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[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Could anybody elaborate on what exactly Google Location Reporting does? I've read a couple of posts saying how disabling it drastically improved their battery life.

I don't want to lose out on features that Location Reporting might offer, but I don't even know what it does.

Thanks!
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
This seems like a well thought out article. http://m.androidcentral.com/understanding-googles-android-location-tracking
[Galaxy Note5 General] Pappy35:
This may be but in order to compare one phone against another (or many) you really have to develop some sort of standardized testing. It may not agree with your personal findings but it's the only way to objectively compare one phone against another.

I have an iPhone 6 (which is being replaced by the Note 5) and typically get 5 hours of SOT over a 15 hour period and plug it in with 30%-50% remaining. That tells me nothing about how some other phone would hold up. With objective tests, I can extrapolate that, if the Note 5 does x-percent better than an iPhone 6, I would get a similar improvement. Of course, for me this is moot as I don't use-up a charge in a day anyway.

I am encouraged by the stats being posted but the data still isn't truly meaningful because we don't know what their usage pattern is. They might be playing FPS games all day or just sitting there watching the clock change.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Dr. Evo:
I posted this in another battery life thread. Phone Arena just did a comprehensive benchmark test on the Note 5s battery. Apparently, it really does outperform the Note 4. But by how much in real world usage, that's still debatable. At any rate I am a lot less worried about battery life on the Note 5. And, I got to play with the gold S6 Edge + and the beautiful titanium gray Note 5, today. Not as wowed as I thought I would be regarding feel, but they do look beautiful.

PHONE ARENA: Galaxy Note5 battery life benchmark: Outperforms the Note 4 despite smaller battery
[Galaxy Note5 General] alex9898:
Standardised tests are a good thing to compare phones, I agree with you.

But, in order to make good use of this kind of data, you have to take more than just raw data into account.

Some important factors can make big difference in the final classment. For example, because of different testing methodology, iPhone 6 plus is an average phone when it comes to battery life on phonearena but an incredible one on Anandtech.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Pappy35:
Oh yeah. I totally get that. The iPhone 6 is incredibly power-efficient when it's in standby. I had it here on my desk for four hours this morning without touching it and it only dropped ONE percent. The problem is how do take this into consideration? Without bending my brain about it now, I'm sure there's a way to objectively assess this but it would be meaningless at this point because the reviewers have what they have for testing and the database of results would be voided if they did it differently.

I think that looking at the battery testing results from a few different reviewers would be good enough to form a more or less informed decision about a phone's battery life expectation as compared to its rivals.
[Galaxy Note5 General] alex9898:
In the case of the iPhone 6 Plus it's not even the stanby that is the difference factor because neither phonearena nor anantech are testing stanby battery life (as far as I know, GSMArena is the only one to do that).

It's more likeky that phonarena uses a mix of activities that includes videos (where LCDs are far behind AMOLED) when Anantech mostly tests iPhones where they are good (web browsering with low refresh rate).

But I agree with you again, we have to wait for other results before jumping to conclusion.
[Galaxy Note5 General] JasonJoel:
And don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to be a hater. I hope it is 5-6 hours. That would be great.

But after only getting 3.5 hours SOT off the S6 Edge, I'm gun shy.

But anyway, everyone's uses are different, so I probably just need to buy one and test it. Would just have to eat the $35 if I return it.
[Galaxy Note5 General] robertopod1968:
I'm not sure how you are seeing the on screen time on an iPhone.

Just so people know. They have a usage time which is in no way the same. IPhone usage time means anytime the phone is doing anything, if the screen is on or not. Syncing emails, updating apps, etc. So it can sit without the screen on for the whole day and still show "usage". Can't really compare usage time and android screen on time.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Pappy35:
Well, you're probably right as I never really understood what it was measuring (yet another Apple control - secret battery stats - that I'll be happy to be free of) that's been driving me nuts but that's a another topic). Regardless, all I really care about is that the phone can get through the day. I don't want to have to deal with "range anxiety", to borrow a phrase from Muskland. If the Note 5 does that, I'm good.
[Galaxy Note5 General] robertopod1968:
I think you will be more than fine with a note 5 if a iPhone 6 gets you through the day. If you were running down an iPhone 6+ in a day then that might be different but the note 5 should hang with an iPhone 6 anyday.
[Galaxy Note5 General] axhng:
On Day 3. Not the best I've seen so far, and this is actually similar to what i got from the S6. will keep monitoring.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mix1987:
Went to sleep yesterday with my Note 5 charged to 100%. Woke up 7 hours later with my battery at 94%. Very surprised to see such high idle power usage. Can anyone test this?
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechBSwift:
There goes stupid play services eating up the battery again...on my s6 edge I have background data off for play services and it helped my battery big time

