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[Galaxy S6 General] scarchelli1:
I can't figure out what is wrong with my battery. This morning I was at 15% and 10 minutes later I went straight to 3%. Gsam says android system is biggest user.
[Galaxy S6 General] Soufiansky:
Clear cache or simply reboot your phone and see if it's back to normal.
[Galaxy S6 General] scarchelli1:
I just tried wiping cache. I noticed this the other day. I was leaving the gym, got in my car, got the 15% warning, then minutes later, while still browsing the web on my phone, I was at 9%.

This phone is frustrating me lately with this horrid battery. Used to be fine, now if I'm out of the house, I don't get over 2 hours sot.
[Galaxy S6 General] Soufiansky:
Don't you think you have an app draining your battery in background ? You may check that, if not then do a factory reset.
[Galaxy S6 General] scarchelli1:
Pretty sure I'm gonna factory reset later today or tomorrow. Gsam doesn't show anything running. Same with the battery stats page in settings. Tried doze, shut app, greenify and checked logs of system tuner, nothing.
[Galaxy S6 General] javitolopez69:
Btu is Out ??? Update improvents <br />

My battery is bad .screen on time 3 .5 hours and 13 hours
[Galaxy S6 General] Fullmetal Jun:
Was experiencing this too. What I did was after it jumped from like 7% to 2%, I restarted the phone and it showed 7% again. Used it till 1% and charged to full. Then cleared cache in storage and wiped cache in Samsung recovery mode and it's a little better. Now it jumps from 9% to 7% very rarely. You can try that.
[Galaxy S6 General] cavags5:
Its sucks i know.

Its what I do 4h 4G.

Only last longer in wifi with browser and videos and low brightness.

Around 6h not more.
[Galaxy S6 General] Ave666:
I got more battery life on 4g than wifi which drain like crazy on wifi standby.
[Galaxy S6 General] cavags5:
I presume this is rooted.

How you spend 770mah on Facebook and 560mah screen. , to do this mah on screen you have minimum brightness.

Not more.
[Galaxy S6 General] Ave666:
Stock rom. Auto brightness with room lights. Just using Facebook, Twitter whatsapp telegram and other social apps. Browsing with stock Internet browser and a bit of online gaming
[Galaxy S6 General] archzz:
Is this considered good?
[Galaxy S6 General] cavags5:
With 4G yes.

Its good.
[Galaxy S6 General] archzz:
Most of the time i was at home on wifi, 4g only when wasnt home.
[Galaxy S6 General] Soufiansky:
So after using this phone for 4 days i can say that it's battery life is "pretty" good , i mean it's not that bad it will give you 1 day of usage. Not as great as my A5 2016 which was the best phone i ever had in term with battery life as long with the LG G2 but i can live with 4h SOT , the phone charges very fast even with Fast charging disabled.
[Galaxy S6 General] Lucoso46:
Flash the Not3 rom by arter 5.1.1, battery life seems more solid
[Galaxy S6 General] Diaze:
4h on 3g and 6h sot on wifi

I had a iphone 6 and it wasnt even close to this phone in terms of battery life.

So you will be dissapointed of iphone too..unlesw you get the pkus version
[Galaxy S6 General] Nplus1:
I'm seeing more like 4,5-5h (max) in 4G+ and 6,5h (maybe a bit more) on Wi-Fi but if I'm playing it's only light gaming, otherwise light browsing. However I have location on with high accuracy (Wi-Fi BT scanning disabled), 2 Google accounts, one LinkedIn, one instagram and one pushbullet on sync.

It's not that bad but it can be better because I still lose standby percentages because of the stupid Android OS.

Oh and the ironic thing about the retarded doze functionality is that it cand even do more harm than good. Especially if you move your phone. Each time it enters doze, it also uses the GPS (besides a lot of CPU) so this means the more doze sessions you have, the more drain you get. [emoji23] [emoji23]

I would deactivate this crap if I could...

Sent from SM-G920F using Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 General] Diaze:
I get 0 battery drain overnight..not even 1%. But i use aggresive doze from greenify
[Galaxy S6 General] Diaze:
Here you go
[Galaxy S6 General] jamnt:
I doubt that with good 4G signal you would get any battery drain at all. On the other hand weak signal will cause power loss. In such case just switch to 3G instead of complaining that 4G sucks battery juice because weak signal will drain battery irrelevant of phone model. Same with WiFi. I see 0.1%/hr of battery usage with 4G on. But I have good signal. I would not expect miracles though. Nothing can be done with weak signal.

