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[Galaxy S6 Edge General] shawndotting:
I am on 5.1 odex. Battery life is phenomenal. Lost my contacts in the formatting but that's because I came from iPhone and wasn't saving to Google. It doesn't connect to smart switch but I go 2 days on a full charge. That's good enough for me

Hats off devs.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] CapraSebi:
I usually get about 4 hours to 4,5....don't know what happened but it inproved!?..I didn't change anything and I have the phone since 10th of April, no new update but for the one after first startup...so really no change...I just wanted to share with you guys..

Hope the phone keeps this up
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mykS6edge:
Battery Stats

Sharing my SOT. (5hrs with 5% remaining..)

FB - on data while on trip & switched to wifi at home

Used Waze for out of town trip

Moderate use of calls & texts

Coming from a note 4, I don't feel any shortage from the battery despite the lower capacity. It still gives me a day of moderate usage. I usually charge twice a day. 1st in the morning before I go to work and in the afternoon before I leave the office even though the battery is not yet low(around 40 to 50 percent at most) I plug it in for me to use it while traveling home. Watch few clips from YouTube, FB and web browsing before going to bed. The fast charging is really a big bonus.. so far, I am happy and satisfied with the S6 edge.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Clay330i:
What was your screen on time? Guessing around 1.5 hours max.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] shawndotting:
Didn't check that. I will next test but I stayed on it for awhile texting and browsing and look. Love ittttttt
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Clay330i:
Looks good. SOT is the true indicator of battery to usage efficiency. I'd be interested to see if it was over 4.5. And what carrier are you with?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Skhulile:
Amazing!

For the first time I decided to leave my device until 2%.

Usage: WhatsApp, a few calls, browsing via Chrome, Checking for updates constantly(still on OD8 hoping I will soon get OE4) , Logging stats on S Health. Gmail syncing 2 accounts, using the Camera a few times

Other disabled apps(via Debloater): Email, Google Contacts Sync, default Browser

Display: Manual, Indoors: 10-20%, Outdoors: 50-60% AMOLED Photo

Radio: WIFI ON and connected almost the whole time, Mobile Data: On for a few hours

I realised that Google Play Services uses a lot more power when I'm using Mobile Data, anyone knows why and how to deal with it?

So happy about the battery life on this device!:good:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
Try restricting background data usage from the settings > data usage > google play services > restrict background ..

These are amazing battery stats btw :) i only get 4 5 hours light usage sot and moderate to high usage i just get 3+ hours sot
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Skhulile:
Thanks, will try that:)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
That gave me just over 3 hours of sot

this is my more than moderate usage..

Many pictures.. snapchat.. instagram.. no facebook app using tinfoil some candy crush

Greenifying all these apps and my brightness isnt reall high maybe 25% average

Why would i get such ***** battery stats ?

I think these bad battery stats have got something to do with network dropping all the time from 3g to 2g..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] shawndotting:
tmobile

i am with tmobile...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] beartrap:
Good battery life for me

I picked up my G6Edge four days ago after debating potential battery issues and glad I did. I read one review today from phonearena.com that tested the battery to be better than the S5. Another positive review speculated perhaps other reviewers set the screen brightness to a set value (e.g. 50%), not a set brightness (e.g. 200 nits). Our screen is so bright at 50% it is brighter than most so of course it will drain the battery faster if not set to the same nits value. MobileTechReview.com even listed battery life as a positive in their review.

Anyway, wanting to break the battery in I decided to drain it today. It took 10 hours with 4 hours screen on time to go from 100% to 20% and 11 hours with 4.7 hours screen on time to get to 10%. I think this is very respectable and is much more than my typical use so I’m pleased. My use today was email, internet, FaceBook, shopping, phone exploration, Play downloads and wirelessly transferring 4.4 GB of music (in only 15 minutes to my shock).

