General Horrible battery life fix - Google Pixel 6 Pro

To everyone that's been having horrible battery life on this phone and people didn't believe it, I've found the problem. Not sure what cheap parts they used but the 5g is the problem. I disabled my 5g and I was able to to go from 6 hours 100% -30% to 10 hours 100% - 30% with the same use. If you want to save more battery, just leave battery saver on. Disable the extreme battery saver though.
I've found that I'm able to use the phone for the whole day with little loss to function this way. Good luck to you all.

nighthawk626 said:
I disabled my 5g and I was able to to go from 6 hours 100% -30% to 10 hours 100% - 30% with the same use. If you want to save more battery, just leave battery saver on. Disable the extreme battery saver though.
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That's the general consent of this forum and has always been the primary advice for people with battery life. problems. In like... 15 threads. But of course it's nice to see that you managed to improve your battery life.

External Samsung Exynos modem inefficiencies to blame here. VoWifi saves more

nighthawk626 said:
To everyone that's been having horrible battery life on this phone and people didn't believe it, I've found the problem. Not sure what cheap parts they used but the 5g is the problem. I disabled my 5g and I was able to to go from 6 hours 100% -30% to 10 hours 100% - 30% with the same use. If you want to save more battery, just leave battery saver on. Disable the extreme battery saver though.
I've found that I'm able to use the phone for the whole day with little loss to function this way. Good luck to you all.
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How did you disable 5G?

I have noticed improved battery life by disabling smooth display.
Doing so sets your display at 60 all the time.
the constant thrashing between 60-120 was killing my battery.
I expect this will be resolved in future updates

Don't forget to leave your display turned off, that freakin' bug needs to be solved asap!!1

ram4ufriends said:
How did you disable 5G?
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Dial *#*#4636#*#* then switch network to LTE/wcdma or something similar that doesn't have 5g in front of it

Unfortunately still get massive drain with NR(5G) disabled.

racetrack_rob said:
Unfortunately still get massive drain with NR(5G) disabled.
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To think I passed up on buying my first ever iPhone with the 13 pro max just to buy this **** stain of a phone. I can never trust Google for another phone ever again

nighthawk626 said:
Dial *#*#4636#*#* then switch network to LTE/wcdma or something similar that doesn't have 5g in front of it
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Why not just go to settings and select 4g as preferred? Doesn't that disable 5g?

lemonspeakerz said:
Why not just go to settings and select 4g as preferred? Doesn't that disable 5g?
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some carriers don't allow you to do that (Fi, maybe AT&T, some in the EU etc etc)
just be careful using that dial code. I recommend anyone going into that setting, take a screenshot of the default "Network type" each carrier/region/country uses a different setting. there's like 19 different ones. you won't hurt your phone but it might cause a headache.

Whatever you do nothing really fixes Mobile network standby and horrible 5g drain. Unfortunately

henihazbay said:
Whatever you do nothing really fixes Mobile network standby and horrible 5g drain. Unfortunately
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The only thing that we can hope for is the "General improvements in network stability and performance" listed in the changelog helps. Personally, I haven't seen more than 17% battery usage for mobile network standby over 24 hours.

Talking of battery I was told this P6P has an adaptive display like the iphone 13 pro which would go down to 10hz but when I activated the on screen display it only went down to 60 which is the same as the S21 Ultra so another Google lie

Shipoftheline said:
Talking of battery I was told this P6P has an adaptive display like the iphone 13 pro which would go down to 10hz but when I activated the on screen display it only went down to 60 which is the same as the S21 Ultra so another Google lie
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It's very clear by now that Google outright lied about a bunch of stuff to sell this phone. Using cheap parts to sell a premium phone. The software improvements don't mean sh*t if the hardware got worse. Especially battery life and signal strength and consistency

Shipoftheline said:
Talking of battery I was told this P6P has an adaptive display like the iphone 13 pro which would go down to 10hz but when I activated the on screen display it only went down to 60 which is the same as the S21 Ultra so another Google lie
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From what I understand, the screen display (from developer options) uses SurfaceFlinger to show refresh rate but SurfaceFlinger can't show/detect anything below 60Hz. Anything below that can only be shown/detected by the display controller. So the screen display will only show as low as 60Hz even if it's at 10Hz.

