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Thinking about purchasing a Gnex

Hey so I am currently using a desire HD rooted running aosp and I love the phone.... the only problem is the battery life ...
I have been thinking about a gnex for a long time .... is struggle to get 12 hours out of this phone without charging through out the day and its killer..
How is the gnex battery life.. are the 5mp pictures still pretty good? And would it be worth getting or should I wait to see the sgs 3 and htc one xl?
Thanks for any input
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Gnex is a killer for sure and the 5mp camera is really amazing for 5mp. As for your conserns about battery life you get a full day with about 3-6 hours screen on time depending how you use it with standard battery!

The quality of photos has nothing to do with megapixel.
MP only determines how pixelated your photo will look if you enlarge it and how much it can be enlarged before you start noticing pixels. Of course there's a threshold when smaller mp greatly reduced the quality of photos, but 5 is far away from it.
In short, photos look great.
Battery life is meh, like most smartphones out there.
The newer phones will always have newer technology and better specs, so the wait is never-ending. If you just ask me whether this phone is worth getting now, then the answer is yes, absolutely.

MilkPudding said:
The quality of photos has nothing to do with megapixel.
MP only determines how pixelated your photo will look if you enlarge it and how much it can be enlarged before you start noticing pixels. Of course there's a threshold when smaller mp greatly reduced the quality of photos, but 5 is far away from it.
In short, photos look great.
Battery life is meh, like most smartphones out there.
The newer phones will have newer technology and better specs, so the wait is never-ending. If you just ask me if this phone is worth getting, then the answer is yes, absolutely.
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Battery is "meh" on the Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus. Battery on GSM Galaxy Nexus is fine.
And agreed with technology and specs. Don't beat the hardware race, beat the software race

mopardroid said:
Hey so I am currently using a desire HD rooted running aosp and I love the phone.... the only problem is the battery life ...
I have been thinking about a gnex for a long time .... is struggle to get 12 hours out of this phone without charging through out the day and its killer..
How is the gnex battery life.. are the 5mp pictures still pretty good? And would it be worth getting or should I wait to see the sgs 3 and htc one xl?
Thanks for any input
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All the replies have been great and with the GSM version of the Galaxy Nexus, I do agree that photo quality (instant pictures) is good and battery life has been great for me (coming from Sprint EVO 3D-CDMA).
The only other factor not mentioned has been the price. Not sure if you're purchasing the device subsidized from a carrier with a 2 yr contract or purchasing off contract, but there are certain pricing points with the life cycle of phones in addition to personal budget contraints which could factor into the decision.
The Galaxy Nexus seems to be at a decent price now having been released back in December, the *premium* price for a brand new device, at least for the GSM version, has fallen a bit.
Also, the time frame around the new device release dates could factor into the pricing and timing of waiting or purchasing a new device.
There is an old saying, a bird in hand is worth two in the bush, meaning having it now can be better than waiting on the prospects of something in the future.
All factors to take into consideration! As a side note, would be great to see a device with the off contract and on conract/subsidized prices over time to see where the "sweet" spots are.
Hope that helps more to the great feedback!

The thing about battery life on these newer smartphones is that your usage choices will dramatically affect battery life, and the gnex is no exception. With the screen brightness turned down and 4G turned off, I can get 4 hours of screen-on time. Turn the brightness up on this huge screen or use the 4G or get in an area of bad reception or any number of other things, and that number can drop to 2 hours pretty quickly. But since its a Nexus, there are lots of kernels out there that can increase these numbers, again depending on your usage.
As an aside, this thing sleeps very well. It would probably last two days on stand-by if I didn't charge it up every night.

The gsm nexus gets superb idle time on battery, but the screen drains quick. So for me it averages out great. The time my phone sits on my desk between usage basically stays dead flat. So usage of like 20 min hear and there gives me great battery life. 8 hour work day i have 50% left, with about 1.5 hour actual screen time.

Thanks for all the feedback guys ... I really appreciate it!
When I have data on and brightness well below 50% I usually see the battery drop 10-15% or more in 15 minutes.... so I'm sure the gnex would be better..
The only thing that I'm worried about is the camera but I have 14 days to see if I like it...
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[Q] Need a help on a new phone.

