Is this normal? My Phone can last all day if im not like hardcore gaming or anything. Just regular whatsapp and chrome surfing. But it drains really fast when surfing. Power saving mode is on.
But is this usage normal? Android System using 65%? Ss was taken at a random time of day. Without heavy usage. Was thinking of factory reset.
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You should try this:
- Disable google now.
- Disable sync you don't need.
- Disable mobile data and location when don't use it.
- Stop scan wifi alway.
Option:
- Disable gesture and Edge screen feature if you don't like.
I try all that and have battery enough for 2 days, with normal use and about near 3 hours screen on.
The Good:
- Snappiness and overall speed improvement: the Android N update made my S7 so much more snappy and responsive. The phone boots much quicker than it used to, apps install almost immediately after they finish downloading, and the keyboard is far more responsive and quick to register touches.
- Clean UI: The entire default theme on Android N is very clean and minimalistic, which I absolutely love.
- Battery Life: My phone drains much slower during active usage, and the new ultra low power mode is great. Not all is good in this department though, and I'll address the issues in the negatives.
- Customization: I think the customizability is great, and being able to control your DPI and resolution is much appreciated. Keyboard resizing works, though it doesn't get nearly small enough, and this is coming from someone who's 6"2 and has relatively large hands.
Automatic Reconnection: This has been both a positive and a negative for me, as I have Comcast at home and my phone used to switch to the open Xfinity WiFi hotspot at home instead of my private home WiFi. This fixed that issue, but now when I try to connect to a Xfinity WiFi hotspot it usually keeps giving me an "Automatic Reconnection is turned off", and won't let me connect for a good while.
The Bad:
- Battery Life: Standby time has absolutely gone to crap and I'm relatively sure sleep doesn't work.
- Bloatware-: Still has all of the unnecessary b.s. that Sprint S7's come with, and the voicemail still isn't possible to be disabled.
- Ultra Power Saving and DPI: Once changed/enabled, there is no "are you sure you want to keep these settings" prompt. I was outside when I was just messing around and enabled ultra power saving, and it was a struggle trying to disable it. Also, if you set your DPI to something which you are unable to read, there still isn't a "undo this?" prompt.
- App Incompatibility and Crashes: Two apps that I've run into that have issues with Android 7.0 are Pokémon Go and Opera VPN. Trying to enable Opera VPN under settings causes an automatic crash, and you can't expand its notification anymore.
Can relate to the garbage standby times. Battery isn't the best for me either on nougat
magicstick5 said:
Can relate to the garbage standby times. Battery isn't the best for me either on nougat
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X2, standby life is absolute garbage.
I am at 8 hrs 20 mins with 2 hrs SOT and only 41% left. It's not great, I'm not getting through the day.
I have the exynos unlocked s9 Plus model. I never experienced horrible battery life (my usual SOT was about 4+ hours) but I could never get the fantastic SOT of the snapdragon models. Best SOT I had seen was around 6 hours after applying dark themes, etc.
I tried a little thing two days ago, and at least for me, it seems to work.
I let the battery drain down to 1% or 2%. I shut down the phone, and rebooted to recovery mode (holding power, bixby and up buttons), and I deleted the cache partition. After deleting the partition and selecting reboot, I immediately plugged the phone on the charger (fast charge was selected).
I let the phone get to 100% (without messing with it).
My settings are:
AOD off.
Android system background operation set to OFF.
Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
Connected to 2,4GHZ wifi (not 5ghz).
The above are the main changes I have set to save battery. (I had these settings also before I did the above trick).
All the rest settings are normal. Normal white theme, synchronization is ON, GPS accuracy is set to high etc. I use FB, G+, Messenger, Youtube a lot.
I don't know why and how, but the battery life seems to have boosted a lot. And this is due to the standby time which now is extremely minimal.
I managed to get 8 hours of SOT(!) which I have never seen before in all the the months I own the phone. Not even near that SOT.