Alekos said:
some carriers don't allow you to do that (Fi, maybe AT&T, some in the EU etc etc)
just be careful using that dial code. I recommend anyone going into that setting, take a screenshot of the default "Network type" each carrier/region/country uses a different setting. there's like 19 different ones. you won't hurt your phone but it might cause a headache.
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Fi allows you to disable 5g, but you have to be in "Safe Mode" to do it.

skyman631 said:
Fi allows you to disable 5g, but you have to be in "Safe Mode" to do it.
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i didn't elaborate. some carriers allow the change in normal mode, others in safe mode and some only in the dialer menu... and rarely, some in the EU don't even allow the change in the dialer menu to stay.
anyway, disabling Wifi Calling helped idle drain for me but it was only a 2 night test. went from 1.4% /hr drain to 0.3% when idle. that's a lot. too bad I need the feature.

Alekos said:
i didn't elaborate. some carriers allow the change in normal mode, others in safe mode and some only in the dialer menu... and rarely, some in the EU don't even allow the change in the dialer menu to stay.
anyway, disabling Wifi Calling really changes battery life wow. went from 1.4% /hr drain to 0.3% when idle. that's a lot. too bad I need the feature.
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Tell me why I would not want to disable Wi-Fi calling. I have been using it by default but I'm not sure if I'm benefiting it from it at all. So if it's draining my battery I would love to disable it. At the moment my battery is not stellar, but it could be much better since it's such a large battery.

They said they really need it. Depends on your signal situation where you make the most calls and texts. If your mobile signal is trash at home then wifi calling would offset that. If you aren't benefitting. Turn it off.

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48 hours of Battery life and still 45% left!!!