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[Galaxy Note5 General] Zorachus:
Wow, that's pretty crappy battery life. Only 4h Screen On time ? Yikes :(

My Nexus 6 routinely gives me on average 5.5h Screen On time, and overall like 25 to 30 hours total battery life, and bad days I may only get 4.5h Screen On time with like 20 hours total battery life, but 9 times out fo 10, I get the 5.5h Screen On time.

Again, thanks to rooting and my tweaked custom ROM + Kernel ( Hells core beta 9 Mako ) and this ROM is 100% rock solid extremely stable, but makes the phone faster and smoother, and extends the battery life significantly.

To me my Nexus 6 giving me 5.5h Screen On is the borderline, of the minimum I need. Usually I find the 5.5h just barely enough to get me through the day, I need and want more battery life, because I hammer my phone all day and night long, couple hours of phone calls per day, million text messages, million e-mails, GPS Navigation, surf the web, watch YouTube, take photos.

Bottom line, if the Note 4 only gets around 4h Screen On time, that's terrible for a Phablet, phone would be useless for me by afternoon. Samsung screwed up big time, long gone are the glory days of the awesome Note 2 getting 6.5h to 7h Screen On time, the Note 2 was known as a battery champion king.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Kaboose666:
I feel you're totally discounting fast charging and wireless fast charging. When I can plug my phone in during my lunch break and go from 50% to 100%, do I really need my phone to last me all day...? I get some people NEED that sort of ****, but that isn't me.
[Galaxy Note5 General] axhng:
I am in the same camp as well. As long as it lasts me a day, I'm golden. But there are really some power users who would need more than the Note 5 can offer, also you have to factor in that the usual consumer changes phone when their contract expires, and that's 2 years.

For user who needs to charge often, the fast charger awesome, but it doesn't change the fact that batteries degrade over time. The ability to easily and cheaply replace the battery after a year of use is definitely convenient.
[Galaxy Note5 General] geoff5093:
Usage is all relative. On my G3 and G4 I don't get above 1.5-2 hours of SOT, but that's just because my usage is that I do a lot of BT streaming, and I don't live on my phone during work.
[Galaxy Note5 General] mix1987:
Mostly using internet, youtube and messaging. Battery life definitely is worthy of praise for all the improvements in the hardware department. Adding in fast charge and wireless fast charge, I think I can live without an extra battery. : )
[Galaxy Note5 General] KWoods41:
Nice use of the Scroll Capture feature! Now I'm seeing how useful this can be.
[Galaxy Note5 General] CLARiiON:
^^ DisplayMate efficiency analysis. 21% increase for full white screen
[Galaxy Note5 General] matheus_sc:
that depends of your use, phone arena is better for compare because use same test in all phones, and note 5 do much better than n6
[Galaxy Note5 General] AB__CD:
Tbh not that good, but don't really care. Probably a rogue app, or a setting, but it's getting me through what I need, and fast charging is so convenient. I'll maybe do a reset after Marshmallow update and see what happens.
[Galaxy Note5 General] hardir:
Why does the device during sleep, when the WiFi consumes a lot of energy?

PS

kernel arter97 X, firmware this: N920CXXU2AOK6_N920COXE2AOJ5_SER
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
check out my results of light usage - post #223 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64195339
[Galaxy Note5 General] AB__CD:
Beat this if you can!
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
wtf? you quoted me :)) i already have beaten you buddy...i got 15+ hrs of sot :))))
[Galaxy Note5 General] AB__CD:
I'll get there... If I keep glance running! ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
ok, good luck :))) also set your brightness to medium at least half the time...
[Galaxy Note5 General] AB__CD:
Nah, this is cheating. It's just a black screen on dim brightness...

