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[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dimkit:
I enable the restriction as I told before and I saw great increase to battery life but unfortunately, this restriction disable instant messages in hangout when I am with data
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
Does the galaxy s6 have the same issue regarding weak network signal a the s6 edge or not ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] done12many2:
What is the weak signal issue for the S6 edge?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
Everytime i watch a video for the galaxy s6 edge i find 2 bars only or even 1

When i got the s6 edge myself on 3g i alwayd have like 1 bar or 2 bars max most of the time..

2g it works fine al bars but that is so bad..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
2 bars.. when i am posting this i only have 1 actually or none
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
Full bars here

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] done12many2:
This wording was a little confusing as it implied that there was an identified issue amongst a lot of S6 edges.

You should not rely on the "bars" as your sole determination to whether or not you're receiving a strong signal.

Check Settings/SYSTEM/About device/Status/Signal strength.

The lower the better.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mettleh3d:
Good tip. Didn't know tw could do this.

Unfortunately restricting GPS breaks hangouts notifications like I imagined it would :/
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
What abt this ? I had full bars when i checked

It goes up to -93 and goes down
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
When i have 1 bar or none i cant even post on xda.. or use the internet or even have calls
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] done12many2:
It seems you're having issues related to recieving signal in different locations.

So when your signal is low your data is HSPA+ and data doesn't work, but when your signal is high it's HSPA and works fine?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Vanquiz:
Just noticed that if I disable background data usage for Google Play Services, Cerberus stopped working correctly, it will only work when connected to wifi, but doesn't work on mobile data only.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
When my signal is good both H H+ are working and swapping
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ChristianBale:
I was able to fix my cell standby issue buy turning of WiFi, fully charging the phone and restarting. No issues as long as I don't turn WiFi back on.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] jonathan3579:
I guess I'll give that a try. My battery life isn't horrible but I am definitely having excess drain with cell standby.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] osmosizzz:
That's what I'm shying for!!! My average daily usage yields 4 hours screen on time and I need my phone to be alive for 15 hours. Once I meet that, I'll be forty happy. Mine almost made it. But it had to be charged after 12 hours. I need 15.

Also, can anyone upload photos through Tapatalk? Everytime I try to attach a picture or just insert a photo, it force closes
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] flameinthefire:
You guys are reporting such good battery life. Mine is horrible!! esp coming from moto x 2014. Should i factory rest the phone?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ChristianBale:
What does your battery graph tell you?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] radlink14:
miss my z3

The battery is horrible on mine. Got 2hrs of screen time before it got to 5%. I would go back to my z3 and return this but square phones feel weird now.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] bitwiser:
It is similar to the "megapixel" argument...not necessarily the size or amount but how you use them. Phones with smaller batteries often outlast phones with larger ones. It just depends on how energy efficient the phone it. Also, sometimes it is the apps people install or the weak signals they get that really causes the drain.

I bought an unlocked Sony Z3 (direct from Sony) and returned it (twice) because the battery life was only about 3 hours of SOT which was just slightly better than my Moto X. We all know it "should" have amazing battery life. The real problem was that in my area the Z3 was having trouble with the AT&T signals as well as my WiFi. If I left the center of my home then the WiFi signal went out, yet all my other phones had more than 50% strength. Just shows you, it is not always the battery's fault.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] erapmicks:
ok
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Pure+:
Cell standby is a known issue on the Tmo variant. Will be interesting to see if it affects other carrier models as well.

An update should be able to fix it.

Not sure what Tmo already pushed an update for if it wasn't for this.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] osmosizzz:
Not sure but I'm waiting for custom rom to use the international model rom... But so far, it's not THAT horrendous
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] omf05:
I still getting pretty good battery pic below.