This is how I have the phone setup:

On: Touchwiz homescreen with briefing screen on, WiFi on and connected about 85% of the time. Bluetooth on and connected in a vehicle about 10% of the time. Location on for WiFi and mobile updates only. Google location reporting off. Power saving on all the time. Screen brightness on auto until the battery reached 20% then I turned it on manual and increased brightness to be comfortable. Sync on for Google (4 accounts for Gmail, calendar, contacts, Play, Keep, News & Weather), Facebook, Issuu, Linkedin, OpenTable, PayPal, Samsung, Whoscall. Weather updates every hour. Time/weather and calendar widgets on my homescreen. Google and Samsung backup on. Cerberus security. Smartstay off.​

Disabled: AT&T Family, AT&T Live, AT&T Locker, AT&T Mail, AT&T Mobile Locate, AT&T Navigator, Caller Name ID, Digital Live, DriveMode, Hancom Office 2014, Instagram, Keeper, Lookout, FB Messenger, Mobile TV, Pages Manager, S Health, S Voice, Smart Limits.​

Everyone’s mileage will vary, but I’m pleased with my mileage so far. I came from an LG G2 running Lollipop where I only had to recharge every 2 days and still had 30% battery left, so hopefully I can get back to that level once the phone settles and ROM updates get pushed.

Edit: I forgot to mention, I turned on the night edge display to work during the day.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Powell730:
Doesn't your phone feel sluggish with power saving mode on all the time?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] beartrap:
Not really. Some sluggishness for graphic-intense websites but everything else is still very snappy.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Skhulile:
I guess it might be because of the signal strength, you should also go down to SMART MANAGER and see what is constantly running then maybe you can disable, but you should be cautios about this, I realised the Email app kept on running while I wasn't even using it, so i decided to disable it and so far i'm getting very good battery life 5+ hrs with high usage and close to 7hrs with light usage, you should also try going under accounts>google>then select your account and disable sync for things you not really concerned about, another thing try to use a darker wallpaper(don't know if it helps that much but since i've been getting good battery life with it
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] tanjiajun_34:
I think this is the reason why lots of our applications are eating up a lot battery on the background and data network (Especially Facebook and Google Play Services)

https://code.google.com/p/android/i... Owner Summary Stars&groupby=&sort=&id=165558
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Skhulile:
Thanks that makes a of sense why Google play services always jumps to the top of the list when i have mobile data on, i guess a temporary fix is the one suggested by [MENTION=3625784]anonymouss[/MENTION] Thanks again mate:)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dimkit:
What we will loose if we enable this restriction ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
In my experience i did this with a lot of apps and lost nothing
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
Okay look I already did some of the above mentioned things.. look..

1. Sync is always off all acounts

I manually sync every now and then.

2. I disabled so many apps and of course i am not using the email built in service because that eats a lot of battery yes..

3. Smart manager says nothing..

Image of smart manager after clearing it by 5 mins

I still believe it's something with my network signal... something called mobile radio active

I have been trying to fix this for a while now and everytime i try to something already someone else tried to fix it i fail

Yesterday my device stayed awake which rarely happens look..

More than 7 hours mentioned ins gsam app

Forgot to screenshot it

Tried a couple of things today hopefully would fix that..

Still i dont know what to do with this device this is not the first android cellphone i got

I really cant believe the signal drop and how the battery is so mediocre i expected much more for the s6 edge

And the most frustrating thing is what other users have 7 hours sot with everything on .. wifi mobile data gps high brightness facebook app installed no root like me and amazing standy like only 1 or 2 %
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Skhulile:
I understand your frustration, but the "Mobile Radio Active" thing is an issue created by google on Lollipop according to a link shared a few posts above, the fact that the signal is not so good might be making the drain even more worse, you should try to find out if the issue you facing. other users of the S6 edge in your area are also facing it or not
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] bibiner:
I feel you. But the thing is, my place had 1 bar signal only. Yet I lose 1 percent for a night of standby. But after I lose 1 percent, it will drop faster in standby mode even if there is high signal (I went to town and tested) is strange. I can only get 4 ost. 5 ost if I play video right after I plug out. Why can't samsung use bigger battery like before...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dimkit:
Anonymousss you are . After this I have great increase in battery life . I am now on 71% with 2 hours and 13 minutes soc.