Hi Guys!
I'm currently looking for a new phone. I can only buy midrange phones atm and since the G4 and S6 are released, I expect both of their predecessor's price will go lower. Apparently, I'm torn between the previous flagships, G3 and S5, which is still of course still capable now. I really like the G3 over the s5 but I am bothered by the battery life that most people say is bad. I mostly need the phone to school at around 12 hrs off the charger. At school I usually just text and call a few times, take pictures and notes, occasional time wasting games on breaks and also I listen to music on trips to and from school [approx 1.5 hrs of music]. My question is, will the G3's battery be capable of that amount of usage? Or will I benefit on the S5 on this? Thanks in Advance!

Captain Mark said:
Hi Guys!
I'm currently looking for a new phone. I can only buy midrange phones atm and since the G4 and S6 are released, I expect both of their predecessor's price will go lower. Apparently, I'm torn between the previous flagships, G3 and S5, which is still of course still capable now. I really like the G3 over the s5 but I am bothered by the battery life that most people say is bad. I mostly need the phone to school at around 12 hrs off the charger. At school I usually just text and call a few times, take pictures and notes, occasional time wasting games on breaks and also I listen to music on trips to and from school [approx 1.5 hrs of music]. My question is, will the G3's battery be capable of that amount of usage? Or will I benefit on the S5 on this? Thanks in Advance!
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That's very similar to my daily usage pattern and my G3 never died on me. You can expect between 4-5h of screen on time. It really depends on your signal, if you live in a poor signal area, any phone will take a hit in battery life.
The majority of people who complain about G3's battery life came from a G2 or similar phones, and they're used to getting 6+ h of screen on time. For them, it was a downgrade in the battery department.

rayiskon said:
That's very similar to my daily usage pattern and my G3 never died on me. You can expect between 4-5h of screen on time. It really depends on your signal, if you live in a poor signal area, any phone will take a hit in battery life.
The majority of people who complain about G3's battery life came from a G2 or similar phones, and they're used to getting 6+ h of screen on time. For them, it was a downgrade in the battery department.
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Now I'm starting to get really excited to get this phone more, well, another question, are there any major gripes on this phone? Also coming from an old phone with a really mediocre battery life (Xperia Sola), I think the battery life of this is definitely enough. Based on what I read before, It's mostly the battery, but as you said, based on my usage, I would get throughout the day easily, so the batteries are crossed out. Any other major thing (flaw?) you would say?

Captain Mark said:
Now I'm starting to get really excited to get this phone more, well, another question, are there any major gripes on this phone? Also coming from an old phone with a really mediocre battery life (Xperia Sola), I think the battery life of this is definitely enough. Based on what I read before, It's mostly the battery, but as you said, based on my usage, I would get throughout the day easily, so the batteries are crossed out. Any other major thing (flaw?) you would say?
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It's all relevant, some things that annoy some people might not be an issue for others, and vice versa.
For me, there are 2 things i don't like about the G3, but they are not that big of a deal, i can live with them. The first is i would've liked if the display can get a bit brighter (especially on very sunny days). The second, coming from the last 4 generations of nexus devices, i miss the software fluidity of stock android, despite that i appreciate some of the feature additions LG has thrown in their "skin".
All in all, i would take the G3 over the Galaxy S5 anytime.

Ok, I went to a local LG store in my place and played on the LG G3 a bit. The G4 was there, and I'm drooling over it, the leather back was so nice. Ok ok back to my question. After using it for a few minutes, I noticed the brightness to be low and I checked it, it was at 90%. My problem is as I am trying to increase it, there's a warning shown that the temp was high so I can't increase it more. My question is, does it happen often? The overheating?

As an LG G 3 power user I can confirm that the phone will indeed heat up from time to time, however, the phone you played with was most likely plugged in to a charger from what I can read.
Any phone that's being charged up and used at the same time will get hot, it simply puts more strain on the battery.
You should be able to get the 12 hours you need out of your device on a full charge, especially with the power save g to that come with it, however don't expect do go a full day (24hrs) without it having to hit the cradle.
I hope this helps.
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Harendotos said:
As an LG G 3 power user I can confirm that the phone will indeed heat up from time to time, however, the phone you played with was most likely plugged in to a charger from what I can read.
Any phone that's being charged up and used at the same time will get hot, it simply puts more strain on the battery.
You should be able to get the 12 hours you need out of your device on a full charge, especially with the power save g to that come with it, however don't expect do go a full day (24hrs) without it having to hit the cradle.
I hope this helps.
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Indeed it was plugged. So I guess it is indeed because of that. It's ok for me if I need to charge it everyday, as long as it can last for 12 hrs. Thanks!