In other words comparing battery life if signal strength is different does not make sense. Eventually people would get frustrated.

Same thing with SOT: different use different results.
[Galaxy S6 General] vipanonymous:
The maximun I can get is 4h screen and 5h/6h overall with intense use. Normal use gives me 12-14h, is it average? Or lower? Another question does the display settings have any impact on battery? Basic, Cinema Amoled, Photo and Adaptive?
[Galaxy S6 General] Soufiansky:
I have the exact same stats as you , that's what you can get from the S6...
[Galaxy S6 General] jamnt:
For rooted device this is rather bad for stock maybe OK.

To be honest all it would be easier to judge if you could post gsam battery stats. Not the Samsung as these aren't very precise.
[Galaxy S6 General] vipanonymous:
I will do that later. Yes, I am using the stock software, I've bought the phone two weeks ago, coming from Moto G 2014 :)
[Galaxy S6 General] don_gori:
Guys does it matter whether display mode - i use Adaptive and always on my battery usage display drains most of % ... just wondering :?
[Galaxy S6 General] Diaze:
I think adaptive drains more than basic or any other. Bcuz it is always checking for new colors etc
[Galaxy S6 General] Soufiansky:
With full stock , i'm always getting around 3-4h SOT everyday.
[Galaxy S6 General] don_gori:
Also someone told here that Condensed scaling also drains less battery than stock .. is that true :confused:
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
Samsung could put a 500mAh battery in the S6 and I couldn't care less. The actual capacity doesn't matter to me, I care about the end result of that which is how long the phone will actually last on a charge.

There's plenty of devices on the market with massive batteries yet they barely last any longer than devices with half the battery capacity.
[Galaxy S6 General] lopri:
Well put. I can understand a concern over a smaller capacity, but I do not understand the hysteria.
[Galaxy S6 General] smooth4lyfe:
It was actually confirmed

https://plus.google.com/+PhoneArena/posts/ScYc4XeBLue
[Galaxy S6 General] Metallic Palladium:
Agreed, I find the battery choices extremely baffling, like they didn't understand what made the Note such a big success back in the old days when they actually differentiated themselves from Apple as much as possible. Which is what they should be doing with the S6: put in largest removable battery possible while not playing the retarded phone thickness race, quick OS updates for at least a 2 year period, no junkware or at least removable without rooting.

Won't be surprised if the S6 becomes a massive flop. The Android competition is a ton more fiercer than they think it is.
[Galaxy S6 General] TheEndHK:
Did you actually read the post? Since Note4 Edge got smaller capacity than regular Note4 and this battery is for S6 Edge(925 marked on the battery label) and the regular S6(920) may have a small chance to got a slightly larger battery.
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
people should be concerned about battery size especially IF the phone battery is no removable. while i do agree end results is what matters as typically devices become more efficient in using electricity.. but again, if they start lowering the battery capacity and then make battery not replaceable then that can become a huge problem... nothing like having a dead battery and being able to throw in a fully charged one.

what they need to do is start investing in better battery technology. they all seem to be all focused on bigger screens and more fluffy, yet battery technology hasn't changed much at all in the last decade..
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
I'm not sure why it would matter even if the battery is swappable. It doesn't matter what size the battery is if it can last you all day. Swapping a 2300mAh battery or a 3200mAh battery is still the same process.

We should only be worried about the battery capacity if the S6 shows signs of poor battery life, at this point in time with out any quantitative testing done there is no reason to be concerned yet.

Samsung has consistently improved upon the battery life of previous generation devices and there's no reason to believe why the S6 would do the opposite.

There have been small advances in battery technology in recent years although the time it takes for that technology to be proven safe and reliable for modern smartphones means we won't be seeing the benefits of it for at least a few more years.
[Galaxy S6 General] fatimataybia46:
Battery is a problem with all the smartphones. I don't see any reliable solution except having 2 batteries with yourself.
[Galaxy S6 General] Aircondition:
I got same size battery in my Xperia Z3 Compact but it has a 4.6 inch screen with 720p resolution.

This phone got 5.1 inch screen and QUAD HD resolution with only 2600 mAh same as xperia z3 compact. I'm dissapointed considering I get 7-9 screen on time hours with it depending on brightness. Galaxy S5 is about 4-6 hours.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
S5 vs. S6 Battery

We'll have to wait for the real review/test of the S6 but if we go by the S5 battery test on gsmarena vs what samsung is saying for the S6 we get...

