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What's it like for you Sprint S6 owners?
I'm struggling here and my S5 was without a doubt wayyyy better... I'm starting to wonder if I have a defective battery to be honest. Averaging like 2 1/2-3 hrs SoT and 16 hrs total time on...
My girlfriend's S6 is going almost 3.5-4 hours SoT. I haven't checked her total time.
I believe she took an update when she first got the phone, she is on 5.0.2, OC9 build.
There is a software update available, but we are hesitant to take it, not knowing if:
1. It will make te batery life better or worse
2. will the tether without root continue to work
Have you taken the latest update?
Mangu said:
My girlfriend's S6 is going almost 3.5-4 hours SoT. I haven't checked her total time.
I believe she took an update when she first got the phone, she is on 5.0.2, OC9 build.
There is a software update available, but we are hesitant to take it, not knowing if:
1. It will make te batery life better or worse
2. will the tether without root continue to work
Have you taken the latest update?
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Read around. There's plenty info out there. Battery discussion only plz n thanks.
I'm on my first day with it, but its definitely a improvement from the GS4 as of late atleast. Im at about 2 Hours screentime and 38% battery, first not even full charge, Started at like 82%.
I did a factory reset earlier in the week and that has seemed to help a TON. 4 hours of SOT and thats with extremely poor signal around home.
Battery is barely acceptable for me. My phone is not rooted. I average between 12-14 hours off charge and average around 3 hrs screen on time give or take a few minutes. I'm a heavy user and use my phone pretty much all day. Saving grace is it charges really fast. Thinking of rooting but not sure there's anything I can do to help the battery life
i have the s6. yeah battery life is poopy but its expected. im struggling cuz idk if i shud switch to the s6 edge. yeah those side displays r cool but im told if that thing drops the wrong way even with a protective case then its bye bye screen. oh decisions decisions
Battery life Here is actually not bad, especially after the Samsung Push update from the Play store. Many tech blogs wrote about this possibly helping the battery life on the S6. I just finished 1 day and 5 hours with 30 percent left, so for me that not bad at all.
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Battery life Here is actually not bad, especially after the Samsung Push update from the Play store. Many tech blogs wrote about this possibly helping the battery life on the S6. I just finished 1 day and 5 hours with 30 percent left, so for me that not bad at all.
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What was your SoT though?
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What was your SoT though?
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Wasn't that high, just under 2hrs. But for me, that's normal..... And I'm totally cool with that. The battery life really ALmost pushed me to the Note 4, UT after all this, I'm here to stay
I am averaging 3 hours 50 mins SOT in my house on wifi all day. It seems to be getting better since the push update.
I've had great battery life with my regular s6 thus far. 30+ hours and 5.5 SOT average. Location off at home, bt off, wifi on, location history off, no samsung/google/sprint apps or features enabled (like s voice), auto brightness, black wallpaper, disabled samsung push, turned off LTE at home, only on CDMA, cant remember what else.
I've seen a lot of people on forums complain their battery for their s6 is bad, but I don't get it?
My battery sucks.. I have gps off, syncs to minimum, all notifications offs, and took the last Samsung update. Still battery life is not the best.
So far today gettings my best screen on time yet.
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I wouldn't say my battery life is fantastic, but its certainly better than it was on my S5 when it was either stock or on CM.
I'm in Houston, so I generally have very good signal, but I use it a lot throughout the day. Bluetooth music to and from work, games during the day when I have downtime, some maps usage when I do mobile calls. I take it off the charger around 9am and get home around 630pm with anywhere between 40-60% left. That's with GPS always on (highest location settings), 3 gmails and Facebook synced, screen always on auto, Bluetooth always on and paired to my Moto 360.
Battery FIX:
1. Turn off WIFI calling.
2. Turn off Location History.
The above two changes doubled my battery life. Went from maybe 3 hours Sot and dead in 7 hours, to 5.5 SoT yesterday and still running after 16 hours usage. MAJOR difference. Any my screen stays at or near full brightness.
syphen6 said:
So far today gettings my best screen on time yet.