Captain Mark said:
Indeed it was plugged. So I guess it is indeed because of that. It's ok for me if I need to charge it everyday, as long as it can last for 12 hrs. Thanks!
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You can expect much much much better battery life with G3 or S5 than your soon-to-be-ex-phone Xperia Sola.
Both G3 and S5 almost the same battery life, even though G3 is better in standby time.
If you buy G3, immediately update it to latest version. Your phone will not overheat ever, like mine never did
Only hard gaming for a 1hr+ time can make it overheat.

Well...Depends. I don't think it'll last for 12 hours. You get 5hours of SOT only on the lowest brightness setting, higher the brightness lower the SOT. For me in school it lasts for 8 hours max, then gotta charge it. Also it's true I'm using it most of the time for 4G so that may be why.

Tomogitarist said:
You can expect much much much better battery life with G3 or S5 than your soon-to-be-ex-phone Xperia Sola.
Both G3 and S5 almost the same battery life, even though G3 is better in standby time.
If you buy G3, immediately update it to latest version. Your phone will not overheat ever, like mine never did
Only hard gaming for a 1hr+ time can make it overheat.
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I really think it's battery life would be enough, as what you all said, also since I can manage to use my sola for that amount of time which has a ridiculously short battery life. Hahaha! XD. Also thanks for the info! I'll definitely update it, to get a taste of the lollipop's sweetness.

MasterQo said:
Well...Depends. I don't think it'll last for 12 hours. You get 5hours of SOT only on the lowest brightness setting, higher the brightness lower the SOT. For me in school it lasts for 8 hours max, then gotta charge it. Also it's true I'm using it most of the time for 4G so that may be why.
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I only use 3g (H+ is enough for me), so definitely/ probably I can get it pass that 12 hr mark. Signal was a bit of a problem though at school, since the school is near a jail, they seem to have network jammers installed. Weird.

Upgrade from Nexus 5?

Hi all,
I am thinking of buying Oneplus 3. Currently i have Nexus 5. It's a great phone running Android 7 AOSP. It's 3 years mobile and battery life is no so good.I get around 2 hours of SOT. I do facebook, instagrams, some light games and clash of clans (mostly). Will i get 4+ hours of SOT daily with like 1-2 hours of clash of clan, facebook and some music? I really like to buy Oneplus 3 but my only concern is battery life and future updates. Will Oneplus 3 be updated to antoher 2 years minimum or will it be stuck on Android N only?
Are there any users upgraded from Nexus 5? How are your experience using Oneplus 3 after the upgrade?Please share your experiences.

shoeseat said:
Hi all,
I am thinking of buying Oneplus 3. Currently i have Nexus 5. It's a great phone running Android 7 AOSP. It's 3 years mobile and battery life is no so good.I get around 2 hours of SOT. I do facebook, instagrams, some light games and clash of clans (mostly). Will i get 4+ hours of SOT daily with like 1-2 hours of clash of clan, facebook and some music? I really like to buy Oneplus 3 but my only concern is battery life and future updates. Will Oneplus 3 be updated to antoher 2 years minimum or will it be stuck on Android N only?
Are there any users upgraded from Nexus 5? How are your experience using Oneplus 3 after the upgrade?Please share your experiences.
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I upgraded from the nexus 5 when op3 came out. The software updates I would say are a little consistent. But we have not received Nougat yet. On the bright side the oneplus developer community is great.
Battery life is a lot better than Nexus 5. You will get 4+ hours sot. But it depends a lot on your cellular strength and if you are going to use your phone on wifi or on lte.
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I own a nexus 5 for the last 3 yrs and now have upgraded to oneplus 3 .
Battery life is much better . I usually charge my phone in the morning around 8 am and at 8 pm i'm still left with 30% .
To compare my nexus with same usage pattern would usually run out by 4 or 5 pm .
What I have learnt by owning the nexus 5 is that at the end of the day what you want is performance with a good battery life .
OS Software updates do not matter to me that much now as not much core features are released that you can't live without or are game changers . You can most of the time fill the void with root/custom Roms/ apps etc.
I was always scared of my nexus 5 running out of juice while travelling or when on client side . I used to charge it at least twice in a day .
By comparison oneplus is much much better ....