Video playback: 11:15h (S5) / up to 13h (S6)

wifi browsing: 9:39 (S5) / up to 12h (S6)

Sounds like they were saying the screen is actually more power efficient than S5/Note 4 even while being QHD.

New Exynos 30% more effecient.

All things point to the S6 battery life being as good as or better than the S5.

Don't complain about them removing 250mah without any thought of what the real end result will be.

I'm glad they got the weight down to 138g and 6.9mm slim will be nice too. With as good or better battery life than the S5. Most will be happy with this.

It's already up there in best of class. Only a couple odd models get better life.

http://www.gsmarena.com/battery-test.php3?idPhone=6033#show
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
battery life will likely be comparable to other devices, so yeah, it's more efficient despite better hardware, but we (at least me) don't want comparable battery life, i want MORE.

i get 5-6hrs screen time on my S4, i don't want an S6 with the same 5hrs.. surely they could of used say a 3000mah battery which would barely increase the size of the actual phone, but extend screen time by a couple more hours.
[Galaxy S6 General] SilentEYE:
Ouch. I want to recommend you not to SHOUT to loudly!

S6 Battery = 2550 mAh (9.81 Whr)

Such a thin phone that a bigger battery didn't fit in.

Even the camera lens is sticking out.

Perfect concept of a smartphone[emoji1]

http://anandtech.com/show/8999/samsung-announces-the-galaxy-s6
[Galaxy S6 General] geoff5093:
Don't you like being right?
[Galaxy S6 General] fix-this!:
Thinking the battery life will take a huge hit.
[Galaxy S6 General] FIREONHIGH:
i will compare the screen with my s4, will it be 500dollars better?also i get fast updates on the google edition s4, and i need a new batt. wow that will be easy to fix:D if they would have just made the damn thing water tight they would have had my money.. i may go look at note4 now,i dont use the spen but i love amoled screens!!!who the hell knows,when i get my hands on the s6 it in store i may lose control,lol this is looking good,but again no damn amoled!https://www.saygus.com/v2/
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUfvZs01ePI

hey samsung, guess S6 buyers will be wall huggers like iSheeps? such hypocrisy.
[Galaxy S6 General] FIREONHIGH:
good point.. hit them where it hurts!,,, i see samshame burning down like the Hindenburg.. i hope they get their s==t together fast!
[Galaxy S6 General] theineffablebob:
naw, there's built-in wireless charging now!
[Galaxy S6 General] tft:
wireless charging OTA?

certainly hope that is sarcasm, last i checked it still required a wall socket.
[Galaxy S6 General] meboy:
I'm getting so sick of reading all these idiotic complaints.

Looks like an iPhone, battery will be awful, the leaked images by reefur are fake.

3 legitimate complaints will be accepted.

sd card removal

non- user replaceable battery

pricing

Everything else. Use that piece of meat between your ears and grow up.

Take the garbage to BGR comment section or where ever. Just not xda!
[Galaxy S6 General] tmac31:
seriously still? do you ever thinked why there is a53 cores there in exynos 7420? different cpu cores use different power 14 nm or 40 nm. if there is same cpu cores you can compare them with nm but if they are different you just cant. both a53 and a57 cores in exynos 7420 probably has like 5x-6x power consumption difference. im pretty much sure 32 nm a53 cores can use less power than 14 nm a57 cores
[Galaxy S6 General] tokuzumi:
According to this thread, the S6 is incapable of having good battery life.
[Galaxy S6 General] robertkoa:
People are confusing and quoting marketing specs and theoretical Data when what really counts is practical user Data.

The screen on times and Battery Data from the phone tells us much more.

If Sync is off Wifi is off location is off and brightness is a straight 25% and you are on an LTE Network you can minimize variables to an extent and get a general idea of what an S6 will do on TMobile .

Better than vague descriptions on many Reviews ( moderate days, light days , till midnight , till 8 pm, heavy use during morning and evening commute light the rest of day- lol.

Show the battery stats, we can estimate the variables- especially with the new 22 nanometer Instant Coffee Crystals.
[Galaxy S6 General] Roflwafflez:
Nope. No Greenify, no root, no nothing. Whats-App, Facebook and Facebook Messenger are all disabled but not uninstalled.

-Matt
[Galaxy S6 General] erapmicks:
If less than 4hrs sot with 16hrs run time is good enough then yes it is capable
[Galaxy S6 General] dhaliwal925:
I understand the theory, but the reality is quite a bit different. Even if the but in 5.0.2 is to blame, we really won't see a significant benefit from the fix for at least 6 months - or whenever Samsung releases their update. Till then battery life ain't so shabby...