Hi Everyone,
I thought id share the amazing battery life im having, ive had it going for 48 hours so far and still got 45% of my battery still left, ill tell you all my set up and i wish you can get the same.
Installed LeeDroids rom (1.9a) which is absolutely amazing i must say, i love it.
Got the new radio 32.44.00.32u_5.09.05.30_2.
SetCPU running and have the normal standby on the phone at 642mhz and 245mhz when the screen is off.
I also have a task killer on set to kill most apps when the screen turns off and i have read about androids memory management but it makes me feel better when i run it and i personally think it helps.
Finally, and possibly the most important is an app called AutoKiller that interacts with androids internal memory management system and i have that set to ultimate.
I think thats it, and i have been using the phone averagely, and have turned off wifi and mobile internet and only use it when i need it.
Good luck everyone, hope this is helpful in someway.
It was interesting to read until you said this
pp84 said:
have turned off wifi and mobile internet and only use it when i need it.
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I personally refuse to turn off internet (wifi or mobile, same thing) on my SMARTPHONE. Cmon, that is why I bought it, because of the internet, and the fun things to do on it. If I use it for calls/sms only, I would have gotten something much cheaper.
Anyway, with hard usage my battery lasts for like 20 hours, and that is enough for me. I don't mind connecting it to a charger before I fall asleep, and disconnecting it when I wake up. Still I use the 1GHz CPU and the options the phone has fully
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... have turned off wifi and mobile internet and only use it when i need it.
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ljesh said:
I personally refuse to turn off internet (wifi or mobile, same thing) on my SMARTPHONE. Cmon, that is why I bought it...
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I'll have to agree with ljesh on this. If you deprive your smartphone of internet access, you've just turned it into a feature-phone.
But, I think you should turn off WiFi when you're not using it. That's just the smart thing to do...
Is there a battery of the same size with a higher capacity?
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
No, there isin't.
Just a quick update i ended up getting 63 hours out of one charge!
And i dont need to read what the weather is every 5 minutes thats the reason i dont generally keep mobile internet on... I just look up at the sky it tells me exactly what i need to know!
Well, I have tried this and wow - what a difference, lol.
I am mostly around WiFi connections all day, so just use that instead for all my syncs. Mobile internet is used when I am out of range for short periods of time.
Thanks for the tip - works wonders.
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1. Turn on Airplane mode all the time and don't wake the device from standby. According to the specs, the device will last up to 340 hours (ie, over 2 weeks).
2. Leave the device completely off. It will be months before your battery completely drains.
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Don't mind me, I'm just joking around.
But seriously, it would be interesting to know the battery life of a device set to your specifications but with mobile internet on. Turning it off, just seems like cheating, similar to how CPU overclock enthusiasts achieve crazy clockspeeds with liquid nitrogen cooling. Sure, you achieved your milestone, but is that really how the device is intended to be used?
ohyeahar said:
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1. Turn on Airplane mode all the time and don't wake the device from standby. According to the specs, the device will last up to 340 hours (ie, over 2 weeks).
2. Leave the device completely off. It will be months before your battery completely drains.
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Don't mind me, I'm just joking around.
But seriously, it would be interesting to know the battery life of a device set to your specifications but with mobile internet on. Turning it off, just seems like cheating, similar to how CPU overclock enthusiasts achieve crazy clockspeeds with liquid nitrogen cooling. Sure, you achieved your milestone, but is that really how the device is intended to be used?
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Why do you count network off as cheating. Why should it be on if you don't need it?
I am leaving network off most of the time, just switch it on when I want to surf or update my calendar/emails. Use Wifi whenever available. And SetCPU to minimize clock speed while the display is off.
Most email come from Softbank Japan thru a MMS type email application. Its a push mail system and you do not need to have network on for receiving it.
With this settings I get up to 24h, depending on who long I travel and read ebooks.
Not my intention to sound antagonistic. "Cheating" may be too strong of a word. Here's what I'm trying to say.
Obviously, it's up to the user to decide how to use the device. But what's also obvious is that the device cannot be fully utilized without an always-on connectivity.
Without an always-on connectivity, a lot of the widgets and applications instantly become useless or crippled.
Sure, not everyone uses widgets or applications that require always-on connectivity. But I'm willing to wager that a majority of the Desire user community utilizes such widgets and applications; so turning off mobile internet is just not an option for these people.
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Not my intention to sound antagonistic. "Cheating" may be too strong of a word. Here's what I'm trying to say.
Obviously, it's up to the user to decide how to use the device. But what's also obvious is that the device cannot be fully utilized without an always-on connectivity.
Without an always-on connectivity, a lot of the widgets and applications instantly become useless or crippled.
Sure, not everyone uses widgets or applications that require always-on connectivity. But I'm willing to wager that a majority of the Desire user community utilizes such widgets and applications; so turning off mobile internet is just not an option for these people.
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I tend to agree.
I need the network to always be on, and so leave it so - though sometimes, I will put the phone into airplane mode overnight if I remember. Generally though I don't as I usually charge overnight anyway.
On Sunday night though, I'd charged the phone during the day and so didn't charge overnight. I used the phone quite heavily during the day, and in the evening watched about 3 hours worth of DivX video via RockPlayer. My phone complained of less than 15% charge after 26 hours, which to me was quite impressive given my usage, and I don't use *any* tweaks such as SetCPU or a task killers (which are placebos anyway).
Personally, if I can get a full day from my phone I'm happy - and I can do that with the Desire without having to do anything.
Regards,
Dave

