yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Gear S] gottahavit:
Thinking more, you'd volume is ok assuming it's not always making noise. With your screen always on at 80% you're never going to be happy with battery life. The watch isn't designed for that. I wish it could too, but think about it this way... turn your phone display to 80%, set the screen timeout to never and see how long your battery lasts. Your phone has much bigger battery.

Turn mobile data off until you need it. Unless your using as standalone phone all the time, if so again you're never going to be happy with battery. This thing can act like a phone but it can't replace your phone.
[Samsung Gear S] Akram.:
Its not mobile data but mobile network. My mobile data is always off. I am using as standalone phone. I know it cant replace phone. I atleast need 12 hrs battery or i will have to return this.

The timeout is at 1 minute after that always on clock go greyscale. Most of the time i press the home button so 1 minute waiting is not there.
[Samsung Gear S] gottahavit:
I would try one at a time to isolate. Set your clock to Turn off screen and try for a day. Then try for a day with mobile network off but scree back the way you like it. I'm betting it's a combination of Both, but you never know until you isolate
[Samsung Gear S] NinjaMom:
Why do others have to notice your watch?
[Samsung Gear S] Akram.:
The purpose of a branded watch is to not just look time.
[Samsung Gear S] NinjaMom:
I know. I do a lot with my watch, but I don't care if people notice it.
[Samsung Gear S] Akram.:
With this watch yes you may do a lot. For others this is just a watch with different watch faces. The sole purpose of a branded non smart watch is to show off. Hard truth. Doesn't matter if you care or not.
[Samsung Gear S] NinjaMom:
They is hardly a hard truth. Not everyone needs to show off their watch. Lol If that is what you need it for that is your thing, but don't be whining about your battery power because you are bit using the watch as intended or Samsung would have made the battery power to be able to be on like you are trying to make it work.

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You might be better served to return this smart watch and get a flashy watch that is just a watch.
[Samsung Gear S] Akram.:
Are you for real?

It is not hardly a hard truth. Again, Everyone buys an expensive watch just to show off. I can bring the branded Watch faces on Gear S hence it looks good. That is one of the reasons i brought this watch. I am not whining, but dont ask Why and What i should do. If you can advise, that is fine but dont be smart ass and hit your opinion on me.

6 hrs battery life is not tolerable even after not utilizing most of the features. Samsung intended to utilize this watch effectively, hence there is an option "Clock always on" and there is a timeout of maximum 5 minutes. If Samsung wanted to completely hide showing off the watch face, there will be no options like "Clock always on" and the timeout wouldnt be greater than 1 minute.

So a reasonable battery life is expected, not 6 hrs just for using mobile networks and clock always on on greyscale.

I will think to return this watch if the battery is this bad and no i wont get another "flashy" watch just like you state out of nowhere because you seem clueless. Why? Because i don't like any other watch.

Today, i noticed the battery life has improved with same setting, its been 12 hrs and at 50%

Again, don't tell me what i should do, unless it is a tip.
[Samsung Gear S] NinjaMom:
I bought this expensive watch to use its features. Not to get noticed and I am pretty sure I am not the only one.

If you want better battery life. At the very least turn the wake up motion on. Every time you go to look at the watch it will light up. That might even help you get noticed more since that is what YOU are looking for. Having the watch at 80% brightness 24/7 is not going to make your battery last. Frankly, I'm surprised you got 6 hours out of it doing that.

I'm all about the features (not getting noticed). I bought it to run/ride horses with it and not have to carry my phone. I bought it so my kids could always get me. Its hard answering a phone and holding it to your ear when you are handling a 1200lb animal.

With my usage, I am at 31% battery and it has been off the charger for 26 hours now.

So, no. Not everyone buys the watch to get noticed. At least I didn't.
[Samsung Gear S] gottahavit:
Battery life does seem to be improving. I doubt you will ever get 24 hrs the way you use it however.

Everyone has different needs and expectations. I will tell not to bother looking at android wear. Battery life is half that of this watch.
[Samsung Gear S] Akram.:
Exactly. You purchased the watch to use its most of the features. I purchased to use its one major feature "Different watch face", and most other features i have disabled. Everybody has different use and purpose. So don't ask me "why" i want others to get noticed. It is none of your business.

