So I bought this phon about 3 weeks ago.
One of the primary reasons was the battery life since I'm not usually near a power supply.
But I've been struggling to get past 5 hours of screen on time on light to medium use.
Standby time is great though. No battery drain, but the moment I start using it, it starts tanking and like 1% every 3mins or so. I struggle to get a full day of use.
I'm running the May uodate, I updated while it was new so I don't know the performance before the update.
I've already reset once and wiped cache. Even in safe mode battery is still weak.
I need help fixing this.
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Is your mobile signal good? I assumed you use mobile data not wifi
SixPaths said:
Is your mobile signal good? I assumed you use mobile data not wifi
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It's decent 3G. Usually 3 bars when I'm at home, 4G at work but I use wi-fi there.
I wake up around 5am and by the time I leave at around 7 I'll be at around 80%. After just reading articles and scheming through social media
Right now I've been browsing Reddit and Tapatalk for the past 30mins and I'm already down 7% brightness is at minimum and I'm on 3G
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I have still 75% after 6 hours and downloading 10 updates, taking some pictures and chatting
RichyE said:
I have still 75% after 6 hours and downloading 10 updates, taking some pictures and chatting
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66% some web browsing and texting for around 3hrs
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I have now after 9 hours where I played the last 2,5 hours music and now 55%. Screen on time is 2 hours
yes battery life is not good for 4000 mah .for exemple redmi note 7 with same 4000 mah get way more battery life than a50 . for me i get 7 to 8 hours sot mixed wifi and 3g in one day ( 18 hours to be exact) .it drain 10 % in 9 hours when screen off .samsung need to improve battery life in future updates
Here's a quick tip
Samsung devices tend to drain a lot of battery because of app background usage
try to put apps to sleep ( apps that you need them only when you open them)
Also activate medium power saving if you need more battery
With normal use am getting around 9-10 and sometimes 11 SOT
With games and heavy use i get 6-7 SOT
all of this without any power saving option .
I debloted and now getting almost 9 hours of sot on normal usage on 4g always and dual sim on.. I mainly use for watching videos on youtube. Chatting telegram and whatsapp and calls 1 hour per day
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jijoejoe123 said:
I debloted and now getting almost 9 hours of sot on normal usage on 4g always and dual sim on.. I mainly use for watching videos on youtube. Chatting telegram and whatsapp and calls 1 hour per day
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Which packages did you disable on debloat
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mhukahuru said:
Which packages did you disable on debloat
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There is a deblot list here in the forum.. Check that post...
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mhukahuru said:
Which packages did you disable on debloat
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-a50/how-to/heavy-debloat-ui-lag-ota-t3929189/page9
much worse battery drain when the phone go to sleep on the new indian update debloated .
melekbarca said:
much worse battery drain when the phone go to sleep on the new indian update debloated .
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use naptime.. I am not facing any drain
jijoejoe123 said:
use naptime.. I am not facing any drain
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on what updated you are ?
melekbarca said:
on what updated you are ?
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Latest July patch
jijoejoe123 said:
I debloted and now getting almost 9 hours of sot on normal usage on 4g always and dual sim on.. I mainly use for watching videos on youtube. Chatting telegram and whatsapp and calls 1 hour per day
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How was the battery life before debloat. My phone didn't come with that much bloatware. It's not the Indian version and still on May update and there's virtually no stand by drain. Battery is significantly worse when using 3G
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66% some web browsing and texting for around 3hrs
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Battery drainage issue for the last july update pls solve and fixin next update
mhukahuru said:
How was the battery life before debloat. My phone didn't come with that much bloatware. It's not the Indian version and still on May update and there's virtually no stand by drain. Battery is significantly worse when using 3G
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After deblot i have seen battery backup increased.. I also use grenify and naptime..
after july update phone drains much more battery
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I left my LTE N7 last night on WiFi and i found that it lost 10% overnight.
Dont know is it normal or not,but i didnt find any apps awakening device.