note 10 + Battery Issues / Not satisfied

Hi dear Team
I got my 10 plus (5g) although 3 uk is still to deliver it in order to see the speeds.
I am completely in love with the phone, for sure.
However, my problem is the battery.
Previous device was Mate 20 pro, with a battery that literally could last the full day , this one not really.
while on Mate 20 pro I would go home after 14h , with still 20% , now If I am lucky, It will have 3%
Different screen yeah, but it still feels bad.
Quality is (default) so not even enjoying the full resolution out of it.
Could you help me or tell me your experience as well?
I remember the times with my S8 that while on Roaming, I had to charge it 2 or even 3 times during the day
Thanks!
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I use a package blocker. Cloud services including Google's suck down the battery. I blocked Goggle Backup Transport, Framwork, Playstore and Samsung's cloud junk. I only run them when I need them.
Samsung Push, blocked.
You need to closely watch what happens when you block them and opposed to toggling them off.
They're witchy.
I actively monitor milliamp usage realtime to spot runaways. I'm running at around 140-300 ma right now.
MA closely mirrors the cpu usage.
Screen off my power usage with AOD active is around 1%@hr.
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Hey can you share the exact list of apps that you have disabled. That would be really nice of you. I don't wanna risk doing something stupid.
Battery life is the only thing my note 10 plus is struggling with.
Subham jyoti said:
Hey can you share the exact list of apps that you have disabled. That would be really nice of you. I don't wanna risk doing something stupid.
Battery life is the only thing my note 10 plus is struggling with.
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Disably all power management including Samsung's and especially any carrier apps.
-Untoggle any power saving settings first.-
Disable all cloud apps. Knox junk.
Disable carrier, Samsung and Google feedback trash.
All Bixby except Bixby vision and Bixby vision framework which the cam needs.
Otherwise you need to sort through, learn which ones you want/use, and how they interact. Some bloatware you probably use and want to keep.
Some like Playstore I keep disabled unless I need it.
Each set up is different... play with it.
Do you have Bixby wake up word on?
It used 37 % of battery yesterday. Took me a week to figure this out as the battery was not doing well for me either.
Disable Bixby entirely!!
298j said:
Hi dear Team
I got my 10 plus (5g) although 3 uk is still to deliver it in order to see the speeds.
I am completely in love with the phone, for sure.
However, my problem is the battery.
Previous device was Mate 20 pro, with a battery that literally could last the full day , this one not really.
while on Mate 20 pro I would go home after 14h , with still 20% , now If I am lucky, It will have 3%
Different screen yeah, but it still feels bad.
Quality is (default) so not even enjoying the full resolution out of it.
Could you help me or tell me your experience as well?
I remember the times with my S8 that while on Roaming, I had to charge it 2 or even 3 times during the day
Thanks!
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Don't compare it to the Mate 20 Pro. That phone is just in a league of its own. The P30 Pro battery is even better so don't expect anything close to that as these phones are known for insane battery life.
Are you using snapdragon or Exynos?
If you are using Exynos then you won't get what the Snapdragon variant offers. Snapdragon has better battery life and this is the problem with Samsung. They should make all their phones using snapdragon chips
Hello,
Was wondering if someone has had the same experience with their note 10+.
I got my device on the 22nd of Aug and since day 1 the battery has always been showing 99% almost immediately after disconnecting from the charger.
But after that, it discharges normally. Have had no issues with SOT as well.
This wasnt the case with my note 8 and note 9. They used to stay on 100% for a while after disconnecting from the charger.
But was wondering if anyone else has had the same experience with their Note 10+.
Thank you.
viruscmotu said:
Hello,
Was wondering if someone has had the same experience with their note 10+.
I got my device on the 22nd of Aug and since day 1 the battery has always been showing 99% almost immediately after disconnecting from the charger.
But after that, it discharges normally. Have had no issues with SOT as well.
This wasnt the case with my note 8 and note 9. They used to stay on 100% for a while after disconnecting from the charger.
But was wondering if anyone else has had the same experience with their Note 10+.
Thank you.
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There is a thread adressing this issue
Do a factory reset... the first thing you have to do with a new phone is do that. Gl.
winol said:
There is a thread adressing this issue
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Link to thread?
Conito11 said:
Do a factory reset... the first thing you have to do with a new phone is do that. Gl.
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aleekwen said:
Do you have Bixby wake up word on?
It used 37 % of battery yesterday. Took me a week to figure this out as the battery was not doing well for me either.
Disable Bixby entirely!!
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How do you disable Bixby?? I would like to disable also since i dont use it and it is also eating up battery.
CCSWE App manager in playstore, you have to buy it, but works really well
blake .l said:
How do you disable Bixby?? I would like to disable also since i dont use it and it is also eating up battery.
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I only needed to disable the always on listening for the wake-up word for my battery to get back to normal (and disable bixby routines in settings).
Battery is OK now for me - still not as good as Huawei Mate 20 Pro but good enough.
aleekwen said:
Do you have Bixby wake up word on?
It used 37 % of battery yesterday. Took me a week to figure this out as the battery was not doing well for me either.
Disable Bixby entirely!!
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Package block all Bixby crapware except
-Bixby Vision and Bixby Vision Framework- (use by camera!!!).
Ha-ha kill wittle Bixby... don't need no big sister.
With an Exynos variant I get 7, 7 and a half hours TOS, of course if I play games the phone won't last me all day.
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XxReApErxX said:
With an Exynos variant I get 7, 7 and a half hours TOS, of course if I play games the phone won't last me all day.
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I use a package blocker. Cloud services including Google's suck down the battery. I blocked Goggle Backup Transport, Framwork, Playstore and Samsung's cloud junk. I only run them when I need them.
Samsung Push, blocked.
You need to closely watch what happens when you block them and opposed to toggling them off.
They're witchy.
I actively monitor milliamp usage realtime to spot runaways. I'm running at around 140-300 ma right now.
MA closely mirrors the cpu usage.
Screen off my power usage with AOD active is around 1%@hr.

