I've got an AT&T S6---Ask Me Anything

[dwd3885]

Can you do a slo MO test for me? My S6 in slow motion the resolution looks horrible. Like 360p scaled up to 720. Just want to confirm. Seems like a bug it's so bad.

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[Kyle Tate]

I just got my wife and I a 16gb and a 32gb yesterday on at&t. We both had terrible battery life. I did a hard reset and disabled all the bloat my battery life has gotten a little better hers is still terrible.

Is there a way to see screen on time? I can't find it.

There are third-party battery apps that will tell you everything, there are even pictures that people have posted of their screen. But what you mean by "screen on time" is under settings -- system -- battery -- scroll down you will see how much "screen" is a percentage of your battery use. I have noticed that this is easily viewable at 50 to 60% brightness. Right now it is 5 PM and the screen has used 7% of my battery. Phone calls have used the most at 17%. Everything else is at 1% and I have 72% of my battery left. To me this is actually better than the S4 or S5.

Anyway, getting used to finding your battery and where the phone is draining is the key to getting a good long day out of it. Also closing every app that you're not using, turn off your location or GPS as it used to be called when you don't need it (only times I need location are weather and maps). I thought Bluetooth would zap more battery, but for the six hours I have had Bluetooth phone and during my phone calls it still is outstanding. Everybody has an experience, I just love this phone and there are others that no way more than I do. I just do a lot of reading (professional hazard as an attorney) so I did a lot of reading beforehand and new which things to turn off like every motion and gesture gimmick. Anyway, hope that helps.

 

[jimmiekain]

@kyle tate

Thanks I found it a few minutes after I posted. By the way my battery life has gotten better. So has hers. She says her s5 lasted longer. Hopefully this is something that will improve with time.

 

[katiheefner]

Hi,
I have no idea if this is normal or not or even what to check for.
I just went from apple to the S6 and am disappointing in the battery life. I certainly would call myself a HEAVY user of just facebook, web, instagram, and texting.

Right now I took the phone off at 530 am at 100% I am at 35% at 1:45 pm with screen time on of 1 hour 23 mins...I am at work on wifi and have not used it as much as at home. it says that cell standby is using 27% followed by android system at 17% and the others are low.

Does this seem normal? Should I be doing things differently?

 

[jcp007]

Hi,
I have no idea if this is normal or not or even what to check for.
I just went from apple to the S6 and am disappointing in the battery life. I certainly would call myself a HEAVY user of just facebook, web, instagram, and texting.

Right now I took the phone off at 530 am at 100% I am at 35% at 1:45 pm with screen time on of 1 hour 23 mins...I am at work on wifi and have not used it as much as at home. it says that cell standby is using 27% followed by android system at 17% and the others are low.

Does this seem normal? Should I be doing things differently?

Are you on TMO and do you have WiFi calling enabled?

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[katiheefner]

Idk what tmo stands for and I don't think att has wifi calling or how to check it lol. Brand new Android user

 

[jimmiekain]

Idk what tmo stands for and I don't think att has wifi calling or how to check it lol. Brand new Android user

At&t has not yet enabled WiFi calling. T-mobile and sprint do but not At&t or T-mobile.

 

[jcp007]

Idk what tmo stands for and I don't think att has wifi calling or how to check it lol. Brand new Android user

The Mobile users were having issues with it and the carrier has pushed out a patch. On AT&T, but don't spend a lot of time on WiFi as I have the original unlimited data plan. I am getting very good battery life. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.

Posted via My Samsung Galaxy S6 Handheld Device

 

[Shon123]

Don't know if this has been answered but I'm sure it's just wishful thinking on my part, does the stock messaging app come with the feature to mute group messages like some third party apps allow?

 

[katiheefner]

Is this something I should return the phonend for or does it look normal?

 

[katiheefner]

It now says 33 percent stand by and 21 percent Android system.

 

[katiheefner]

I have already gone down three percent in fifteen mind. To me that I'd excessive. Last night it went five percent without me even using it in three hours.