I did a lot of Web browsing and web videos from site like ign and a few YouTube vidoes. Phone call for about 1hr 25mins bunch of texting.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] systemf:
Welcome to Android 5.0.x! Cell standby drain was very common in the Nexus 5. Having Wi-Fi off and not turning on from a fresh boot helped in the matter. Finally saw relief of it in 5.1. Getting an s6 soon so will have to deal with it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Master Ramy:
I hope an update comes soon, I can verify the same issue, though it's getting better now that I've charged it a couple times, but Def cellular drain, with WiFi on or off. Gotta turn off WiFi calling and reboot like another person said and c what happens :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Master Ramy:
update: here's example of my battery right now. Asked Des and TMO about it on twitter, will share response.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] luisrcastillo:
So I am also getting the battery drain. However, it is not as bad as my first use. About 12 hours unplugged with almost 3 hours SOT with Web browsing, videos and chatting. 1+ hour of music streaming via LTE. Also, phone lost an average of 1-1.5% while sleeping last night.

I think this is close to what I was getting with my old iPhone 6. I hope that this issue is fixed soon as I really like this phone and don't really want to go back to the iPhone. I wonder how much better it'll get once this drain issue is fixed...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] omf05:
Yesterday I gor to 14hrs and 5 hrs of ost. pics below watch videos for about 4hrs phone call about 1hr 40 mins.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ebdiesel08:
The first day I used it, the battery life was terrible. I would use it for like 10 min or less and the battery would deplete quite significantly.

I then started to disable all the apps it came with and tweak a couple settings, now, the phone seems to be doing waaay better! I can use Netflix, YouTube, any other app and the battery will still be good.

Sent from my Galaxy S6 EDGE
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] varunkumars:
It is consoling to hear about the battery now Next Friday, One more week to go. Can wait to get my AT&T S6 Edge. I hope AT&T ships with all software fixes.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] radlink14:
kies 3

I had the same experience with note 4 battery and after a few days it got better however I also reset the phone through kids 3. I can't do that now with the edge because I think since it's not released yet it won't detect it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] aaronc_98:
Battery tips?

For the guys getting decent battery life, how are you doing it? I am lucky to make it until about 3pm. I have the brightness down pretty low, have greenified several apps, and still poor results. Ideas?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
Second charge cycle done today and i saw a decrease in battery today :( Yesterday i got 4h30mins sot with 50% left .Today when i reached 4h30mins i had 35% left! Usage was pretty much the same as yesterday except i did not use the camera at all today and i restricted background data from google play services today to see could i stretch the battery even further then yesterday but sadly i have somehow got less from the battery? Iam on course for around 6h30mins which is good . I got 7h30mins yesterday though for some reason ha

I forgot to mention that i also downloaded nova launcher today and hd widgets for its clock as i cant use the default one by samsung that you get on touchwiz but hd widgets is showing up under battery usage as using 3% which seems high given that i have used the stock browser alot today and that is only using 3%! I have now got rid of hd widgets and will look for a nice clock widget in the app store that hopefully doesnt eat the battery on me :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] hanulbeat:
Battery life is good so far.

I used many galaxy series and the edge is best I think.

Only one thing I had to is... turn off google now.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] note3or2:
Can't ask for better battery life than this. Very happy.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] theo80:
This is not bad, not bad at all.

Stock rom.

Power saving off

Ultra power saving off
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] jutley:
User have to take in to account tbat using mostly wifi as opossed to 3g or 4g wifi is goin to get better battery time as it dont drain as much as 3g or 4g.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] done12many2:
Agreed.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
Does anyone know if screen mode has any affect on battery life? Iam happy with the battery life iam getting although a little disappointed that i got over 7hours screen on time off my first cycle and since then have made tweaks (restricted back ground data in google services, got rid of hd widgets as it seemed to be using more then it should be, changed screen mode to basic , and i also disabled the weather widget that shows on the lock screen as that seemed to be using battery) I figured these tweaks would improve things further but for some reason they have made no difference at all! I still get at least 6 - 7 hours screen on time and sometimes a little more depending mostly on the screen brightness (wether iam outdoors much etc )

