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[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ahmedivx:
Apart from this depate, on the original fast charger that came with the device, the output has two ratings, it's written like this output 9v 1.67a or 5v 2a, does this mean one can use both modes with this charger somehow on the S6 Edge itself or it's just a statement that this charger can charge other devices (not fast charging capable) with the regular slow charging rating as it's for the S6 Edge it's always fast charging with this charger, and if it's possible to switch between modes, how to do it ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] done12many2:
I'm sure it's possible to disable it, but as far as an easily selectable option within the settings menu as there was with the Note 4, no such luck. Samsung decided not to include that option on the S6.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
I think my device is defective... maybe?! I struggle to even reach 3hrs SOT and the thing I noticed is it drops fro 100% to 99% in matters of really few minutes, also using the phone for browsing or Fb, or even writing for you now, it becomes lil bit hot from the camera side towards the right rim idk why hmmmmm
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ahmedivx:
Found this article, it's very informative regarding S6/S6 Edge charging, also has a ton of q&a you should check it out

http://gadgetguideonline.com/galaxy...nline-user-manual/charging-galaxy-s6-battery/
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] done12many2:
Mine drops from 100 to 99 within a few minutes of unplugging it. I do however normally get 6+ hours of SOT.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] plaxy:
What do you have active on your phone, are you using Stock browser or Chrome for internet I suggest Chrome seems to be more energy efficiant than Stock Browser, Do you play games on your phone these require higher levels of draw for the Gpu and thus expend more energy. Have you gone into settings and dissabled Auto Sync for stuff you don't need. What about Facebook and do you use the Fitness app extensively. Going through your phone and Disabling apps and features your not using will go along ways into extending that battery life. Personally I would remove Facebook, Briefing and Amazon. Chrome works just fine for what these offer and uses much less energy than those horrible apps.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
WOW really nice, enjoy your phone... ;_;

Thank you very much for your detailed reply, and yes I do all of that with every new phone I get, I even did the unusual this time, I did a format reset, yet, no use. I had quite a few phones now so I have good sense how battery should be.. the thing with this one in my opinion is the battery drainage is not justified by my consumption, what made me draw this conclusion is the constant heating I'm getting every time I uses the phone, even if there are no apps running in the background and I use it for browsing only! there is no obvious reason for this heat, it is not significantly hot but still not normal in my opinion. new findings tho, before doing the f.reset yesterday, I used GSm Battery monitor to monitor the battery drainage, I found that the Kernel + DCProvidor + android sys was consuming a lot of the energy respectively. Now, and after the f.rest, Android system + Kernel! from my previous phones (including Note 4 with lollipop) never saw this "kernel" as an app consuming energy! I wander is it new way to monitoring every bit of the system from Sam/Google or its something worthy to look at and see if the kernel is in fact consuming loads of energy more than noraml?!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] plaxy:
Wow that certianly sounds like somethings going wrong. I might consider if the kernal and Provider are the issue. for Troubleshooting here, Turn off the Phone Completely then Turn it back on by Volume Up + Power + Home. to get into the stock Recovery when you see the green android you can let go and wait a little then using volume buttons select down to wipe Cache partition select that, then restart. see how the battery last through the next day.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
Thanks mate, I'll do, hopefully it will work :crying:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] jutley:
Another tip I found that worked drain your battery to about 8% then do a hard reset by powering down and hold volume up and home button and power button together once you see the logo let go of power.This bring you into recovery eventually once there wipe data factory reset and catch partition and reboot phone.Now disable the apps you want including google.app I now got standby with 1day 15hrs only 2% battery drain awesome battery life try it and let me know how it goes don't forget to give it a full charge after resetting the phone good luck
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ssj_jaypee:
Just a quick question so I don't have to dig through this entire thread but has the battery life improved since launch?

I'm a current Xperia Z3 owner looking to possibly switch to the S6 but all this negative battery press has me on the fence.

I'm used to getting 2 days battery life or roughly 7 hours SoT.