I also upgraded from Nexus 5. What you get:
- Much better battery life
- Better display (don't worry about sharpness unless you use VR). My advice: use sRGB mode if you're used to the Nexus 5. Otherwise your eyes will burn.
- Much better camera
- Better and louder speaker
- Better call quality
- Faster unlock with your fingerprint (reliable as well)
- Better multitasking
- Better gaming (faster GPU and bigger screen)
- A more beautiful phone
What you don't get:
- Massive increase in speed (Nexus 5 is just very fast already with stock Android)
- Better software support, although I always mess around with different ROMs and there are plenty for OP3!
- Sharper display (but apart from VR really, really not necessary anyway...)
- Better audio quality through headphone jack (about the same I'd say)
I think it is really worth it! I love the battery life and I still love trying different ROMs! Plus an amoled screen is awesome
Personally, I think the only phone I might trade my OP3 for right now is the note 7 or S7 edge. But considering the price, there simply is no competition for people who want root and a great software experience!

I also came from a nexus 5 and can confirm all the above comments, managed about 2.5 hrs SOT on the nexus on a good day but the oneplus 3 I'm getting easily 4 to 5 hours per charge (and dash charge is ridiculously quick) the soc and the screen are more efficient than the nexus and the battery is 700 mAh larger so it's no surprise it lasts longer. What does surprise me is that I got max 8 hours SOT from an uleFone power that has a 6050 mAh battery so wasn't expecting the oneplus 3 to do 11/16 the SOT with 1/2 the capacity.

simple answer. yes. its a great upgrade.
I don't have a nexus 5, but I had a nexus 6..

Thank u guys for all the feedbacks.Will be getting my Oneplus 3 very soon.

shoeseat said:
Thank u guys for all the feedbacks.Will be getting my Oneplus 3 very soon.
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congrats. good decision

Hi.
Last week I upgraded from Nexus 5 to Oneplus 3 as well. To be honest I don't see battery life much better (on nexus I use Krexus rom + bluspark kernel) and on oneplus 3 stock soft for now... Screen on oneplus 3 is amazing, camera much better, sound much louder, dash charging is amazing fast!, software is really good, as good that I don't have to put custom rom for now (most features important for me is build in already but still looks like stock android with is great!).
The only think i don't like in oneplus 3 is metal body because it's very slippery in hand, I know a lot of people love metal look but nexus 5 body was maybe not looking so good but much practical...
anyway I really like my oneplus 3! I can recommand
it's only my opinion ofcourse
Regards,
siamer

reyscott said:
simple answer. yes. its a great upgrade.
I don't have a nexus 5, but I had a nexus 6..
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Same here, i came from a nexus 5 also. Best decision ever

siamer said:
Hi.
The only think i don't like in oneplus 3 is metal body because it's very slippery in hand, I know a lot of people love metal look but nexus 5 body was maybe not looking so good but much practical..
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Found it darn slippery as well, but fixed it by applying a skin from dbrand

slonn said:
Found it darn slippery as well, but fixed it by applying a skin from dbrand
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siamer said:
Hi.
Last week I upgraded from Nexus 5 to Oneplus 3 as well. To be honest I don't see battery life much better (on nexus I use Krexus rom + bluspark kernel) and on oneplus 3 stock soft for now...
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Can you please share your experience your battery life? Your daily uses pattern and screen on time? How much longer your batteery lasts compared to Nexus 5?

shoeseat said:
Can you please share your experience your battery life? Your daily uses pattern and screen on time? How much longer your batteery lasts compared to Nexus 5?
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bluetooth is on all the time (LG urbane watch), screen brightness is set on half, SOT time is around 4h so yes it's better. but my nexus 5 was screen bightness set to minimum.... anyway oneplus 3 is really great

siamer said:
bluetooth is on all the time (LG urbane watch), screen brightness is set on half, SOT time is around 4h so yes it's better. but my nexus 5 was screen bightness set to minimum.... anyway oneplus 3 is really great
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Thankx a lot for feedback. I think 4h+ screen time will be enough to last a day for me. I was worried you are getting onle 2-3 hours like in Nexus 5. :good:

I finally bought Oneplus 3. Here are my thoughts compared to my previous Nexus 5:
1) Display is good, No pixels visible with my eyes. But i liked my Nexus 5 display more.
2) Sound is louder than Nexus 5
3) Battery easily lasts 4 to 5 hours with my uses pattern.Good but not great as expected.
4) Performance is very good compared to Nexus 5.No surprise.
6) Getting used to physical navigation buttons.( intended to use physical buttons for full screen visibility) and also fingerprint scanner
7) Liked the built quality which feel solid compared to nexus 5.
Overall, very good upgrade from my Nexus 5. Haven't unlocked bootloader and rooted yet.Will tinker a bit after i get bored with Stock ROM. Also hoping to get faster Android updates than other OEM.

