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[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mosesbd:
i had the Note 4 before the Edge and i can tell you that if not for the size of the note 4 id stick with it,

regarding the battery, in-order for the s6 Edge to work from day to dawn with a single charge your wife needs to use the phone for very simple tasks with less smart-phone activity over normal Phone activity

and you need to turn off a lot of the features in the s6Edge in order to improve Screen-on time,

i think she should be fine if she is a light user but overall - Note 4 has a replaceable battery you can carry a spare one with you.

between those 2 id only go for the S6/Edge if camera was an important factor for me :>
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mosesbd:
Btw,

i was a bout to sell my S6 edge not long ago and even posted about it in the forums here, and i thought to myself why not trying the last resort and do a Clean Wipe and Restore from back-up with the smart Switch just to see how it runs one last time over the weekend,

i never tried it before because when i bought the phone i already did a clean wipe over the phone settings and i when i saw people tipping that it should help increase battery life i was "done that, did not help,next please"

so i did an emergancy restoreo over the smart switch and than i restored the back up i did and i started to use the phone,

just to make sure u understand, i already turned off everything before i did the clean-wipe so im going to post pictures from before in the exact same usage and settings -

before -

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[Galaxy S6 Edge General] cavags5:
Thank you very much,

I have note4 and i like the size and the s pen.

The camera is good too.

Tell me something ,

It makes a lot of difference the camera from note 4 to the S6?

Sent from my SM-N910F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
Speed wise about the camera yes !!!

Shutter speed is faster and better quality in low lighting
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] levon9:
@ mosesbd

Hi, would you please summarize your point, there are a lot of big (perhaps my setting here) graphs that are hard to parse, a short summary of what you are saying would be helpful. Thanks.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mosesbd:
yes no problem,

thing is i was selling my phone and i had the weekend off to test it one last time,

so i did an emergency firmware restore with Smart-Switch and i am getting without difficulty the 4-4.5 hours Sot with normal use and everything On (except edge info stream)

so anyone who is disappointed should try this too. (i used a back up right after the wipe so everything was the same)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] AntiCommon:
So I've recently done a bit of tinkering with my phone and am able to achieve ~4 hrs SOT with 22 hours between charges, and 5.5-6hrs SOT with about 8-9 hours between charges.

Standby isn't perfect on this phone, but after greenifying, rooting, and installing a custom kernel I've been able to increase my average SOT by a solid 75% on average given the same usage parameters. (auto brightness, LWP, mixed usage)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skinza:
Auto brightness uses extra battery

Put it to manual at roughly 25 -30%

And select amoled cinema in the display options

Will help the lower brightness stand out

With close to your settings I was getting between 5 and 7 hours with over a day on battery
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] xxaarraa:
Very happy with 5.1.1 battery. Here are my specs - more than 16 hours since off the charger, and still 49% battery left right before going back on charger. Bluetooth always on, GoogleNow always on, location set to high accuracy, screen on adaptive and auto brightness, wifi on for part of the time.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
To everyone here.

Everything is dependent on what apps you use.

If I use viber more than whatsapp.

My battery dies insanely fast.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] cavags5:
Does anyone use 4G all day on ?

And the battery hang on a full day. ?

Sent from my SM-N910F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] TechBSwift:
Yup, I typically get 5hrs sot, and my battery is normally at 20% when I go to bed.

For those who's having horrible battery life, how many of you use the fast charger daily to charge your phone? I've notice that whenever I use the fast charger my battery always dies really quickly. If I use the fast charger I get around 3.5 sot, if use my wireless charger which is super slow charging I get 5 sot.

Sent from my SM-G925V using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] cavags5:
Does you have already 5.1.1have better battery. ?

In my note i notice too.

I only have fast charger ,but i turn off the option faster to normal and last more time.

Sent from my SM-N910F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
That's weird am going to test this out and charge wireless tonight

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Are you using the fast Charger or the wireless charger to charge ? Been reported that using a standard charger or the slower wireless one increases the battery life some how
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Duncan1982:
I to find that using the wireless charger improves the longevity.

But the fast charger is great for a nice topup if needed.

Best of both worlds= a happy end user :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
Glad to finally find this out. Can't wait to test and hope to get some better battery life :)

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Quick question bud. Are you using the fast Charger or the slower wireless charger ?

Some users reporting that charging with the wireless charger is giving better battery life
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mosesbd:
i am using the fast charger, but i am trying now the wireless slow charging and i will report back if there are any changes with SoT and battery time, right now for me after the wipe i am satasfied with this device , before the wipe it was for sell...

ill let you know
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Duncan1982:
You will or should notice a difference as I and many have.

It's been debated that slow wireless charging doesn't provide that extra endurance.

However from my experience using both, I'm no expert and have no idea why but wireless (slow charging) just works.