Has anybody here gotten more than the reported 3 hours SoT from their S6 without disabling a lot of apps??
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ahmedivx:
Yup without disabling anything during my first month of usage I could easily get 5h50m SOT but with a total discharge time of 1d17h
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] RyuHayabusa80:
Anybody got very warm S6 Edge when from Ultra Power Saving goes to Normal Mode and use some application like FB or WhatsApp?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
me! with using it for browsing or anything light usage get heated :(
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] theo80:
You probably have data connection on. Data connection is turned off by utra power saving mode, and when you go into normal mode it turns on. When data is being sent/received for a consistent period, the phone may heat up a little.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] djwilliams100:
That guide is poorly written and the grammar is abysmal. I wouldn't trust what has been written on that guide.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dk206:
Tinder destroys battery life ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] ndubat@gmail.com:
radio?

radio?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] sims.ns88:
Average Battery life is the only reason why I bought HTC M9+ instead of Galaxy S6 Edge. My brother is using S6 Edge he's not happy with the battery life.

P.S. S6 Edge camera is like 10 times better than the HTC One M9+ :good:
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ahmedivx:
Yes the radio interface, mobile network signal cluster i.e. not airplane mode I could receive calls during these six hours
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
what's radio, may i ask?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ahmedivx:
May be I said it the wrong way, I refered to the modem as Radio waves interface, i.e. signal cluster appears in the status bar and mobile network voice communication is working
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
I forgot that ppl actually still receiving calls, since you turned your mobile data off :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ahmedivx:
Guys don't consider SOT only when you are trying to measure your battery efficiency, voice calls also influences battery efficiency greatly, infact it might come in second place to screen in battery draining.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ahmedivx:
Latest stats ... full load
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
IDK why my phone take 1.2hr to charge?! anybody have the same?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Sword Fish:
My phone is Jeckll and Hyde. One day, the battery is great, the next horrible. Every time its horrible, its caused by a runaway app. Using GSAM battery app to monitor apps that don't behave.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Twifix:
battery

Hello Xda

So i bought s6 edge 64gb white

And i have really bad battery life i sent the phone to samsung twice and complain

About the battery drain when i have full chrage its say 10hour..

And at average use that really what i got with max 4.5 SoT

I have to pick up my phone today and i dont know what to do..

I have note 2 with better battery life .the store keep say its good and disable app

And ita not compabilite with s6 so i bought phone to keep in my pocket?

So guys im asking u what to do... Im still on the 14days for replace

I dont think i can take my money back

Btw all was disable from google and samsung no volte wifi off

Only whatsapp and chrome useage bright on 20-30% 10-13hour and 4.5SoT

I think its was Oe4? (Update)

:((((
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
Samsung should take the phone from you! 4.5 and u complain! what a strange strange ppl
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Twifix:
People here report on 4hour SoT and 1day+ sandeby

I got max 10hour to 12hour

Just with whatsapp and chrome

Every thing off!

Sync gps wifi all of with note 2 that 2.5 year old i have better battery
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] 10urshin:
Just got my S6 Edge yesterday. After depleting the initial 50 percent charge I did a full re-charge and here is my first day battery stats.

It last 25 hours and half an hour. I got some short phone calls, did some browsing and check my twitter feed, used whatsapp over web.whatsapp.com, did an antutu benchmark and played some not cpu bound games during the day. Also night clock was active during the 21:00-09:00.

I am very happy with this phones battery life after my old S3 (5-6 hours most, probably battery was dying).

EDIT: Forgot to mention night clock.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] RichaJune:
Hi,

I had even worse experience with battery and also with samsung customer care. Now after upgrading to OE3, am getting much better battery performance and somewhat OK compared to earlier.

Regards,

Richa
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Twifix:
The problem im living at israel and bought it from samsung they dont released any updates

im using now AOD4 5.0.2 for now first charge after getting its back 69% 5:40 hours and 1:30SoT
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] rurrutiax:
What do you think?