Will the XL have just good or great battery life ?

I will say this, I'll bet the Pixel XL, actually will have pretty good battery life.
I briefly had the LG G5 and HTC 10, which use the SD820 + 4GB RAM, and both were rooted and ROM'd, and shockingly they both gave me some very impressive battery life for those sized phones.
And with the Pixel having similar hardware, and underclocked SD821 ( being a good thing ). And running Android 7.1 with the better Doze than what those above MM phones had, and the larger 3,450mAh battery, I'm betting the Pixel XL does great for battery life.
My Nexus 6P is no better than my old Note 5 battery wise. Even though the N5 had a smaller battery my 6P just matches it, doesn't best it. I get ok battery life on my 6P. With kernel tweaks and everything maximized, I get like 5.5h ScreenOn time. And that's with the phone heavily modified to give best battery life, and it's good, but not amazing or great.
Here's hoping the Pixel XL offers some great battery life.

I think a lot of 2015 phones batteries were really bad because the SD808 and SD810 chips. Didn't they have some serious issue with destroying battery life? I owned the 6p for about 5 months, but finally got rid of it because I couldn't take the battery life anymore. It was just horrendous for the battery size. Turned me off of Google and Android for a bit. There's no reason why it should have been that bad, unless of course the 810 chips were just bad. I'm in the same boat as you. The Pixel XL is really my last hope in Google and Android.
I'm very particular about battery life, and I'm hoping the battery life on the Pixel XL is not just good, but great. I see no reason why it shouldn't be. I mean come on, you're running the latest software, on a device made specifically for it, which they keep barking about everything being "built in". They're using an under clocked 821. The only reason I can see it for eating battery is if they keep data collection services running 24/7, which I imagine they might want to do, since it's their first real Google phone, and they'll want to collect as much information as possible. Or perhaps the assistant will eat away at the battery for some reason. To be honest, I'm sceptical about the Pixel XL battery life ever since I got burned by the 6p.
It frustrates me that I have to install a custom rom to get a battery life the phone is capable of. My latest phone is the S7 Edge, which was getting me about 4 hours of SOT. I threw a custom rom on there that not only improves function and performance, but also provides me with 8.5 hours of SOT with the same usage patterns. Why? It's just not right. Why can't the multibillion dollar companies, employing the best engineers and software developers in the world provide a better OS and battery out of the box than 90% of the roms posted on this site?
Now we wait on benchmarks and reviews.

I, too, am concerned about the battery life. I'm coming from a Nexus 6 which I've always gotten decent battery with -- around 4.5 hours SOT. I'm really hoping the Pixel can push that to 5.5 or even 6.
I was recently gifted an LG v10 and the battery life on that thing was horrid. About 2 hours SOT. Here's hoping Google works some magic!

Had Nexus 6, Note 7, the Pixel will have phenomenal battery life.
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Had Nexus 6, Note 7, the Pixel will have phenomenal battery life.
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Sources? Or are you just speculating?

As Frankiefaithful said the 821 is clocked no higher than the 820 and I'd like to think that is in the name of improving battery efficiency by lowering the voltage and thermal throttle. I hope there are many other software optimisations since they've spent most of their time and effort on software, I understand that Google worked closely with Qualcomm on the pixel so there may very well be many improvements in the OS to run the processor efficiently. Furthermore given that the battery is the same size as the 6P, the screen slightly smaller and all the above specualtions I would hope the battery is going to be Incredible.
The guy on reddit who had all his posts deleted said he was at 5hrs SOT with 53% left after a heap of benchmarks. I take this with a pinch of salt but it could be a good sign.