Over all iam very happy! Just stumped as to why i why i got 7.5 hours sot BEFORE i made these tweaks and AFTer making them i get a little less but not much less!!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] theo80:
Yes, but on my S4 (same battery capacity) with lollipop I only get 3hrs SOT with the same usage pattern.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] xdafann:
Guys please I need your help. What's this mobile radio active which is eating my battery.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] yak84:
I believe it's a lollipop bug.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] tanjiajun_34:
Actually the problem is only on mobile network. With wifi on, the battery does not drain as much. Also, showing the screen on time does not tell much as well. My phone can withstand watching 5-6 episodes of "The Flash" with max brightness even with just like about 60-70% from the start and clocking really high on screen time like yours, but it cannot stop dropping like 30-40% of battery life when I am sleeping.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] varolix:
Hi all. Just bought this awesome looking phone about 2 days ago

This was after my first full charge.

My set up was:

1) most of the time on wifi

2) Location on occasionally

3) not rooted.

4) brightness auto

not sure whether i'm having a good battery life with this.

Can anyone comment on this?

Appreciate it and thanks!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] anonymousss:
You dont

Turn off google now
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] xdafann:
Guys I read many of you reseted to have a better battery life. Does it erase the photos as well?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] katolink:
Yes. All internal SD. Make backup in smart switch before trying anything.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] madpete:
I think I've got this stock rom about as good as it's getting now, pretty happy considering I have the facebook app, messenger and facebook pages manager running... 3 of the bloatiest apps you'll have misfortune to use. Brightness auto, gps on, wifi on, mobile data on, linked to a Moto 360 so bluetooth on permanently too.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] zift:
After some tweeking and debloting

After tweelung and debloting, ower weekend (no phone cals thanks good) with abot 3 h screen time and without pwr swing mode...

42 % after 23 hours 43 minutes....

That is really decent.

On work7ng day with 0.45 - 2 hours of calls, vibers, outlook all the time... It can reach charger wirh 25-30% juice.

I am more than satisfied. It is not like my z1 in stamina, but O am happy ?.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] john291:
Hello there where can i turn of Google now? I also cant get more then 4 hours on screen time.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
Battery life is phenomenal on my s6 edge. Yes ive made tweaks but even with the same tweaks on my z3 the battery life was only marginally better. Incredible given Samsung use a smaller battery.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
When you say tweaks u mean dumbing the phone down right
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] king_android:
Thanks for nice post

Thanks for nice post
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] theo80:
Like I said, I have the same usage pattern on my galaxy S4 (updated to stock lollipop 5.0.1) but I'm lucky if I get 4hrs SOT there. Considering they have the same battery capacity I would say this is phenomenal. :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] rurrutiax:
My Average Battery Life

I've had my S6 Edge for about a week now...

Stock Rom, non-rooted and first few cycles I got around 2 hours SOT. Best I've got so far is 3.5 hours SOT.

Yesterday was the day with the "most" light usage I've ever done with it and I got 24+hrs on battery, obviously with very few SOT.

Impressed by yesterday, but I don't know if my average battery life is good enough. With heavy usage it only lasts around 8hrs.

- Power saving off

- Wifi most of the time on

- GPS always on

- Auto brightness

- Disabled google play services background

- Formatted system cache

- Facebook app disabled (to my surprise I can't uninstall it, I've got an international s6 edge and it comes presintalled. Only thing I can do is disabling it)

What do you guys think?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
That's some bad battery

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
I mentioned in a previous comment that after i used the wireless pad to slow charge the phone that the battery seemed to last longer although i kinda thought that maybe it was just a coincidence or whatever but today i used the quick charger and i can already tell the battery is draining faster! Not drastically but i seem to get around 1hour more screen on time from the phone if i i charge it using the wireless pad! Anyone else notice/experience this?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] TechBSwift:
+1 I normally average 4+ sot

