S7 edge Battery life

[optimummind]

On my Sprint GS7E, I get great battery life if I turn off Location. With the phone set to GPS Only, it drains crazy, the number one service being GpsLocationProvider_ex.

Any one else have battery issues with Location set to GPS Only? If so, plz state your phone carrier and/or model & firmware version.

I'm on PD3.

 

[Iva_LadyDiCaprio98]

I don't understand why my phone's battery is dying so fast. I charged it to full when I got to work this morning at around 10 am and I haven't really done much with the phone for the battery to be draining so fast. It used to last me much longer and now I don't understand what is making the battery drain. The only thing that comes to mind is the AT&T update...I think ever since then my battery has been draining faster than usual.

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[Iva_LadyDiCaprio98]

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[anon(5719825)]

My S7 Edge on Saturday night started losing battery power because of a theme I installed earlier in the day. In two hours, my battery was down to 78% with NO usage. I switched back to the old theme I was using and the remaining battery power lasted me until earlier today.

The theme I installed Saturday was a live one that used an animated picture on the lock screen.

Also, I have one app that will drain power like nothing occasionally. I just had it wipe through ten percent of the battery on my Note 5 in 90 minutes. I've gotten used to closing all apps when I set my phone down but I occasionally I forget and then the draining sometimes happens.

The problem isn't the phone but poorly coded apps and themes.

 

[erasat]

I don't understand why my phone's battery is dying so fast. I charged it to full when I got to work this morning at around 10 am and I haven't really done much with the phone for the battery to be draining so fast. It used to last me much longer and now I don't understand what is making the battery drain. The only thing that comes to mind is the AT&T update...I think ever since then my battery has been draining faster than usual.

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I don't know if you have answered this before but after the update, have you done a wipe cache Partition on the Recovery menu options?

My 4 S7 and S7 edge devices have given me great batter life since the release date, but for the last week or so, my S7 edge has been simply incredible, I charged it last night after more than 38 hours unplugged and still had 40% with over 4.5 of SoT, averaging about 7.5 hours. Today, it has been unplugged since 5am and 17 hours later I still have 70% battery left with about 2.25 hours of SoT.

Just saying that a clear cache of apps on Storage settings and wipe cache Partition after any updates or if seen weird behavior like yours can do wonders

 

[optimummind]

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Do you leave Location on? If so, GPS or just WiFi+Mobile?

I don't know if you have answered this before but after the update, have you done a wipe cache Partition on the Recovery menu options?

My 4 S7 and S7 edge devices have given me great batter life since the release date, but for the last week or so, my S7 edge has been simply incredible, I charged it last night after more than 38 hours unplugged and still had 40% with over 4.5 of SoT, averaging about 7.5 hours. Today, it has been unplugged since 5am and 17 hours later I still have 70% battery left with about 2.25 hours of SoT.

Just saying that a clear cache of apps on Storage settings and wipe cache Partition after any updates or if seen weird behavior like yours can do wonders

Which carrier model are you using & which firmware version?

 

[steve1279]

I got horrible battery life the first few days i had the phone. Now its pretty dam good. I can be on youtube for hours and it doesn't drain like my s5 did.

 

[blessedred]

I get great battery life. This was yesterday. With the screen on time.

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[blessedred]

My bad here.

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[Iva_LadyDiCaprio98]

Do you leave Location on? If so, GPS or just WiFi+Mobile?

No I only use location when needed otherwise it's always off and I stick to using mobile and WiFi sometimes

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[Iva_LadyDiCaprio98]

I don't know if you have answered this before but after the update, have you done a wipe cache Partition on the Recovery menu options?

My 4 S7 and S7 edge devices have given me great batter life since the release date, but for the last week or so, my S7 edge has been simply incredible, I charged it last night after more than 38 hours unplugged and still had 40% with over 4.5 of SoT, averaging about 7.5 hours. Today, it has been unplugged since 5am and 17 hours later I still have 70% battery left with about 2.25 hours of SoT.

