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[Galaxy Note5 General] Techcoffee:
vs.

Haha, so who do we go with?

On a serious note for eskimochaos, though there are folks saying they're getting great times with the Note 5 I'm always happy to do some pruning where possible. If you read through De-bloating & De-Touchwiz'ing thread, what else have you done to make the Note 5 less crappy than what you've said?
[Galaxy Note5 General] sarasws:
I am using NOVA launcher from day one. I use all the gesture features of Nova. The touchwiz does not offer much freedom and I think we will be wasting a lot of screen space with those large icons of touchwiz. I am still using the stock ROM and have not rooted.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Techcoffee:
How can Nova Launcher help get rid of the stock settings that you said negatively affect battery life? It can certainly help with usability and preference, but not battery life that I know of.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Allesa:
This is my first phone that has no difference in battery life between using WiFi or LTE. Tested twice using each mode exclusively , Both reaches roughly 6hrs sot (attached screen shot on lte) . And that's on bad Lte reception at my office, 1-2 bars.

On my previous phones, using Lte sacrificed 1-2 hours of sot compared to using WiFi exclusively.

920i, stock, not rooted, debloated, living in Jakarta, Indonesia where 4g/LTE signal still very new and patchy.
[Galaxy Note5 General] sarasws:
I am not saying Nova will help battery saving. My point is even after using Nova I could manage to get 6.5 hours battery. :)
[Galaxy Note5 General] daffie:
Well I do think it can...and could make a difference. Stock launcher is part of TW and we all know how bloated TW is. I can easily picture TW launcher be heavier on the battery than other launchers. Btw I haven't done any tests though, this is just thinking out loud.

I use Nova exclusively on my phones and have done for many years now. Function- and speed/smoothness wise nothing beats it.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Techcoffee:
Sorry, misunderstood you. Yeah, getting +6hrs SOT is pretty cool. Some other people on here talk about 8-10, but I don't know if I could manage that without rooting.
[Galaxy Note5 General] JasonJoel:
I use nova and I agree it is more customizable.

However I don't find it appreciably smoother and faster. I think both the note 5 tw launcher and nova are smooth...
[Galaxy Note5 General] showmo:
Guys my android system is killing my battery. Any suggestions please?
[Galaxy Note5 General] luciferiusXI:
Not bad at all
[Galaxy Note5 General] Whiskey103:
Thread cleaned, please keep it nice and friendly shall we ;)

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[Galaxy Note5 General] a2kay:
MY Android System is also killing the battery. But it be came after the update to N920CXXU2AOJ5 before N920CXXU1AOH4 it was pretty cool. No changes, anybody idea?
[Galaxy Note5 General] luciferiusXI:
Android system is usually related to built in services or processes running in the background. Check account auto synchronize settings or apps with push notifications on.
[Galaxy Note5 General] a2kay:
Sync is off and also push from apps. What for apps you mean?
[Galaxy Note5 General] pakure:
May be photos or videos are backing up to Google photos. ..

ścribbled from my Note 5
[Galaxy Note5 General] gabesir:
Im happy with it. I get about 36hours . I have nova launcher disabled a bunch of crapware that came pre-installed, non rooted btw
[Galaxy Note5 General] 3bs11:
That's and understatement. I've had mine for about a week but never got more than 3.5-4 hours screen on time. What are your adjustments?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Zanr Zij:
Your sot depend on how you use phone phone. If all-light themed softs, high brightness ( outdoor ), turn on full of connections, heavy softwares ... 4hours is normal!
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
I just purchased my Note a few days back. I Uninstalled the photos app as I didn't want to sync all the time. My battery has been dismal. 4 hours sot. You could watch the percentage tick down. I received an email this morning my photos were backed up and ready to look at on Google photo. I quickly did a search and entered the Google settings to turn off sync. Now the bar isn't moving as I type this. We'll see how it goes.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Angry_Chick:
Good when screen is on, but also consuming a lot power when screen off... So really expecting the doze mode in Marshmallow.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Zanr Zij:
Disable hundred of Play Service help me alot on standby battery
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
"hundred of Play Service"? What is this? Just disable Play Service?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Zanr Zij:
Like this
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
Hmm... I have mine set to update when plugged in only. Maybe this is the difference? Here is my latest after stopping S-Voice and photos from uploading.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Zanr Zij:
How about awakes in your Android System and Android OS?
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
How do you check this?
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
Will this help?
[Galaxy Note5 General] javitolopez69:
What is this .is good for day use
[Galaxy Note5 General] Zanr Zij:
Press on their names in Battery
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
Thanks Ive almost added two hours to MY battery Life ! Im at 5 hours right now !
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
I can live with this! I've had the day off, so I've pretty much just been using the phone. Downloads and so on.....YouTube....etc...