Ok, so I thought my battery life was below average but then I noticed something... In a normal day, with about 15hrs of standby, I get 2.5hrs SOT.

Yesterday I left my screen the most time on I could continously and got 9hrs standby but 6hrs SOT.

How would you clasify this? Good battery life or a poor one? Anyone el se experiencing this?

I have:

-Factory reset and reset system cache from stock recovery.

-WiFi most of the time on

-BT always on and connected to a Pebble Steel

-WiFi always scanning off

-Debloated carrier apps

-GPS always on

Auto brightness on middle setting

-Disabled some carrier packages including play books, play movies, etc...

-Power Saving Off

-Non Root

I hace greenify but as I am not root, Im not sure if it really helps

Ive also noticed that it discharges more rapidly from 100%-50% than from 50%-0%

What do you guys think?﻿

(Photos attached are the battery stats on a normal day for me)﻿
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] madpete:
I had this phone setup pretty sweet anyway, but I switched over to Holo launcher HD and managed to squeeze out a little more. Seems a good launcher!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Clay330i:
It's sad to see a few people come into this forum with brightness turned down, necessary features turned off, and uber light use, etc. state how great their battery life is and then offer nothing useful. I've been quietly following this forum on a daily basis and read every page as well as the GS6 thread. I've seriously considered getting the phone, but the abysmal battery life compared to the GS5 has yet to sway me. I just feel really bad for the people on this forum that have the phone and have disappointing battery life. I'm sure the last thing they want to see is a manipulated SOT post that doesn't even vaguely represent a normal day of use of someone with a job. (regardless of how many variables can be a factor). I hope a solid solution from Google or Samsung is offered soon.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Blaalad12:
Did i just see a screenshot a few posts back of a guy that got almost 5 hours screen on time with 83% battery left................. wtf lol
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Kur0ya:
what do you expect from a phone with the display and specs? you can always get battery packs and with fast charging on some of them (as well as wireless charging) its not too bad. you won't be sticking phone to battery pack for long and 2 full charges will last the day

don't see people who are so concerned just use a nokia 3310 as that will give you battery for days… (plus there is snake, who doesn't like snake…)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Clay330i:
I can understand the specs and screen, but call me crazy I expected it to retain all the good features about the previous generation phone (battery) and while at the same time improving on the tech. I always have access to a charger whether at my lab, office or home, but it doesn't mean I want to be a "wall hugger". The fact remains that if the battery is dead then you can't appreciate that awesome screen and fast soc. Battery endurance is paramount, not wireless charging.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] bibiner:
For a full charge? That is normal since samsung stated 80 minutes fast charging.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] fabiok81:
I'm in the same condition. 5 Hrs about of screen in 20 hrs
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] solidsnake:
Can anyone comment on the battery stat below. I don't get it... it's been happening since 8 days .. no battery activity is listed yet it is draining like hell
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] RichaJune:
Hi,

That's really good decision and you can think before buying a product. Please don't end up like many of us looking at its great features and finally come to know that battery doesn't support or give back up much to experience or withstand those features. Samsung should have been thinking on increasing battery capacity when they introduced all new features like gesture wake up, voice wake up, smart alert etc etc.. making phone slim or copying from Apple doesn't make sense at all. We customers want product that gives good features and most prominent one is Battery backup.

I suggest you to think before buying as this is common issue though some won't admit it openly in public. Battery is poor in Samsung S6 edge. (the one am using).

Regards,

Richa
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
Are you seriously comparing this phone to the s5? For the same usage I used to get 5hrs on s5 I'm getting 7 on this phone. So for me it's a solid upgrade. So to each one has use, I'm using everything I need and disabling everything I don't use. Don't talk about others usage since it's a personal choice. The point of this thread is to show what the phone is capable of under different scenarios

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] sway40:
I'll admit my battery was horrible the first few days, I was gonna take it back and go back to my nexus 6. Obviously I'm not comparing it to the n6, it was bad in general and nothing changed in my use, or daily life for it to be that bad. I'm talking barely getting 2hrs screen on time with 11hrs of battery.

