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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Eddie Hicks:
Just picked up S6 yesterday. Had a S4 for 18 months. Researching the S6 I was concerned about all of the negative talk concerning the battery. But I like the phone enough that I figured I'll give it a try and if it doesn't work out I can go with something else. My wife purchased the new iPhone 6S the same time I got my S6. So I searched S6 vs 6S reviews to see how they compare. I found one review that had interesting information concerning the battery life of each phone. In this particular test the Samsung was significantly better. The following is a part of the text of the review followed by a link to the full review.

"We ran the 90 minute techradar video on both handsets, with screens on full brightness and accounts syncing over Wi-Fi in the background, to see how much life each lost in an hour and a half.

The iPhone 6S saw a decline from 100% to 70% during the test, which isn't a great result. Meanwhile the Galaxy S6 dropped just 16% in the same test - and that's with a larger, higher resolution display."

http://www.techradar.com/us/news/ph...phones/iphone-6s-vs-samsung-galaxy-s6-1302630I don't hear a lot of noise from iPhone 6S owners about battery life yet but it was just released. I'm considering getting the 6S if my S6 doesn't pan out. But I may get the iPhone 6 which has a larger battery than the 6S.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] el6006:
Just wanted to add that I factory reset my phone yesterday and once all my apps had been installed back, I used Package Disabler to disable a bunch of stuff and it has improved the battery life greatly. Right before I was barely getting around 3.5 maybe 4 hours or so. Right now its sitting at 3% battery with a SOT of 5h 25m. Nice!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] droidiac13:
Are you rooted?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] el6006:
Nope. I'm on Verizon 5.1.1. and Verizon doesn't want people to enjoy life or Android therefore no root. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] tcuwolf:
What r ur setting do tell
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Sorry, I wasn't criticizing you, just agreeing with his general point! :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] iowabowtech:
Well my battery test for today is on hold, been running logcats in various forms so I keep bump charging as a result. But if wifi is indeed the culprit, I may be seeing why:

D/STATUSBAR-WifiQuickSettingButton( 4028): onWifiSignalChanged enabled=true enabledDesc:"Jansen"
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): refreshNwBoosterIndicator :false
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): refreshNwBoosterIndicator - setNWBoosterIndicators(false)
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): applyVZW
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): applyVZW : mDataTypeDisabledIconIdcom.android.systemui:drawable/stat_sys_data_connected_disabled_4g_lte
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): refreshNwBoosterIndicator :false
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): refreshNwBoosterIndicator - setNWBoosterIndicators(false)
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): applyVZW
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): applyVZW : mDataTypeDisabledIconIdcom.android.systemui:drawable/stat_sys_data_connected_disabled_4g_lte
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): refreshNwBoosterIndicator :false
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): refreshNwBoosterIndicator - setNWBoosterIndicators(false)
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): applyVZW
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): applyVZW : mDataTypeDisabledIconIdcom.android.systemui:drawable/stat_sys_data_connected_disabled_4g_lte
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): refreshNwBoosterIndicator :false
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): refreshNwBoosterIndicator - setNWBoosterIndicators(false)
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): applyVZW
D/StatusBar.NetworkController( 4028): applyVZW : mDataTypeDisabledIconIdcom.android.systemui:drawable/stat_sys_data_connected_disabled_4g_lte

...makes up the vast majority of debugging log, just keeps repeating. Does that appear normal to anyone or does it seem like its constantly checking wifi state? At first glance, it seems like the latter to me. The most interesting thing imo is the constant repetition of "D/STATUSBAR-WifiQuickSettingButton( 4028): onWifiSignalChanged". It's not changing, I'm leaving wifi on the whole time. No changes are being made in the quick settings area.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] THADDIUS25:
Almost got 5hrs sot. But cell standby is just crazy 62%.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] elter:
Hi,

I have VZW S6 Edge and did some research today on various forums, reddit and tried several things on my phone, including factory reset. It _looks like_ my 'cell standby' problem is finally fixed now. I'll wait a day to confirm before calling it a victory, but... Some facts:

1. This problem is somehow tied to wifi. Being connected to WiFi network causes this standby issue.

2. It's related to VoLTE (Advanced calling) in some magic way.

Initially, I had it disabled on VZW side and didn't believe it could be a problem. After researching a bit, wiping cache and performing factory reset I finally decided to give it a shot and activate the feature on VZW end, wait 5 mins as advised and reboot the phone. That did it, no more 'cell standby drain' for more than one hour or so. I hope it will stay like this.

