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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] audscott:
Updated results after 7 days

I previously turned off volte, WiFi calling and numerous apps and services in an attempt to reduce cell standby, but it made no difference so I turned on volte and some services, but left WiFi calling off.

No gaming and very little utube. 99% google+, facebook and chrome.

It really took some effort to get this result just keeping the screen on so long. Don't think i'Lloyd do it again, but gratifying to share my satisfying results.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] DrexelDragon:
What do you mean by turned down GPS to hardware?

What setting is best for battery life? I have mine set to use only WIfi and Mobile Networks, I thought that was best for battery?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] elracing21:
So I work 3 floors below floors below ground and at my job I don't have signal but we have decent WiFi so I'm on WiFi calling. I've set phone data to only use WiFi even when cell service is available. Still getting pretty bad cell standby time. Anyone know what settings to use in my situation to better my battery?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] audscott:
GPS has three settings, cell, wifi & GPS, cell & GPS & GPS (hardware only), the last being the most power efficient. Search for GPS in settings.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] DrexelDragon:
I don't have that. I have: "GPS, Wifi and Mobile Networks", "Wifi and Mobile Networks", and "GPS Only".
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Milly7:
Not sure myself. I am in a area during the week with no signal and use WiFi calling. Cell drain is high due to lack of signal. I try setting it on airplane mode, reenabling WiFi to get WiFi calling back on and the battery drain isn't as bad. It will still show bad cell standby time though.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] audscott:
Yes, GPS only.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] elracing21:
Yeah it still shows. I thought the cell radio would be inactive by going airplane mode and WiFi with WiFi calling on. Anyone else have any tips?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Mouahmong:
Has anyone that experiences bad cell standby done a complete wipe? Sorry if that was already stated, but I don't have any of the cell standby issues because I did 2 wipes from recovery when I bought the phone. When root became available I wiped, odin'd stock, then proceeded to do the rooting process. I don't have cell standby issues, but I have tons of things syncing all the time so my battery life is ~16-20 hours on battery with 4-6 hours SOT.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] SavageHouston:
the thing that helped me to keep cell standby down was to take off volte, disable the ant+ sensors, and in wifi settings "keep wifi on during sleep only when plugged in" and thats it cell standby goes to like 1 percent sometimes it don't even show up. Hope it works for you guys...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] elracing21:
Sounds like it would work but also sounds like I won't get notifications if I'm on WiFi calling until I wake my phone up. Wife is 9 months pregnant and is about to pop so not an option but I'll be trying it at home on WiFi calling to see if it helps. Feel like there should be another way. How did you disable the ant+ service?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] SavageHouston:
Search in the playstore package disabler. ..I have the pro version
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] bebeloneovvl:
About package dosabler, follow this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3184563

Guide: De-Bloating and De-Touchwizzing the Note 5
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] egren58:
Good night :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] avengethis1:
So i have been having a really bad time with battery with this phone. Last night i had 2 hrs 20 mins of screen time and was at 3 %. Was only like 9 hrs of charger. Decided to troubleshoot today by using the phone in safe mode. Haven't really gone through and disabled stuff yet.

Edit played on my phone for a 48 mins sot and took 7% off my battery. I'm guessing its third part apps that are making android system and android OS my number one killers.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] bebeloneovvl:
Read the post I just pointed 3 to four posts ago. Believe me, this made the difference on my phone, big time!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] avengethis1:
Yea i set it up after words and has mad a major difference so far. I'm at 66% after 7 hr 30mins but that was with google play music streaming for 3 hours. Only 30 mins of SOT but im pretty ok with it considering streaming from play music can eat some battery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Elysian893:
I've got my wireless charger at work now, it's the only way I'll be able to make this phone work, and it's the only place the wireless charger even makes sense for my life.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] tbgreen89:
Wow! Battery life has me amazed. Just got this last night. This is after my first charge today.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] k1ng617:
My cell stand by seems high. Plus I was on Wi-Fi most of the day. Not sure why, but better love is still pretty good.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Chord_Hugo87:
Battery life has been pretty good for me, I get 4 hours screen on time with 15-17 hours. I have the S6 edge and the S6 Active, if you want total power and battery, the S6 active is a beast! not even the droid turbo can beat it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Fightoffyoredeamons:
Stock I got 6hrs SOT. Rooted only 3hrs SOT if I was lucky, so I went back to stock to see if maybe I messed something up rooting the device. Anyone else notice this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
You may have flashed a rooted kernel thats not letting your phone deep sleep. Dl a kernel app or cpu spy and see if it deep sleeps...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] mrsamtee:
Great battery even with minimalistic widgets eating up almost as much as my screen. I think I can live with it though.

