Why the battery drains too fast on my new Galaxy S10?

[Android Central Question]

When ever i charged my phone to the fullest, in a couple of minutes the battery get drain and reaches to 95 or less then that too. Every thing on phone is too good but the battery disappoi ted a lot

 

[t11rmh]

The battery takes a while to be calibrated properly. Needs a few charges and discharges before it reaches optimum performance.

 

[madlaw1071]

the issue is not how fast it gets to 95 but whether it gets you thru the day or not

 

[FartVader]

Got my S10plus 3 days ago. Had it discharge down to 4% once before charging back up at full. I'm having doubts with the battery as well. It's almost like mine's dropping 1% every time I unlock the screen. Can you guys at least confirm that this is normal?

I've tried watching the battery slope while chromecasting and playing games/watching netflix/listening to spotify at the same time. Based on my observations the S10 plus can last 6~8 hrs of rigorous usage. I mean not bad right? But doesn't sound superb to me especially for the price tag.

 

[mach1man]

From what I seen on the samsung reveal day was that the phone will take a while to learn your usage. I got my phone on friday launch day and charged it that night. Woke up Sat for work @ 5am, phone came off charger then, it lasted till 11:30 sunday night on one charge with 5 hours of screen on time. This morning monday the 11th, I took it off charge at 6am and its close to 9am now and I'm down to 94%. I think it will take a few days to a week or so to level out and show consistency

 

[Spencers20]

With pretty decent usage, I've been going from 100% charge to 17% in 26 hours. I keep the brightness at mid or lower, and AOD off. I have the screen at full resolution too. Are you using night mode or a darker theme? A bug battery drain on a super AMOLED screen is whites and bright colors. Using a darker theme can help save some battery

 

[FartVader]

Also, I made the mistake of playing around with my S10+ for a while just after I got it, instead of charging it to full right away fresh from storage. Later I pumped it up to ~80% before proceeding to use it for the rest of the day. Is this a big deal?

 

[RG129]

I go from 100% to about 91% overnight after sleeping from 8 hours (S10). It's not worrisome (yet), but I don't think it's that amazing.

 

[hasasimo]

It might help to clarify which S10/S10 Plus variant you're using. The Exynos models in particular seem to be suffering from battery drain.

 

[hasasimo]

I go from 100% to about 91% overnight after sleeping from 8 hours (S10). It's not worrisome (yet), but I don't think it's that amazing.

That's pretty normal. Samsung's battery standby times aren't the greatest. That's about the same amount my S10 drains overnight. I do have AOD on.

 

[FutureMech]

I don't have the s10 but the mate 20 X, and I lost 0 to 1 percent in span of 9 hours standby.

You might wanna force close whatapp, tinder and Samsung internet browser or any other app that might try to wake the device app, that's what I usually do.

Samsung health might be doing that too.

 

[Trytiped]

Just here to put in my 2 cents, I have the Galaxy S10+ snapdragon (unlocked) and battery life seems to be just ok. Like every few minutes in use I can see the percentage dropping. My GF has the S10 and it seems about the same if not worse. I would give it a full week of use though cause of battery calibration and I'm sure many of us are using our new phones much more than we normally do.

 

[DSMpowerhousegroup]

My battery life is great. Had 6 hours sot with 50 percent battery left. I was pushing 10 hours sot by the time I put it on charge.

 

[eak1570]

S10 here and right now 3 hours 30 minutes with 40% left. I think I can get around 5 and half or six. Battery life is great for me.

 

[afrazahm]

I am seeing some decent amount of improvement in battery on my S10 after about 8-9 days.. the standby drop overnight which was about 9-10 percent has come to down to 5% and even through the day with similar usage, i am seeing an improvement. So maybe it take few days to get used to individual usage patterns ..

 

[EricMartinSoCal]

The first 5% on my unit dissapear faster than my morning coffee. But then things seem to even out. I would love to know why some people get such amazing stats and others are not happy.

 

[neil74]

I have said on another thread I find my S10+ ok but for the battery size I 'd describe it as below par.

Noticeably worse than other 4000mh phones like the Mate 20 pro, View 20 or Mate 20 pro and not as good as the Note 9.

I think there are some software quirks fo example I got a prompt from device manager to put an app to sleep that was allegedly using power in the background, the thing is I had already set that app to be restricted so something is not working as it should there.

 

[waveuk]

When ever i charged my phone to the fullest, in a couple of minutes the battery get drain and reaches to 95 or less then that too. Every thing on phone is too good but the battery disappoi ted a lot

Something has to be wrong with yours, maybe an app.

Below, 2 different days.

 

[anon(661246)]

I get the same thing and thought it was just me. Seems the first 4% drop fast than evens out. my other devices stay at 100 at lot longer

 

[ThrottleJohnny]

I get the same thing and thought it was just me. Seems the first 4% drop fast than evens out. my other devices stay at 100 at lot longer

Yeah? How long does the battery last in a complete day?