Hope it helps. I'll report back later to confirm these findings.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Zameus:
How about the time it takes to fully charge the S6 with the non standard galaxy s6 cable and faster charger. I'm at 20%, and plugged my phone to a spare usb cable and usb wall charger I had laying around the house and it's telling me 5hrs until full charge. Am I being too picky or is this about right? Coming from an iPhone 5s. :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] droidiac13:
Today was the worst I've had for battery. A little over 10 hours off the charger with only 2.5 hours of SOT. I don't get it. I want to stay with the S6. Any thoughts on if exchanging it would help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] iowabowtech:
I found the same to be true. Cell standby was nowhere to be found and Google Services took the lead. I just went back to WiFi instead because battery life was even worse and within a couple hours, cell standby went from not even being on the list, up to 2nd biggest user and gaining fast.

I'm going to try enabling volte as the post above suggests and see what gives.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] junksecret:
I also had HD calling disabled on my account. I called Verizon and had them activate it. I also have stopped using Wi-fi at my house since I have good signal and an unlimited data plan. The most interesting part is that looking at my stats in "Better Battery Stats" the phone now shows it "sleeping" for the 1st time since I got it. Maybe this info will help you smart guys figure it out....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] droidiac13:
Taken With A Grain of Salt

Whether this is true or not, I was just told by Verizon that there is a known issue with the phone and that it is related to WiFi. For whatever reason, when connected to WiFi, the phone is still constantly trying to connect to the cell network. I didn't hear all that she said because I was too busy saying, "See. I told you there was a problem." Anyway, she said that the notes in her system said they are aware of it and will be sending out an update to fix. There was no ETA on the update, but that they are working on this and one other major bug. Something to do with data connectivity and it not connecting to 4GLTE as it should while on a call.

Just thought I would share what I was told.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] geoff5093:
Overnight. Why wouldn't you charge overnight? That way when you wake up for school/work it's fully charged.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
To each his/her own... some nights I charge, some nights I like listening to music falling asleep (with earbuds). But I can just plug in at my office so that's no big deal.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] magnumrt562:
But why?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] waleed300:
my stats
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Man those are good... I wish I knew how Google Services, Google OS, and Cell Standby weren't at the top. Yours appears to idle really well, too. I would be more than happy with those stats right there.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] waleed300:
It wasn't like that the first two days, it was awful. I had to add advanced calling on my account online and enable it on my phone as well. It's been running great since. One of my coworkers was still having issues with hers with draining battery up until yesterday and it seems that it has finally fixed itself after a few charge cycles and a reset/clear cache.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Hmm. I've had advanced calling on my line and my phone since day 1. Is there a way to get into recovery to clear cache or are you just referring to a factory reset? Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] waleed300:
Yes, boot into recovery I believe power + volume down + home button and wipe cache and factory reset it from there After you charge it to 100%
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Do you have Google Now and all of that on? And high accuracy location, etc etc?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] waleed300:
Yes i live off of Google Now. I have location and gps enabled on my 40 minute commute to and from work, other than that I have it off unless I need directions or information about a near by event or store or something then I'll just turn it on whenever I need it then back off. I also have my moto 360 paired all day as well. I was disappointed the first two days and was ready to return it buy glad I gave it a chance as it seems the battery is now better calibrated :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Thanks for that info. Do you have anything disabled?

I'm frustrated b/c I got rid of the Cell Standby issue and then I've been plagued by Google Services being the top every time - and I know it's killing my idle time. I wiped cache in recovery, but really don't want to do a factory reset... already have so many great pictures on this thing! I've been through at least 4-5 full battery cycles as well. This device is so perfect in so many ways, but between some reception issues and not being able to go more than 12 hours (with appx 2 hours SOT) without plugging in just isn't practical. Sorry, I'm just venting a bit now... :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Gboss01:
My stats from the last full charge...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] geoff5093:
No you don't.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] bobbarker2:
recovery is volume up + home + power, volume down is odin mode.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] hopesrequiem:
Ok. Keep charging overnight. Have fun.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] geoff5093:
I'd love to see proof of your claim that keeping it plugged in over night kills the battery, versus leaving it unplugged and draining the battery then recharging it again in the morning.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] bobbarker2:
He has no real proof, only anecdotes and old-wives tales. Perhaps there was a noticeable effect with some earlier battery techs, but it isn't worth being concerned about anymore.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] geoff5093:
That's fine if you choose to do that,

Sent from my "bigger is smaller" LG G3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] hopesrequiem:
Last cycle.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] trikotret:
When you wake up, plug in your phone while you get ready for work. Make sure you leave your house at 100% and then test your battery throughout the day. That'll give us better battery statistics.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Gboss01:
:d
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] hopesrequiem:
That's pretty damn impressive especially since you're getting that consistently. How many apps have you disabled? Mind making a list?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] NumberTwoinQQ:
im getting so, so battery life, barely squeezed in four hours of on screen time
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Gboss01:
No problem bud, I attached a screenshot of the disabled apps.