Here's my home screen if anyone's interested and why minimalistic usage is so high.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pezlomd:
Looking good so far
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] dandroid7:
Yesterday...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] bebeloneovvl:
Very happy with the battery so far. I'm running package disabler and us giving me great results!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] dandroid7:
Best day of battery usage yet... used power saving mode... don't even notice much difference in performance for stuff like emails, texts, calls, minor Web browsing, music...

I have a bunch of apps disabled and am using greenify and smart manager to reduce background apps running.

Over 7 hours SOT, plus 3 hours of streaming music over data at hi quality audio rate setting in GPM.

Not bad at all...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] audscott:
I think i'm in love

With my Note 5. I really pushed it this time. NFC and Wifi calling off. GPS set to hardware only. Unused apps disabled. I'm not rooted so I can't disable many services and I don't recall those I have.

This is fairly monumental, IMO.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Thats insane
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] bebeloneovvl:
That's great. But don't get me wrong, that's impressive, but 12 hours of SOT out of 16 of use, does not gives a "real world" use example for the average user. Many people could get an impressive SOT having the brightness all the way down etc. Like I said, still impressive. I'm going to post my screenshot of my use. I'm using package disabler with about 130 system apps disabled, manually controlling the brightness (I find the auto too much on the bright side). Got 6 hours of SOT with 35 hours off the charger, and I think is fantastic.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Ohh really...first of all its 13....and lets see u do it....go ahead ill check back monday and lets see your 13 sot...im calling you out since anyone can do it lets see it. And yea yours is fantastic his sucks. Who decides what an average user is? You
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] pezlomd:
That is awesome. How did u do this?? I can't ever get it to be this good.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] zlinhz:
I'll get my note 5 tomorrow, hopefully it wont disappoint me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] bebeloneovvl:
Nah, thanks. I don't have time for that. And I'm not calling him out on anything. And I'm not saying that I'm an "average" user, but think about it. How the he'll an average user wakes up at 6 am, goes to bed at 10pm, and spends 13 HOURS of his day looking at the screen. You? Because I'm sure I dont.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] bhagiratha:
This is my average battery life. That's not even with power-saver mode on.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Elysian893:
After the update this morning my battery usage doesn't show Android processes, only apps... Are they trying to hide this, or is this a symptom of my phone not being off the charger long enough?

Edit: disregard, they're showing up now and the Android System usage is way lower than before.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Heres mine. ..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] JJ2525:
Are you rooted? What mods have you done? That's excellent.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Yes rooted, debloated some stuff i dont use, not much tho just what i dont use like chrome stuff, google music, video, etc....froze sfinder, greenified only user apps, runing foreverlocos deodexed rom, arters 4.1 kernel, undervolted the kernel with synapse. .thats it...phone is awesome other than the missing extsd...hard to get used to the otg..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] wish2:
is synapse working with arter kernel ??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Yea thats what im using. Arter 4.1 and synapse
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] wish2:
in synapse there was no control in speaker volume with skyhigh kernel can u check please if now it is available ,, i m using arter 3.6 as 4.1 make call sound to disappear randomly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Did you try arter 4.3?...no skyhy no volume control
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] wish2:
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i will try it soon , btw did you find any fix for private mode problem ??

