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[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Levi strauss:
Best battery life so far. GPS off, on only when needed. Medium use throughout the day. WiFi calling off, power saving mode off, always scanning WiFi off. Played with data to see if that would give increase in battery life. Went from GSM to wcdma to lte and lte drained the most on standby so I just went with wcdma as my default and speeds where just fine. Lte seemed to drain the most like it was just drinking the battery away when not in use.?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
You're not using ur phone much it seems.

OK here's what I'm getting. Notice the reference for the data, that was since I fixed the WiFi. So if you do the math 25% gives 2 hrs SOT so theoretically I should get 8hrs
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Levi strauss:
I don't think the issue is just battery everything plays a key part, qhd screen, software, use. Granted the battery is not that big but all things play a key part. 5.0.2 software from what I read is not the best with battery life. So your theory would be right. But my use was medium reading thru xda,checking social sites,texting, calling, light YouTube . I went to sleep around 2am and left it off the charger to see how much of a drain I would have on the settings I have now and to my surprise not much?. When I first got the phone and left it off charge over night with everything stock it died out over night medium use throughout the day. Your milage may vary just try different settings on the phone and find what works for you. My phones battery drops in sleep but it's not as bad as it did when I first got the phone. Reading thru this forum and trying different things based on what I read here is what helped me. Everything thing didn't work for me but I added or subtracted what did till I found a combo that did?.

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Don't know if this will help but I still have my auto sync on. I know some ppl turn there's off.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
OK first time I let the phone die.

I'm syncing 3 Gmail accounts plus twitter, been on wifi the whole time with auto brightness.

Most of the usage was tapatalk and Web browsing + few calls.

Pretty satisfied

On a side not the phone was acting up from 95 to 75%, the battery was nose diving
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] desiregeek:
The bottom line is that the smartphone is a great smartphone but Samsung really did **** up with the size of battery they put in this smartphone. They should have made it a bit thicker and put in a properly sized battery to meet the use and features that this phone offers for 2 days of use. I would rather they have made the smartphone a little bigger so that it could accommodate a bigger battery or that they have made it with a user friendly/replaceable battery. After all this is not your basic cell phone but a smartphone.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Levi strauss:
3 Gmail accounts.. ? what's your sync interval? Same with twitter?

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Couldn't have said it any better?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] haqone:
Not 100 percent brightness as it's too bright at night but similar usage. If all your going to do is what you mentioned the phone should do very well. I have WiFi off, full LTE , clean setup, no Facebook app just the website version. Lots of texting, Web browsing and reddit app. I leave power saving on right now cause I want to see how far my phone will go with it from 100 to zero. I have no wake lock issues and disabled most the pre installs apps. People only getting 2 hours of screen on time have seriously issues. I bet playing games from 100 to zero I could get like 4 hours plus. This is today.

From yesterday also similar usage but power saving on after about two hours.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Poetique:
I don't think most people around here would disagree with you.

Unfortunately there aren't enough of us to keep Samsung's lights on. Only snowball's chance in hell we'd have at form not taking a near complete priority over function would be to attempt to basically educate Apple users (which frankly, Apple is only popular for appealing to users who either can't be or don't care to be educated) on why performance sometimes matters over how pretty something is. As unfortunate as it is that Apple users basically dictate the smartphone market right now -_-

Honestly, if I could have an S6 with a slide-out keyboard, I'd have that too if I had my way. But alas... most people think the on-screen keyboard is just fine and dandy (I suspect smartphones will be projecting laser keyboards onto tables soon enough anyway though). Hence the problem, everything is dictated by the majority, and the majority would rather have a paper-thin device that needs 1 or 2 charges/day than a pencil-thin device that might only need to be charged 2 or 3 times a week. That's not gonna change any time soon.

Fortunately, battery technology looks like it is finally catching up, and in a year or two we might have these paper thin devices with batteries that have even power-users only needing to charge 1 time every 1.5 days or so. Think S6-sized devices with 3500-4000mAH batteries. Should get pretty delicious here soon :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Stif-Meister:
I started frustrated, but am now getting much happier about the battery life. I've had the device for 6 days now.

Yesterday I tried to push it all day with on screen time doing stuff like watching videos (locally and on youtube), facebook, browsing, email and stuff like that. I had 6 hours screen on time before going to bed, and there was still 10% battery left. Pictures below.

Screen brightness is auto. Location on, wifi only when connected/ scanning when wifi on, Google Now off. And then I have installed 'DU Battery Saver Pro' app, and in that app selected 'Screen Lock Auto-Clear' to ON and 'Auto-Clear Apps' to ON.

Some of the later stuff was to improve my standby drain (and has dramatically done so), but may have improved usage too, so I just mention it in case you want to try the things I have done. Regarding apps I have replaced native email with Type Mail, and removed/disabled apps I never use.