Everything on even gps .

Brightness auto full.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] x70xchallengerx:
I just got my S6 edge on Sprint maybe 3 days ago, I'm not getting nearly as good battery life as anyone posting here tbh. I get maybe 3 hours SoT by the time my battery is low and my battery usage always says my screen is using by far the most battery. I am rooted but no recovery installed and Knox is not tripped, on OE2 firmware .. does this sound right?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
The battery life on this phone is all over the place based on the reviews iam reading . One guy here is getting less then 5 hours screen on time (with power saving mode on) yet he's happy with that. I think thats shocking. But on the other side there is a guy claiming he is getting almost 7 hours screen on time! I understand usage varies and screen on time is going to vary for different people but theres clearly something wrong with ALOT of devices! I mean if one guy can get 7 hours screen on time then why the hell can so many people only manage 4-5 despite making tweaks to preserve battery life.

In ireland this phone costs €950 prepay. A z3 costs €480 . Iam not saying the s6 edge should or even has to outperform the z3 on battery life but for 950 bucks it should at least offer good battery life!

I really want this phone but i cannot justify 950 bucks on a phone that may not see me through the day when i can buy a phone thats almost better in every regard and can see me through 2 days never mind one....... and is half the price!!

The pricing of the s6 edge given the reviews of its battery life......... are ridiculous.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Criticalstriker:
[MENTION=6049908]Blaalad12[/MENTION] Dude, I get 4 hours screen on time without the power saving mode on.

3 weeks ago when I got the phone, I was getting 1,5 hours on screen time. I have no idea why but it was like that. Since monday, my battery started to be better and better gradually. it was 2,5 hours, 3,5 and now I'm going for 4,5 hours SOT. So I think people need to give it time.

The thing is, I go to work come back home, I have 50% more or less battery which is perfectly fine by me. If my phone survives 09:00-17:00 stuff, then I'm content with it. Maybe my expectations are not high.

Quick note: I don't play games though. Reddit, Some news, Youtube, music and talk. So I think thats what light usage?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
I think you should expect more though. I mean the z3 gives me an average of 9hours screen on time and has a 3,100mah battery! The samsung has a 2,600mah battery meaning it has 500mah less then the sony ........ but its also a slightly smaller screen that uses amoled which is supposed to use less battery and it has what is supposed to be very effecient processor! Iam not saying that all this means the battery life should be matching the z3 but it should not be as far behind as people are experiencing!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Criticalstriker:
You are right. But there are so many factors.

ToucHwiz.

Qhd screen.

Almost nothing takes advantage of amoled screen.

Small battery.

****ty lollipop.

You can't compare z3 with s6. Z3 is battery King. Even one plus one can't come close to that Considering people are bragging about it's battery life.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Jedi2016:
No complaints about the battery from me. I'm not interested in numbers so much as I am how long it lasts under my usage. Reading the news during lunch hour and looking up random stuff at home while watching TV. I gave it about a 10% bump at the office today, but before that was Friday night, and it's not quite down to 10% now. I'm happy. I've gone through the "tips and tricks" for extending the battery, and the phone does have better options for saving power than my old HTC did (things like turning wi-fi off when it's asleep), all that seems to be doing the trick.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Wiidesire:
That's because most people don't root. And then are doing 20000 tricks to extend their battery life, but always fail horribly and also limit their experience with such things as Power Saving Mode.

Debloat + Greenify (Root) is the way to go.

The pictures are speaking for themselves. I don't have to worry about the battery life, always brings me through the day.

Without Greenify Google Play Services for example is often going crazy and battery life will suffer from it greatly.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
Happy for you dude :))
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
Well there is something new.. check it out.. i think i need to factory reset again then because i dont see anything else that should be disabled... :(

Android is burning my battery

Lost over 20 percent on standby

Today i achieved less than 3 hours sot
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Marne Jr:
Same here!