So guyz whats your standby battery life on stock?
its been abt 18 hours since my last charge , the batter is now down to 15% (no sim inserted yet)
these are the stats -
wi-fi is constantly on, downloaded abt 1.5 - 2gb of apps/games.
saw a movie (abt 2 hours) .
read a few ebooks (abt an hour's worth).
played a few HD games (for abt 2 - 2.5 hours, not in a single run)
Chiming in with WiFi only battery results.
My best stock result is 7h40m screen on with 5 days of idle time as well.
Karlo666 said:
I left my LTE N7 last night on WiFi and i found that it lost 10% overnight.
Dont know is it normal or not,but i didnt find any apps awakening device.
So guyz whats your standby battery life on stock?
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My WIFI Nexus 7 is losing 4 or 5% overnight (~8 hours) with WIFI ON.
So... it makes sense that your LTE nexus 7 should be losing more because of the cellular connectivity.
However, I can't tell if 10% is normal or not
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My WIFI Nexus 7 is losing 4 or 5% overnight (~8 hours) with WIFI ON.
So... it makes sense that your LTE nexus 7 should be losing more because of the cellular connectivity.
However, I can't tell if 10% is normal or not
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Somewhat i agree whit you.
But when MKBH stated that he left his N7 overnight it lost 1% that im pretty worried.
Karlo666 said:
Somewhat i agree whit you.
But when MKBH stated that he left his N7 overnight it lost 1% that im pretty worried.
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Maybe MKBH configure the wifi off on sleep !?
but I must say that I have a few apps with auto-update every hour or so (falcon-pro, rss feed, etc) so without these apps, maybe I could get a better result.
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Maybe MKBH configure the wifi off on sleep !?
but I must say that I have a few apps with auto-update every hour or so (falcon-pro, rss feed, etc) so without these apps, maybe I could get a better result.
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I left my N7 whit Google Now and Auto-Sync off today full time and i found this after 7hrs.
Dunno whats happening because we cant use BBS if we are not rooted(damn you Google).
So the battery life is looking not bad at all BeginnersTech on twitter tweeted these pics.
My Nexus 5 gets 1 hour of SOT extra, and the applications on the stats looks like they haven't been used for very long..
BUT, "Android System" is on top, meaning that maybe it was doing updates to google services and whatnot.
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My Nexus 5 gets 1 hour of SOT extra, and the applications on the stats looks like they haven't been used for very long..
BUT, "Android System" is on top, meaning that maybe it was doing updates to google services and whatnot.
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Your nexus 5 can make 7h SOT? That's plain bull**** (unless you keep it on a desk).
BTW second day by BeginnersTech on twitter with the s6 edge+, damn good if you ask me.
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Your nexus 5 can make 7h SOT? That's plain bull**** (unless you keep it on a desk).
BTW second day by BeginnersTech on twitter with the s6 edge+, damn good if you ask me.
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Check it out man, Reading and playing music, and some other minor activities.
I see people in the Note5 forums are getting great battery life so I'm expecting and hoping for the same. I could hit 6 hours SOT on the date occasion with my regular edge. (Although that was literally down to the 1% mark.)
Very nice
It seems there is a competition between the edge+ and the note 5 in battery.. both amazed me really..
I'll just leave this here.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Gala...how-better-performance-than-the-Note5_id72736
That's impressive...
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So I know it's just one day and a little bit into my second run but this completely blows away when I was getting from my Nexus 6. I was lucky to get close to 5 hours of on screen time. Very happy with this change.
Oh yeah. Attachment
Attach please find some screenshot, this is my 3rd day with device.
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Day one, sorry to crash the party
Brightness on 100% and 4G all day (verizon)
Well with 100% brightness and data all day it is normal to get 3,5 hours.. I see that I am going to get 5,5 hours with WiFi usage and brightness set at around 60% but I am only on my first charge cycle..