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Dude what are your settings to achieve those screen on times? That is nuts.
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Dude what are your settings to achieve those screen on times? That is nuts.
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Automatic Brightness - On
NFC - off
Wifi Calling - off
Wifi always scanning off
Switched to CDMA only. I did have it on LTE for a little bit when I went to the grocery store.
Everything else is on
I am still really surprised at the change in the battery life from when I first got it because I could only get 2 hours SOT for like the first week.
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Automatic Brightness - On
NFC - off
Wifi Calling - off
Wifi always scanning off
Switched to CDMA only. I did have it on LTE for a little bit when I went to the grocery store.
Everything else is on
I am still really surprised at the change in the battery life from when I first got it because I could only get 2 hours SOT for like the first week.
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I have dove way deeper into disabling things than just these items and today it looks like I'm going to get around 4 hrs of screen on time. But I've only had the phone for 6 days.
One quick question: In the time you've had it, have you factory reset the phone, rooted, or flashed firmware, or have you just stayed the course and let it settle in? It sounds like I may just need to let it settle before the awesome battery life starts happening.
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I have dove way deeper into disabling things than just these items and today it looks like I'm going to get around 4 hrs of screen on time. But I've only had the phone for 6 days.
One quick question: In the time you've had it, have you factory reset the phone, rooted, or flashed firmware, or have you just stayed the course and let it settle in? It sounds like I may just need to let it settle before the awesome battery life starts happening.
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I factory reset the phone after 3 days of owning it because my battery life was terrible. After I did that I was getting close to 3-3 1/2 hours SOT with the phone which was about what I was getting on my M8. Then all of a sudden it just started getting way better. It might of been that Samsung push update or maybe the battery just needed alot of time to break in. Also i'm not rooted and I haven't flashed any firmware.
Hello all,
I recently purchased a LG G4 Back In July , on Verizon, switching over from A Galaxy Note 3 (Tmobile). Honestly I really really like the phone, but I think the battery life is pitiful for a $700 dollar "Flagship" phone. I mean not once has it ever lasted the full day. I had to buy a spare battery kit, with 2 batteries, and days when im out from 6am to late at night, I go through 2 batteries, and have to put the 3rd one in. I mean , this is simply unacceptable for a phone like this.
Also, the camera is excellent WHEN it works. A lot of times, it doesn't take the picture right away, there is a delay, and many times it falls out of focus. This is certainly not the high quality camera they advertised.
I am hoping there is a way to fix these 2 issues, mainly the battery issue though because it is awful in my opinion. Is there any tweaks or fixes for these issues?
You've barely given any relevant information other than how unhappy you are with the device, so I would suggest that you elaborate on that.
You could inform us if you're a heavy/light user, if you keep NFC, LTE, Bluetooth, Syncing, Wi-Fi, on during the whole day or maybe if you are used to 100% brightness display. Maybe you should check in your settings what is draining your battery and provide us the info.
I'm having a pretty good experience with the phone so far. It surely lasts a whole day with 3:30 to 4h SoT. I don't even need/have a spare battery.
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This is certainly not the high quality camera they advertised.
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One person having an issue doesn't mean it's not a great camera. You'll find it's likely still the best flagship camera of any OEM.
Battery use is so dependent on which apps you run, which mods you have, how often the screen is on, what brightness, signal strength, wifi, bluetooth, etc etc etc...
I came from a galaxy s3 and reckon the battery on g4 is awesome. I use it solidly on internet for 2 hrs a day (to and from work), check messages etc through the day, usually internet at lunch. And then evening time check facebook etc over WiFi infront of telly.
I unplug at 6am and plug in around 11pm with around 3% left. I bought a 2nd battery and only needed to use it twice. It has to be how you're using it.
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13 hours on battery for me today and still 71% left. Light usage but it does illustrate that the battery life can be excellent.
itm said:
13 hours on battery for me today and still 71% left. Light usage but it does illustrate that the battery life can be excellent.