S20 Exynos - Very poor battery <3hrs SOT

Hey there
Purchased a new S20 Exynos 3 weeks ago. Since then battery life has been awful... even below what users report on the forum (4-6 hours SOT ranges).
I barely get 3.5 hours at best with minimal usage in a day: whatsapp, calls, emails, social media - NO gaming, gps, video calls...
This has been the same under OneUI 2.5 or now 3.0 for the past week
I have tried everything:
debloated a lot of stuff
wiped the phone with factory reset, did not restore with smart switch
60hz only, dark mode
location off, all device or wifi scanning features off
lots of apps in sleep and deep sleep lists
took the phone to samsung service to verify battery was functioning normally
I'm sharing screenshots of GSAM and BBS - please help me understand what is going on, i'm not able to make sense of the stats
I really want to love this new phone.... but 3hrs a day for a work phone + samsung service being a complete waste of time is not helping me...
Many, many thanks for your help
Why is it showing LTE2?
Maybe put your sim in slot 1?
Are you in a poor reception area? Your phone signals are good but still can't be trusted.
I have 2 sim cards in the phone. The one I'm using now is in slot 2
I even switched off sim 1 in sim cards manager because it was draining battery. I need to switch it back on anytime I want to receive SMS or call
Yet another feature that made me buy the phone and I end up deactivating....
Any other idea where I should deep dive? Do you see any app draining the battery or weird wakelock?
I need to get at least 6hrs SOT on basic usage
Any other idea where I should deep dive? Do you see any app draining the battery or weird wakelock?
I need to get at least 6hrs SOT on basic usage
jules75555 said:
Any other idea where I should deep dive? Do you see any app draining the battery or weird wakelock?
I need to get at least 6hrs SOT on basic usage
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That's poor SOT even for a Exynos device. Based on the info you've shared it would seem your phone is defective. If it was purchased locally you should ask the seller to exchange it. If a full factory reset doesn't help I don't know of any other settings or modifications you haven't already tried.
At this point I can only suggest you to try using only single sim via slot 1 and observe the difference.
Also can you post gsam signal graph like mine.View attachment 5155689
My device is S20+ on 3.0
60HZ, WQHD enabled and I'm getting 10H SOT.
Thanks guys for your help. Really appreciate it
Samsung doesn't want to replace the device. They have tested it for 24 hours in idle and told me the standby battery drain is normal.
This is insane. I've never seen so poor customer service, I miss apple so bad...
I've switched my sim to slot 1, that's a bummer since I'll need to play around with sims every time I travel...
My reception should be good as well.
Guys do you have by any chance a contact at Samsung top management to share in DM?
I'm dealing with India customer service this is appaling.... [email protected] supposed to be case manager what a joke
I've been fighting with them for 3 weeks it is driving me insane.
I'm talking to a lawyer today to open a law suit, probably a class action law suit, against Samsung advertising high performance but selling poor quality handsets equiped with Exynos chipset
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Guys do you have by any chance a contact at Samsung top management to share in DM?
I'm dealing with India customer service this is appaling.... [email protected] supposed to be case manager what a joke
I've been fighting with them for 3 weeks it is driving me insane.
I'm talking to a lawyer today to open a law suit, probably a class action law suit, against Samsung advertising high performance but selling poor quality handsets equiped with Exynos chipset
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No doubt you're level of frustration is rightfully extreme but I'm pretty sure pursuing a class action lawsuit to remedy the issue isn't your best option. I'm not an attorney but have years of experience as a lawfirm administrator. Not too many attorneys are capable enough or willing to invest the required time, resources and money to initiate that action. Having your attorney contact Samsung in writing may be the best option if he/she will do so at a reasonable cost.