I am not saying that this is the solution to all the exynos battery problems. I just thought I should post this so you can try it.
I really hope that it helps you too.
madvinegar said:
I have the exynos unlocked s9 Plus model. I never experienced horrible battery life (my usual SOT was about 4+ hours) but I could never get the fantastic SOT of the snapdragon models. Best SOT I had seen was around 6 hours after applying dark themes, etc.
I tried a little thing two days ago, and at least for me, it seems to work.
I let the battery drain down to 1% or 2%. I shut down the phone, and rebooted to recovery mode (holding power, bixby and up buttons), and I deleted the cache partition. After deleting the partition and selecting reboot, I immediately plugged the phone on the charger (fast charge was selected).
I let the phone get to 100% (without messing with it).
My settings are:
AOD off.
Android system background operation set to OFF.
Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
Connected to 2,4GHZ wifi (not 5ghz).
The above are the main changes I have set to save battery. (I had these settings also before I did the above trick).
All the rest settings are normal. Normal white theme, synchronization is ON, GPS accuracy is set to high etc. I use FB, G+, Messenger, Youtube a lot.
I don't know why and how, but the battery life seems to have boosted a lot. And this is due to the standby time which now is extremely minimal.
I managed to get 8 hours of SOT(!) which I have never seen before in all the the months I own the phone. Not even near that SOT.
I am not saying that this is the solution to all the exynos battery problems. I just thought I should post this so you can try it.
I really hope that it helps you too.
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Hi, how can i set Android system background operation OFF?
Thank u
Giangii said:
Hi, how can i set Android system background operation OFF?
Thank u
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Go to battery usage, open green android system icon and uncheck "allow background activity" switch
djoxie said:
Go to battery usage, open green android system icon and uncheck "allow background activity" switch
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Thats right, but keep in mind that this setting will be reverted to enabled on each reboot of the phone.
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Thats right, but keep in mind that this setting will be reverted to enabled on each reboot of the phone.
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That is correct, forgot to mention it
Do you how disabling Android system background activity will affect the phone? Does it delay notifications or anything?
Ahmedalwakeel said:
Do you how disabling Android system background activity will affect the phone? Does it delay notifications or anything?
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Not that i know off, but thats just me.
madvinegar said:
I have the exynos unlocked s9 Plus model. I never experienced horrible battery life (my usual SOT was about 4+ hours) but I could never get the fantastic SOT of the snapdragon models. Best SOT I had seen was around 6 hours after applying dark themes, etc.
I tried a little thing two days ago, and at least for me, it seems to work.
I let the battery drain down to 1% or 2%. I shut down the phone, and rebooted to recovery mode (holding power, bixby and up buttons), and I deleted the cache partition. After deleting the partition and selecting reboot, I immediately plugged the phone on the charger (fast charge was selected).
I let the phone get to 100% (without messing with it).
My settings are:
AOD off.
Android system background operation set to OFF.
Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
Connected to 2,4GHZ wifi (not 5ghz).
The above are the main changes I have set to save battery. (I had these settings also before I did the above trick).
All the rest settings are normal. Normal white theme, synchronization is ON, GPS accuracy is set to high etc. I use FB, G+, Messenger, Youtube a lot.
I don't know why and how, but the battery life seems to have boosted a lot. And this is due to the standby time which now is extremely minimal.
I managed to get 8 hours of SOT(!) which I have never seen before in all the the months I own the phone. Not even near that SOT.
I am not saying that this is the solution to all the exynos battery problems. I just thought I should post this so you can try it.
I really hope that it helps you too.
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Giangii said:
Hi, how can i set Android system background operation OFF?
Thank u
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djoxie said:
Go to battery usage, open green android system icon and uncheck "allow background activity" switch
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-Vulture- said:
Thats right, but keep in mind that this setting will be reverted to enabled on each reboot of the phone.
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djoxie said:
That is correct, forgot to mention it
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Ahmedalwakeel said:
Do you how disabling Android system background activity will affect the phone? Does it delay notifications or anything?