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of course, you can get excellent battery life on every smartphone - just put it in aeroplane mode..
I get MAX 3h of SOT time on my G4 - this is with fixed brightness at 65% (at all times) and only wifi and 3g enabled (NFC, bluetooth and everything else is turned off all the time)
to be fair I have yet to own a smartphone that lasts me more than 4h SOT..
the thing that annoys me the most is the broken knock code used to unlock the phone - it works 20% of the time at best
its a completely broken feature LG has not properly addressed since launch of the device (I am on V10e software)
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I recently purchased a LG G4 Back In July , on Verizon, switching over from A Galaxy Note 3 (Tmobile).
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There have been numerous firmware updates since. Have you ever performed a full factory reset after getting those updates ?
If the answer is no, then this is one potential reason for poor battery life. What you could try is to clear the system cache in recovery. Note, i said system cache not apps cache. Idea here is when updates come in there could be conflicts and it causes the system to work harder. clearing system cache might help, if it does not then the only option is a factory reset and then a manual install.
not restore. You install apps in batches, monitor, then install more and so on. You can restore contacts etc. but apps themselves will have to be reinstalled. Sometimes apps go rogue and have to be reinstalled. Its hard to tell which app is causing the issue. Otherwise you could just reinstall whatever app that seems to be taking up more than it should be.
Honestly I really really like the phone, but I think the battery life is pitiful for a $700 dollar "Flagship" phone. I mean not once has it ever lasted the full day. I had to buy a spare battery kit, with 2 batteries, and days when im out from 6am to late at night, I go through 2 batteries, and have to put the 3rd one in. I mean , this is simply unacceptable for a phone like this.
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What are you doing on your phone ? mention apps.
How do you access the net. How good is your signal. What are you doing when you access the net.
Also, the camera is excellent WHEN it works. A lot of times, it doesn't take the picture right away, there is a delay, and many times it falls out of focus. This is certainly not the high quality camera they advertised.
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What types of shots are these. It can happen with portraits some times. It will focus on the background behind the person instead of the person and the face becomes softer and the background very sharp.
For this set focus little above the chest instead of the face. If they are wearing dark clothing this will cause other issues so focus on something else at equal distance that isn't dark.
Always check the shot at the pixel level soon after you took it. Rather than at the end of the day.
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of course, you can get excellent battery life on every smartphone - just put it in aeroplane mode..
I get MAX 3h of SOT time on my G4 - this is with fixed brightness at 65% (at all times) and only wifi and 3g enabled (NFC, bluetooth and everything else is turned off all the time)
to be fair I have yet to own a smartphone that lasts me more than 4h SOT..
the thing that annoys me the most is the broken knock code used to unlock the phone - it works 20% of the time at best
its a completely broken feature LG has not properly addressed since launch of the device (I am on V10e software)
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Just to clarify: I had everything turned on for those 13 hours - wifi/data/bluetooth/GPS. I also made 2 phone calls and did a bit of Chromecasting using the BT Sport app for a couple of hours. Or to put it another way, I didn't take any measures at all to preserve battery life.
I used to complain just like you're doing OP ( @dredmentia ) and fixed it all with a Zerolemon battery .
Is the phone bulky/no leather back/not easy to handle... , it sure is but if battery life is crucial then it gotta get fixed.
End my day anywhere between 7 to 13 hours of sot depending on WiFi or 4g and high CPU freqs, tried light usage and hit 3 days with 12 hours sot. Snap/insta/twit/fb/periscope/... Nothing kills this battery in a day.
When and if we get a kernel I'll move back to factory battery at least then I know I'm in control of how CPU works coz while optimizing the phone for wakelocks that's the only thing I have no control over...
As for now I'm just trying to burn thru this battery every day so I can charge it every night...
Last phone was a Z3 Sony and that really grabbed my attention with its battery life in stock form, almost too perfect, Almost.