Yes that's actually the plan
Given Samsung's commitment to customer satisfaction I doubt anything will come out of it
Will take further actions when necessary
In the meantime if anybody still have ideas on how to investigate further / solve the issue with my phone (assuming it's not hardware issue and Samsung hiding it from me).... happy to look into it
Latest developments:
Samsung "top" customer support team has arrange a pick up to take the phone to service again tomorrow
If they tell me everything is fine again i'm gonna lose my **** - nothing is fine with a 3 hours battery life phone that cost me $700
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My device is S20+ on 3.0
60HZ, WQHD enabled and I'm getting 10H SOT.
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How the havk you achieved that???
Are we talking exynos or snapdragon?
i've never seen anything like samsung customer support in my life
5 hours on the phone with them in 2 days, 2 back and forths to service center...
They are still telling me that 3 hours screen on time is perfectly normal on my handset and refuse any refund or replacement
"we have done 1 hour of youtube and the battery dropped by 35% because youtube is hardcore. See that's good"
wait... what?
plus i've never opened youtube on my phone what's this test about
Pure insanity
I'm going ahead with opening a class action law suit. DM if interested in joining
it will be shared on social media as well and widely online
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How the havk you achieved that???
Are we talking exynos or snapdragon?
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Exynos.
No gaming, Just browsing and little bit of youtube.
Maybe bcoz of indoor usage. Brightness is 40-45%
Hey guys why instead of being proud of managing to tweak a $700 phone to make it usable
we just tackled the core issue and stopped buying crappy exynos samsung and make them understand they cannot fool customers
i start to understand why you keep buying if this is just a game to you
jules75555 said:
Hey guys why instead of being proud of managing to tweak a $700 phone to make it usable
we just tackled the core issue and stopped buying crappy exynos samsung and make them understand they cannot fool customers
i start to understand why you keep buying if this is just a game to you
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Well, Indians voted with wallet.
Due to poor sales in India, S20+ came down to 700$, bcoz of ezorbitant prices on top of selling Ecynos crap.
I have an Exynos S20 and have been having similar battery life issues since FW BTIB and BTJ3, I think I have finally tracked it down to some weird 5GHz Wi-Fi problem with FWs after the August update.
Someone mentioned putting the phone on Airplane overnight which I've never done, so I did after fully charging it and I was thrilled to see the battery dropped by only a few % in 10hrs which was great. In the morning I switched Airplane off back at my desk which is close to the WAP and the battery life seemed really good.
After a week or so of checking with Airplane On/Off and switching between 2.4GHz and 5GHz, I suspect that if the 5GHz signal isn't strong enough the phone is trying very hard to maintain the connection. Looking at your battery stats it shows Wi-Fi 86% battery so this could indicate a similar issue.
Switching to 2.4GHz seems to have greatly helped my battery life. Right now the battery has dropped 38% in 42h13m, with 42m of calls and 21m of SOT. Accubattery still thinks my full charge SOT is 2h30m but that's calculated on 10 sessions and I'm hoping that it might improve over the next few weeks. Still, it's far short of what Accubattery reported about a month after buying the phone (over 10hrs).
If I desperately need 5GHz speed I can just manually switch it, do the uploads, then switch it back to 2.4GHz.
I've sold the S20 and going back to iphone or pixel
worst phone i've ever had in hands
Legal action against Samsung is ongoing - their customer service has been appaling, including talking to their top management in India through my lawyer.
All in all a very bad phone, poor company, 0% customer centricity

Battery draining like flies dropping dead on my brand new S20+ 5G Exynos..!! Any Help?