Left it overnight to see how much it would drain, would get to 18 hours if I'd left it alone, but I have better things to do!
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
i wasn t cheating but whatever you say man ;)
[Galaxy Note5 General] AB__CD:
Never was saying you were, was saying I was! Peace out man.
[Galaxy Note5 General] luffy75:
Recently bad battery life

These past 2-3 weeks my note 5 have been draining battery a lot. Not even 1 hour the battery already went from 100% to 80% with just using the internet app, twitter and whatsapp. Before this I had excellent battery life. At least 4.5 hours of sreen on time and 12 hours usage. I even factory reset the phone but still having the same problem. Have anyone been having the same problem?
[Galaxy Note5 General] falcons2:
I've been having similar issues. Mine is mostly bad standy drain. I tried factory resetting it with no luck. I can usually get through most days but its annoying how much my battery will drain when not using it.
[Galaxy Note5 General] luffy75:
Same here, it drains without me doing anything. I factory reset the phone twice to make sure it wasnt some rogue app. But even though I set it up as new device that disnt help. Really dont know what is wrong, before this 5 hours sot was easy, now it is just disappointing.
[Galaxy Note5 General] luffy75:
Can I know what you disabled?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Digitalkarma:
Coming from an HTC One M7 and have to say i was expecting a little more from the Note 5 battery life.

When the M7 was new, battery drained to 60% with medium usage. 13-15 hrs total time, about 3-4 hr screen on-time

For the Note 5, battery drained close to 40% with medium usage. 11-12 hrs total time, about 3-4 hr screen on time.

Will test again to see if results are same

Playing videos or mobile games for hours straight.. the M7 lasted anywhere from 4 to 5 1/2 hrs..

Havent played Youtube or any games on my Note 5 for hours and hours yet but i'm feeling it will be about the same as my One.. 4 to 5 hrs.. but it should be 6 to 7 hours but i'm doubting it

Samsung should have went with a 3400 mAh battery at least... really can't wait for the Marshmallow update so I can use Doze. The battery drain during screen off time is kind of unacceptable when the M7 has a better battery life and its only using 2300 mAh !
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
It's also a 2k display instead of 1080p
[Galaxy Note5 General] Digitalkarma:
True that. The display has as much to do with it but how bout when the screen is off? The main culprit here is the octacore chips.battery and software needs to be better optimized so CPU isn't being excessively used when it's not necessary. Battery drain when screen off is a little noticeable which is kind of puzzling. why did Samsung downgrade the battery to 3,000 mAh across the board when the components inside are more powerful?. the Note 4 has 3220 mAh and Nexus6p has 3450 nAh...and Samsung would sacrifice putting an inferior battery and making it non-removable no-less and no SD card for beauty? Not buying the story lol. They could've but just didn't want to

If Samsung can address the battery issue and add an extra hour of battery life with the Marshmallow update I will be happy. :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] en3s:
Medium uage .. brightnes set 50 % auto . Sync turned off only some notifications active.

Very pleased with this batt life on n5 .
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
seems about right!
[Galaxy Note5 General] Digitalkarma:
topping off at 6 hours of screen-on time as well with medium usage on stock. Haven't been able to reach 6 1/2 hrs yet maybe unless i use it non-stop?

don't think i can get more than that if i use the Note 5 a little bit less and try not charging it until it hits 2 days off the charger.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Stixxbixby:
No complaints here, especially coming from an S6 ?!
[Galaxy Note5 General] LiL_Assassin:
It's actually nothing to do with the CPU, it is wake locks as I can get it down to 0.3% p/h in standby
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
I think u shud let go of note 5 and go back to M7 or get LG v10.

I love my note 5. I think it's the best note. Maybe that's how I used it. I've had note 2, 3 and 4. And never bought extra battery... never swapped batteries so non removable is not a problem for me. Had one 16gb SD card that got carried over from note 2 3 and 4. Hence I just got 64gb note 5 and I am sure it's going to last me an yr or so.. and I've got offline music on my phone and pictures. Never movies...

So yeah I am in love with my note 5. Last 18 hrs easily with 4.5 to 5 hrs of SOT. When I go to bed it's still 20% or so left. I unplug around 12am. And then use it till next day 9 to 10 pm. M extremely satisfied.

If u r not happy V10 is ur best bet. Good luck :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] imkr1:
3g on, brightness set at 35% manually .