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01181ODJI/ref=ask_ql_qh_dp_hza
This is what your talking about? Looks like a pretty nice battery.
LG G4 Battery Case, ZeroLemon LG G4 8500mAh TriCell Extended Battery + Soft TPU Full Edge Protection Case (Compatible with all LG G4 variants) (4897010519648)
It works with the USB charger that came with the phone ?
Did someone seriously just ask me if I kept the brightness on the screen at 100%???? Obviously im not doing that, im not some idiot. I know the screen eats up most of the battery. I keep the brightness extremely low way under 50%, or on auto., The battery still last a short amount of time. Its not acceptable
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Did someone seriously just ask me if I kept the brightness on the screen at 100%???? Obviously im not doing that, im not some idiot. I know the screen eats up most of the battery. I keep the brightness extremely low way under 50%, or on auto., The battery still last a short amount of time. Its not acceptable
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Then maybe something is wrong with the phone. I got also 4-5hr SoT.
It can't be just 2hr.
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Did someone seriously just ask me if I kept the brightness on the screen at 100%???? Obviously im not doing that, im not some idiot. I know the screen eats up most of the battery. I keep the brightness extremely low way under 50%, or on auto., The battery still last a short amount of time. Its not acceptable
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Did you not see my earlier post ?
Answer everything asked in full.
Anyone experiencing this also?
Drain
I've noticed the same thing. Don't know what they fubared but they did.
I had this issue since a while, I thought march update will improve it, but no changes. It's also a little bit worse especially when using 4G.
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Anyone experiencing this also?
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Battery life gets worse with every update..idk what samsung is doing..
I get better battery life with March update than any other
Here's a screenshot of my battery life after march update, when using 4G.
Mines been perfect with every update untill this one. Not even lasting a day now
Yes, really became noticeable yesterday and I have also noticed that it is "Slow Charging" in vehicle now even though I'm using factory data cable and 2 amp charger. Very frustrating indeed. March update just hit my S8 last week and slow charging since on that one too. This really sucks
For me it's the same?
I don't know, I think I have the same ****ty battery runtime.
Never over 4 hours screen-on-time. Always somewhere around 3-3.8 hours of Screen-on-Time.
BUT they updated the camera, it's now much better, and the new portait option is also good.
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I don't know, I think I have the same ****ty battery runtime.
Never over 4 hours screen-on-time. Always somewhere around 3-3.8 hours of Screen-on-Time.
BUT they updated the camera, it's now much better, and the new portait option is also good.
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Which portrait are u talking about?
I am also experiencing battery drain already, getting around 3hrs SOT @15%, but I dont exactly know if the update is the culprit since I got this phone the month s9 was released. Yet, the drain is more noticeable from March security patch
Is there any way to get rid of this update...its unbearable. Taking hours to charge to full on fast charge original charger. Something is sucking the life out of it. Was perfect before this update.
dj.shauny.g said:
Is there any way to get rid of this update...its unbearable. Taking hours to charge to full on fast charge original charger. Something is sucking the life out of it. Was perfect before this update.
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Even if my battery isn't lasting a day, but fast charging is still at the same speed since day one... Maybe your device has a problem.
Try to remove updates from Device Health Services app from Google in Settings -> Apps. I have o big improvement in battery life of my s9+ snapdragon after doing this. Do not update this app again in Play Store. Its bugged and caused this issue. My mobile runs more snappier e colder and Screen on time e stand by time have big improvements.
Will try this and report back. Thanks
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Try to remove updates from Device Health Services app from Google in Settings -> Apps. I have o big improvement in battery life of my s9+ snapdragon after doing this. Do not update this app again in Play Store. Its bugged and caused this issue. My mobile runs more snappier e colder and Screen on time e stand by time have big improvements.
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It isn't using any of battery or RAM and I still have battery drain...
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Try to remove updates from Device Health Services app from Google in Settings -> Apps. I have o big improvement in battery life of my s9+ snapdragon after doing this. Do not update this app again in Play Store. Its bugged and caused this issue. My mobile runs more snappier e colder and Screen on time e stand by time have big improvements.
