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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] WhiteSRT69:
so the first few nights, leaving it over night while i sleep the phone would use 20-30% battery at idle

i just did some researching, turned off Location sharing first, seems to improve slightly but still had a bad battery drain at idle

all i did was pulled the trigger and turned off all Location Services all together. all GPS is turned off

currently at 2 hours SOT, nothing special but im deff happy with the improvment!

this is total night and day battery life, before this i couldn't go through the entire day without having to charge it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] playya:
not sure what you have read or researched but to achieve 2 hours sot you dont need to turn that off. Leave it on the middle setting and turn off location reporting thats whats eating **** up....

I use GSam

Greenify

Disable all apps I dont need

Turn off background data for apps that I feel dont need to be sucking data

SOT 4-5 hours with 20 hours up time
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] techpreneur:
I didn't want to root either because of Samsung Pay but I wanted to get rid of the crapware. I saw this app on another forum and it worked. Disabled all of the bloatware. A lot I could do within android except tmobile junk. There was no way to disable to my account until I used the app below.

No root required

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro&hl=en
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] WhiteSRT69:
Saw a few YouTube videos... I normally always keep my location services in batterybsaver mode. But for this phone. This was causing the idle drain. The day I turned location services off. Boom. Night and day battery life

I also have disbaled everything I don't need. Turned everything off....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] playya:
Turning it off will not allow you to find your phone or shut it down if necessary. I am telling you it's not the service but an app using the service. Do you have Location Reporting on.

I think your missing something. I never shut down Location Services and as previously said 3-5 hours is easily obtainable. Look under battery as well and see what's runnung
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] WhiteSRT69:
i guess i may be missing something, i do agree on every phone ive had before, ive always had location services on with very little problem

havent been on the Android Word for almost a year now, forget my ways

if you dont mind, let me know, im up for suggestions and helpful advice, ive been poking around the interweb looking for tips/tricks and ideas

here are some current screen shots

i currently have every motion gesture samsung offers turned off

ALL GPS turned off

VOLTE turned off

every app i dont use and that can be disable is disabled
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] playya:
Do you have wifi-calling activated. did you download GSAM battery monitor and check it out?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] WhiteSRT69:
Yes and yes
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] playya:
ok so facebook and wifi-calling and most likely wifi calling is killing you. Take it off and check cell standy in an hour or so
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] WhiteSRT69:
total night and day! still have location services off tho

but i installed package disabler Pro, found a thread with a HUGE list of things to disable!

super hapy with this phone now!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] christopherhammer:
Can you post a link to the thread with the huge list of apps that can be disabled?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] WhiteSRT69:
http://xdaforums.com/note5/general/guide-bloating-touchwizzing-note-5-t3184563

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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] aldoblaga:
Hey everyone - this is my battery test result. Also i ll attach the max numbers i ve been able.to.achieve using skyhigh kernel and darthstalker note 5 rom. Cheers

https://browser.primatelabs.com/battery3/141591
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Elysian893:
Big improvement 1 day after loading TEKHD's rom and SkyHigh kernel. This is how it should have been from the factory, and no reason for Samsung to **** that up. I'm only sitting at 1hr screen on time, but plenty of podcasting. I also updated the rom, hence the break, as TEKHD put out a small patch to fix Bluetooth, so reworking the app cache kept the screen on and the CPU running for about 15 minutes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] LordKitsuna:
So far my battery life has been great. Went and found as many amoled friendly things as i could. From keyboard to launcher. Used as much pure black as i could without disrupting my ability to actually use the UI
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] LordKitsuna:
Accidental dupe
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] Elysian893:
Best day of battery life I've had with this phone.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note5] aldoblaga:
So far...so good :D i ll come back with updates.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] gmoe65:
How can I change the modle ID if my computer don't recognize my phone ? Is it even possible
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
The answer is maybe. Depends on what all you can access. There might be an easier solution though. Stop whatever you are trying and let's chat on hangouts and get some teamviewer action going. Pm me your hangout info.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] beaups:
What's the point of changing MID of a Verizon device?
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] dottat:
He likely changed it to one that matches whatever failed ruu he attempted to run on his phone.
[Verizon HTC One (M8)] gmoe65:
Thank you all for the Reply, but I've given up on that phone Ann I took it back to Verizon, I'll have a replacement on Monday????
[Verizon LG G4] workdowg:
I want a nandroid backup so I can play with the system with a chance of fixing it. The bootloader is locked up tighter than a drum... Until this phone gets unlocked (it will be cold by then) or "bump'd" (more likely), does anyone think they can get a tethered TWRP working on our device? The H815 has an official working TWRP (courtesy of [MENTION=912474]Dees_Troy[/MENTION]) on it. Could this version somehow be used via a tether? My Intel Baytrail tablet's bootloader is locked and we are loading TRWP from a PC - http://xdaforums.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096 .
[XDA Assist] XDA Visitor:
Hello,