I unistalled Dropbox and some Vodafone bloat too.

I'm going to root my phone and install XtreStoLite ROM later. Guys are getting g good battery life on that ROM.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Glitch4583:
Looks like Samsung pushed an update today. Guess we'll see if that helps. http://m.androidcentral.com/galaxy-...help?utm_source=pulsenews&utm_medium=referral
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Under the app permissions for the Samsung Push Service app, one of the items is that it can prevent the phone from sleeping. It would be great if that was the culprit... :fingers-crossed:

I wonder if those that have already been getting decent battery life (with everything on) had this disabled...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Shawn haz root:
I have that app disabled so I guess this doesn't help my battery life :(. I am hoping for a firmware update to help. Android System and Standby take up my battery life, even when I am not using it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] wifiguru:
+1, I have it disabled too. Battery life is still pretty lame.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Yesterday I went with location and Google Now turned off completely and had excellent battery life (relative to the phone obviously). Today I still have Google Now disabled, and have location set to "power saving". Not as good a pace as yesterday, but still better than before. Tomorrow (or maybe later today) I'm going to add Google Now back and and see. how it goes. My hunch is it's location related (especially based on some other comments in these threads) and Google Now shouldn't be a problem.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Shawn haz root:
I have google now disabled as well. I don't use it. I have location set to power saving and am usually connected to wifi. I am on battery since 8am (2pm here now) and am at 72% with maybe 25m of screen time and 5 minutes of phone calls. Maybe I am just too used to my Razr Maxx HD but it seems like it drops battery too fast.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Is Cell Standby one of your biggest users so far?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Shawn haz root:
Cell Standby and Android System are always way higher than the screen which I find weird. I have disabled so many apps and can't seem to figure it out. Yesterday when I went to bed, Android System was over 30% and standby was over 10%. I'd post a screen shot of where I am now, but I've been rebooting, charging and doing all kinds of things so it wouldn't be accurate.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Cell Standby seems directly related to wifi, so you might try going without wifi for awhile just to see what that does. Android system has always been near the top for me as well, but it was always trumped significantly by Cell Standby and Google Services. :confused:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Shawn haz root:
I think the Google Services being so high is from Google Now. I would of thought that battery would be conserved when using WiFi over mobile data. If this is a bug, I hope there's a patch for it real soon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] S6ER:
I have Verizon as well. Can someone explain to me where the VOLTE options are in settings because I can find them. I dont think I have that option
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Shawn haz root:
Settings>>Advanced Calling
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] geoff5093:
I did find that turning off WiFi, location history reporting, and using greenify to kill apps when I double tap to turn the screen off increased battery life. I still find though that idle use is way higher than it should be, while actually using the phone I'm amazed at how slowly it takes the battery to drop. It seems like a great device for someone who is always on their phone, but not so much for someone who leaves it idle most of the day.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Shawn haz root:
:good: EXACTLY how I feel about the phone. The idle time has to be better than this. I am really hoping a firmware upgrade to fix this is in the works.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Mine has been idling pretty darn good since I started testing without location on yesterday. I've slowly been adding things back. Location is now set to "power saving" and I just added Google Now back in about an hour ago. So far the idle drain is still quite slow - hard to gauge exactly, but it can't be more than 2-3% per hour at the rate it's going, MAYBE 4%. That update Samsung pushed to the Samsung Push Service might've helped... I only say that because one of that app's permissions was "prevent phone from sleeping" or something like that.

---------- Post added at 03:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:21 PM ----------

A couple of questions from that phrase... lol

First, are you using some sort of combination like Nova + Soft Lock to double tap to turn the screen off? And greenify has an option to run the "kill" command when the screen goes off?

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] travishamockery:
It's a nova gesture. Use gesture for double tap screen and select app shortcuts. You'll see one 'hibernate and lockscreen' for greenify.

Pretty awesome and I never knew it was there haha. I've always used greenify with root and had no use for that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Nice, thanks. I knew about the gesture, had no idea about the Greenify option.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] geoff5093:
Yeah it's awesome, I even use it on my G3 since the double tap feature otherwise only works on the status bar. I have it set to hibernate + lock screen on double tap, which is really handy.