It seems to me that the most important thing is to identify the apps and/or settings that drains the battery in the background, and then change settings or remove/disable/replace them. Widgets and apps constantly looking for your location are big drainers, and the native email app drained a lot when syncing.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
OK my wifi is definitely fixed. I took the phone out of the charging pad almost 4 hours ago, lost 2%.with everything on except Google now and location. I'm gonna try and let it idle on 3g as well see how it goes
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Pixelguy:
really good!

Baring in mind iv been letting my battery drain to 5% before I charge the phone and then unplugging it at 100% so it doesn't overcharged, I have been getting a good 24 hour use out of my battery this is including 8hours of standby while I sleep, this means my charging cycle is usually around 12 mid day but I just take my charger to work as it only takes 50 minutes to fully charge anyway! I'm so impressed!!

I class myself as a moderate user, I Snapchat my girlfriend and WhatsApp friends all day long, check my social networks every other hour, use my browser for work purposes and then play a good few hours of Spotify through my Bluetooth speaker when I get home!

My verdict is that your battery is gonna last depending on how you look after it and how heavy your use is!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] momo220499:
Can you tell me what you turned on and off and which features you shut off and which still on and everything ? Next time I'll get s6e and I'd like to have a better life like you !!! Can you show me the list off all your apps??
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] haqone:
WiFi off, WiFi calling off, blue tooth/ gps on if I need it but mostly off, volte off, opera for web browsing, most of the Google applications disabled, Samsung push notifications disabled. I chose to opt out of data collection by Google and Samsung. Two emails updating every hour. Smart features on and most of the edge features are on. Google now on, Google OK off. Keep in mind my average screen on time is around 6 to 7 hours on auto brightness and in normal mode.

I'm playing around with power saver which I don't mind and will probably turn on 90 percent of the time since it operates rather smooth for me with Nova.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] momo220499:
What are the disadvantages or advantages of disabling samsung push notifications ??
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] haqone:
No idea. I haven't noticed anything other than improved battery life. Not really sure what side affects if any happened
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] momo220499:
Thanks you really helped me because the SoT is so awesome in your device!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] desiregeek:
I only turn my wifi on when I need it and I still have a problem with battery drain. Who usually keeps their wifi on all day long unless they are using their wifi or need to use it? What did you feel was the problem which was/is now fixed?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ksekhar:
I am in the same boat as you, couldnt get better than 2 hours. But with new SimpKernel (1.1f) and on PoweSave governor I am getting around 3h+ SOT. If I remove Google fit + turn off bluetooth (for android wear sync) + turn off Google Now I am sure I can get even better battery. But I just want to use my phone normally :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] haqone:
No custom rom nor is my phone rooted. I'm talking about Samsungs built in power saver.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
Guys check the apps you have installed and cpu spy to see if your phone deep sleeps, no need to make your +900 bucks phone dumb
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] momo220499:
What exactly is deep sleep?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] yvibes:
Here's my stats after my second full charge (had the phone for 3 days now). I also got 6hrs and 30mins yesterday but couldn't get a screenshot before the phone died.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
Hiw do you get these results ????
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] apsis:
30% left here.

Brightness automatic (almost 50%).

WiFi and 4g enabled the whole day. Was connected to WiFi for almost the half day.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] luisrcastillo:
I read that doing a factory reset would help. I was very skeptical of this but after doing a full reset, I can confirm that my battery life has significantly increased. I could never get half of what I'm getting.

I use my phone for work... A lot. I spent 5 hours on calls, 3 hours SOT and all day on WiFi since I worked from home. Some texting, YouTube, whatsapp, FB & IG. Very happy with this
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] hchxoom:
I've been pretty pleased with the battery, particularly after several use/recharge cycles. Here is today's... a little lighter than typical usage, but not bad IMO. In addition to stats shown, GPS and data were on all day (I never cut them off) and BT on good bits of the day (I use the trigger app to start and stop BT and Wifi based on each other's connections and disconnections). Navigated with Waze running about 30 minutes. Gmail account is on push (using typemail app), work exchange email and calendar (using samsung apps) on a 15 minute sync cycle.. Advanced calling is on. Most samsung and verizon bloat disabled.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] EnIXmA:
I uninstalled samsung push service and my idle battery drain has improved alot..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Diurnambule06:
Hello, same here with french phone, big drain in the night. 30% lost without WiFi, Bluetooth and synchro! WTF!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mwatson:
I'd love to see what you get without being on Wi-Fi. You'd be lucky to get 3 hours screen on time.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Mucky2:
Well, aren't there any test to see if my edge has a good battery life time? My edge is only one day old lol
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Laum:
I have found that 5GHz WiFi will eat loads of battery. 2,4GHz is fine.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
This phone is great except for the battery and ram management I'm getting a replacement hoping for a better battery. Down 25% for a 3 hrs use and an hour sot
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] SteffenMB:
How many days have you had it for? The first couple of days are crazy because it downloads stuff and syncs a lot, and the battery has to settle. Also remember to do a reboot.