I am using Xstrolite rom from Conventional S6 + Kt kernel + Greenify + DS Battery saver...

My battery was 6% after 39h stand by + 7 hours of SOT....

It is about twice of what I had on my S4.

This screen, processor and radio of S6 edge is amazing cause my S4 could never get that (even close) much of battery even after years of tweaks and updates.

And remember that S4 has the same 2600 mAh battery as S6...

What a improvement!!

Congratulations Samsung.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] kandem:
Hello everyone.

One question,if I restrict mobile data from Google play services. .. Can i receive mails from Gmail? Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Marne Jr:
Yes!!

I guess...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dimkit:
Yes you can I have test it
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] tanjiajun_34:
Do you get a notification without waking up your phone?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dimkit:
Yes
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] tanjiajun_34:
Anyway guys, do you all think disabling fast dormancy will help it or not? I know it's not for 4g but is there any like equivalent system for it?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Powell730:
From my experience limiting background data for play services doesn't allow play store to work.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Skhulile:
Android is burning my battery

Yea that drain from Android OS is abnormal, maybe a factory reset will help. Does your device go to deep sleep, coz I heard some devices don't go to deep sleep after rooting, assuming you rooted, get an app like CPU spy to check, because 20% drain in standby is very bad, if i leave my device over the night with all radio connections offer there's not even a drop in battery, i sleep with it at 100% and wake up with it at 100% still, but if WIFI is on i get like 1-2% drop

---------- Post added at 05:01 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:56 PM ----------

Then it's different with my device as even after restricting I can still use Play Store
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
How would you get that.. ? What battery stats did u have before rooting and flashing that custom rom ?

And what did u do to achieve this good battery life... looks like you tried a couple of things
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
Took the plunge and bought this phone today! Literally only turned it on a few minutes ago and first impressions were wow that is one beautiful looking phone/display and that the edges were so thin/sharp (which i personally like, i feel i have a better grip on the phone) but bare in mind i come from a z3 that i personally found to be a bit awkward to hold! So far battery life has dropped 5% in the few minutes i have used it although brightness etc has been set to full . I did put it in sleep and woke it up about 15 minutes later however and the battery % didnt budge so iam feeling confident that with a few tweaks (which i do with all my phones) that i can get satisfactory battery life at least but very early too judge yet!!

Somebody mentioned improved battery life after a root which is something i have never done but have often thought about it! Is it worth rooting? Id be scared ****less that i would mess up the phone trying to root it plus doesnt a root compromise security? Also, whats the main advantage to rooting?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
By the way guys. Pretty sure i saw some battery saving tips and advice posted here somewhere recently . Any chance one of you could redirect/link me to it? Is there a post here about which apps are safe to disable also?

Oh and just summit i noticed! I have not opened the youtube app yet but it has already somehow used 1% of the battery? How is that possible if i didnt even open it yet since turning on the phone! Google services has used 2% ...... what is google services? Can it be disabled or is it necessary to leave as is?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
Read the last few pages you'll know what to do
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Marne Jr:
Yes!!

I tried everything...

I am obsessed to have the best battery life possible.

The S6 edge stock usually have like 19 hours of stand by plus 4 hours SOT...

Android many times has things running in background that drain battery... When you use a custom rom you can throw away many things you don't need and have the minimum running and draining your battery and free Ram.

This rom I was talking about has just 453 MB... Samsung official rom has about 1,5Gb...

With just 453 MB is possible that something you really needs is missing, but the same developer made a addon pack of optional removed things that you can install by your self on your preference.

With a light system installed you can activate the battery official power saver on your rom without realizing any lag.

After that you can use a medium automatic brightness and then you can install greenify to prevent apps of draining your battery on background.

There is an app called "GSam Battery" that will show you what exactly are draining your battery.

DS Battery saver has an option that makes most apps stopping when you turn off your screen. It has an option that makes your Internet disconnect after you turn off your screen and no data traffic is detected. Then it connects to Internet in a pre determined period for 1 minute (I set it to connect for 30 seconds each 15 minutes when screen is off).