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-Vulture- said:
Not that i know off, but thats just me.
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With the latest update (BRE), there's no need to disable Android System background activity, because is not draining battery anymore.
I did many tests every update, and only BRE fixed the drain from it. Still, it seems that disabling the option is working for some people, is about trying.
Galaxo60 said:
With the latest update (BRE), there's no need to disable Android System background activity, because is not draining battery anymore.
I did many tests every update, and only BRE fixed the drain from it. Still, it seems that disabling the option is working for some people, is about trying.
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Yeah i can confirm that, with the latest BRE update it doesnt matter if you turn background usage for android system on or off.
great
cool sharing
Where to find Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
I've got developer options on but i cannot find this setting, does it have another name?
deboopi2 said:
Where to find Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
I've got developer options on but i cannot find this setting, does it have another name?
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It says something like "Keep network data on even if wifi is on" but you should disable that option.
Oh, that one , it's already turned off for a long time, battery life still sucks
How can you guys live without 5G WiFi?
I did a reset of the phone and installed without restoring a backup of apps.
At least standby time increased drastically.
I still must check the SOT, see if that one increase too
Cool! I'll give it a shot!
Does running on 2.4Ghz really improve the battery life?
madvinegar said:
I have the exynos unlocked s9 Plus model. I never experienced horrible battery life (my usual SOT was about 4+ hours) but I could never get the fantastic SOT of the snapdragon models. Best SOT I had seen was around 6 hours after applying dark themes, etc.
I tried a little thing two days ago, and at least for me, it seems to work.
I let the battery drain down to 1% or 2%. I shut down the phone, and rebooted to recovery mode (holding power, bixby and up buttons), and I deleted the cache partition. After deleting the partition and selecting reboot, I immediately plugged the phone on the charger (fast charge was selected).
I let the phone get to 100% (without messing with it).
My settings are:
AOD off.
Android system background operation set to OFF.
Disable network data when wifi is on (from developer options settings).
Connected to 2,4GHZ wifi (not 5ghz).
The above are the main changes I have set to save battery. (I had these settings also before I did the above trick).
All the rest settings are normal. Normal white theme, synchronization is ON, GPS accuracy is set to high etc. I use FB, G+, Messenger, Youtube a lot.
I don't know why and how, but the battery life seems to have boosted a lot. And this is due to the standby time which now is extremely minimal.
I managed to get 8 hours of SOT(!) which I have never seen before in all the the months I own the phone. Not even near that SOT.
I am not saying that this is the solution to all the exynos battery problems. I just thought I should post this so you can try it.
I really hope that it helps you too.
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Hey, (Γεια σου μεγαλε!)
Ι also have a s9+ unlocked.
I'm on the november security patch and battery life is pretty mediocre.
I get high standby battery drain, probably form android system.
I have never achieved sot of more than 5 hours and 10 minutes maybe!
Can you share your experience with this update?
Have you tried this trick on the latest security patch?
i use viper os 7.1.2
i changed rom because official rom drained battery faster, and i had os problem cant install some apps
changed rom, battery still drains faster, but no problem with app instalation
battery drains faster if i use any apps
youtube, browser, online shop apps, and all apps
every app that i open make battery drains faster, 3% or 5% in 5 minutes
what i tried
*set battery power saver
* turn off all apps usage in settings
*turn off all apps cellular data
* i opened developer options :
-windows animation scale = 0.0x
-transition animation scale = 0.0x
-animator duration scale = 0.0x
-dont keep activites = on
-background process limit = no background processes
*calibrated battery manually
*calibrated battery used some apps
*i bought 2 batteries, but no difference
*i even use 6000 mah battery
*set cpu governor = powersave
*added and changed some scripts for battery
there is no difference at all, better to reset all settings
have you tried redmi note 2 tool from playstore though ? it works for me. gives me around 8-12 or more standby time with screen off. for youtube, it has around 2 hours. 8 hours of spotify playback with screen off