Sync off, GPS off.. seems like I can get proper 4h SOT. . BY the way running Stock Rom. .
[Galaxy Note5 General] dtaylorr:
Coming from a Note 3 with a newer battery, (replaced about three months ago), I can go a lot longer on the Note 5.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Henry Watson:
Note 5 battery

Although, Samsung Note 5 has limited battery life when watch video, it is still in top 5 cellphones of the year :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Is there any way to reduce the battery usage that Android System is taking up? What usually causes this high of a battery drain?
[Galaxy Note5 General] manishvy:
Not until you Root...lots of samsung useless apps eats battery.
[Galaxy Note5 General] skadude66:
Do you know which ones are affected by Android System? What's the difference between Android OS and Android System? Because I'm using Package Disabler Pro, but I don't know if I'm disabling the apps that are listed under Android System.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Billstrike_vk01:
Here the same, i think that is an issue that came w/last system update...
[Galaxy Note5 General] jellybear456:
At first after disabling apps I don't need and using using Package Disabler and the basic XML, I maxed out at 6-6 1/2 hours screen on time. Now I get maybe 4 if I'm lucky. But I agree with [MENTION=6099971]Billstrike_vk01[/MENTION], it seems to have gone down hill since the last update. I also feel I have more battery drain when I use WiFi as opposed to mobile data. Can't wait for marshmallow...
[Galaxy Note5 General] KR29:
Same problem i have .And i don't now what i can do to fix the problem.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Ace6644:
I'm having terrible android services battery drain. According to my battery stats android system kept my phone awake for 7 hours today. No matter what I do it won't go away. I've tried factory reset twice now. Is this a common issue? I'm desperate to find a fix.

---------- Post added at 04:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:34 AM ----------

I'm having the same issue. Is it possible to flash back to the previous firmware?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Ace6644:
I'm having the same issue. Is it possible to flash back to the previous firmware?
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechAnimal:
Limited? I watched almost 6 hrs of video on a recent flight and had about 60% left. Seems pretty good to me.
[Galaxy Note5 General] vhxlyt:
charged to 100%, played games for 70 mins and wechat up to 2 hours, 71% left.

good enough for me.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Ace6644:
Actual on screen time when using the phone is satifactory, however idle time has been a nightmare since the last update for me. Running stock with all bloat disabled, WiFi and data off, sitting on my night stand while I slept it lost 11 percent in 6 hours. Further inspection showed the phone stayed awake the entire time. Pretty desperate to find some way to either roll back firmware or fix whatever won't let the phone sleep.
[Galaxy Note5 General] vhxlyt:
No deep sleep ? In that case i think you may need to try other kernels...if you had rooted your phone.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Ace6644:
Man I wish I could. I have the att model note 5 and I think root and rom is impossible.
[Galaxy Note5 General] vhxlyt:
that's sad. Guess we can count on Marshmallow.:)
[Galaxy Note5 General] Ace6644:
That's true. Love the phone, but the last update has really ruined the experience for me. Hoping marshmallow is the solution, and that att doesn't wait until next November to release it once samsung pushes it out.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Barkleyfan:
I'm running Anie. Dunno if you can still roll back, I rolled back on Bob7.
[Galaxy Note5 General] KR29:
Is any post that we can freeze system apps with titanium back up for better battery life..?
[Galaxy Note5 General] frnkly:
Unless your phone is rooted then yes you can but if not then no you cant as it needs to access system files.
[Galaxy Note5 General] KR29:
Ι have root my phone yes .
[Galaxy Note5 General] frnkly:
Then you can freeze apps there are list on Google and xda but REMEMBER TO BACKUP VIA NANDROID FIRST incase something goes wrong
[Galaxy Note5 General] golfinggino:
I have a nexus 6p and getting 7 hours sot on average, I am thinking of getting a note 5 so I can use my gear s watch again but when I had a note 4 the battery life was not good is the note 5 getting closer to my 6p in terms of battery life? I would normally just buy a note 5 to test it out but currently have 8 phones and not looking to buy another one and have to sell it the next day if it is not close in battery life, anyone who has both the 6p and note 5 and can comment on the battery life would be greatly appreciated
[Galaxy Note5 General] vhxlyt:
N9200-CN version，rooted，no gapps

there's a screenshot of the battery life as you can see.

Played games a lot recently so actually the approximate time could be better...that would be about 20 hours everytime I juice it to 100% in daily use , works for me.:)

I'm in China, gotta say the apps in China suck, they can't use GCM so they have to active their own push services, which make them waste even more battery, have to root the device and use xposed to freeze some annoying apps.