Recently bought a brand new S20+ 5G Exynos and it's running the latest March Security Patch update for Android 11. Problem is, after successfully rooting and killing off some of the ****ty bloatware that Samsung is obsessed to ship with it's Smartphones like Bixby, Samsung cloud, samsung games, pass, and much much more, my S20+ is losing single digit after every few minutes of just bare minimum usage like Browsing through apps, opening a simple utility or app or just wandering through the Settings Menu. I said it BARE MINIMUM since these activities do not cost so much pressure on the battery as running videos, games, installing and deleting and things alike. As I said, I turned off all the unncessary things like GPS, Display Brightness set to almost 20-30%, using BREVENT to keep all the background memory clear off of the background apps. I am not running any games, videos for that matter but my battery consistently losing a digit after every 8 mins I would say on these bare minimum activities. Sometimes even opening the screen and just scrolling through the app drawer drops 2 digits within 10 minutes. I set the display pixels to the lowest minimum and also disable the 125 Hz display smoothness effect.
I read in some posts that since Android 11, many users complained about constant and persisting battery drainage across multiple smartphone brands including Google Pixel users..
I am thinking of reverting back to Android 10 for my S20+. What do you people suggest?
What process/app is draining battery?
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What process/app is draining battery?
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As I said, nothing special in the Battery Usage as well. All the main components like Display and other multiple core system services are hardly using 2% and below.
if you used a backup to setup the phone (smart switch etc) this can cause battery drain. this is my personal experience. if you dont have 5g in your area disable it aswell.
MRDOCA said:
if you used a backup to setup the phone (smart switch etc) this can cause battery drain. this is my personal experience. if you dont have 5g in your area disable it as well.
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I did not use Smart Switch. It came fresh out of the box. My brother sent it to me from Saudi Arabia. I just reflashed it with the Android 11 KSA Stock Rom and simply rooted it. Also disable Bixby **** and other unwanted Sammy Bloatware.
Yes, I do not have 5G currently in my area and my country as a whole except some 5G Trials.
How to disable 5G???
BTW I charged my Phone and I turned WIFI OFF. It just stayed there and I picked up the phone and just opened it and just used it for a couple of seconds and the battery came down from 99 to 97% on just simple Unlock and simple APP DRAWER browsing with WIFI Being off all this time.
Then I just opened the camera and took a couple of selfie shots and battery came down from 96% to 94% in just 2 mins. WiFi is still off. Only Sim card is active.
noob_coder said:
I did not use Smart Switch. It came fresh out of the box. My brother sent it to me from Saudi Arabia. I just reflashed it with the Android 11 KSA Stock Rom and simply rooted it. Also disable Bixby **** and other unwanted Sammy Bloatware.
Yes, I do not have 5G currently in my area and my country as a whole except some 5G Trials.
How to disable 5G???
BTW I charged my Phone and I turned WIFI OFF. It just stayed there and I picked up the phone and just opened it and just used it for a couple of seconds and the battery came down from 99 to 97% on just simple Unlock and simple APP DRAWER browsing with WIFI Being off all this time.
Then I just opened the camera and took a couple of selfie shots and battery came down from 96% to 94% in just 2 mins. WiFi is still off. Only Sim card is active.
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has to be some service that you disabled that is needed for some other sh** from Samsung.
If I were you, I would start all again, flashing the rom, test it without rooting it... see how much is the battery drain like that.... Try that method for removing the apps thru ADB connection without root, it works (search it here in xda)