Pretty good article chronicalling what has been found so far.
https://verdictforu.com/2016/10/17/google-pixel-battery-life-seems-as-good-as-expected/

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Buddyfunlove said:
Pretty good article chronicalling what has been found so far.
https://verdictforu.com/2016/10/17/google-pixel-battery-life-seems-as-good-as-expected/
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Good find. Thanks.
It does look promising. All I know is, right now I'm averaging 8 hours of SOT on the S7 Edge (with my usage). That's 8 hours of just browsing on chrome using LTE, nothing else except a bit ( about 1 hour a day) of music playback using Google Play Music on LTE with the screen off. Also location is set on high and Bluetooth is on, and screen brightness between a quarter and half through out the day.
The Pixel XL should be able to accomplish at least that. I don't see why it shouldn't. The Pixel XL has 150mah less battery than the S7 Edge, so maybe a tiny bit less battery life would make sense. Another difference is the Snapdragon vs the Exynos. Either way, you're talking about Google's first phone, I hope they impress.
I'll have my hands on one this week, and I'll start posting all kinds of stuff regarding battery life. It what I'm most passionate about when it comes to smartphones. You'll get the real deal benchmarks and real usage tests when I'm through with it.

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I owned them all?
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the XL has a pretty meaty battery unless something is off it should have good battery life. I was getting a day of normal use and ending on about 50% on my note 7 (dropped to about 45% if I forgot to put it on charge overnight) Note was 3500 and Pixel XL is 3450 so if google has made it properly it should have a strong battery life. (altho my Note was an Exynos chip and they generally use less power than SD)

It will have after EX puts out a kernel.

bad battery

My battery drains too fast.. and I disable the features and not play games..
I have this only 2 years..
If I have 15%.. it was going down to 0% so fast..
maybe it was caused because of the new updates?

Try and use it until it turns off and then fully charge it while it's still off do that a few times and see if it gets any better. I spotted something online which suggested this and it helped mine a little

DaveG46 said:
Try and use it until it turns off and then fully charge it while it's still off do that a few times and see if it gets any better. I spotted something online which suggested this and it helped mine a little
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I'm having the same problem. I tried this but the battery life is still not great, like sometimes I charge my S9 twice a day.

jamil aboudaher said:
I'm having the same problem. I tried this but the battery life is still not great, like sometimes I charge my S9 twice a day.
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Yeah to be honest mines from April 2018 and I still have to charge it twice a day sometimes but if it goes off at 15% the full charge thing seemed to help. The accu battery app, said my battery around 80% guess there still alot of stuff running in the background not sure what phones expected battery life is but their only covered by 1 year warranty I believe which probably says alot and the s9 exynos is known to be worse than snapdragon chop for battery

These new Samsung devices have the worst battery life around. Every single update it gets worse. This is Samsung forcing you to pay for a new device which will be exactly the same.

dj.shauny.g said:
These new Samsung devices have the worst battery life around. Every single update it gets worse. This is Samsung forcing you to pay for a new device which will be exactly the same.
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I don't think so, my friend's note 8 last a lot longer than my S9. Maybe it's an issue with the S9 itself because the S8 had longer battery life since the beginning.

dj.shauny.g said:
These new Samsung devices have the worst battery life around. Every single update it gets worse. This is Samsung forcing you to pay for a new device which will be exactly the same.
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Could be worse could have an iPhone [emoji6][emoji23]

jamil aboudaher said:
I don't think so, my friend's note 8 last a lot longer than my S9. Maybe it's an issue with the S9 itself because the S8 had longer battery life since the beginning.
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So 2years and still no fix? Come on mate anybody can see what's going on here its no issue with s9. Battery life was amazing out the box, ever since its been terrible.
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I don't think so, my friend's note 8 last a lot longer than my S9. Maybe it's an issue with the S9 itself because the S8 had longer battery life since the beginning.
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Could be worse could have an iPhone [emoji6][emoji23]
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Haha i will be going iphone next time around, don't think i will ever purchase a samsung again after this experience. At least we can expect plenty of updates with iphone

dj.shauny.g said:
So 2years and still no fix? Come on mate anybody can see what's going on here its no issue with s9. Battery life was amazing out the box, ever since its been terrible.
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Haha i will be going iphone next time around, don't think i will ever purchase a samsung again after this experience. At least we can expect plenty of updates with iphone
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If you're aware, Samsung flagships get 2 years of major updates, one year of monthly security updates and one year for quarterly security updates, which equals 4 years of updates, and if you add the first year before receiving the first major update, it's 5, similar to iPhones, and since iOS doesn't bring a lot of new things with their updates, it's basically the same thing.
I'm having so much fun using my S9 and I never got bored even after 2 years of use, and now I'm waiting for OneUI2.1 ? It's true that battery life isn't great but my friend's iPhone X is worse than my S9, so it's a normal thing after 2 years of use, at least for 2017/2018 flagships.