Just saying that a clear cache of apps on Storage settings and wipe cache Partition after any updates or if seen weird behavior like yours can do wonders

I have done the cache partition wipe and the cache wipes in storage but the battery life is still not as great. I always notice that android system uses a high percentage of battery and I can't figure out why. Mayne I'll try the wipes again but this will be the fifth time I'm doing this.

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[clownin72]

Just picked mine up yesterday, battery life isn't blowing me away yet. Its about in line with my note 4 I replaced it with. Hopefully it all gets settled in and gets better. In the meantime I will keep hunting tips to improve it.

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[anon(5719825)]

Just picked mine up yesterday, battery life isn't blowing me away yet. Its about in line with my note 4 I replaced it with. Hopefully it all gets settled in and gets better. In the meantime I will keep hunting tips to improve it.

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Mine took a fee days before it improved. I've noticed a few themes can affect the battery life and an occasional app can runaway and drain the battery quickly. I have one app that does that a few times a week if I forget to close it after using. Just pay attention to what apps you are using if that happens so you can make sure you close them after use as well.

 

[erasat]

Do you leave Location on? If so, GPS or just WiFi+Mobile?



Which carrier model are you using & which firmware version?

Location On with Wifi & Mobile only, just change it to All when need to pinpoint locations while using Google Maps or other app that requires it.

T-Mobile with latest firmware (APC8).

 

[erasat]

I have done the cache partition wipe and the cache wipes in storage but the battery life is still not as great. I always notice that android system uses a high percentage of battery and I can't figure out why. Mayne I'll try the wipes again but this will be the fifth time I'm doing this.

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Android system high on the SD820 versions (US versions) is a "normal" thing. Mine is the same, it's the first time on all this years that I have this situation, according to some people, this doesn't happen with the Exynos versions, but even with that my battery life is extremely great, the best for me so far.

 

[Visinovschi Alex]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is....

I just got my new s7 edge and i unplugged it this morning, now it's at 80%

19h 44m 45s on battery
1h 27m 36s SOT

Is it good ?

 

[dizzll]

Odd. My Sot was about 4.5 hours, it slowly got down to 2.5-3 SoT. Then I wiped the entire phone and did not reinstall any utilities, power savers or package disabler. I am now getting 5 hours SoT with the same exact type of use?

 

[dizzll]

Re: S7 edge Battery life is....

I just got my new s7 edge and i unplugged it this morning, now it's at 80%

19h 44m 45s on battery
1h 27m 36s SOT

Is it good ?

Yes. You'r e on pace for 6-7 hrs SoT

 

[RifterAD]

I think I posted some initial impressions somewhere in this thread, but after about 3 weeks with this phone, I must say that I'm still impressed with the battery life!

I came from a Motorola Droid Turbo 2 (which has a slightly bigger battery, a slightly slower chipset, and a dimmer screen), so I was worried that I would not be able to get a full 18+ hour day out of my phone (with moderate to heavy usage). Thankfully, the S7E has been making it through that entire period without any compromises!

I don't dim my screen (about 75% with auto brightness enabled). I don't close out my apps other than my games. I don't use any power-saving modes. I don't disable high-precision location settings. And I usually forget to turn off my bluetooth and WiFi when I'm at work (although I just found out how to make it turn off once I get to work...so we'll see how that changes things).

The only thing I do do is turn off the always-on display when I wake up (I only use it as my night-stand clock/alarm while it's charging) and I do not use the notification LED. I don't really do it as a battery saving measure, I do it because I have a smartwatch that does more than Samsung's AOD...and the LED is useless to me since I always have some type of notification. lol

So anyways, I am usually in the 20-30% after 16-18 hours of use. Granted, I am only using about 3-4 hours of SOT, but a good 30-60 minutes is used by a heavy game (Angry Birds 2 lately)! It's amazing how much faster that game is on the S7E, yet it's running cooler and still gets just as good battery life (compared to the DT2).

 

[HOLLYWOODANT215]

Mines only read 10hr tops when it's fully charged

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