I changed my launcher today as well. Living the phone!!
[Galaxy Note5 General] snir6590:
hey mate.. what did you do to get 5hrs SOT and a great battery life ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
I disabled all applications that were suckling my phone dry. These apps, even while turned off, continued to run in the background...Galaxy apps, flipboard and the widget on the left, Facebook, S-Voice, etc. None of those things offer what I can't do with the browser and google now or the play store. I also ditched play music and Google photo. Google was auto uploading my photos. I switched it off. It kind of freaked me out to see pictures of the inside of my house, exposure experiments, online. I basically did what all the others have recommended. I downloaded greenify, but don't use it. Everything else I leave alone. I listen to milk music and watch YouTube just like everyone else?

I use the Movescount app with multiple Suunto so didn't need the s-app for that either. I use Netflix so didn't need Google movies, etc...

The list is long, but most are crappy Samsung or AT&T apps...
[Galaxy Note5 General] ShadowFlare:
Just an update, a result after the 3rd charge cycle. No root, stock XSG ROM, disabled bloatware, auto brightness

Just hit 3 hour SOT before plugging charger in at 20% as it's best to keep the battery at optimum health this way.
[Galaxy Note5 General] bala_gamer:
What application is this
[Galaxy Note5 General] Zanr Zij:
My Android Tools! You can find it on Play Store
[Galaxy Note5 General] eskimochaos:
Extremely impressed with the battery life. I lose 1-2% over the course of a night while its in standby and can easily get 2 days of usage and 4+ SOT.
[Galaxy Note5 General] adityakumara:
I don't feel a battery improvement after update :(
[Galaxy Note5 General] nickname_marco:
Any particular app which you disabled? I wish I could get such result.
[Galaxy Note5 General] 9lives:
Re WiFi "Deep Sleep" bug

I'm curious about this mentioned "wifi deep sleep" bug. My Note 5 experience (on T-Mo) is tainted by battery consumption when WiFi is on.

I did two days of comparisons. First day, Wifi on all day. Second day, only about 10 minutes for some syncing of photos/podcasts.

The battery consumption on the second day was half the first day, with SoT almost identical.

How does this bug not affect everyone? Is that why there is not uproar?

I can't post an image but my GSam battery stats were

Wifi On:

Used 87% in 15h 19m @ 5.7% per hr / 9h 27m active

Wifi Off:

Used 44% in 15h 19m @ 2.9% per hr / 3h 45m active

About 1 hour SoT per day.
[Galaxy Note5 General] gaston_garcia:
Battery life is pretty amazing.
[Galaxy Note5 General] nickname_marco:
especially if you charge your phone...

usage: 130%
[Galaxy Note5 General] gaston_garcia:
How should i set up the app so that I know just what I get from 1 charge?
[Galaxy Note5 General] nickname_marco:
there isn't any specific setup to do; you just charge your phone, reach full charge and unplug it - the app will automatically reset the counters. once you are close to 0%, take a screen shot.

with your usage, i guess you would have reached roughly 4 hours of screen on time anyway.

you are just not supposed to be charging your phone when doing these tests. ; )
[Galaxy Note5 General] swiftden:
5th day Battery Life. Used mainly for business. FB Page, FB Messenger, Text Messages, some pictures. Wifi all day.
[Galaxy Note5 General] BLfan:
I was suffering from bad battery drain running the latest T-mobile update unrooted. The phone just did not sleep. After I changed to a custom kernel, it is much better.
[Galaxy Note5 General] WorldIRC:
I have no idea how any of you guys are getting some of the SOT / Standby stats I'm seeing. Using a Canada variant model.

Even fully charged, the phone is estimated 10 hours battery life.
[Galaxy Note5 General] bala_gamer:
Can't ask more for battery life.

Rooted users kindly Greenify fb and messenger app, both are demons to battery life.
[Galaxy Note5 General] WorldIRC:
Wish I could get that

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note5
[Galaxy Note5 General] cornelito:
Really happy with battery life after ROM change to Ditto 4.2. and Arter97 Kernel.

3hrs and 48 minutes SOT and still 50% juice left.

N9208 Dual Sim.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Magicman500:
Anyone run their battery down to 0%, then plug the phone in while it was off and have it say 66% battery remaining? Booted it back up and unplugged it and it's running fine.