Sent from my SM-G925V using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ahmedivx:
Here is something I tested, charged the phone to 100%, turned off data and wifi but radio was on all the time, and it stayed at 100% for more than 6 hours, standby for 6 hours with not even 1% drop in battery charge.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] CandyAndy:
I have actually noticed the same. To the point that I almost feel like fast charging is hoax. Sure, I can go from 0 to 100 much faster but also the battery dies much faster, so it almost feels like the battery in reality only had 40%. And if you look at the fast charging the last 10% goes really slowly. Its like it is faking to go up to 90% and after that it starts to catch up with the reality..

Sure sounds like conspiracy but just my observations..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] kittiyut:
Pardon my ignorance, but how does one turn everything Facebook related off?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Skhulile:
Might explain why I'm getting good battery life as I've only used the fast charger once(Fears of frying the accelerometer), the rest of the times I've been using the official Wireless charging pad
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
You guys are on some drugs. How do you explain people getting 6-7 hours SOT while using the wireless charger? I'm getting constant 6hrs SOT
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] yak84:
It slows down in 90% in order to avoid over charging and it's called trickle charge. Every phone and every charger acts this way.

I use the fast charger all the time and my battery life is great.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
The difference between fast charging and using the wireless pad for me is crazy lol When i use the wireless pad i get over 8 hours screen on time from a full charge! I used the fast charge today just to test the difference and its gone from 100- 43% and i havent hit 4 hours screen on time yet lol I have no idea why but iam getting at least an extra hour or two longer screen on time if i charge using the wireless pad.

Plus the phone doesnt get as hot when charging wirelessly which is strange as others here claim the opposite!!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ahmedivx:
How long does take to fully charge your phone let's say from 5% to 100% using the wireless charger
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
Around 2h30mins
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ahmedivx:
Ok this is the usual from previous phones, both my S5 and S5 mini take around 2h30mins as well with the regular charger
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] xdafann:
Been very disappointed;by the battery. Never got even 5h sot. Most of this was 3g but I still don't understand these stats..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] fotis12:
Is there any way to turn off/disable fast charging and still using Samsung's official charger?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Poetique:
Let me just go ahead and nip this in the bud...

Your phone doesn't care how it's charged. The 2650 MAH battery can hold 2650 MAH of juice, and there's no special electricity coming from the wireless charging pad nor any crappy electricity coming from the wall charger.

-Signed, owner of both chargers w/ consistent 4+ hour SoT regardless of how I charged the thing.

Next conspiracy theory...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
Us variant I presume?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] xdafann:
Nop, this is an unlocked phone bought in France...

I feel unlucky :(
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
So me and others here are liars? When i charge MY phone via fast charging , the battery does NOT last as long as when it is charged wirelessly. FACT!! Just because it makes no sense doesn't mean its a conspiracy!!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Powell730:
This is essentially my exact battery stats. I have gotten to 4 hours once and usually get about 3.5. Running clean ROM on verizon. These are my best stats I've had since owning the phone on launch day.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] arf_cz:
The battery is standard 3.85V LI-ion pack, if you charge it with 9V (thats what the fast charger is doing), it will "charge" faster, but it will not reach its full capacity and it seems that the last 10% when it switches to "normal charging" is not enough to stabilize the capacity/battery reported voltage. So the phone thinks its fully charged, but its loosing very quickly first few percents down.

Using the fast charger, this helped me a little - when it reaches 100%, disconnect the charger, let it fall to 95% +- and plug it back again to charge back to 100%. You will realize that the second drop to 95% is slower.

Im charging it with classic samsung 5V/2A "slow" charger and I get better battery life. No lies neither conspiracy, its just how batteries are working :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Poetique:
You're not liars. Just victims of seeing what you want to believe.

The FACT is that the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge has a 2650 MAH battery that will charge to a maximum of 2650 MAH regardless of how you charge it.