So I did a factory reset, disabled some Sammy apps I don't use and have brightness on half, changed nothing else. Battery was still bad, so I trolled this thread some more and saw someone said to disable volte and Wi-Fi always scanning. I did that and no lie I'm now getting easily 4+hrs sot and 20+hrs on battery. That's after a 12hr day at work on 4g all day, then the rest was Wi-Fi at home. Don't assume everyone in here is lying and disabling everything just to get good bat life. The things I disabled I would never miss, and my screen is def not dim, that's 1 thing that makes the phone.

If your interested in the phone I'd get it, it's a very sweet phone, I still have my n6 though bc I'm a phone geek.

tappin from the edge of the galaxy
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] theo80:
People here is *****in why we get 6hrs or more SOT and automatically assume that its because we use the phone light just to show off. I am comparing it to same usage on my galaxy S4, and by that I can say I havr great battery life on the s6 edge.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Metallice:
To me the s6 and s6 edge are in a weird position because of the *relatively* small battery size and stupidly efficient hardware (other than the radios it seems). Using the phone hardly impacts the rate of battery decline. In different days I can get 2 hours of screen on time or 6 hours of screen on time with almost the same overall off-charger time. It's funny because screen on time has been the go-to measuring stick for android, yet it seems almost useless for the s6.

The efficient cpu, screen, storage, RAM, are why this phone has very impressive results in artificial battery testing procedures. At times as good as the S5. The more a review site tests overall battery life and standby (rather than just "in use" battery life) the worse the S6 looks compared to the S5.

The small battery also means that any source of drain is magnified comparatively. Google's location services and Google Now look like a hog for example. On a phone with a bigger mah battery with a much more inefficient screen (or other components) Google's backround activity will make much less of a dent.

On the bright side my edge kicks my S4's butt in every metric, probably since the battery sizes are the same.

That's my (long-winded) take :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] erickgoldner:
Had something similar last week!

Only way to stop it was doing a format/reset!

Couldn't find the reason for the draining.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Shadyfurball:
How is it that this lollipop bug with cell usage and play services is affecting some people and not others? I've tried evening and can't stop it!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Clay330i:
If the natural progression of a phone (S line) is to be graded on it improvement (with regard to battery...hence the purpose of this forum) then wouldn't it only make sense to compare the GS6 to it's predecessor, the GS5? Not arguing, just saying...[emoji6]

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Amen.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] x3mod:
Ok, after getting a battery discharge of 5% every hour, but relatevely good SOT of 3-4 hours, I decided to do a Factoiry Reset AFTER the latest Samsung update was installed.

In the start up after the reset I decided to use/switch on almost all proposed features like Samsung account sync, all the goodies. So now I got good stand by battery usage like loosing only 2-3% in 4-5 hours with Google sync on, FB Messanger, Viber.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] fernando sor:
If I'm on WiFi I get pretty good battery life. I have no battery saving tweaks or adjustments going on.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Marne Jr:
Sorry for being late.... I didn't realized that you quoted last answer.

I am using this S6 (not Edge) rom on my S6 edge:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6/development/rom-xtrestolite-deodexed-mod-edition-1-0-t3094423

Using this kernel:

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s6-edge/orig-development/kernel-kt-sgs6e-ocv-ktweaker-t3099574

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Don't know what sound cloud is but it is really draining your battery!!!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
Wi-Fi

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] solidsnake:
Thanks for the reply

Why wouldn't it list the activity

Any guesses
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Meezohd:
some apps act weird sometimes but at the end the average of SOT is between 5h to 6.h
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] sherman901:
This is my second Galaxy S6 edge and the battery is still very subpar. I get 2 hours SOT and about 8-10 hours battery total. When I see these screen shots with 13-15 predicted it pisses me off. How does that happen? I haven't factory reset because I figured straight out of the box = factory. Also, I don't want to have to configure all of my **** again.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
Get another phone then :) 2 hrs SOT is impossible even when my phone drains the most when flashing roms with wipes etc I get 4 hrs