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Using lux to maintain brightness helps a lot too. Going about 60%pointless
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mj0528 said:
Using lux to maintain brightness helps a lot too. Going about 60%pointless
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When you are in home and it is dark there is no point putting more than 60% or 70% since I think it is too bright. I am not talking Automatic option ticked here.. anyway this screen is amazing, if somebody wants to get like 7hours OST to show around here OK be my guest but real life is around 4-5 hours I believe (mixed wifi and data usage)
i get between 7 - 9 sot with my exynos note 4 if the note 5 can top this great but i doubt it
Another day of real world usage
Are you people that get 6 plus hours of SOT on mostly wifi? I just can't see getting that on the network, even with solid strength. The post above me seems more legit.
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Are you people that get 6 plus hours of SOT on mostly wifi? I just can't see getting that on the network, even with solid strength. The post above me seems more legit.
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I've seen a pretty decent variance between wifi and 4g. So yeah I'm about 6 hours sot on wifi and closer to 4 on 4g depending on signal strength.
I've had this phone since Wednesday and since yesterday I've gotten some nice battery life. I'm on pace for 5+ hours of sot.
It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Samsung Galaxy S7 before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
7 hours with 15% left
6 hours with 12% left. 4G connection all the time
S7 Edge
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7 hours with 15% left
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You can't be serious!
Edge/non-Edge? Exynos/Snapdragon?
CLARiiON said:
You can't be serious!
Edge/non-Edge? Exynos/Snapdragon?
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I'm getting similar results and I'm on the Exynos.
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I'm getting similar results and I'm on the Exynos.
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Great..
How's standby drain?
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Great..
How's standby drain?
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Got the phone yesterday so let's just say it hasn't gotten much standby time thus far as I'm constantly playing with it.
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Got the phone yesterday so let's just say it hasn't gotten much standby time thus far as I'm constantly playing with it.
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S7 or S7 edge?
13 1/2 hours device on battery, 6 hours SoT, 17% left. I have the tmobile galaxy s7 edge.
14hrs 36min with 5hr SOT and battery at 29%. t-mo s7 edge!
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At the moment its 9hours since unplugged. Screen time is 5h 18min and 28% left.
Gaming, browsing, etc. Its S7 with Exynos. Yesterday it was 6h+ and about 12% left when i charged it.
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Edge/non-Edge? Exynos/Snapdragon?
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not sure how to check.. but i'm on Tmobile preorder unit.
screen was 3rd down the list after Android System and OS
90% on wifi. No game play, and watched a movie on netflix on wifi.
the battery page has got to be a reporting bug as I can't see how Android system can take up that much battery.
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not sure how to check.. but i'm on Tmobile preorder unit.
screen was 3rd down the list after Android System and OS
90% on wifi. No game play, and watched a movie on netflix on wifi.
the battery page has got to be a reporting bug as I can't see how Android system can take up that much battery.
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T-mobile is always Snapdragon version.
You can use this app to get system info: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.finalwire.aida64&hl=en
Got it today. Set all my settings, downloaded GB of stuff, few restarts, half an hour Asphalt 8, 4G/ WLAN, automatic brightness, no batterysaver active
I think this is really nice
Antutu i've testet was at 129k points
Nice to, but would be better soon
Greets
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13 1/2 hours device on battery, 6 hours SoT, 17% left. I have the tmobile galaxy s7 edge.
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Is this stock, right out of the box? Or have you debloated the ROM using package disabler or whatever it's called?
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Is this stock, right out of the box? Or have you debloated the ROM using package disabler or whatever it's called?
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I've ran package disabler pro and disabled ALL but two or three bloatware apps.
My new S7 had a reasonable day I guess. Not too impressive but ok.
5Hr SOT fully drained.
A bit of GearVR and a bit of nav via google maps and the rest browsing.
I thought it might be better but im glad its not worse.
Happy enough.
4+ sot with auto brightness. About 1.5 hrs of deezer and 1hr of hearthstone.
Rest is twitch and a bit of browsing.
Also 1hr+ calls
I heard that Exynos has better scores on running browsers.