If Gapps work well , maybe , just maybe, the note 5 could perform better :p
[Galaxy Note5 General] imatts:
At first, before I rooted / installed a custom kernel, I was getting around 4hrs SOT. After, but before I flashed StockyMod to get rid of the Samsung/Microsoft bloatware apps, I was getting around 5hrs SOT. And now, after disabling most samsung services, and getting rid of 90% of the samsung apps, for the first run, it seems to be going incredibly well. For example, my battery is at 84% and my SOT is 1hr32m.

Based on this usage pattern, I should be getting about 7-8hrs SOT, which is DOUBLE what I was getting before I rooted/did anything.

For those with completely stock, non rooted, out of the box, I highly recommend rooting, flasking AR kernel, flashing StockyMod, and using your own launcher (Nova / Google are great).
[Galaxy Note5 General] ram4ufriends:
List of apps you disabled? Whats your ROM and kernel and any kernel tweaks?
[Galaxy Note5 General] imkr1:
It's slightly better than S6 my previous phone...
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechAnimal:
Here is my usage from yesterday which is indicative of what I've been getting. This is completely stock with nothing disabled, two Sim cards in the phone and areas of poor signal. 28hrs standby with almost 4hrs screen on time and 20% charge left.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cellardoor04:
These are the times I get from my unlocked international Note 5.
[Galaxy Note5 General] carlitobahsoun:
this mine last week with dr ketan vl8 and stock kernel coming with the rom with using on wifii only ....iam trying now the same rom with arter kernel v11

N920c/64g/dr ketan L8/arter v11 kernel
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
Seems legit with light use...i even got 12-13hrs using only tapatalk, some facebook and some chrome...and over 1day of general use. Happy new year!
[Galaxy Note5 General] maksud_ans:
my note 5 battery life
[Galaxy Note5 General] ram4ufriends:
ROM, kernel and setup details pls...
[Galaxy Note5 General] supermedo:
Hello guys, I just got the N5 and my battery life seems horrendous compared to what I see here (Only 3-3:30 SOT). Is that normal? what do you think I should do? already debloated using basic xml, auto brightness, wifi only.
[Galaxy Note5 General] LiL_Assassin:
No that's not normal. If you're not willing to root. Turn off sync. Nfc, and location.. If you are willing to use a custom kernel. Or custom rom. You will get better.
[Galaxy Note5 General] supermedo:
So you think if I root I'll get better results? I'm just worried that it might be a bad battery and if I root I can't return it for warranty.
[Galaxy Note5 General] LiL_Assassin:
Yes I believe so. However if your worried. Take it back and explain your problem. If they give you a new one or a new battery somehow and it still happens. I'd then go for the root
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
I dunno bout rooting. Didn't help my nexus 4 battery life with custom ROM and freezing apps/service. My note 5 (which is my primary device) gets 4 to 5 hrs of SOT with 16 to 18 hrs of standby easily
[Galaxy Note5 General] LiL_Assassin:
Custom roms and freezing apps and services aren't the only things you have to do. The best thing is to check out BetterBatteryStats. But that's good.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Dreadsteel:
Anyone here notice a decent amount of battery life increase after using package disabler with the basic xml?

I just got my note and I did the basic xml. I can't tell if it is helping because I started off using the phone with the basic xml right away.

So I'm just wondering if it really helps or is it just placebo.

Also anyone notice performance drop or any crashing?

Thank you
[Galaxy Note5 General] Dreadsteel:
I have both phones.

The note gets better screen on time if you use your phone a lot. It's stand by time is less than the nexus cause it doesn't have doze yet.

Overall it's about the same for me for both phones.

The only issue I have is that I have the at&t version so I think my battery life for my note could be better if I rooted.
[Galaxy Note5 General] MohamedRaafat:
Could You please tell me how did you achieve that ?. am using greenify and disabled location settings and those similar settings and I get about 5 hours of SOT with the venom rom and arter's kernel so what should I do next ?

Thanks in advance
[Galaxy Note5 General] supermedo:
These are my numbers, stock rom, unrooted, debloated, using greenify, no Bluetooth/nfc, auto brightness, dark theme. What else can I do to improve this?

Sent from Galaxy Note 5