i have installed thrashrom lite to my n920c and it works ok and private mode works ok but for stock rom private mode is not working ..did u get any fix ??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] zcgofaster:
Why in the world can't I find my battery usage? Did it disappear after an update?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] rlsroufe:
You must have smart manager disabled
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] zcgofaster:
That's exactly what it was. Thanks! I was REALLY confused for a second there
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] wish2:
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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] inzandity:
What am I doing wrong? Wifi most of the day, GPS set to medium for the smart lock to work all the time. I've disabled a bunch of apps with package disabler, and still can't even get through my work day let alone an entire day.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Gps on all the time is definitely killing you
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] inzandity:
Alright I will run the next couple of days GPS only and and see what happens.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
I think having gps on period drains a lot of battery. I only use gps for maps when i needed directions otherwise it's off. If you need it on all the time you have to pay the piper. I would turn it off completely for a day and see if it makes a diff....then at least youll know if thats it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] rlsroufe:
GPS for smart lock? You mean your are using the trusted places feature to keep your phone unlocked if you are in certain locations? If that's what you're using that is definitely killing your battery. Keep location on the middle setting and turn smart lock off completely. Fingerprint scanner is much more convenient than all those smart lock things.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] inzandity:
I've got a 360 so I'm going to try no gps and keep it paired to keep the screen unlocked. I've got corporate mail on here so password is a must, and no root :-/ I don't need 8 hours SOT or anything crazy like that, but I'd settle for 4 and and at least getting the day out of it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] androidkid27:
Not bad
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] 10-K:
Mines been awesome so far. Much better than with my note 4.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] wish2:
which rom are u using ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Foreverlocos deodexed
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] inzandity:
Gps off, VoLTE off (it was off before though) and on Wifi all day got me through the day, I guess. Still can't get over 3 hours of SOT though. Any other suggestions? I can upload my package disabler xml if anybody feels like looking at what I already have disabled.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] rlsroufe:
Some of those apps you have there are probably keeping your phone awake running in the background. I'm not familiar with a lot of those apps there but some may be poorly designed. Take a look at your running and cached apps, get rid of the stuff you can do without or find better behaved alternatives in the playstore.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
I think he has another problem...android system is completely out of control on his phone. Ive never seen it that high, dont get me wrong mine is always up there too but usually third, or fourth with say 8 to 12% drain. Ill search around a bit and see whats up bit ive seen many people with that issue on the s6 forums. Your not rooted right? If not maybe you should...any reason why not, if not?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] rlsroufe:
That's what I mean. Android system is high because his phone isn't sleeping. An app is using one of the things in Android system and keeping phone awake. Sometimes it's just using the data connection or WiFi to get location. Looks like Android system but its actually an app keeping Android system running. He can also stop apps from using data in the background through mobile data settings and stop them altogether in the background through smart manager.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] inzandity:
Ah that's probably worth looking at. Thanks for the feedback. I'll start doing a little research on that as well.

Edit: Found a few folks who recommended clearing the cache. I have done that and I'll see what happens over the next day or so. Also I can't root because of work email, and I want to try Samsung pay as well when that comes out.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] wish2:
it is not working for me i m using thrash rom 3.4 which one is better for battery ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Both the same
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] wish2:
please sshafranko give me indetails -if u pleased - how can i get this incredible battery life 9 hours SOT and nearly 2 days on battery

my rom thrash rom v 3.4 with arter 5 beta and xposed

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did u use upsm all time ??? this is unbelievable battery time ??? 13 hrs SOT

i m only 4 hrs SOT or less
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] ThC23:
I'm stock non rooted.

Does anyone have any idea why my Google play service and Android system would be so high?

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] rlsroufe:
Usually when your location is being polled constantly. Make sure location reporting is turned off.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Make sure your GPS version is 8.1.15. All versions before except maybe 8.1.14 had a horrible wakelock bug draining serious battery. I been following this thread below for a long time abot this issue.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=62924747
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] umair239:
I've had horrible battery life since the updates and it dropped my sot from 5+ hours to only around 3hrs. I noticed that I cell standby was taking more battery than screen or Android system. To test it out, I switched back to Stock Rom, N920TUVU1AOGE last night.

Attached is my batter life so far. I have not even turned off VoLTE because I want to see how much sot I can get without switching it off.

Note: I have disabled about 50 useless apps via Package Disabler Pro including any future updates from T-Mobile, it's the only solution otherwise you get that annoying update notification constantly.

One more thing: I did the same thing with my T-Mobile Note Edge before I got Note 5. It started giving me terrible battery life right after the lollipop update so I reverted back to Stock, which was KitKat, and it enhanced the battery life drastically.

Can anyone else, who is unhappy with one's battery life, give this a try? I'll keep you guys posted with my results.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] umair239:
I think I was correct, Stock Rom is indeed giving me better battery life. I'll definitely be getting close to 6hrs of sot which is exactly what I was getting when I got this device. My thought is that, Stock Rom which the phone comes with out of the box is the best Rom battery-wise because there's a reason Samsung used it as stock Rom. Any updates after the out of the box Rom contain, for the most part, the additional bullcrap that the carrier wants you to have on your device making it pure ****.