So the Snapdragon may not last as long as Exynos when browsing? Did I interpret it.correctly?
I use my phone very heavy on web browsing and I am on Verizon network using S6 currently. The rooted S5 runs smoother than unrooted S6 and lasts longer.
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I heard that Exynos has better scores on running browsers.
So the Snapdragon may not last as long as Exynos when browsing? Did I interpret it.correctly?
I use my phone very heavy on web browsing and I am on Verizon network using S6 currently. The rooted S5 runs smoother than unrooted S6 and lasts longer.
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Maybe but dipends on the usage.
As the Note 4 with the Exynos a lot of people got very good battery life, even little bit more than snapdragon
Hi all,
Now, I've never gotten great battery life (combination of screen on time and idle) with any phone. I don't use them all that much apart from bursts and my OnePlus 3 would get me 3 hours SoT tops within 24 hours before I need to charge again.
However since Nougat I'm struggling to get even 1 hour SoT.
I'm using Bluetooth, NFC, both SIMS and nothing else untoward. This is the same as pre-Nougat.
Anyone else seen their battery life die since the update
Try to use 1 sim. I have 3:30 sot for both sims. And 7 for 1 sim.
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Try to use 1 sim. I have 3:30 sot for both sims. And 7 for 1 sim.
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that's still more than 3 times what I'm getting for 2 sims...
Did you clean flash or dirty?
Rooted? If yes, which supersu version?
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Wiggz said:
Hi all,
Now, I've never gotten great battery life (combination of screen on time and idle) with any phone. I don't use them all that much apart from bursts and my OnePlus 3 would get me 3 hours SoT tops within 24 hours before I need to charge again.
However since Nougat I'm struggling to get even 1 hour SoT.
I'm using Bluetooth, NFC, both SIMS and nothing else untoward. This is the same as pre-Nougat.
Anyone else seen their battery life die since the update
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Batter life is great i suggest you do a clean install wipe everything on your phone after making a backup on your phone ofcourse and start again. I use 2 sims and i have an average of 5:30 to 6 hours sot
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Batter life is great i suggest you do a clean install wipe everything on your phone after making a backup on your phone ofcourse and start again. I use 2 sims and i have an average of 5:30 to 6 hours sot
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Hey Konvict
Can you answer these questions then please?
How long a period of time is that 5-6 hours of SoT over? 24 hours of standby?
What radios and apps do you have running that might eat battery?
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Hey Konvict
Can you answer these questions then please?
How long a period of time is that 5-6 hours of SoT over? 24 hours of standby?
What radios and apps do you have running that might eat battery?
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I would say about 24 hours....i normally charge my phone at the end of the day when i have about 40-55 percent battery left but even then i usually have goften 2:30- 3 hrs screen on time depending on the day. I will attach a screenshot of my battery today and maybe u can take a look at it.
Actually today this nougat looks very good.
I'm getting awesome batter life.
First two pics from OOS 4.0
Last two pics from OOS 4.0.1
You both seem to be using both WiFi and multiple SIMs - strange then.
I can't use GSAM as I don't have root and Nougat stops the app by app recording of battery use for third parties, otherwise I could see what was happening.
I do have a number of email accounts, and messenger apps, but these sit dormant most of the day (i have no friends obviously lol)
Hmm, maybe a wipe IS needed.
You guys got a great battery life, I got 2:30 in my good days, never above it!
However, someone told me to switch Doze off from developer options, I just did that and I'm currently charging my device, will see if it do any good by the end of today "fingers crossed"
PS. I'm using Freedom OS 2.0 with clean install + using Bluetooth and 2 SIM (one for calls and the other for data)
I'm also noticing a big drop in battery life after switching from marshmallow to nougat on my OP3T. Cleared cache & did factory reset, as I always do. All apps and settings the same, and usage the same. Drain seems to be extreme, not sure what's going on. The battery life was AMAZING on marshmallow... kind of regretting switching now
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I'm also noticing a big drop in battery life after switching from marshmallow to nougat on my OP3T. Cleared cache & did factory reset, as I always do. All apps and settings the same, and usage the same. Drain seems to be extreme, not sure what's going on. The battery life was AMAZING on marshmallow... kind of regretting switching now
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Go back to the previous versions of Facebook and Messenger. These two have been draining battery like hell for sometime now.
