings/background power to different areas...... But all in all I get enough SOT for what I do and still get through the day easily, most of the time I get a day and 3/4 of life from I full charge and to me I'm happy with that. I love this phone

 

[geraldem]

I have been getting 6 hours of SOT consistently the past week around my home area (South Jersey/Philly). I am traveling to NYC this week, midtown Manhattan. No changes made, other than my location. I am getting about 3 hours of SOT...if I am lucky. Something about the 4gLTE band being used that is killing the battery here. Anyone else observe same?

 

[Maknora]

Seems like lot of people don't turn in Adaptive power saving. I forgot to and when I did, my battery went up.

 

[WizeGuyDezignz]

Seems like lot of people don't turn in Adaptive power saving. I forgot to and when I did, my battery went up.

I still don't understand how people are turning this on with no issues. Every time I turn it on and don't use my phone for a while, it will kick my phone into medium power saving mode and turn off AOD. What gives?

 

[mustang7757]

I still don't understand how people are turning this on with no issues. Every time I turn it on and don't use my phone for a while, it will kick my phone into medium power saving mode and turn off AOD. What gives?

It does as I have experienced it , but In medium power saving mode you can play with the settings to your liking like screen resolution and how much to limit CPU or screen brightness.

 

[durandetto]

I still don't understand how people are turning this on with no issues. Every time I turn it on and don't use my phone for a while, it will kick my phone into medium power saving mode and turn off AOD. What gives?

I wasn't a fan of this either. Changed my screen resolution as well. My battery isn't great but it lasts all day so I'm good with it. Not signing up for the battery Olympics.