saarxee said:
My battery drains too fast.. and I disable the features and not play games..
I have this only 2 years..
If I have 15%.. it was going down to 0% so fast..
maybe it was caused because of the new updates?
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Come on mate, I also have my s9 from launch, do you seriously think that 3000 mAh is still at 100% capacity? Clue, it's not. After so many long charge cycles, I'd say it's only around 70-75%, equivalent to 2100-2250mAh. Atleast you still got a fast charger that comes with the phone. I'd rather not complain considering the screen is beautiful.

kyooohei08 said:
Come on mate, I also have my s9 from launch, do you seriously think that 3000 mAh is still at 100% capacity? Clue, it's not. After so many long charge cycles, I'd say it's only around 70-75%, equivalent to 2100-2250mAh. Atleast you still got a fast charger that comes with the phone. I'd rather not complain considering the screen is beautiful.
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My battery about 80% according to the accu app about 28 months. Does have screen burn across the bottom of the screen though [emoji24] but I'm not giving up on it yet [emoji1787][emoji1787]

This is totally a software failure.
I am a beta tester and when the first one came out for android 10 the battery life was like when i first had the phone. Lasted all day long. As they rolled out more and more beta updates it got worse again.
This had been one of the worst devices for battery life ever since they updated it.

Hello everyone. I've just bought a brand new Galaxy S9 few days ago. My first impression is awesome. The device is lightning fast despite having 2-year-old hardware. I am totally amazed how Android evolved over the years. Coming from a Galaxy S7, I am more than satisfied with my new phone. However, battery life is becoming a concern for me, as I get more and more familiar with the device. The problem is, phone only lasts half day, at most. I can only get 2-2,5 hours of SOT which is unacceptable for me. I upgraded from my S7 primarily for better battery life. I use most of the smart features like AOD, High Accuracy Location, Edge Notifications, 2K resolution etc. and no power saving mode. Can someone explain how can I increase my battery life without sacrificing all these features?

hulhulsulsul said:
Hello everyone. I've just bought a brand new Galaxy S9 few days ago. My first impression is awesome. The device is lightning fast despite having 2-year-old hardware. I am totally amazed how Android evolved over the years. Coming from a Galaxy S7, I am more than satisfied with my new phone. However, battery life is becoming a concern for me, as I get more and more familiar with the device. The problem is, phone only lasts half day, at most. I can only get 2-2,5 hours of SOT which is unacceptable for me. I upgraded from my S7 primarily for better battery life. I use most of the smart features like AOD, High Accuracy Location, Edge Notifications, 2K resolution etc. and no power saving mode. Can someone explain how can I increase my battery life without sacrificing all these features?
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Was it new sealed?

Yeah, brand new dual sim exynos version.

Its down to the software i am totally convinced.
Samsung needs to fix this urgently. It has been going on for at least 2 years and still no fix.

My s9+ drains super fast within minutes once it reaches ~25%. And the "best": if I connect the charger then, it wont charge the battery, but drains even faster to 0%!!! I need to restart the phone.
Tried a full wipe, but no changes!

Samsung needs to read this topic and sort out this mess.

S9 had terrible battery from from the launch. It's the only reason why I regret buying the phone. At least I adapted to terrible battery and learned how to use my phone less so it can survive full day of battery life.
2.5-3.5 screen on time with light tasks only and constant battery saving measures is terrible in my opinion.
Then I bought Galaxy Watch and crippled my battery even more when it connects via bluetooth, it drains so fast it became countdown timer

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S9 had terrible from the launch. It's the only reason why I regret buying the phone. At least I adapted to terrible battery and learned how to use my phone less so it can survive full day of battery life.
2.5-3.5 screen on time with light tasks only and constant battery saving measures is terrible in my opinion.
Then I bought Galaxy Watch and crippled my battery even more when it connects via bluetooth, it drains so fast it became countdown timer
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That's what I was trying to say.
When I first got my S9 I was getting only 4 hours of screen on time while my friend was able to get 6-7 hours on her S8 and she was using it for 1 year at the time. Also every tech website mentioned that the S9 was noticeably worse than the S8 when it comes to battery life.
I got used to it though and I'm keeping my S9 until it stops receiving updates at all.