I am coming from a Sony Xperia Z3, and today is my first day with the Galaxy S6. With similar usage to what I have on the Xperia on a daily basis - I am at 53% with 1:45 of SOT. With the Xperia I usually end my workday in the 50-60% range, but I don't think that is happening with S6 because I have about four and a half hours to go.

Let's hope it gets better, I was kind of getting used to not having charge in the middle of the day...
[Galaxy S6 General] msavic6:
There may very well be a few niggling bugs with the S6 which are leading to poor battery life at the time. I'm almost positive Samsung will release an update on April 10th that will mend some of these bugs and hopefully lead to increased battery life.

If I look at my S5 and the differences I experienced after the update to Lollipop, I would say they are mainly positive. Some bugs were introduced but battery life was noticeably inproved compared to Kitkat. The battery life on the S5 at release was quite good, subsequent updates only managed to improve upon the already good battery life. I have no doubt the same will happen with the S6.

I am a little conflicted at the moment as to whether upgrading to the S6 would be a beneficial advantage over keeping my S5 for a little longer. Everything about the S6 would be a major upgrade over the S5 except for battery life. I'm eagerly awaiting more user reviews and software updates so I can get an accurate feel for the battery life on the S6 because at the moment it is sort of a mixed bag in terms of results.

Just to give you an idea of the kind of battery life I'm getting with my S5 after disabling some apps and optimizing the settings for my needs.
[Galaxy S6 General] brucipher:
I think a lot off this battery life discussion is premature. I do believe there is a bug with the high cell standby percentage. Plus, it can take a couple days to break a phone in, from my experience.

Here are some of my stats from last night into this morning (on my s6 edge). Probably on pace for 3.5-4 hours of screen on time. Had Wi-Fi turned off. Screen brightness about 25%. 20 minute phone call. 1.5 hours of streaming radio. Lost about 8-9% overnight while I was sleeping.

A lot of comparison to the note 4 here. Can someone fill me in on the typical battery life of the note 4?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 General] twoeleven99:
Had the phone since Monday my best sot was 4hours 42 min
[Galaxy S6 General] tokuzumi:
Based on what I've seen so far, it looks like once Samsung gets some of these cell network wake lock issues resolved (they can probably do this without having to bump up the android version...at least they have in the past), this phone is going to have some pretty amazing battery life. Granted, we are still just over a week away from the official release of the phone, so I wouldn't look at what's going on now as any indication of what the phone will be like a few weeks from now.
[Galaxy S6 General] dondavis007:
Man. What's the main drain reason in a normally used phone? Screen. Maybe playing heavy games you'll notice any direct difference. Every pixel counts when we're talking energy.

Sent from a mobile gadget...
[Galaxy S6 General] jamezr:
I would agree. I think they will work with the carriers and issue one of those carrier updates we see every now and then.
[Galaxy S6 General] CLARiiON:
Something out there is causing you massive wakelocks. And I am sure Samsung can't solve it. Wakelocks are majorly issues with either apps, or some moronic google background services.

Don't expect any update which can solve these issues, beacuse they are not Samsung related. In an ideal condition, the display should consume most power in the power graph. For you it's google services. which isn't a good sign
[Galaxy S6 General] tenxo:
Cell standby is a major issue!

Sent from my SM-G900T using AllianceR(●)m
[Galaxy S6 General] iamfightaa:
battery doesn't seem that bad, and now i know why the standy usage is so high.
[Galaxy S6 General] BoneXDA:
In hardware-specific battery tests with proper big.LITTLE implementation, yes it does. 14nm absolutely means less battery consumption running the same tasks. It's simple physics.
[Galaxy S6 General] userguy:
And why is that?
[Galaxy S6 General] tenxo:
You got five and a half hours SOT! That's actually impressive given the cell standby issue. Did you use Wi-Fi at all?

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[Galaxy S6 General] iamfightaa:
Well there seems to be a bug with wifi that's causing extremely high standby usage, well that's what I've been reading on this thread.

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Yes i had wifi on from about 9pm to around 9am. battery seems pretty good to me. much better than my m8.
[Galaxy S6 General] jayr04:
I rarely use wifi and I still have high cell standby percentage.
[Galaxy S6 General] cavags5:
I already changed to condensed but don't last 10 minutes.