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] sherman901:
My first Samsung phone after refusing to get Samsung for years and its this much of a piece. Ridiculous.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] sway40:
Turn off volte and Wi-Fi always scanning, had same battery as you until I did those things.

tappin from the edge of the galaxy
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] snir6590:
i think i have a problem with my battery.

im getting 13-14 hrs max , and 3.5-4 sot max. unrooted device, and i did not do any factory reset or somthing like this. brightness on auto, wifi always off, location off and synch off.

and how i can disable voLTE ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Gooner4_1998:
Biggest issue by far for me is the aggressive nature of signal searching killing the battery.

At home, where I have a strong signal, I get well over 4 hours of SOT and am more than satisfied with battery life. At work, where I get one bar of signal, my battery can be dead in 5 hours without me turning the screen on at all. Is anyone else finding this? Is the aggressive battery drain in poor signal areas a known issue? Any fix?

Never had this issue with my iphone and it's making an otherwise excellent phone almost unusable.

Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] TechBSwift:
You just have everything syncing in the background

Sent from my SM-G925V using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Powell730:
Turning this off turns off 4g while on phone calls tho, correct?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] sway40:
Nope

tappin from the edge of the galaxy

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Go to phone, then more and settings it's right there.

tappin from the edge of the galaxy
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Powell730:
Must not be on the verizon version cuz I don't see it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] sway40:
Yeah not sure bout Verizon, I'm on t mobile

tappin from the edge of the galaxy
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] snir6590:
Nope, it's not there..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] sway40:
what carrier?

tappin from the edge of the galaxy
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] momo220499:
So tomorrow I'll get my edge 128 GB gold.. what can I do first to get the best out of the battery? Should I first get the phone to shut off or do a factory reset? What should I disable? Thanks!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] rurrutiax:
If you don't see it, then it's not enabled by your carrier, so it's deactivated by default. I don't have it either.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] snir6590:
Hello guys..

i think my battery life is very poor.. here are some photos (its hebrew..) :

SOT:

Some draining apps:

unrooted device, and i did not do any factory reset or somthing like this. getting 3-4 max SOT , brightness on auto, wifi always off, location off and synch off.

do you think the battery is damaged ? or somthing like this ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] rurrutiax:
As I has previously mentioned...

I usually only get 2hrs SOT with a regular usage.

Today, I used my S6E nonstop and managed to squeeze 7.5hrs SOT. I don't know if this is normal, I'd prefer having plain 5hrs SOT but with a regular day usage.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] xdafann:
I'm fed up with this Android drain. Im not even in the USA and have an unlocked French phone. So annoying.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Ahmedivx:
I guess it's not software related, may be some units are defective, the total discharge time varys daily depending on the usage for example here you are my stats which I guess are average where sometimes I could achieve 1d17h total discharge time with 5h50m sot
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
I like this phone on Wi-Fi but hate it on 3g. Google is fking up the phone, as soon as I enable Gmail syncing on 3g the battery starts draining fast

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] varolix:
Im giving up on the battery life. I haven't tried root.

Goole now off. location on. on data 4g/3g.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Jeshter2000:
http://www.sammobile.com/2015/06/05...-issues-are-mostly-googles-fault-not-samsung/
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Duncan1982:
This is insane 17+hours on battery with close to 4hrs screen on time with 52% remaining.

Say what....I'm shocked no really I am.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] varolix:
how did you get that? .
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Duncan1982:
I have not a clue lol all I can provide is I'm running extrestolite ROM and ktoonzes kernel :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] bibiner:
What is your set up? Rom? Kernel? I'm interested
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
Simplrom with simplkernel edge features on Gmail sync when not home on google now and location off