I honestly can't explain why though, it just is what it is :P
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
This is good news !!!

Def worth it to try it out !!!

So basically it's the fast charger adapter plugged into the wireless charger pad correct ?

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Awesome. After the wipe I too am getting way better battery.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Duncan1982:
That is my setup yes (fast charger plugged into the wireless charging official pad).

Be sure to let us know how you have found this.

For me and others (some who have been shot down for stating that it provides extra endurance as opposed to fast charging the whole time).

Again I can't offer the technical side but from my experience, it definetly provides better battery life.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
I shall definitely try this report back
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] mosesbd:
Good im happy to hear that,

i wish i could understand why it helps so significantly , i mean i restored back every single piece of widget and info and app right after i wiped so its awkward that i got 35% improvement on SoT and standby time is now amazingly good. (i go to sleep with 100% wake up with 97-96% wi-fi on!)

im sorry the pictures are over-sized i have no idea how to make them smaller on my comment :p
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] TechBSwift:
I don't use fast charger at all including with my wireless charger. I've noticed using a wireless charger or plugging into a usb laptop the phone's battery last longer. I would hate to say it but I feel like the fast charger fluff battery the numbers....

I'm rooted running custom Rom on Verizon phone version 5.0.2

Sent from my SM-G925V using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
Okay so I charged last night with my wireless charger but with the fast charger adapter.

Going to see what battery I get.

And then tonight I'll use wireless with a standard S5 charger adapter
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
So seems like using the fast charger with wireless pad didnt make a difference in usage.

Going to Charge with a Galaxy S4 charger tonight and see .
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skinza:
extra battery life

http://www.zdnet.com/article/this-one-tweak-could-boost-battery-life-on-your-galaxy-s6-or-s6-edge/
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
Most of us have turned it off and still have bad battery drain.

I thinks it's just one of the many things.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] bds120:
Tested this morning. ... Battery Drain is NOT due to wifi. It is due to the com.tmobile.pr.adapt. Below is my response in another thread.

UPDATE -- I have fixed my drain issue on WiFi

So I just recently received my S6 Edge on Monday. Rooted it immediately using the AOU kernel method to not trip KNOX. After that, of course turned on Wifi to get all my apps back and downloaded. Later on Monday, I was at work and phone was perfect without any drain. Got home and it connected to my Wifi and it just smoked through my battery sitting doing nothing.

Started research and seen it was dealing with WiFi. Well I am here to tell you it is not. It is SPECIFICALLY due to the com.tmobile.pr.adapt. I had this keep popping up after rooting and it wanted access...so given it was tmobile I granted it. This morning, I woke up, turned off VoLTE and left WiFi on and it did nothing but draining my battery 4% in 20 minutes sitting dark on a table. Turned off wifi and it worked great(basically stopped it in its tracks) so I went to the market, downloaded Package Disabler and disabled that com.tmobile.pr.adapt. My phone has now been sitting at 95% for 25 minutes. Welp...just dropped to 94% but I would say my battery drain issue is solved.

Visual evidence of how long it took to go from 95-92%

Now I am sitting at 91%. Look how long it took to go from 92 -91%
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] TechBSwift:
Here's an example of a typical day for me.

Sent from my SM-G925V using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
What theme are you using. And are you using a launcher
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] TechBSwift:
I'm running nova launcher, anakonda theme, and removed a lot of bloatware

Sent from my SM-G925V using Xparent Green Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
Nice . I'm also running nova launcher as well as a dark theme .

And also removed bloat wear.

You're rooted ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] fbodra:
Just bought my s6 edge on Saturday, played a bit on the weekend and today was first 'real' day with it.

This was my battery usage today. I saw that some guys had their screen set up to 2% or so. Why mine was that much higher?

Thanks in advance for any advice that could be useful.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] katananja:
This is my typical day with the Edge.

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To achieve this I had to disable all unnecessary sensors and gimmicks like the sensor that keeps the screen on while you look at it, so forth and so on. It works, My model is the SM-G925I.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
What's your screen on time bud ?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] drmodify:
Do you believe this??!!

well the saying "you get what you pay for" doesn't do this justice!
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] katananja:
Just calculate 12% of 1 day 23 hours, dude.

0.12 x 47 = 5.64h
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Twifix:
Guys i dont know what to do anymore...

I own this phone 2month and never make it more theb 5 hour screen tried xtro roms and alex rom

Since 5.1.1 i only get max 3-3.5 hour screen my galaxy note 2 was better!

Just with 5.0.2 few times i make it to 5h SoT...

Tried unikernel 3 to 5 and stock with 5.1.1

Gps off sync off 30%brighness

Everything off!

Only whatsapp... and chrome few calls

Any idea? Samsung had my phone once for weak and didnt replace they said its fine... but its not..

Btw now using deod 2.1 xtro with unikernel 5.02 45%

And 1hour 50min SoT....