Wake up motion is ON on mine, which i like. While i got only 6 hrs battery for first 2-3 days, now i get 24 hrs with the same setting i posted initially. So be even more surprised that i get 24 hrs with "80% brightness".

Reading your 3rd para, you use the watch for completely different thing than what I intend to do. So don't ask "WHY" anymore.

As a contrary to your comment, i can easily say " I am all about showing the watch, than using its features which i dont need".

Thanks. Its going to be 24 hrs, looks like improving, though i had 2 - 3 call today as an off day. Initially as i told, when i turned on Power saving, it drained quickly. Later it became alright. I hope i atleast get 12 hrs so once i am back at work i can charge it hands free
[Samsung Gear S] NinjaMom:
Would help to re-read your posts. You've changed your tune a little bit this time.

I am happy that you are getting better battery life now.

As far as asking why? Its a free world. :)
[Samsung Gear S] Akram.:
No need to re read since i know what i talked. And nothing is free in this world
[Samsung Gear S] bisto321:
The last few comments show how diverse the world is :)

Personally, I am with NijaMom - it is a great communications tool that stops you reaching for your 'brick' every minute. Very discreet and very useful.

Akram, I like your honesty. If you want to get noticed - having an expensive light up trinket is one way to go about it.

Flashing it around, with the intention of getting noticed, wouldn't go down too well on my commute into London each morning :laugh:

But good luck to you if that is how they do things in your neck of the woods?

I think, however you decide to use it, we can all agree it is a very nice smart watch.
[Samsung Gear S] gottahavit:
i'm at 12hrs right now and my battery is at 80%. ;)
[Samsung Gear S] bisto321:
light usage day today. No calls or texts from watch - just used for notifications and time.

25hrs on time and currently have 56% remaining
[Samsung Gear S] megatherian:
Just like with Android phones, unchecking GPS shouldn't affect battery life much unless you have an app that's using the GPS.

The GPS setting isn't actually an "ON/OFF" switch, it's more of a permissions setting that allows apps to use GPS when needed. If no app starts up the GPS then it won't drain any extra battery leaving it on.

Now which apps turn it on and whether they behave well turning it back off again that's a different story.

*Note - I am assuming Tizen works the same way as Android- which is probably a fair assumption since Samsung wants to get as much battery life out of their products as they can.
[Samsung Gear S] NinjaMom:
I'm at 10% and 36 hours. Loving it.
[Samsung Gear S] Akram.:
Hi,

A trinket wouldn't show different watch faces, and i don't like trinkets. That is not what i meant. And i dont want myself to get noticed, its the watch that gets noticed.

I had 3 people pick my hand and ask me about this watch. And they are really impressed how good it looks. My friends asked how did you afford this expensive RADO watch. i laughed and told him its an Armani, and later he realized what exactly it is. It is fun to troll friends and near ones. This is how it works. Have A black screen watch and nobody will know about it.

Thanks for your post.
[Samsung Gear S] 3Labs:
I am using clock alway on and brightness on auto and turning that one had no effect on battery drain. My best read is remote connect and/or mobile network connected is the only big drain. With remote connect and mobile data on I can spend half the battery with an hour usage involving two notifications and one reply to a message. Other than that battery has always lasted more than a day. I suggest keeping mobile data off AND network connection off whenever BT'd to your phone.
[Samsung Gear S] gottahavit:
I decided to try the always on. I was surprised to see battery life, while affected, is still use able. I ran for 12 hours and still had over 60%. So making it though most days should be easy.
[Samsung Gear S] JTIII:
I've also decided to keep the clock always on and keep GPS off. I'm going to try it for a day and see how that goes. But I've noticed that the charger, when it's fully charged and not plugged into an outlet, does not charge the Gear S back to 100% from aroun 10%~20% battery life. Heck it dosen't even get it to 100% from 50% battery life. Anyone else having issues with the charger?
[Samsung Gear S] gottahavit:
I've found it only has about a 30% charge
[Samsung Gear S] Akram.:
The cradle charger charges maximum capacity of 50% only IF it is fully charged. If the cradle is fully charges, the LED turns Blue.

