Note 5 Battery life thread

[acm1108]

I've had great battery life until yesterday. Normally I'd still have about 45-50% at the end of the day. That's taking it off the charger at 5:30 AM and on the charger around 7:00 PM each night. Yesterday I noticed early in the day that I was down to 50% at noon. Thinking that I probably didn't have sitting in the wireless charger correctly, I brushed it off. Later night I plugged the phone in and made sure it was at 100% this morning. Within 3 hours and minimal usage, my battery has dropped to 68%. Installed Gsam to see what's going on and Android system is using over 28% of my battery. I haven't changed anything settings wise or added any new apps recently.

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I'm interested how this one plays out.

 

[JJ Jones]

Is it possible for those two apps' use to be shown as "Android System" rather than each individual app by themselves? I don't really use them that heavily but I do have them. FB is at 0.4% of my battery use so far and Messenger is 0.2% according to GSam.

I ask this because I'm wondering if some apps are being used but showing up as "Android System" which, today anyway, is around 25% of my use as per GSam.

If memory serves, the background services associated with both those apps are a part of Android System, so in a way yes they'd show in that too.

From my AT&T Platinum Gold Note 5

 

[carlosrey23]

how did you disable all the bloat apps?

 

[jgraves1107]

Is everyone having battery drain issues using wireless charging? I noticed the if I charge wireless I have quicker battery drain compared to charging with the cord. Seems like drain is only bad when wireless charging every now and then.

 

[aspiller1998]

Is everyone having battery drain issues using wireless charging? I noticed the if I charge wireless I have quicker battery drain compared to charging with the cord. Seems like drain is only bad when wireless charging every now and then.

No, I wireless charge every night and there is no difference with my drain when using a cord.

 

[Venom0642]

Is everyone having battery drain issues using wireless charging? I noticed the if I charge wireless I have quicker battery drain compared to charging with the cord. Seems like drain is only bad when wireless charging every now and then.

No difference here all good.

 

[Almeuit]

I've noticed something... the "4G LTE" icon is on a lot when WiFi is on. I thought it was locations services, but thing is that I have them off. Maybe this is causing the drain..? EDIT: just noticed "gpsd" in my battery stats even thought GPS hasn't been enabled once today.

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The LTE icon shows up either due to a caller ID app or if you are receiving/sending an MMS (picture/video) text message. This is normal. It doesn't cause anymore drain since the phone is connected to WiFi.

Even if it didn't show the symbol the phone is still connected to LTE on the back end. Even though I have a Nexus 6P it still is the same .. If you look below you can see I am on WiFi but I have a signal monitoring app (top left) that shows my mobile connection is still connected to LTE.

 

[cre8tivspirit]

I've had great battery life until yesterday. Normally I'd still have about 45-50% at the end of the day. That's taking it off the charger at 5:30 AM and on the charger around 7:00 PM each night. Yesterday I noticed that I was down to 50% at noon. Thinking that I probably didn't have it sitting in the wireless charger correctly, I brushed it off. Last night I plugged the phone in and made sure it was at 100% this morning. Within 3 hours and minimal usage, my battery has dropped to 68%. Installed Gsam to see what's going on and Android system is using over 28% of my battery. I haven't changed anything, settings wise, or added any new apps recently.

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So I think I discovered my battery drain issue. Day before yesterday my exchange server was down or something because I was completely unable to sync my mail. Today, I was texting a few people and all of a sudden texts were coming through my email as well. Since email sync was 13.9% of my battery usage, I went into my email sync settings ad noticed that "sync messages" was on. I never turned it on but I turned it off and I'm no longer getting messages through my mailbox plus email sync has dropped to .2%. Battery is now holding steady like it used to.

 

[TheMatrix31]

Is everyone having battery drain issues using wireless charging? I noticed the if I charge wireless I have quicker battery drain compared to charging with the cord. Seems like drain is only bad when wireless charging every now and then.

Sometimes it seems like this, yes. When I charge using the pad, the charge never seems to last quite as long.

I'm also concerned about turning the wifi network notification off. It seems to have changed things a bit for me. I'm going to turn it back on and see if it goes back to the way it "should be."

And interesting, if apps can have their activity actually be part of Android System instead of showing up as themselves then that's an entirely different thing and maybe Facebook/Messenger is causing some of that. Or something. How can someone tell if it comes up merely as Android System?

 

[mcostajr]

I'm having the same problem with battery drain. According to Gsam, Android System uses anywhere from 25-30% of my battery. Additionally, the Kernal (Android OS) uses anywhere from 10-15%. I begin each day with a full charge and monitor battery consumption and these are consistently the two biggest drains on my battery. If it helps, Verizon is my carrier.

 

[ScottH323]

Honestly, all we can hope for is a good upgrade to 6.0 Marshmallow. Battery was great out of the box, but after a few updates, something happened.

 

[dennisharrison]

Personally: On verizon, no special settings outside of wifi off while screen off. Battery life is fine. Not as good as iPhone 6S, but decent. Lasts an entire day off one charge.

 

[jgraves1107]

Ok today Instagram is draining the battery! What is it with this phone? It's at the top of the list and I haven't even been using it. Seems like our apps are the cause. At 88% in 2 and a half hours? I'm blaming the os.

 

[TheMatrix31]

I tried opening package disabler and it gave me some error so I had to install the update and it took away everything I had filtered/disabled AND the ability to turn Knox off.

What the hell?

And now I don't remember what the hell I had disabled and set up to give me a solid basis for things. What a pain.

 

[aspiller1998]

If I had the money I'd jump to a iPhone 6s real quick! Tired of this POS phone and it's battery!!! All I do with it is charge, charge, and charge it!!!!!

 

[KelseyRo4]

Can anyone tell me the difference in their battery life when they left location on as opposed to off?

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[aspiller1998]

Mine drains either way

 

[JJ Jones]

Mine today after only an hour and 6 minutes screen on time. I'm not complaining.

From my AT&T Platinum Gold Note 5

 

[anon(9638631)]

If I had the money I'd jump to a iPhone 6s real quick! Tired of this POS phone and it's battery!!! All I do with it is charge, charge, and charge it!!!!!

Well obviously you have a faulty unit and you know what, your phone has a 1 year manufacturer's warranty. But instead of going through the warranty process in which your carrier can get you a replacement in a day or two or sometimes quicker, you'd rather come here and complain about the phone and threaten to buy an Apple product. You'd seem better off over at iMore anyway, seem more Apple-like.

Good luck with the 6S, the battery life isn't all it's cracked up to be with that one either.

 

[hamzzzz]

I just buy an extra battery and have two with me at all times. Problem solved