But yes, I also needed to some management of my own to get the battery life better, but it works great now I think :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
My new one is sht :( yellowish screen. Why did I change
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] fletch33:
i cracked my Edge screen that i got on release morning and just a few hours ago my new replacement arrived and the first thing i noticed was that the screen appeared more yellow and my original was very bright white. i am not going to fight with it but i certainly had a better looking display on the first one.

sidenote - i am sitting where i always sit and work and my original Edge would rarely hold LTE signal and often see 1X in this basement office BUT the new one so far has kept 2 LTE bars since turning it on.

i will see if this odd better signal adds to better battery life. i am very familiar with the battery life of #1 so will see if this #2 changes anything
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] katolink:
Interesting. Did the warranty cover that? Usually that's the first thing they check when you go to ask for service. I am asking cause i have a small scratch right in the middle of the screen (barely noticeable, but well, it's there and it's racking my nerves), I don't know how I got it and I was thinking of returning it but I always thought they would not accept my request as the warranty does not cover that...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] fletch33:
no $200 insurance deductible :(
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
To be honest my second one has far better reception as well, it was manufactured on the 16th of April. As for the battery, haven't fully charged it yet to judge
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Dovigoldberger:
Holy s***!!! What did you do to get this? Airplane mode?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mwatson:
Were you on WiFi to achieve this? I can't imagine getting close to this using mobile data.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] kidbudi:
Based on that, at the end of the day you would have 4 hours SOT and 12 hours total battery life. That is pretty good considering the screen on time. I get about 14 hours with 2.5-3.5 hrs SOT, I really don't expect much more than that.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
Hehe that's the math I got yesterday but today was a different story at noon I was down 50%.i did get 5hrs SOC 2 days ago but the uptime was only 13 hrs. The new one I got seems to run much cooler and the SOT looks promising, down 26% with an uptime of 3 hrs and SOT of 2

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] kidbudi:
Damn that is really good I am lucky to get 3.5 hours sot and 13 hours total.. Are you doing anything special to get those numbers?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
Not really, my usage is fairly light. Tapatalk, Web browsing, whatsapp, WSJ, twitter and that's basically it. I'm running at 50% auto brightness with 3 Gmail accounts syncing.

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Mucky2:
Lol that is impressive

(15 ½ Hours of usage without charging)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] kidbudi:
That's amazing man I wish I could replicate that.

That is mad impressive, Idk how you guys are doing this but I want it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Wupt:
I'm not disappointed for now
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] munkimatt:
Put me in the category of hugely disappointed with the battery. Last night I took the phone off charge and went to bed, and woke up this morning to find it'd dropped from 100% to 84% overnight. By comparison, my OnePlus One alongside it dropped by 2%.

To be honest, this sort of battery life is unacceptable for me.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dafadau:
Pretty much exactly what I get too - drop to 84% overnight from full charge.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] munkimatt:
I'm quietly hoping that this might be somehow related by my handset having the broken rotation issue, maybe the faulty sensors are causing some drain. I have a replacement handset arriving on Thursday, however if there's not a significant improvement I will be returning for a refund.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
How do you disable the samsung push notifications .

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Never mind. Found it

Disabled it now .

Hope battery improves now ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] beda_boy:
This is mine. Rooted and flashed stock recovery for 925f model.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] munkimatt:
That's incredible. I've not gone over 12 hours with 2 hours of screen on time.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] beda_boy:
[MENTION=1959019]munkimatt[/MENTION]

I was also impressed by how long it kept its charge considering I already got 6.5 hrs screen on.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
As I said it all depends on the use and if airplane was enabled at night or power saving at night. Many things you can't control u owever I'm sure you can get at least 5 hrs SOT unless u phone is faulty