If your gear has 20% and you attach just the cradle charger, it charges upto 70% maximum, then you have to attach to an outlet for 100%. The outlet charges both cradle and gear same time i think
[Samsung Gear S] SocialEyes:
Same issue here. When connected to the Gear S, the Galaxy 5 seems to run down in no time at all... about 15% an hour!
[Samsung Gear S] gottahavit:
I'm not having this issue with my note 3, but my guess is it depends what apps you are running. Could be you have an app constantly sending data to/from the watch. Did you look in battery settings and see what app is eating the battery?
[Samsung Gear S] SocialEyes:
At the Samsung developer conference, there was an entire afternoon session devoted to battery draining, and the issues are myriad. All kinds of apps that are supposedly inactive or killed still use resources, and it all adds up the wrong way. Battery life optimization is an incredibly complex area. Just killing apps is only part of the solution.

Without changing the mix of apps on the Galaxy 5, with the exception of adding the Gear Manager app, use of the Gear S apparently causes a dramatic decrease in Galaxy 5 battery life. Perhaps this is in relation to the GS being connected by BT, which of course is essential for many GS functions?

Could be there's a lot of back and forth between the devices, even without much or any observed activity on the GS...
[Samsung Gear S] digital_pro:
GPS certainly seems to hammer things. With pretty much the default setting, and no fancy watchfaces or anything, I turned on the Nike app for an hour, and now 10 hours after the watch was 100% it is freaking out about low battery (3 %). I'm guessing there is no free lunch, so having the running/fitness stuff available sounds great on paper, but isn't going to work for anyone that is serious about it.
[Samsung Gear S] SocialEyes:
Using the GSam battery monitor, it shows that the Phone app is creating 37% of the load. Other apps such as news, e-mail, etc., show small, reasonable loads that relate directly to actual usage.

Drilling down into the Phone app usage, it's shows 50 minutes CPU usage out of 58 minutes operating time.

So what's this all about? Talk time during this interval has been zero, so it's some other aspect of the Phone app that's guzzling all the power.
[Samsung Gear S] richlum:
I've had the Gear S for a week now, and I've noticed that my Note 3 battery drains about twice as fast as it did when I had my Gear 1. I had been using the Gear 1 for a year prior to switching to the Gear S last week.

I don't have a sim in the Gear S, just BT connection to phone. Same as the Gear 1.

My Note 3 is also losing 12-15 % per hour.

I now need to charge in the afternoon. It used to last me until I got home in the evening.
[Samsung Gear S] bisto321:
Different experience for me. I have the same combo - Note3 & Gear S

I had a drain of about 8%, while bluetooth connected to the phone, in about 8 hours. Hardly used the phone just kept checking the watch for alerts, mail, etc.

What does your battery manager list as the top consumer of power - how much CPU and stay awake?
[Samsung Gear S] richlum:
Actually, mines back to normal again. I just left mine for 2 hours. Got a few other notifications and only used the phone to check a message once.

Only lost 5% in that 2 hours, which is about normal for me.

I'm not sure what I did as I was trying a lot of things to try and see what was causing the problem. I cleaned the dalvik and cache yesterday as well as toggling a few sync settings in various apps.
[Samsung Gear S] only1sycil:
Still having issues!!!!! Somebody help me please!!!! Just updated my Note 3 to Android 4.4.4. and the battery on my Gear S drains 1% every 2-3 min. I have no idea what to do. Someone help!!!
[Samsung Gear S] richlum:
Mine is still OK after the initial fast drain. ~2-3% per hour drain on my Note 3 if I just leave it untouched and have a few notifications in that time. Screen on is what kills the battery.

The only thing I can suggest which has helped me with battery drain problems on my phone in the past is to refresh the ROM. Just do a dirty flash, and that has fixed battery drain/heat problems in the past.

Is you phone really hot? If so, it suggests some process is stuck running.