When screen is on Internet (4g and wifi) are always on.

More one thing that I remember helped me to get better juice is to do not install Facebook app and Facebook account that run almost continually checking for news...

Instead I use an app called "Tinfoil for Facebook" that is almost the same as Facebook official app, but without draining your battery.

Hope it helps.

Bye.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
Which rom are you using i cant find it s6 edge section

Is your handset s6 edge or normal s6 and about the custom rom is it a s6 rom or s6 edge rom?

And kernel info ofc please

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
I did my my first full charge cycle today! Charged from 0-100% with the phone turned off. Unplugged the charger and turned the phone on and the % dropped to 99% and within 2/3minutes was down to 94% so i plugged back in and waited for it to reach 100 again which took about 5 minutes! Now yes i have made tweaks etc (brightness reduced to around 30%, 4g off, bluetooth off etc) but i do this with every phone so my settings were no different to that of my previous sony z3! Did i expect the battery to last as long as the z3? Of course not but i am more then satisfied i have to say (bearing in mind this was my first charge cycle and i assume/hope that over the next few cycles i will see further improvement even if only marginally!!

I have had wifi on all day and from 100 -50% i managed 4h30mins screen on time with my usage being a bit of everything (facebook, web browsing, camera, pof, exploring the settings, customizing the home screen etc)

I then left home (wifi was left on) Brightness was upped a bit automatically as i was outdoors . I mostly just checked messages etc before eventually coming home and doing a small bit of web browsing and facebook! Iam currently at 32% with 6hours screen on time :)

Personally i think thats VERY respectable and i am well pleased! Iam guessing that by the time i reach 1% that i will have made it to around 7h30mins ,maybe even close to 8hours! On average with my z3 i would get 9 hours screen on time with the same tweaks so iam very happy!

Does anybody know btw if it is possible to turn off background data without getting the icon appearing in the notification bar? It doesnt go away until you enable background data again! I always turn this off with previous devices and only turn it on if need be but i have left it on with this device as i hate having to tolerate the notification that cannot be swiped away when it is disabled.

Also. Is there any truth in online rumors that the fast charging is burning out the accelerometer in the s6 edge within a few weeks use?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Vanquiz:
Holy smokes, that's amazing, I'm at 29% and still only at 4h15m sot. Another hour and i bet it's all gone.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] x70xchallengerx:
I followed most of the tips on here to improve battery life, I'm not getting any ridiculous wakelocks and I'm not using high brightness, I disabled most samsung / sprint apps and other bloat, I disabled google now, turned gps off when I'm not using it, disabled background data for play services, disabled unnecesary sync items, removed facebook ( lol ), I use Wifi most of the time (apart from today), Wifi calling is disabled.

Today I am still getting pretty poor battery life ( less than 3 hrs SoT, 7.5-8.5 unplugged ) and admittedly I didn't have strong LTE all day.

does this seem abnormal? I'm not doing anything heavy, mostly just sms, fb messenger, fb via chrome and occasionally relay for reddit (using dark amoled theme).

I've read that for some people, doing a factory reset improved (and in some cases nearly doubled) people's battery life and SoT. I just don't wanna be forced to charge before 7pm every day.

I should mention I am rooted via pingpongroot, stock recovery and knox 0x0.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
To anyone thats making tweaks to they're settings and still only managing 3 - 4 hours screen on time. Iam no expert and its just an opinion but something is wrong with your device and you should return it ! If you have everything turned on, brightness up full etc and were only getting 4 hours then i could possibly understand! The battery life on my s6 edge is actually not that far off my old z3! Not quiet as good as a z3 of course but its def the second best battery life i have ever had on a phone! Although turn up the brightness /use the camera alot etc and it eats the battery in no time
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] beartrap:
Google Now could be the culprit:

http://bgr.com/2015/05/20/galaxy-s6-battery-life-google-now/

Going to give it a try to see how much it helps. Hopefully it will only be a short term fix until the next update. Anyone else tried this yet?