(Verizon)

Update: Okay, it officially died now. Recharging from 0% and device is off.

Edit 2: Just exchanged it for a new Note 5. That one started bootlooping and all kinds of crazy stuff. If your phone does this, TAKE IT BACK.
[Galaxy Note5 General] prinzhernan:
Not bad at all. Nice to see you here man!
[Galaxy Note5 General] swiftden:
Oh you're here too haha!

My batt life today. Really happy with the battery life, compared to my Nexus 6 and Zenfone 2, which would only get 4.5 hours max. All stock, no Greenify, GPS On (batt saver), wifi all day. Used only for business (text, FB messenger, FB Page, Viber, Whatsapp).
[Galaxy Note5 General] pratik_193:
Bala, which Rom & which kernel are you on? the max i get is 4 - 4.5 hrs SOT..
[Galaxy Note5 General] bala_gamer:
Stock rom, with arter kernel. With stock kernel I used to get around 5.5 hours sot avg. Arter kernel gives more battery. Moreover since I'm rooted now, gonna use Greenify and see if I can get some more juice out of the battery
[Galaxy Note5 General] pratik_193:
So you are rooted, installed custom recovery & Arter's kernel ?

which version of arter are you using?

will try this combo tonight
[Galaxy Note5 General] IIOzII:
Root + Greenfiy it's awesome on battery life
[Galaxy Note5 General] bala_gamer:
latest stable 9.3 right now, the battery life was posted with 9.1 installed i think
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
What to do about android system and android os drain?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Octa_core:
Nothing much you can do. Just live with it until samsung sends another update. Unless you wanna root and start messing around. Meanwhile, turn off your wifi to get some idle time.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
The second cycle is better than the first one though... over 14 hrs of standby with 2.5 hrs of SOT with 45% battery remaining. .
[Galaxy Note5 General] ChristianBale:
Just got my note yesterday and I'm not sure I understand the App Optimization settings. Anyone care to explain?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Octa_core:
It's like the dose feature in marshmallow. When apps are not in use they are suspended(hibernated) to conserve battery life.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
The 2nd cycle wasn't bad. I wud be delighted to get 5 hrs of SOT.. but m happy with 4.5 hrs as well..
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
Does that mean marshmallow wudnt have much affect on battery life... hmm... that's sad
[Galaxy Note5 General] pengc201:
how come i don't have app optimization option? i have att variant
[Galaxy Note5 General] ChristianBale:
Probably haven't got the update yet.
[Galaxy Note5 General] WorldIRC:
Same in Canada; no app optimization update yet.
[Galaxy Note5 General] osmosizzz:
Bought a note 5 in hopes of better battery life compared to my s6. So far, I'm highly disappointed ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
Give it a few days. Mine gets really good battery life after two weeks. I even dropped the tweaks I did. It will settle down.
[Galaxy Note5 General] aukhan:
Snap chat is a big time drainer. You need to identify what is causing the drain. If you've the latest update go to battery optimization and put unwanted apps in always saving.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Kaleidgalaxy:
After second charging I ended with 5h28m sot. Very happy. Disabled a lot of bloatware. Non rooted. Yet...
[Galaxy Note5 General] cornelito:
Medium use eg. Internet browsing, Tapatalk a little bit of YouTube.

Over 5 hrs SOT and still 50% juice left.

Running that way I could easily achieve 10 hrs SOT.

N9208, Ditto ROM & Arter97 Kernel.

Using Greenify, disabled few Google Play Services and removed some system aps which I don't use.

I'm really impressed with Note5 Battery life.
[Galaxy Note5 General] Fightoffyoredeamons:
Whaaaaaat
[Galaxy Note5 General] ChristianBale:
Okay. Cell standby is at the top of my battery charts. I'm in T-mobile. What is the issue. Had the same deal with the S6.
[Galaxy Note5 General] meykou:
[IMG="4G , wifi , camera , call , msg ...."]http://uupload.ir/files/6v45_screenshot_2015-11-14-15-15-36.png[/IMG]

4G , wifi , camera , call , msg ....

50% => 5h screen
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
In the first week. My battery lasts 14 to 16 hrs with 4.5 hrs... dunno if it's gonna improve or not..
[Galaxy Note5 General] meykou:
Screen ?

Wifi . 4g . ... on or off ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
25% brightness.. dark theme mostly wifi.. 3 to 4 hrs of 3G. No location services
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
Here s mine guys. Can anyone beat this? http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=63851201
[Galaxy Note5 General] cornelito:
I have. Look at thread number 519.