Have you looked at a Battery Stats report (or similar) to see what is eating the battery?
[Samsung Gear S] RayTrue04:
I get great battery life from mine with gps on and power saving off. I could go a full day on a charge till the next day and need a charge by noon. My problem is different. My dock could be fully charged and by the time i need it it has lost about 50% juice just on standby in my pocket so when i do use it i only get a small charge and have to wait to get home to plug it in and charge both watch n dock. Anybody else experiencing this???
[Samsung Gear S] dugryce:
Reading about so many issues people having regarding battery life leads me to believe that people are using these watches as if it is a device. I believe it's very important to wear this watch and use it as a watch you look at it occasionally to tell you time it delivers brief bits of information from your phone to see if its worth even picking your phone up. But playing on the phone surfing on the internet talking on the incessantly all of these things do lead to fast battery drain.
[Samsung Gear S] only1sycil:
Finally figured it out, placed all my contacts on my device so my contacts wouldn't have to sync from several different sources. Now battery lasts 2 days at least.
[Samsung Gear S] GreenBot:
My watch would last for two days without a charge unless I keep using apps actively. I'm happy. This is with Wifi and Mobile Network set to OFF.
[Samsung Gear S] xendula:
This is what is going in with mine: it lasts me a good 2-2.5 days usually. However, if disconnected from my phone, and taken for a run, with S Health tracking on ( GPS, BT audio and network on as well) it keeps draining battery even after being reconnected to the phone. I have to manually turn off the GPS after my run, and something STILL continues draining it, I just can't figure out what.

Next time, I'll try to restart the device to see if that helps any.

Thanks to the charger = external battery pack, it's not a huge issue and I'm still happy with my Gear S.

ETA: My Note 2's battery life hasn't changed since I bought the Gear S. BT is in constant use, wifi and data always on, however, I am within known WiFi networks throughout the day. I'm still on Android 4.4.2. the only real drain happens when I have it remotely connected to my watch, or when using GPS obvioulsy.
[Samsung Gear S] thomasbarnes51:
S gear with battery issues

I've had my S Gear for less than a week. The battery is supposed to last for up to 2 days. It was lasting fine for a couple days and now it died before I even got off work. I get a ton of calls and notifications everyday. Up to 100 emails and text messages, but my Note 3 takes it. My only thought is I have a rogue app. Before I installed 3 or 4 apps, it was lasting through the day without hitting 40%.

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Explain this a little please. Do I have to enter every contact from my phone to the watch to make this happen?
[Samsung Gear S] RoboBobo:
[MENTION=6148174]only1sycil[/MENTION] What exactly do you mean with: placed all my contacts on my device so my contacts wouldn't have to sync from several different sources?

With my GS I have the same issues like many others here; but not always! Some days the watch runs for 36h+, sometimes (like just now), the battery is empty after 2 hours. GPS is always off... What is clear for me is: The battery problems are coming from the synch with the phone and some apps. Currently my GS use less battery, when I have an active connection to my second provider via the internal GS SIM. As soon as I switch to the synch mode via BT to my phone and my main provider, the battery goes down like crazy :(
[Samsung Gear S] Emurp3:
No one ever addressed the real problem

While all those solutions were good...none of them ever addressed the real problem. One day my gear was able to hold the charge until I went to bed, the next day it all of a sudden started dying before noon. Settings may contribute, but since I haven't made any changes, that is not the real problem. There is a more relevant post somewhere on xda where they talk about the update to Samsung Gear app on your phone. It did an auto update and it is what's causing your gear to die. I think you have to uninstall it and re-install an earlier version. I'm trying to find which one that is.
[Samsung Gear S] MedicD:
I'd like to know. Just bought mine used for $125 and it definitely won't last a day. Could gear extended notifications be doing it?
[Samsung Gear S] gobraves00:
I turned Bluetooth off on my phone and my gear s is still getting notifications and calls.
[Samsung Gear S] MedicD:
Well then you had wifi on, or the cell signal
[Samsung Gear S] Ts52377:
Did this work for you? I just got a Gear s three days ago. I took the first one back because the battery kept draining from 100% to 0 in an hour. The second one is only giving me 4 hours of battery life. Everything is off. No heavy using. What's up??
[Samsung Gear S] vice86:
My brother just updated his Gear S with the May 2016 update and says his battery life is atrocious now. Doesn't even go a day. I didn't update mine for that reason. Mine seems to last art least 2-3 days before dying.
[Samsung Gear S] k.babymamma:
I was getting at good 2, 2.5 days on mine til it updated today. It just took an extreme nose dive this afternoon right after the update and drained to 14% by the time I made it home from work. That was on a fresh 100% charge this morning. Normally it's anywhere from 55-65% off a fresh charge and one full day if wearing and normal, reasonable use. Ridiculous!
[Samsung Gear S] stillnissan:
Where i can buy a battery replacement?
[Samsung Gear S] falconsson:
My Gear S battery drains faster while it is off than on...
[Samsung Gear S] dimex:
Same with mine. I'll charge it up to 100%, turn it off, and next day I'll turn it on and it'll be almost empty. Never had a device that does that.
[Samsung Gear S] dersie:
Happen when battery is almost died. Battery life is time limited (3 at 5 years for lithium (and 300 cycles)) so for aged Gear S all the watch start to have bad battery. Mine start to drain faster even when powered up.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Pascal86100:
Please.....