Few days ago I got an encryption unsucessfull error on my android phone, I researched this error and found that I have to reinstall the firmware and that I had lost all my datas from the memory.

I downloaded the firmware in the official site and also the Flash Tool but the phone started a boot loop and afterwards a low battery loop. The problem is that I can not charge the battery because every time I plug in the power socket the low battery loop start and the battery is not charged, the same occurs when I connect in PC by USB.

Can you help me ?

Thanks in advance.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] bash_array:
Battery life has been awesome! Moderate to heavy use intermittently since last night. Couldn't be more pleased. This is just an unscientific representation of what I'm seeing. I know there are better battery stat apps. If you comment on this, comment with how your battery life has been with other apps etc.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] le0.br4zuc4:
Battery life is amazing. That's pretty much the #1 reason I got this phone. Coming from a Galaxy S6 Edge I'm very satisfied with the phone as a whole but specially battery life
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] oneandroidnut:
what was screen on time OP???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] bash_array:
4 hours 13 min
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] GuestK00143:
Here are my stats so far. I still have a bit to go but so far I'm happy. It's quite a bit better than the S6 I had but the darn cell standby is still at the top.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] jamezr:
Here is my battery yesterday. I think I could have gotten almost 6 hrs SOT! Loving the battery life on the Note 5.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] Hezzennater:
14 hrs, 6 hrs screen on time, 5% left

I was using it pretty hard for about 4 hours today. This is amazing battery life. I know it'll go down when I get out in the sun, but still.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] clintonroche:
Today. Pretty good but I was home all day with light use. We will see how it goes tomorrow at work.

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] rchrdcrg:
Just chiming in that I too have had great battery life. I use mine at work all day long for taking notes from phone calls, and I play games in between calls, and I always have anywhere from 30-50% battery left when I leave work. I previously had a Note 2 and would be lucky to have 20% battery after work, and I had to try to use it sparingly in order to get that, no gaming or anything.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] Wobblin30:
Do you have advanced calling on or off? Verizon seems to have it disabled by default. Once I enabled it and rebooted on my 5, cell standby dropped from 26% to 2% overnight. Battery life is much improved since.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] GuestK00143:
Mine is on but I rarely use data because WiFi is available to me most of the time. Maybe data being off has something to do with it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] clintonroche:
I believe Mobile data is vastly more battery intensive than wifi.

Weekends at home on wifi yield double the battery
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] oneandroidnut:
I think it depends on signal. If you have poor Wi-Fi signal it might be same as bad 4g make sense?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] clintonroche:
True
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] acPIZZA:
Ok guys, so advanced calling should be ON?

I'm getting good battery, but my cell standby still is higher than my sot, however, I'm on track for 6 hrs sot.

Should I be worried that cell standby is a problem or should I be chill knowing that things are optimized to the point I'm getting less draw from the screen being on?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] GuestK00143:
I wouldn't sweat it mine is at top too and I'm getting about the same SOT. As for advanced calling I haven't noticed much of a difference either way. Do you use data much? I ask because I'm wondering if having data off most of the time like me drives the cell standby up.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] acPIZZA:
Data is always on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] oneandroidnut:
Mine sucks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] acPIZZA:
Update: with advanced calling turned ON I have completely eliminated cell standby from the list.