EDIT: Try SuperSU 2.79 final.
Can anyone tell me that which is the best rom for screen on time.i am using stock rom.just me a rom that can give a 5+ hour screen on time...i have posted my usage in screenshot
OOS 4.0.2 with OB7 firmware. Then flash render EAS kernal. EAS will make sure that you get the most battery out of your phone.
It doesnt fully depend on the ROM. If u really want good battery life then its all about tweaking. For example flash LOS14.1 with bluspark/ElementalX/Franco then apply a AKT profile, for further explanation of this head to the advanced kernel tweaking thread and then download the akt APK. Then choose which profile u think suits the best. U can choose from battery/balanced/performance. Then u can easily reach 5h SOT. Hope i helped you.
I have 8-9h SOT on sultan's CM13
Screenshots: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70828408&postcount=668
Beta 11 with Franco's kernel. 4+ guaranteed SOT for me with a moderate gaming ( CoC and CR .... Both battery hogger )
Plus both Sims and 4g data on one is on mostly.
If you want more battery then you should try AKT ZHANA but for me it made my phone slow. So avoiding it at this moment.
Hope it helps. Thanks!
SOT is personal and doesn't mean a lot you can leave your display on with sync off, 0 Brightness and get 20hrs...
Try different setups maybe ditch some apps and log in with optimized sd browser etc
I have got my best SOT with Slimroms
It really depends on usage more than anything else. For example, I'm consistently getting 5-6h SOT on stock ROM and kernel, no doze tweaks or anything. Never got below 4h, once hit over 9h.
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my constant is with 4 hours sot with stock 3.2.8. could be better with 4.0.2 or whatever.. but i stopped thinking about the sot coz its just making me paranoid everytime i look at the battery stats. as long as the phone can hold up till end of the day then im good and as long as i can get off a charger everytime im on low battery then im damn fine
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my constant is with 4 hours sot with stock 3.2.8. could be better with 4.0.2 or whatever.. but i stopped thinking about the sot coz its just making me paranoid everytime i look at the battery stats. as long as the phone can hold up till end of the day then im good and as long as i can get off a charger everytime im on low battery then im damn fine
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+1
exactly the same
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My favorite roms with best battery is AOSCP and AOSIP(nightly is better for battery) SOT 12H
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My favorite roms with best battery is AOSCP and AOSIP(nightly is better for battery) SOT 12H
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12hrs sot ?? that must be zero game time and no videos and alot of idle screen time on doing nothing.
reyscott said:
my constant is with 4 hours sot with stock 3.2.8. could be better with 4.0.2 or whatever.. but i stopped thinking about the sot coz its just making me paranoid everytime i look at the battery stats. as long as the phone can hold up till end of the day then im good and as long as i can get off a charger everytime im on low battery then im damn fine
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I agree with this as well. I think back to my note 4, and just wanted a better that would last until I got home.. I frequently had to plug it up or swap batteries halfway through the day.
Now with heavier use, [and more knowledge of android] regardless of what I do, my oneplus 3 always makes it through the entire work and school day.
H2OS Beta 7, stock kernel + root +greenify +juice defender(default settings). It's the best battery duration I have with OP3. 5-7h sot generally.
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12hrs sot ?? that must be zero game time and no videos and alot of idle screen time on doing nothing.
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I'm also playing GTA SA and using Facebook lol
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My favorite roms with best battery is AOSCP and AOSIP(nightly is better for battery) SOT 12H
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I'm also playing GTA SA and using Facebook lol
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They are talking about unplugged screen time ... I see no other way you could get 12 hours sot from this phone. I'm not calling you a liar just saying I don't think it's possible.