When im on wifi ita consume more %per hour so how u have more SoT?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Batfink33:
That sounds normal for the hardware we have. Remember you have a QHD screen eating the power. The Note 4 gives similar SOT. If you want better battery life, go back to a 1080 display.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Harshaanl:
Try these settings and see. I had the same issue .
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Twifix:
Same settings as u...

And how ppl here have 5+ and i saw some with 8+...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] juanestebanmunoz:
I have the same problem...

10 days ago, I was running Xtreso 1.5 (Android 5.0.2) and used to get 12+ hours day from the battery, I installed the Xtreso 2.1 (Android 5.1.1) and now I'm only getting arround 5-6 before I have to charge again.

Any thoughts?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] katananja:
This is a complex matter, the S6 Edge has a lot of gimmicks that we don't use, reject a call facing the screen down, keep screen on looking at it, etc, etc.

1. Turn off all things you don't use.

2. Stop all apps you don't use and keeps running on background, skype for example.

3. When your device keeps looking and searching for network signal it consumes a lot of battery, if possible avoid the auto select mode, I use "WCDMA only" Same apply to Wifi, if you are not using it, disable it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Clay330i:
I believe most of them. Just not the S6 edge. But they admit to lowering the brightness of the screen. That may contribute to the inflated screen time.

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That's not accurate at all. Too many assumptions on how the owner was using the phone. Lol
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Apoxx:
Uhm, yeah that's not how it works. I've had 2 hours of screen time during 3 hours since I unplugged the charger, and screen still said 15%
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dukat0s:
G925f greenify custom rom kernel. Uv -50 up to -75 to all steps + Appops
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] rm501:
It doesn't matter how u charge it.

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Have same problem. It's just 5.1.1 is more battery hungry than 5.0.2.

I have tried many things too.

Since we can't downgrade, all we can do is hope future versions improve it.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] katananja:
Is a simple matter of math, but don't listen to me, you keep guessing what the problem is.

​

My day started about 6:30 ~ 7:00 AM with regular use and you don't have to mess with the brightness of the screen, I use 50% auto.

​
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Thraxzzz:
Just got mine two days ago, so far my SoT is around 4-5 hours? Can't complain because my g flex 2 only max 3 hours SoT smh
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
make the calculation from last full charge :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Turbine13:
Anyone tried to use LUX app instead of the original samsung AUTO brightness ?

Which one provide better battery life ?

thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] 2dorr:
The new 5.1.1 BOG firmware is clear worse in battery life, even though the multitasking is now real.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] jack-five:
about 2 days

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in my opinion,the original is better
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] singh_21:
Comparing with galaxy S4 I9500 that i had for 2 years, changed battery 2 times. S4 used to eat battery double the rate when it gets below 50% mark.

Galaxy S6 edge is better than S4 for sure. If i make a raw estimate than it's 25-30% better than S4 I9500.

I get full day with S6 edge, with 2 hrs calling and good enough time on whatsapp chat. and 1-2 hrs of music.

Will give u screenshots in sometime. I am satisfied as of now.

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i feel same, battery seems to be more hungry after 5.1.1 UPDATE..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] AndroidInsanity:
My battery is fantastic. Got the phone yesterday. Updated to 5.1.1 straight away. Charge to full and haven't charged it since... so these are the results from first charge. Light gaming. Lots of Facebook and social media.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skivnit:
Yeah great on Wi-Fi not so much on data but that's Google fzu

Sent from my SM-G925F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] elpindian:
Yeah I've noticed that I get waaaay better battery if I activate WiFi calling. Must have been my horrible coverage that's been eating my battery. Without WiFi the most battery life I get is 10 hours of standby ..
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nandomazzini:
Battery Life

3 days
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
Intense using, wifi calling ofc or Ill have 4~5hr only, seems new update is better.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] aussiesausage:
I lose about 10% an hour, even when not using the phone. It's stupid.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] aussiesausage:
Here is mine, absolutely horrible.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] avatar_ro:
I am pretty sure you have some app that drains your battery...
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] aussiesausage:
How could I tell which one it would be?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] nandomazzini:
batery life

I can not later add pictures here , so I put it on my profile
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] MarcSinger:
Holding up pretty well for me. Started at 100, watched a couple of movies back to back (Strangeland and The Maze Runner; region of 3.5 hours) at maximum brightness, and I'm still left with 69. Lasts pretty well when reading ebooks, too. I'm not much into Web browsing on my phone, and movies/ebooks are my predominant forms of "entertainment on the go," so I'd say I'm pretty satisfied with the battery.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] drmodify:
Your not on power saving mode are you? Version 5.1? Any build.prop mods?
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] skarpass:
why do you need any mods to get 4h on screen time? my s6 edge stock 5.1.1 latest xeu update 1d standby and 4h on screen time easy
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] pickles523:
Battery life is fantastic lasts for hours with facebook kik messenger galaxy apps google play and a bunch of other apps that run in the background
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] MarcSinger:
No power saving, no mods whatsoever. Everything's stock.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] dr.Y.Z:
man thats really hard to believe...

really thats doubles the time i can get.. plz post agian with the charging chart...

n can u please tell me which region are you in,,, I mean the daily temperature in your area is around how much??

cause i think temp might be a factor
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] cavags5:
Really hard to believe ,neither my note4 does that, neither my G PAD which have a good battery .