I've ended up with 11 hrs SOT.......
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
Well i don t use greenify and screenshot or it didn t happen :)) fyi i got over 6hrs sot until i reached 45% batt use but after that i used the phone a little more so the battery dropped quicker/sooner
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
Dunno how to get over 4.5 hrs of SOT. But the fast charging is awesome. Much better than note 4. If I fast charge my note 4 for 20 or 30 mins midday. . It wud discharge real quickly. But note 5 holds charge really well.. 15 mins of quick charge.. and it cud easily last you 5 to 7 hrs.. on 3G
[Galaxy Note5 General] snir6590:
how did you do this ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] meykou:
http://xdaforums.com/note5/general/battery-saving-10h-screen-t3250869
[Galaxy Note5 General] manishvy:
Impossible man...How are you getting 5hrs screen time and still 50% left..omg
[Galaxy Note5 General] JasonJoel:
Yeah... I can't get over 5
[Galaxy Note5 General] afaquekhaja:
I usually get between 4.5 to 5.5 hrs of sot. If I'm only using YouTube mostly, then I get about 6 hrs of sot.

I'd highly recommend everyone to disable unwanted apps as they always run in the background and to disable andriod device manager.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
I can't get over 4.5 hrs. Today I've turned on power saver since this morning. Let's see how today goes..
[Galaxy Note5 General] El Is:
How is the battery life in android 6.0
[Galaxy Note5 General] WorldIRC:
How would anyone know? There is one user that got it accidentally and their radio doesn't work properly...
[Galaxy Note5 General] El Is:
Aaaah ok thanx
[Galaxy Note5 General] AB__CD:
Right now horrible. The current build of 6.0 that leaked out from that one user doesn't support any deep sleep, which is to say the processor can never shut down in normal standby mode. But since Marshmallow is supposed to come with Doze, App standby, and several other battery improvements, it does mean we can expect and likely will get a minor to noticeable improvement in battery life. Maybe even major. But as of now, we have no idea, and can only keep our fingers crossed.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
It's probably going to be very minor since new update has app optimization and it is essentially same as doze
[Galaxy Note5 General] coldrazor:
I got 4.50 hours of SOT on the third day of use, a lot for me, my old s4 got 2.5 or 3.
[Galaxy Note5 General] AB__CD:
Well one can always hope [emoji4]
[Galaxy Note5 General] herpi:
I feel so stupid that I cannot find it, but:

My Note 5 dual sim 5.1.1 already has this app optimization . How come?

I thought that would be the case after Marsmallow.

pfffffff, found it (on page 50) Remains the question if it is usefull. Switched it on anyway.

Had 1.8% drain/ hour during the night wifi off radio on. curious how it will be.

Strange however that this marsmallow option is already on 5.1.1

But this is not the same as Doze, is it?

http://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby.html
[Galaxy Note5 General] 3bs11:
How do I disable android device manager?
[Galaxy Note5 General] afaquekhaja:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M14CWF5gnT8
[Galaxy Note5 General] haree87:
Stock rom not updated, arter 4.2.
[Galaxy Note5 General] TheNinja370:
I think that last update is doing my battery life some good. It's not what I'd consider "awesome" but it's acceptable to me. The best thing is, it seems to get better and better as more apps get optimized.
[Galaxy Note5 General] 3bs11:
Thanks for sharing. Hopefully I get better idle drain now.

One issue though, I don't have the Manage Apps tab in the smart manager RAM section. I'm on latest software for my 920C OJ5
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
Absolutely loving my note 5 battery. Just charge it once in 18 to 24 hrs. Even with s health on. Usually had only 40% battery around 4pm on my Note 4. Hence had to quick charge it for 30 mins to make it till night. . But this one is at 50% at 7 pm. Can easily make it through 11pm.

I hope it holds up after few months...
[Galaxy Note5 General] snir6590:
Got the phone on sunday, I Think im in love with it.

Stock rom, non root, lte only, no WiFi, brightness set to auto.
[Galaxy Note5 General] afaquekhaja:
Ignore that part. I don't have it either.

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What language is that?
[Galaxy Note5 General] snir6590:
Hebrew :D
[Galaxy Note5 General] JusTeN_:
תתחדש גבר ;)
[Galaxy Note5 General] harlenm:
I charged it for like 10 minutes towards the end, went from 13%-19%.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
R u using the fast charger that came in the box? In 10 mins my note 5 gains at least 15%
[Galaxy Note5 General] harlenm:
No. Wireless charger, and not the fast kind.
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
Mine keeps getting better and better. Mostly surfing and YouTube videos today.
[Galaxy Note5 General] drtchocky:
VZW Variant...