Its ugly.

I had note4 because of beautiful screen, and in s6 5.1 inch with more small letters no thanks.
[Galaxy S6 General] pokr777:
I just found out about this app. Is the wifi drain normal?
[Galaxy S6 General] jamnt:
No, but tap on app sucker icon to see what is draining your battery
[Galaxy S6 General] Lucoso46:
I think yes, because your Wifi signal is not that good so maybe it drains more

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[Galaxy S6 General] pokr777:
I didnt download anything big. Just tapatalk, facebook and apps like this.

Looks like is weak, but the router, ac 66 u, is in the next room. Connected on 2.4 ghz band.
[Galaxy S6 General] pajda88:
Hello, could u Take a look on my battery stats?

Yesterday we got MM update 1.7GB in Poland.

Wysłane z mojego SM-G920F przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy S6 General] Soufiansky:
Having the S6 for a week now and i feel like i'm having an iphone , i think i should get used to charge this phone more than once a day.
[Galaxy S6 General] Nplus1:
Haha, well you don't even have an Internet connection (Wi-Fi or 4G) of course you have no drain.

The battery drain I have mentioned is with Location on, accounts syncing and 50% Wi-Fi / 50% 4G+ internet connexion (with 30-60% signal most of the time).

Oh and no Greenify, no root, just stock Android.

Sent from SM-G920F using Tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 General] Diaze:
Why in the world i would like to have any connection on when i m sleeping ?
[Galaxy S6 General] jamnt:
There you go

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66458737&postcount=3974

9hrs on 4G without battery drain with syncing on.

Location does not drain battery much unless actively searching eg maps or you allow all apps to snoop on you.
[Galaxy S6 General] archzz:
Wanted to do a backup yesterday, connected phone to pc and got another 1.7gb update even though i was already on MM. Now i have april 2 security patch (had march before) and the battery life seems better so far. 2h SOT and 70% battery left.
[Galaxy S6 General] jr866gooner:
Odd drain this morning. Took my son to football and videoed a 15 second clip. Tried to trim the video but didn't have time to mess with it so closed the app. Next thing I notice the phone was hot and dropped from 87% at home down to 59% within the hour. I wanted to say it was the video and perhaps it either crashed during me trying to close the app or some app I'd previously used that got in a state..

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I'm not at all worried but is it worth using GSam monitor? Also is it worth going pro for £2?
[Galaxy S6 General] Soufiansky:
2h SOT and 70% left ? ???
[Galaxy S6 General] cavags5:
it's possible with video low light.

After 50% battery drain faster
[Galaxy S6 General] jaroslawkaczynski:
What is true s6 battery capacity ?

Are you sure that's 2550mAh? Because power detector never shows 2550mAh but 2239mAh when the phone is fully charged.

Has any of you tried to check it?

imgur.com/y5x68QD
[Galaxy S6 General] Soufiansky:
It is 2550mah.
[Galaxy S6 General] jaroslawkaczynski:
Theoretically ?
[Galaxy S6 General] jocaboss:
My WiFi is draining too much.

Any help. I noticed the draining can vary depending on the WiFi router.
[Galaxy S6 General] Soufiansky:
Turn it off in location settings.
[Galaxy S6 General] jamnt:
OK another one: this time with 4G, Bluetooth on and location on. As before I got 0% battery drain in 9hrs. It did drop after 10hrs to 99%. See attached screenshots. In addition deep sleep is at 87%.

Nothing like this can be achieved with stock ROM.
[Galaxy S6 General] Soufiansky:
I was so surprised i thought you were running stock ROM , which ROM is that ? Xtrestolite ?
[Galaxy S6 General] jamnt:
Yes, I'm on xtrestolite with greenify, amplify and prevent run (exposed module). In spite what users are saying greenify does not draw battery power. At least on rooted device.

I can understand frustration with battery life on S6/S6edge and I know that rooting does not guarantee a success but it can work better than stock. At least that is my experience.
[Galaxy S6 General] Lucoso46:
Guys i think i'n gonna move to s7 edge because the s6 battery is very poor. When i have school it last all day but when i am at home with some heavier usage (woth wifi) it last until dinner. I have one question: Why Samsung, after the succes with s5's battery life, put a 2550 mAh with the Quad HD display?

I'm on stock with arter kernel hz test and i changed my display quality to 1080p to see if battery last longer but no, it didn't.

I think in June i'm gonna give my this phone to my mum and buy an S7, it's so frustating.. :(