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Removed these updates and device is still draining battery.
Please help us Samsung.
After every update, almost always, the phone takes a couple of days to adjust setting, so it working extra hard in the background. Same happens when you factory reset your phone. Give ti a few days to settle in, then re-evaluate for battery drain
I got better battery life after wipe cache via recovery.
Wiping cache didn't improve battery life for me...
Does anyone know what this option does? Like does it really save battery or help apps operate better?
I can't seem to find this option on mine
It save battery life optimizing power consumption in case of system detect unusual drain with some apps.
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It save battery life optimizing power consumption in case of system detect unusual drain with some apps.
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I know but what I'm wondering is does this actually use battery itself or does it actually save battery?
dalelindley76 said:
I can't seem to find this option on mine
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Settings>battery>battery optimization> three dots upper right corner> advanced optimization
Not sure either. I finally turned mine on this morning i wanted to see if there's a difference.
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I know but what I'm wondering is does this actually use battery itself or does it actually save battery?
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In my own experimentation, it seems to make a significant difference in overall battery life. I'd like to know more about what it's doing too, though.
Interested as well.
I'm just going to turn it in and see what happens. Usually at about 50 percent battery I have between 4 and 4 1/2 hours of screen time so that's what I'll compare it with.
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I'm just going to turn it in and see what happens. Usually at about 50 percent battery I have between 4 and 4 1/2 hours of screen time so that's what I'll compare it with.
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Im setting mine up today since i have unlocked the bootloader and rooted. Anything special in settings you have done to get that good of SOT?
Disabled a few apps from settings, don't use 5g as it's not great in my area yet, only turn on location when needed. Other then that nothing I have the tmobile version and haven't had any of the heat or battery issues people are talking about. The only problem Im having is getting used to having to charge every day after owning the LG v60. Nothing can touch that phone as far as battery goes.
I turned on this option once i receive it and did first setup. Actually my best sot time was of 8h2.
So what does it do?
If it was all good then it would be on by default
hey there. ive had my p6p for only a few weeks. battery life has been poor since i got it, but worse since the march update. i noticed when i look in settings under battery and battery usage and then past 24 hours i see mobile network usage at 70%. i haven't left my house in over a week and ive been on wifi the whole time. isn't that weird that the mobile network would be in use so much? i looked under network and the sim and by default roaming was toggled on. i turned that off and switched my preferred network to lte instead of 5g. a day later, still not left the house and i see mobile network at 54%, still high. i haven't even made one call on this phone in days. im on t-mobile if that matters and seem to have good reception in my home. any ideas or settings i could look at? thanks for any replies.
Go to developer settings and disable "Mobile data always on" option, as well as you can disable the 2g always on for emergency calls from the wifi&network settings. That helped me.
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Go to developer settings and disable "Mobile data always on" option, as well as you can disable the 2g always on for emergency calls from the wifi&network settings. That helped me.
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thanks, i’ll do both
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thanks, i’ll do both
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You're welcome
Dont know whats wrong with my p6p. Was one of the users who had zero problems since december, switched then to 12.1 beta. Now im on QPR 1.1 and since QPR 1.0 my battery drains like crazy, and even with the slightest of usage while using 4G/wifi it gets way hotter then before and you can see the battery % falling like a waterfall. Checked ofc all the settings, nothing changed. All apps are the same, nothing new. With Dec Firmware i was at ~50% at the end of the day, now im below 10%.
Im a die hard android boy, but for me thats crazy how unstable the whole "system" is. You change nothing app/usage wise, and you just loose nearly 40% of battery capacity.
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Dont know whats wrong with my p6p. Was one of the users who had zero problems since december, switched then to 12.1 beta. Now im on QPR 1.1 and since QPR 1.0 my battery drains like crazy, and even with the slightest of usage while using 4G/wifi it gets way hotter then before and you can see the battery % falling like a waterfall. Checked ofc all the settings, nothing changed. All apps are the same, nothing new. With Dec Firmware i was at ~50% at the end of the day, now im below 10%.
