Samsung note 9. I got this phone in part because of the top rated battery life, and at first it was. I could go a day and a half before getting low.
Now, the battery life drops like a rock tossed over a cliff. I did admittedly use the phone for a period of about a couple months streaming a LOT of videos, bcuz i had no other device to watch on. When i watched a lot of videos, the battery drained quickly, as expected. But now, the phone can be sitting in my pocket all day with the occasional Facebook or email check, texting, maybe a few youtube vids here and there, battery still drops like a rock. It lasts maybe half a day compared to the day and a half when it was new. Phone has no physical damage, no major drops or shattering (I have a heavy duty case) no water damage, hasn't been wet.
Things I've tried:
All the online advice.
Screen brightness is set below 25%.
Medium power save mode on. Battery optimized.
Every battery sucking app restricted to run in background, set to put to sleep when not in use.
I've gone thru apps and deleted anything suspicious or unnecessary.
Ran multiple virus scans with multiple different AV apps.
Restarted phone.
Downloaded any updates i can find.
Turned dark theme on wherever i can.
Probably a few more things i can't remember.
Things I have not tried:
Factory rest (which i absolutely dread and will only try as an absolute last resort)
Disabling mobile data. The phone is on wifi 95% of the time unless i leave to go somewhere, which generally doesn't take more than an hour or two. It was never a factor when the phone was brand new but suppose i could try airplane mode.
I've tried everything i can find on forums or google searches, short of factory reset. Could the battery life have been degraded this much from a couple months of running videos hard? The phone is not even a year old, probably 9 months, the battery life is cut in half and that's WITH all the steps I have taken above.
Is there something I'm missing? Anything else I can try not listed above? Could charging with the case on cause the battery life to take that much of a hit that quickly? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Now, the battery life drops like a rock tossed over a cliff. I did admittedly use the phone for a period of about a couple months streaming a LOT of videos, bcuz i had no other device to watch on. When i watched a lot of videos, the battery drained quickly, as expected. But now, the phone can be sitting in my pocket all day with the occasional Facebook or email check, texting, maybe a few youtube vids here and there, battery still drops like a rock. It lasts maybe half a day compared to the day and a half when it was new. Phone has no physical damage, no major drops or shattering (I have a heavy duty case) no water damage, hasn't been wet.
Things I've tried:
All the online advice.
Screen brightness is set below 25%.
Medium power save mode on. Battery optimized.
Every battery sucking app restricted to run in background, set to put to sleep when not in use.
I've gone thru apps and deleted anything suspicious or unnecessary.
Ran multiple virus scans with multiple different AV apps.
Restarted phone.
Downloaded any updates i can find.
Turned dark theme on wherever i can.
Probably a few more things i can't remember.
Things I have not tried:
Factory rest (which i absolutely dread and will only try as an absolute last resort)
Disabling mobile data. The phone is on wifi 95% of the time unless i leave to go somewhere, which generally doesn't take more than an hour or two. It was never a factor when the phone was brand new but suppose i could try airplane mode.
I've tried everything i can find on forums or google searches, short of factory reset. Could the battery life have been degraded this much from a couple months of running videos hard? The phone is not even a year old, probably 9 months, the battery life is cut in half and that's WITH all the steps I have taken above.
Is there something I'm missing? Anything else I can try not listed above? Could charging with the case on cause the battery life to take that much of a hit that quickly? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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