I want to know the secret.

This is my best time with note.

Sorry to post this here.

Its because im thinking in buy a S6 for my wife.

Thanks

Sent from my SM-N910F
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Clay330i:
Don't be sorry. That's legitimate SOT and standby for Note 4. My S5 was the same. There's no secret. Just don't use the phone or use it sparingly to get those times with brightness turned all the way down and sync nothing. I've noticed a trend on here of people using Tasker as opposed to syncing in the background. Don't get the S6 for your wife if you love her. You'll both be disappointed. I find it funny how 5% people on here manage to make their phones defy the theories of electricity and the laws of physics. Lol

You should check out the new Moto X coming out. Should have good battery life.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] cavags5:
I had s5 and the note is a little better in battery like the big screen and the Spen.

I think people lost too many time worry with the battery

We know Samsung has a little bloatware

But we can disable some apps and use the phone great and fast.i dont use low brightness , i have a top phone with the better screen and use 70% or auto during the day. And everything we need .

When battery is low , ultra saving mode.

:thumbup:

Sent from my SM-N910F.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] :
instead of writing an essay! can you please just use it fully then give us ss for charging chart + SOT :) or stop trolling
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Clay330i:
Not trolling. I had the S6 for a short while and learned my lesson. Trying to save someone else from making a mistake. There are better phones out there as far a battery life. I have the G4 and has far better battery life than the S6 that "I" used, yet the new Moto X lineup has some worthwhile options coming up. [emoji3]
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] -Favstylez-:
Thats my SOT. I have my edge since saturday and the battery life is pretty good for me. I was watching a lot of youtube videos, scrolling through facebook and doing some different benchmarks.

Sent from my //Edge\\
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] leekslk:
Just wanted to chime in, after flashing and using the phone for one week (respectively) going from a few different stock firmwares. I've noticed that the latest firmwares are "worse" in terms of battery life. Didn't manage a screenshot but here's what I have noticed.

In terms of standby time and screen on-time (SOT), the best I've had was with the POFC/BOF2 and BOFJ (UK) build [16-18 hours Standby, 3.5 hours SOT], but that firmware had issues with "multitasking".

POGJ/BOG2 has about 10-11 hours standby time, managing slightly more than 2 hours of SOT.

Hope this is helpful. Will continue to look for a ROM with true multitasking and better SOT and Standby time. My usage, obviously is mostly the same throughout the week. Main applications being Whatsapp, Chrome Dev, Carbon (for twitter) and occasionally YouTube/Instagram/Hangouts/Skype.

Will throw in a screenshot whenever possible.

2015-08-03

Switzerland (Swisscom)

5.1.1

G925FXXU2POGJ

G925FVFG2BOG2

2015-07-27

United Kingdom / Ireland

5.1.1

G925FXXU2BOFJ

G925FOXA2BOFJ

2015-07-02

United Kingdom (Vodafone)

5.1.1

G925FXXU2POFC

G925FVFG2BOF2
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] -Favstylez-:
5 Hours SOT with a lot of youtube,facebook,chrome and whatsapp. For 1 Hour Spotify was running. Pretty happy with it :)

Sent from my //Edge\\
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] jonas_lobo:
battery 6 hours screen on, gaming, GPs, Internet, videos and Facebook

I like my battery life, i had one LG g2, that surpassed by far the notes 3 and 4 of my friends, and my new smartphone s6 edge still surpasses my note edge friend as a tradition :D

Edit: i'm running 5.0, many said that 5.1 have a worse battery life, if someone could tell me please if eventually that is true, i would be gratefull, ty :D
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] hedline:
Since upgrading my phone to 5.1 I get an average of 3,5~4 hours of screen on time. 24 hours between charges.
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] zakvoline:
Hi,

I need some help with specific info please HELP! Its not software problem but i know here are the smartest ppl so please :) i have salt water damaged s6 edge I power it on with power supply for now but i need and looking for s6 Edge battery connector the one soldered to motherboard but i find only on one place and price is not fair!So i start searching for s6 and they look the same but need to know will fit or they are not the same.

Best regards
[Galaxy S6 Edge General] Urban Designs:
You can't use an S6 charging port.

You need to get the one for your model number.

Here's your best shot:

http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale...150816104018&SearchText=s6+edge+charging+port