I am getting far better battery life with this phone than I did on the G4. I am kinda floored.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
Should get better than that with darker theme.

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U need to use wired fast charger for quick top up..
[Galaxy Note5 General] harlenm:
I'm home, didn't really care to top it off, just threw it on the charger, grabbed it to watch something, and threw it back on.
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
I ran the crud out of it last night and still had some left. Loving the phone right now. I think the issue is just being in a good area. When I go into the boonies, the battery doesn't last as long.
[Galaxy Note5 General] drtchocky:
Looks like there are quite a few dark themes out there actually. Any in specific? I downloaded and loaded up Material Dark.
[Galaxy Note5 General] osmosizzz:
That's fantastic. Mine would have been dead by 4 hours screen on time.
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
Sometimes I only get that as well. Depends on what I'm doing. The funny thing is it seems to have bad stand by time. So, it seems the more I use the phone the longer the battery lasts.
[Galaxy Note5 General] osmosizzz:
Yup, exact same thing here with standby and usage. Don't know what to do. And I got rid of my s6 because of battery life and right now, I'm pretty much averaging the same as my s6. The only difference is that my s6 had better standby
[Galaxy Note5 General] LateForDinner:
You can see android system running. I think that is IQ agent running in the background. I turn it off, but as soon as wifi kicks on and off, it starts back up. That may be the culprit. On my old phone, iq would run the gps and I could see the GPS running. On this, I wonder if it is running gps, but they figured out how to make it not show in the task bar.
[Galaxy Note5 General] TheNinja370:
7+ hours of SOT. Yep, 7. My wife was working on Saturday, so I thought I'd see how it performs when constantly using the phone, pretty much nonstop.

Impressive, but certainly not the way I typically use the phone on a daily basis.

*** Hehe, just noticed that it said I had another 1h+ of battery life***
[Galaxy Note5 General] TechAnimal:
Here are some stats from today.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cornelito:
Nice dark theme. Where did you get it from ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] cricketgirl90:
I loved my note 5.. get at least 4.5 hrs of SOT with 16 to 20 hrs of standby. But I wud jump with joy if we can get rid of the idle drain.....
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
use arter or skyhigh kernel and a custom rom...and u ll get at least 6hrs sot with the same standby or even my record of 10hrs47mins of sot and 1d14hrs of standby.
[Galaxy Note5 General] cornelito:
Can easy beat this up however just ran out of time.

6 hrs 8 minutes SOT with 50% juice left = over 12 hrs SOT.

And I'm not even UV or UC ☺
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
i think anybody can...:)) if the brightness is kept as low as possible...wifi is strong (no data or anything else active besides wifi..maybe no sync also) and if one only reads the news on the web...i m not impressed :)) i got a "functional" 11hrs sot while just using xda...chrome...some phpne calls, listening to music and not playing anything or doing intensive stuff (not even youtube) and was always on wifi. had a standby of 1day and 15hrs too...
[Galaxy Note5 General] garishma:
Terrific Battery life- Amazing

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 has terrific Non-removable Li-Po 3000 mAh
[Galaxy Note5 General] cornelito:
Im affraid this is my normal daily use which Is probably the same as most of us.......

20-25% brightness.

Web browsing.

Tapatalk.

News.

WIFI all the time when at home (what's the point of keeping the data on while I'm at home?)

Sync on with Corporate, Gmail and Evernote accounts.

What else would you expect and what you consider as a normal use LOL ?
[Galaxy Note5 General] Zanr Zij:
Nothing secret. You just read too much so your sot will longer than normal. No huge different between Wifi and 4G/3G on Note 5.

Show us your usage by both GSam, BetterBatteryStats and intergrated battery monitoring
[Galaxy Note5 General] Baha2Odeh:
battery use while devices in sleep

i think there is a software bug while screen off

the system use about 10% while you sleep
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
use greenify and amplify...but you need to.be rooted. all your problems will go away and u ll get awesome battery life
[Galaxy Note5 General] Baha2Odeh:
thank you:o
[Galaxy Note5 General] aldoblaga:
check this out for a world record using the 3000mah battery in my note5... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=64100900
[Galaxy Note5 General] TheNinja370:
Dark theme for Note 5 is just a free theme from the theme store. Can't remember which one. I tried a bunch of dark ones.

GSam, which I paid for, has some theme options. Not sure if it's available in the free version.