This thing is doing pretty decent now. I'm getting a little over 30 min/10% battery outside in sunlight on data. If I ran it all the easy down I'm on track 5 hrs sot
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] oneandroidnut:
I have mine off should I turn on???
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] acPIZZA:
The wipe cache then enable the advanced calling got rid of the cell standby drain for me at least. I feel like now I will shut off the battery percentage indicator and stop worrying about the battery. I've been using it all day out in the field at work today and im only down to 61% so this would last me all day in the office and then some without a doubt.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] oneandroidnut:
Wipe cache in stock recovery?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] JesseMT4G:
I have advanced calling on and cell stand by is still at the top. A little disappointed thus far with the battery. I will say my phones screen kept popping on in my pocket early on while at work. I am now using the finger scanner and seems to eliminate that issue.

Hopefully it gets better with full cycles.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] oneandroidnut:
I agree. I am disappointed as well on the battery side of it. I am giving it a few more days but right now it cant beat my note 4 on kitkat and i have multiple batteries i can swap them in. Battery life will hopefully get better!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] JesseMT4G:
I will say coming from an LG g3 it's not all bad. I was lucky to get 13 hours and 2 hours SOT with that phone, granted it was decent when new.

Currently 17 hours and almost 4 hours SOT at 3% right now.

I guess I just set myself up as usual.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] oneandroidnut:
17 hours on the note 5?? LOL i got 9 today with 3 hours of SOT. I eat batteries and no clue why
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] clintonroche:
Here is mine for today. Not bad.

It really goes up once I leave work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] JesseMT4G:
Wow, only 9 hours, that's insane. I guess I shouldn't complain then, lol! I wonder why yours is that bad?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] acPIZZA:
Turned my battery percentage indicator off yesterday and got through work out in the field all day, and a wedding in the evening where I took over 90 photos. Phone didn't even make a peep - had 25 % left at midnight when I plugged in.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] oneandroidnut:
Yeah no clue lol not happy though my note 4 can do that
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] Hezzennater:
I think what a lot of people don't account for is antennas. if you are far from a signal, your antennas power up to get a clear signal. if you are getting a good signal, they power down to save battery. I'm not sure how to get a clear picture of this though, because I don't think cell standby is the complete picture. Wifi would have the same effect.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] :
I'm not too concerned with cell standby being at the top of my usage list. I am still getting three days or so between charges and 6 hours of screen time. I'm not a power user but it's much better than the S6 I had and slightly better than my wife's Note 4. I'm happy.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] JesseMT4G:
That's crazy! I am barely able to get through a day. I did so yesterday with roughly 17 hours again, but did hit over 5 hours SOT.

Heck I am on wifi right now and down to 88% in less than an hour.

Love the phone though, so I am gonna get a lighting USB car charger for work and just tie it down if I need to. Only phone that I have ever had with amazing battery life was my n2. I could get two days on a single charge. That and the g flex.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] acPIZZA:
So far my battery is on par with my iPhone 6+
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] :
I only turn my radios on when needed, I never leave them on.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] JesseMT4G:
Getting better battery life that's acceptable to me. Hit 18 hours yesterday and 4 plus hours SOT. still had 32% left. Definitely could have hit that 6 hour mark others have been getting. Seems the battery is settling in now.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] XDAFTW:
Wow! These results sound great!

The only question is....What happened to the S6? I know the battery life is not actually as terrible as some make it sound. But this is almost the same hardware and software.

Maybe there is a more efficient modem in the Note 5? A few extra bug fixes?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] jamezr:
I thought they had more power saving screen technology in the Note 5 than in the S6.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] friguy3:
Ran Pandora straight for 5 hours off wifi. Great battery life for me :)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] pj1980:
I get 4 hours and 30 mins usually on screen time. Brightness on 70, weak signal, mostly browsing the Web and streaming video. About the same when I had the g4.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] xtenglong:
I get roughly about 10 hours of moderate to heavy usage. Mainly just constantly checking on my Fallout Shelter game. Disabled some of the bloatware.

I was on it pretty much the whole time yesterday and my battery lasted about 6-6.5 hours
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] xaalfx:
Moderate to heavy use throughout the day... Forgot to plug it in before bed and it lasted through the night.. F*#@ the haters lol
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] clintonroche:
This is a really light day at home with a good signal. Even with light use my work apps still draw quite a bit of the power.