Question Battery life, stand by drain

Hi all.
I have just got a s22, live in UK
Battery drain, overnight is about 20%. I have disabled 5G, but not much improvement. Is this a defective unit? I'm on Vodafone. I'm still in return window.
Thanks for the advice
Exynos? If so try turning off WiFi, also did you set up with smart switch?
Yes , is exynos. WiFi, is on, while at home, as it should be
scorpionar said:
Yes , is exynos. WiFi, is on, while at home, as it should be
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WiFi drains battery whilst phone is off on exynos
skinza said:
WiFi drains battery whilst phone is off on exynos
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I have the Exynos version as well, but I don't recognize this statement. Over night, I lose about 6% with wifi, location and bluetooth on.
Do you have adaptive battery turned on? Maybe that helps for you.
Donnie Sins said:
I have the Exynos version as well, but I don't recognize this statement. Over night, I lose about 6% with wifi, location and bluetooth on.
Do you have adaptive battery turned on? Maybe that helps for you.
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It's well known but may have been fixed, only other thing I could think of is if he used to smart switch to set up the phone
@skinza
It has been fixed in recent updates.
However drain is still significant but not caused by WiFi now.
As you can see Android+Kernel drains over 30% of my battery. Is it normal in recent Android versions?
Maciek602 said:
@skinza
It has been fixed in recent updates.
However drain is still significant but not caused by WiFi now.
As you can see Android+Kernel drains over 30% of my battery. Is it normal in recent Android versions?
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Did you use smart switch to set up the phone?
skinza said:
Did you use smart switch to set up the phone?
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Unfortunately yes... From iPhone.
Maciek602 said:
Unfortunately yes... From iPhone.
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That's most likely your issue then, another known problem is using smart switch, best off starting fresh and transferring files manually, I used mobile trans app
Need it on both phones
I gave up a 2-month fight with S22 yesterday. I won't do a tester for Samsung for so much money. I returned to the S21U and today I am as happy with the battery life as ever!
I was gonna throw in the towel but now I'm getting 7h sot on 5g and 8-9 WiFi currently at 5h42 with 45% left been watching moves since 100%
Super happy now, but I'm scared to root having to wipe everything I do t wanna lose my battery sd variant
Try to flash firmware with Odin.
skinza said:
I was gonna throw in the towel but now I'm getting 7h sot on 5g and 8-9 WiFi currently at 5h42 with 45% left been watching moves since 100%
Super happy now, but I'm scared to root having to wipe everything I do t wanna lose my battery sd variant
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When the display is switched on, the phone discharges more slowly than when the display is switched off!
efkosk said:
When the display is switched on, the phone discharges more slowly than when the display is switched off!
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That's so s*** don't blame you for ditching it
skinza said:
Exynos? If so try turning off WiFi, also did you set up with smart switch?
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If he is on 2nd April update or above, the Wi-Fi drain issue was fixed.
However, now we have Bluetooth drain! But Samsung is aware and is planning a fix for the following update (or maybe later)
jojos38 said:
If he is on 2nd April update or above, the Wi-Fi drain issue was fixed.
However, now we have Bluetooth drain! But Samsung is aware and is planning a fix for the following update (or maybe later)
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Exactly! I have noticed that Bluetooth drains a lot. How do you know that they're preparing update for it?
Maciek602 said:
Exactly! I have noticed that Bluetooth drains a lot. How do you know that they're preparing update for it?
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Because I'm the one who made the report, they found the issue using my report and told me they were gonna fix it next update or should I say "Fixed normally in a next update whose date is not specified" this is word for word what they told me
skinza said:
I was gonna throw in the towel but now I'm getting 7h sot on 5g and 8-9 WiFi currently at 5h42 with 45% left been watching moves since 100%
Super happy now, but I'm scared to root having to wipe everything I do t wanna lose my battery sd variant
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7-9 hrs SOT? Jesus. How on earth are you getting that. I too am on S22 SD variant. I consider myself lucky if I make it beyond 3 hours SOT
syedtahir16 said:
7-9 hrs SOT? Jesus. How on earth are you getting that. I too am on S22 SD variant. I consider myself lucky if I make it beyond 3 hours SOT
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Tbh it kind of came out of know where
I updated to the xxv Vietnamese firmware for may update as it said it had stability fixes (AVDF) where as mine xsa Australia (AVDD) said only security, I flashed my csc though
Did a battery recalibration and it hit abother level
Adaptive battery on
All apps to sleep except fb, messenger, and emails etc
Got rid of all the bloatware I don't need
Used the galaxy app booster after updating
Manual brightness at roughly 50%
Adaptive display but 120 - 30hz instead of 48
A heap of bixby routines so I can keep location bt and nfc off till needed etc
Galaxy max hz app so phone sleeps as soon as it's off as well as changing Adaptive display while powersaving mode but changed it so 96hz - 30
I'm contemplating rooting but scared I'm gonna lose my good battery life after resetting

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