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] uscool:
i have a uk stock sim free 64gb edge , used HTC M8 since release day, with same setup on s6 edge, battery is better on the s6 edge slightly, i have 2 gmail emails syncing, also hotmail on email app for push emails, on 4g all day, i get around 4hrs 30mins SOT 14hrs life , which for me is great, i do notice browsing internet really uses up battery fast though, and the email app uses around 13% battery over the 14hrs when see which apps are using the battery the most, i love to use gmail app to use hotmail on but it doesnt do push, only can set to every 5mins, maybe will try hotmail in gmail with 5min sync see if uses less battery
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ReTro FuZe:
Since I've had the phone in April 6th, I did the day one system update, and my battery has been 2 hours SOT and I tried everything I could. Clearing cache, disabling everything and anything that I didn't use, even sacrificed things that I did, just to see the difference, I gained 30 more minutes SOT. I was used to getting 5 hours of SOT on my S5, so it was a huge let down. Yesterday I decided to factory reset FINALLY as a last resort....and I can confirm that my battery has improved 250%!! It's crazy, after the factory reset yesterday, I had 2 hours SOT with 60% of battery left, as opposed to it being practically dead. I continued using it, with everything I wanted enabled, streamed google play music for about an hour or so, facebook, instagram, watch a online videos, reddited, texted a lot, downloaded a few videos, each around 300 mb, and my battery lasted me 5 hours SOT as opposed to 2 hours SOT, it's such a big relief and such a huge difference. So if you havent factory reset your phone because restoring it back is a pain, rip the bandaid and just do it. I wish you all the best of luck. I should have posted images for proof, but I forgot, I'm sorry, but I wouldn't post just to BS, I've been reading on this thread for weeks trying for a solution, and this happened to be mine. Goodluck guys.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ahnafakeef:
Tips on improving battery life?

Hello everyone. I just switched to an S6 edge from an iPhone 6 and would like to know how I can improve its battery life.

I would go through the whole thread in search of it, but I was really hoping that I wouldn't have to sift through all 56 pages of it.

Thank you.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] wase4711:
sorry searching/reading this thread is how you will find your answers; 4 posts, no thanks, you really haven't contributed anything here..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] suman_pal78:
Here it is...32GB gold edge (made in India)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] farooknaji:
Thanks for the info. I'm also having less than 2 hours SoT and very disappointed. After you reset, did you restore your phone using a google backup of apps and settings or did you just set things up from scratch? I actually did a factory reset of mine on day 1 as the first time I boot I missed the restore option so I wanted to reset and then restore from Google. I wonder if restoring from a Google backup impacts the battery.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ReTro FuZe:
I actually started from scratch and then since Google Play Store saves the apps you already installed, i just went down the list, held one app and just clicked down and clicked install to install all of them at once, left my phone plugged up while it installed everything. I did a factory reset from the settings option, not the recovery option, just in case.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] thyttel:
Why don't you just turn your phone off and throw it in the drawer? You disabled everything anyway so what's the point in having a smart phone if you turn it into a brick with a display?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Marne Jr:
How did you change it?

Tnx
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] uscool:
thats the most annoying thing, people having to repeat themselves, just read the thread, you dont have to read it in 1 go :p

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go into wifi and select router with 2.4 wifi and forget the 5ghz one, simple really :p
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] katolink:
Thanks for your clarifications. But i think it's the same as wiping from recovery - or maybe not? [emoji15] I wonder what the difference is between factory reset from settings/backup and reset and firmware initialisation from smart switch. Anyone tried that?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] farooknaji:
Thanks. I'll try that tonight and report if my battery life improves tomorrow.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ReTro FuZe:
idk what the difference is, but that's just the way I did it. I was very happy that I didnt have to do the first day update again. You're welcome guys, and good luck, I hope to hear good feedback tomorrow. Remember, backup your stuff on your computer before resetting

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idk what the difference is, but that's just the way I did it. I was very happy that I didnt have to do the first day update again. You're welcome guys, and good luck, I hope to hear good feedback tomorrow. Remember, backup your stuff on your computer before resetting.

Edit: I forgot how to multiquote, so sorry for posting the same thing twice, just wanted to reach both users.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] killyouridols:
Posted this over on reddit, bitay help some here too;

Just a PSA. My battery has been a bit hit and miss over the last week, some days decent, some days nothing but drain, mainly when idle.

So far, and I dont know if it's anything but placebo, but changing the Network to WCDMA/GSM (auto connect) from LTE/WCDMA/GSM has made a noticeable difference. I'm idling at less then 1% per hour and so far, after 15 hours on and 1 hour 17 mins SOT I have 73% left. Usually I'll be under 50% easily.

Take it for what you will, your milage may vary but it's made a huge difference for me. Still getting over 9mb download speed which is plenty for me, so no harm done.

Sorry for another battery post, but thought as a majority are in the US it warranted a separate post of those having different battery drain problems internationally.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Marne Jr:
Hi people,

I am having a specific problem about battery drain that maybe are occurring with other people.

I usually have 24h standby + 6,5 hours SOT (screen on)...

The last 2 day I started to get at most 18h standby + 4 SOT.

I tried better battery stats and initial results suggest that my processor don't go under 400 MHz and I got 0% deep sleep even knowing that I was not using the device after installed better battery stats...

The results show Facebook and WhatsApp preventing deep sleep...

Greenify isn't able to stop than!

Does anyone know how to stop them or make greenify works on Facebook and WhatsApp without uninstalling it?

Tnx a lot.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nookcoloruser:
You can't overcharge. Once at 100% it stops charging / drawing charge.

Same as you can never be 110% sure of anything ;)