There are only two circumstances where there could be a difference between fast charging and wireless charging in terms of discharge speed for just a few individuals with devices that defy logic and reasoning.

1. The device's software/firmware is misreading the charge.

-Why is this unlikely to be the case? Simple. I and everyone else would be seeing what you're seeing. Unless of course you're rooted and what not, in which case, you could have very well created your own problem; making the concern entirely invalid to begin with.

2. Specifically your devices are defective.

-Which yeah sure, this is obviously possible. It'd just be an incredibly strange, almost unheard of defect. So unheard of that testing it would take a great deal more effort than surely any of you have put behind testing the theory. Though if you're interested I could tell you how to test it, and why even after testing it, certain variables would prevent it from being completely accurate unless there was, repeatedly, a very significant difference in battery life (lets say 10-15%+ battery or so, which there probably wouldn't be).

By the way, if you're going to continue using the internet (especially forums), you might want to work on getting so easily offended as well. When you say something that sounds borderline ridiculous, especially with no evidence other than "because I think I saw it," somebody usually eventually calls you on it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
What are you talking about man? Who said.......... "because i think i saw it?"

I'am telling you MY EXPERIENCE. When i use the fast charger and let the battery drain from 100% , i get less screen on time then when the battery was charged to full using the wireless pad! I have tried this more then once and each time i get between 6-7 hours sot off a fast charge and 8-8.5hours off a slow charge with the wireless pad! Thats a FACT (for me personally). If you want to dismiss it because it makes no sense then go ahead but that has been MY EXPERIENCE!

Maybe my fast charger is defective or maybe my device is! To hell if i know why this is happening. All i know is what iam witnessing myself!!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] plaxy:
Some Things I've notice,

- Google Now is not as big a drain I thought. I've tested with and without and seems to be a Minute differance in gain without.

- Chrome seems to be more Battery Friendly than the stock Internet Browser from samsung. not to mention more data friendly with the built in Data saver mode

-Auto Sync is a Battery Drainer majorily, Turn off what you don't need and also use Gmails app rather than the stock Email app. once again more battery friendly< this is also a huge Standby Battery Killer as turning it all off has improved standby drain from like 3% an hour to like 1% every 3-4 hours.

-Not exactly sure what Greenify is doing. ((I do not have root))

-Gonna try making an auto tasker that turns auto-sync off when the phone is not on a charger and back on when on charge.

And this is what I have obtained keeping these things in mind and I am on Stock Att Rom oe2 not rooted.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] done12many2:
Well said and exactly how it is.

Fully charged is just that, fully charged.

The last 10% of the Rapid Charge charging cycle slowing down and taking more time is by design. The voltage is adjusted accordingly to protect the battery as it completes the charging cycle.

It's not some deceptive trick to allow the charge to catch up to some falsely reported charge status.

I personally have not noticed any difference between charging slowly or Rapid Charge.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Poetique:
Mmmk. Well anyway...

Calm down, your device is definitely defective. You're getting 2-2.5x the SoT that most people are. You're golden :good:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] barondebxl:
OT: https://youtu.be/wB6MId15cpo
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
So my device is defective because iam getting more screen on time then most people? Maybe you guys have the defective phones? lol I think this speaks for itself :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Poetique:
You don't handle jokes well do you lol.

Anywho, have a good evening man.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
All iam simply saying is that i have charged my phone to 100% using the fast charger multiple times. I have also charged my phone multiple times to 100% using the wireless pad! Each time i used the wireless pad, the battery seemed to last longer which was confirmed when i compared battery stats! Others have said they noticed the same thing! I can only assume that the fast charger isnt truely charging the phone to 100% (maybe thats why it charges so fast) or maybe my fast charger is broke? Who knows! All i know is that my battery life lasted longer when it was charged with the wireless pad! I fast charged the phone last night and saw a significant drop in screen on time today and this is consistent each time i charge my phone wether i use the fast charger or pad!

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Good joke ;)