I found something interesting regarding idle use. I had my phone in my car all day while at work, with it in airplane mode but WiFi on. It was on from 7AM to 4:30PM and at 4:30 it was at 72%, with <2 min of SOT. By comparison, I had my G3 that I used for the day which was also on from 7AM to 4:30PM, but I was using it for voice calls, snapchat, instagram, etc. throughout the day and it was at 75%.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] das boot:
I picked up my phone 3 1/2 hours ago, and I'm at 18% cell standby
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] mlv2148:
Wifi off, location off, Google Now disabled, auto brightness. This is terrible. I'm considering returnin this phone just due to battery life, I like everything else. No idea how people are getting five hours SOT. Any one had improvements? Do yall have it on power saving mode all the time?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Grr... my corporate network won't let me see the attachments to your post. But I had your setup a couple of days ago and that's when I started really seeing improvements in batter life - though I haven't gotten 5 either... the best I've done is just under 4 in about 15 hours of total usage. What's at the top of your list in those pics?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] mlv2148:
Android system 21%. Android OS 9% are top two
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] S6ER:
I'm almost positive that's not the same as Volte

I did a few tweaks. I downloaded a wifi on/off app I can on my main screen. It's so I don't forget to turn wifi off when I'm not connected. I'll explain later.

I did the Samsung update while at work yesterday. I got the charge up to 98% before heading home. It hasn't been on a charger since yesterday at 5pm with wifi completely turned off until this morning when I got to work, so now I'm on wifi.

I'm not sure but I think it was the wifi being consistently on that's making the battery drain.

I'm also not sure if it was the update or me turning wifi off at night that's helping matters.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
It is. Verizon calls it "Advanced Calling" - but it's simply enabling calls to go over the LTE connection - i.e. VoLTE.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] S6ER:
I cant post pictures yet because I'm still a noob but heres some current battery info from my S6

54% Approximately 11 hours left

16h 53m 50s on battery

Time on 2h 10m 30s
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] hopesrequiem:
Still going strong. Took off the charger at around 9am yesterday and still going. Will update later with the final
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] iowabowtech:
I've settled on my current settings for now which are VoLTE on to fix/reduce wifi cell standby issue, bluetooth on and synced to my Garmin vivosmart, location on (power saving method), and only turned off sync for the stuff I didn't need on Google account (movies, books, drive, etc), google location history off.

Getting about 4.5 SOT on average over the past 3 days and easily all day use. Works for now but I'm still hoping an update makes improvements.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Anandtech's review (battery section): http://www.anandtech.com/show/9146/the-samsung-galaxy-s6-and-s6-edge-review/3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] S6ER:
cool cool, thanks for clarifying because I wasnt 100% sure either. This feature isnt bothering my phone. I'm certain it was the Wifi situation
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] iowabowtech:
Same here. Though I was surprised that my calls are actually worse sounding on the voLTE considering it's supposed to be kooler. :D

There's an echo effect for me when using that feature. But I'll take it to 86 the cell standby issue for now anyway.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Squall429:
That's some nice battery life you got there! :o Mind telling us what you have setup to get that type of life?

Also has anyone figured out how to get rid of the blasted Google Player Services battery drain? It's killing me.. x.x
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] iowabowtech:
Play Services or just Google Services? If the latter, disable sync on anything on your Google account you don't need, disable Google location history and ensure that "ok Google" from any screen is disabled. I've long since believed that's a silent killer. Always do better with that off.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] jntdroid:
Yes. Try disabling a bunch of different items that you're not sure if they even contribute to GPS, then cross your fingers, and after a few days it should improve. That's what happened to me this week anyway.

In all seriousness - for me turning off location seemed to make an immediate difference in GPS, and just toggling it back on when I need it. Then today I turned everything back on and it wasn't a problem any more. So who the heck knows...
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Squall429:
Figured I'd upload my stats here to show you what I've disabled.

Also I'm new to Tapatalk so forgive me for the big pictures.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Shawn haz root:
Here's my stats from today. Had the phone a week and this was the best it has run so far.

VOLTE is on, mostly on WiFi all day. Maybe 15 minutes in phone calls.

Syncing:

GMAIL

Facebook

Exchange account

GroupMe

Tango

Location on, set to power saving

Auto Brightness
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] bobdude5:
Getting a little better, but I still don't know how some of you are getting a full day and 5 hours of screen on time. I would love that kind of battery life
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Squall429:
Heres my current battery...

From my last post also, Google Play Services is killing me..
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] das boot:
I'm getting roughly 14-15 hours on battery and 5 hours SOT. I think that's great battery life. I actually had to work to drain the battery. I'm very happy with this phone.

Edit: I might have been closer to 17-18 hours on battery. Can't remember exactly, but I was definitely at 5 hours SOT before I started charging. I have no issues with battery life.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] nateohio:
I'm getting roughly the same, personally I think the battery is good with the issues that are prevalent. I can't wait to see what happens when they fix it worth a software update.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S6] Rippley05:
Battery life is as bad as early Android. Software is getting a touch laggy, debloated touchwiz isn't debloated at all. This is a fairly poor phone, if it wasn't for the new build.. .it would be a huge failure.

I'll probably return it and keep my note 4.