Can someone do something for the NFC of our Sola...

1 year of cyanogen 11 and still no ROM with NFC, wich is an important part.

I'm not agree when some people say :

"Devs are leaving developpement under novathor", so you have to change your smartphone.

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] KottttoK:
Hello everyone.

I am trying to get into the bootloader, so i will be able to use fastboot commands.

Prior to post here i made a thread in the [HELP THREAD] but unfortunately since the person that tried to help me did not had this device, he couldn't help me, thus i'm posting here

So, first i tried to get into the bootloader by pressing the physical keys:

if power button and both volume keys are pressed i get into Android System Recovery(3e).

if power button and volume down key are pressed i get into meta mode.

if power button and volume up key are pressed i get into factory mode, which is entirly in chinese.

in all 3 occations, fastboot devices command did not reply anything....

Now the device is recognized by adb (i made the udev rule for it), all commands are working as should except one.

all except one: "adb reboot-bootloader" or "adb reboot bootloader" or "adb reboot fastboot" do not do anything. they just reboot the device into android os.

even "adb reboot recovery" works correctly...

Lenovo S820 is a new device. it was released in 2013, is it possible that it doesn't have proper fastboot mode??? or is it possible that it needs to be unblocked in some way???

What should i do?

P.S.

Android system recovery <3e> options are:

reboot system now

apply update from ADB

apply update from sdcard

apply update from sdcard2

apply update from cache

wipe data/factory reset

wipe cache partition

in Meta mode just get this: Have been in meta mode, long press the power button and the normal boot.

factory mode (which is completely in chinese) has 8 options.

-EDIT-

I am 100% sure that i found the translations of the 8 options of the factory mode:

Manual Test

Auto Test

Item Test

Test Report

Debug Test

Clear eMMC

Version

Reboot
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] KottttoK:
Any help at all???

What did i do wrong? why no one is replying?

Does the need for the same device is so great???

Isn't it a bit of generic question at all???

I don't need a -like- guide how to do it, i just need some infos, tips and guidance.

I am new to android os, i don't even know what to search/look for, so i can start solving this issue...

HELP!

I need somebody!

HEELP!!

not just anybody

HEEELP!!!

you know I need somebody

HEEEELP!!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 50437s:
I am looking for a damaged or broken physically or software lenovo s820

please get back to me on sohelv.00 @ gmail DOT com
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] KottttoK:
why there is no help???

My s820 is not broken. it's working like a charm.

my problem is that i can't get into the bootloader.

Is there a chance that the bootloader is blocked?

I also, honestly, do not understand why no-one is replying, i am not asking for a how-to guide, just for some tips/infos so i can start investigating how to get into the bootloader....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ninjaboy16:
i know hoow to unlock bootloader in lenovo s820

just install a miui v9 in your s820 then hold power button then click reboot then click bootlloader

watch how to install custom rom in any android

search how to install custom rom on android

miui v9 custom rom for s820 it has gapps so dont worry you dont have to download gapps

just search s820 custom rom then choose needroms then choose the one with 24 stars

so yeah just wait when you click bootloader until it says Fastboot Mode..... its in the lower left side

Remember:

follow the steps in the video
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iFinCyde:
Hi guys,

i want the Lollipop nav. Buttons on my g3. I am not rooted or unlocked etc. Full stock. Is it possible to get these without changing other looks?

Thanks.
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kniazkoff:
Yeap, just follow this
[G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sideness:
This isn't working on Lollipop stock ROM :/ Any solutions ?