Im a die hard android boy, but for me thats crazy how unstable the whole "system" is. You change nothing app/usage wise, and you just loose nearly 40% of battery capacity.
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I personally hate the battery life on this phone. I charged it to 85% earlier and was texting a buddy of mine for a bit, and my phone was super warm for no reason and I lost like 20% just from that. It doesn't make much sense to me how the power is bad that if I do light tasks it just goes to crap. I hope the next phone is better.
Personally, forget the Mobile Network standby figure is just misleading.
On the original firmware mine said 3-7% and I would charge to 80% and then 24 hours later would have around 30% left. By the February release the standby figure was showing 40% but battery life exactly the same. With the March release it is ready 50%+ but again the battery life is still pretty much the same (couple of % more but that is because I moved to a dual sim setup).
Don't disagree that some are having battery issues, but don't go chasing the Mobile Standby number as it is likely a complete red herring and your issue is elsewhere.
yeah i noticed that too. Im no way focused on that % mobile standby. Im feeling the noticable higher temp on the device.
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Don't disagree that some are having battery issues, but don't go chasing the Mobile Standby number as it is likely a complete red herring and your issue is elsewhere.
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There are reports that the older 5G modem is at least part of the problem, so I would not dismiss it. The fact that so many disable 5G, 2G, or other mobile services and report better battery life is kind of telling, too.
I think that the March drop has improved my battery life a bit, however. Not great, but it lasts through the day.
My battery life has definitely decreased since updating to march build. My usage hasn't changed, but before, I went to bed with ~15% left, now I often need to recharge at ~22:00 whenever I want to use my phone before sleep. Temps also seem to be slightly worse. I sometimes notice the phone getting warm, which did not happen before.
On a plus side, I have no more connection problems at home since updating to March build (I can get SMS/calls again in my home office), so that's a trade-off I am ok with, even though I don't like it.
mobile network is definitely my problem. since i stay home most days, working from home and not needing to go out, i turned on airplane mode and then enabled wifi and bt. i get calls from wifi thru tmobile and suddenly my battery life is great. 24 hours after charging with light use i had 89% battery remaining. i believe overnight i had lost 1%. i plan on leaving it in airplane mode till i go out. i get my notifications and calls and have great battery life this way.
I've noticed a steep decline in my battery life as well since the March update. Mobile network appears to be the culprit. Verizon user here, on an old GUDP.
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mobile network is definitely my problem. since i stay home most days, working from home and not needing to go out, i turned on airplane mode and then enabled wifi and bt. i get calls from wifi thru tmobile and suddenly my battery life is great. 24 hours after charging with light use i had 89% battery remaining. i believe overnight i had lost 1%. i plan on leaving it in airplane mode till i go out. i get my notifications and calls and have great battery life this way.
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I find it sad we have to go through such hoops to get our battery life adequate enough for our standards, when it should be this way out of the box. I hope the next pixel phone improves upon this, and if it does even in the smallest way I'll be sure to trade my device in.
I found the "issue" for my drain/heat problem:
I discovered yesterday evening, that i was enlisted in the play service beta program. Opted out of it, cleared cache/data too. Figured then out, that my gpay cards went missing, added them back in 5 mins, no prob. Then i saw, that all my "battery setting per app" where on "optimized", not on restrict. Today i unplugged at 08.30 and till now after a 20min call and twitter/instagram usage, im still at 96% with absolutey NO HEAT!
Config:
Play Services 21.24.23
Carrier Services 98.0.435052141
Play Store 29.8.13-21[0]
S3B1.220218.006
Hope, that this maybe help someone
Normandroid said:
I've noticed a steep decline in my battery life as well since the March update. Mobile network appears to be the culprit. Verizon user here, on an old GUDP.
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Weirdly mine has noticeably got better, i am ending the day with 20 or 30% more battery left than i was before the march update.