Here's is what I have so far:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Maybe this new update will fix all that?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] umair239:
Looking forward to reading people's responses after the update.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] CB620:
Loco Rom

Froze all tmobile apps+touchwiz

Modded Black Material Theme

Black wallpaper

Auto brightness

Greenify everything except root apps

No xposed

6 email accounts

No package disabler

Nova Launcher

Volte on

GPS only

Arter test kernel

View attachment 3488117

About to try Darth rom with the new baseband.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] GiancarloMorr24:
I'm using package disabler pro to freeze some bloat ware. Unfortunately it appears that one of the packages I've disabled handles nfc and every time I try to access the nfc menu, it crashes. Would you happen to know which packages I need to re-enable to access the NFC menu? Thank you.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] darkjedi:
My battery life yesterday.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] rlsroufe:
Um, is NFC service disabled by any chance?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] GiancarloMorr24:
It was not, however I rebooted the phone and now everything appears to work just fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] CB620:
Gonna try the new update stock rooted and see what I can pull out of it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Elysian893:
I turned off power save mode yesterday and started noticing better battery life. Went through today and here's where I'm at now:

At this point in the day previously I'd have been dead already. The only 3 real dips in battery life were lunch (when I was watching the Nexus coverage), the drive home at 3:30 (using Bluetooth streaming music), and shortly before these screenshots were taken, when I was streaming audio from a local radio station over the phone's speaker. This is a significant increase in battery life. Is power save broken for anyone else?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] umair239:
I call B.S.....I think people who are reporting unreal sot should include their usage and settings too.....you probably have root along with upsm or you only use your phone on wifi.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] PDXMatt:
Not rooted, on WiFi 80% of the time, Greenify, 30% brightness. I get between 5 and 5.5 hours SoT with moderate use.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] tommason1968:
Love the phone, the battery life not so much.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] ok2nvnexus:
Stock rom ...not rooted
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] ~~Tito~~:
I could never get that stock. I don't understand how you guys get that type of battery life.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] ok2nvnexus:
How good is your reception? ??
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] equake:
My Battery life drains even when the Phone is turned off completely. It's about 1.5%-2% per day. Is this normal? Should I replace the phone?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] ok2nvnexus:
What do you man 1-2% a day?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Elysian893:
Seems like they're saying that it's draining 1-2% per day while completely shut off.

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I know that my reception is constantly excellent, and my battery life is nowhere near what people here are getting (and I've done all the non-root tweaks possible). I'm sick of being tethered to my charger all day at work just so I can make it into the evening. Makes me really miss my Z3.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] xErwinPLx91:
This was from yesterday.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Elysian893:
That looks much like mine. Don't think I've ever gotten over 3hrs of screen on time (granted, I've never needed to use it for more than 3hrs either, but it's usually dead at that point).
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] WhiteSRT69:
just received the phone, i may go and exchange it out

battery drained nearly 30% over the past few nights,
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Yea i would. Maybe grab the iphone 6 plus.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] WhiteSRT69:
i really dont want IOS again, never had an iphone, went and tried the iphone 6 for a few months, was nice, got boring super fast!

this phone is really letting me down, cant even get 12 hours out of this battery, was thinking of jumping to the Nexus 6p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] sshafranko:
Yea thats a great phone or moto x pure also is great for the money. I get great battery life and most people that i see posting their stats are in the 7hr screen on time range and 16 to 18 total. There is a few things that you can do to better the battery life but im not sure what your intentions are with the phone. If you plan on rooting obviously there are more choices. If you wind up keeping it i can link you to a couple threads that will hrlp you with battery life.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] playya:
my friend this is my first non rooted phone in foreeeeeeeeeever. there are plenty of youtube videos and webpages you can find that will help you out. I had the same issue with this phone at first but I found out what to turn on and off to make it better.

Have you reviewed this thread and searched the web for your answer. With GSam and looking at whats running that you don't know I am sure you fix your problems. I went from 2-3 hours SOT to 5 hours SOT just yesterday. Greenify a few things stop background data from a few others, disable everything I don't use....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Mouahmong:
So I'm running Darthstalker v2 with Arter kernel. During standby I was losing roughly 5-7% battery per hour. After installing greenify my standby time is roughly 1-3% per hour. I typically can get 2 days per charge with ~5 hours SOT. Sorry I don't have any screenshots.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] bdonovan:
I would root that bad boy, I was having that same problem before I did and now I am able to get between 15-19 hours on a single charge with a lot of screen on time. Just got done charging my phone but I will post screenshots next time I get down that low.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] drbveb88:
The right rom and kernel give you amazing results. Never got this on my note 4.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] bdonovan:
Which ROM and Kernel combo are you using?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] drbveb88:
Tekhd 3.1 and arter v6. for tnobile
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] WhiteSRT69:
so playing around the with the phone for the past few days

i have determined any kind of Location services with this phone drains the battery on Idle

since turning it off, battery life is total Night and day

im still debating on root, this is a work phone so i cant do much
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] wish2:
what did u do