Wifi off all day
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] LagunaTechie:
Is this using any debloating/ disabling of apps? Or is this just from stock? I had a 32gb Note 5 before I returned (I am now waiting on a 64gb) and the battery life was no where near this good. More like 2.5 hours sot.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] pjhoody:
I'm very happy with the battery life. Moderate usage gets me about 12 hours.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] Hezzennater:
I have disabled a few. But for the most part this is stock. I doubt that what I disabled really effected the battery life. Screen on time is of course what everyone wants, so it's good to talk about. BUT, there's a lot of factors that play into it. Like how much screen off time! And how far you are from your data sources, like phone signal, 4g, wifi. And I'm convinced that heat will drain your battery too. I don't know yet why, but I work in the shade and in the sun, and the sun drains the battery even when the phone is off. Also, I know I've seen some people on here concur with me that phones aren't so great at first, but they improve over a week or so. I don't know why on that either, but it's been my experience.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] cnmsales:
How are you getting this? Are you just leaving the phone idle and not using it? Because I am 8 hours unplugged and am at 47% Cell standby is the major user at 15%. I dont understand this because I have been on WIFI almost the entire time. My 4g/3g icon is activated and white even though I am on WIFI.

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What provider are you using? Does this Advanced Calling feature cost extra? Im on Verizon.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] acPIZZA:
Verizon.

It's free.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] cnmsales:
Is your data staying activated even on WiFi?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] dannyboii143:
New guy here!

I'd just like to put some cents in this conversation. At first, the Note 5 performed incredible battery and all. Recently it took an extreme downfall on the battery, the battery percent was dropping right before my eyes and I was shocked to see it going down so quickly so after doing a bit of experiments with what has been said on multiple threads as well as here. I have found my answer and the battery drainage has come to a complete halt and I am getting a day of heavy usage on the battery. I have Verizon and what I've noticed is when I am on WiFi, my data "4G LTE" remains on, odd? After turning my data off and leaving WiFi on my battery has improved extremely and no longer dies quickly but this is also with my "location" off as well because I am home and no need for it. I do no social apps. So, just letting Verizon owners try this and hopefully it helps many.

Things I've done:

Clear Cache via Recovery, Disabled Android Device Manager, Disabled Location, and left Auto Brightness on.

I hope this helps some of you. Good luck. :o
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] cnmsales:
Yeah I am having the same issue. No I don't have the data sync feature enabled. Yes im sure mobile data is ON. The icon is white, not gray. I am also running a test today with the mobile disabled while connected to WIFI. Yesterday I got right at 13 hours of total use which was less than my note 2.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] alhadee12:
My 4G LTE is showing while I'm connected to WiFi. It may be that way by default.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] cnmsales:
It is supposed to be that way by default, but Gray. When its white it means its connected and using data.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] alhadee12:
The arrows are gray, but the 4G remains white. It's that an issue?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] cnmsales:
The arrows and 4G/3G icon are white. I am certain the cell radio remains enabled on WIFI which would explain battery drain.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] dannyboii143:
Mine remained white the entire time, did factory resets. Could be a bug maybe? I even tried a restore of the firmware with the Samsung program called "Smart Switch"; still the same result so I just turn off the data I still receive pictures and send just fine as well. Very weird.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] KruseLudsMobile:
What does the "Advanced Calling" feature do?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] dannyboii143:
Advanced calling enables calls to be placed over 4G LTE.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] ramiss:
3 days in and my battery isn't noticeably better than my Note 2 on kit kat. Not bad, just not "great".
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] rlb81:
Anyone else with some recent battery stats? My wife's Note 5 has terrible battery time (discussion here) but I'm not really sure how to track it down. Would also be nice to see what others are experiencing for comparison. Looking through this thread the consensus on battery life being "good" can go either way.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] chase7545:
Hardware issue?

Switched from the note 4 a week ago and noticed right away I have significantly less battery life with this phone. The phone seems to do great while idle losing only 1-2% per hour but as soon as I turn the screen on and start doing anything at all the battery ticks down almost like a clock. Ill open 2-3 websites and boom 5 % is gone in about 10 min. I have yet to get over 2.5 hours of SOT. The phone also gets very warm. According to GSAM the culprit is "android system" and "Kernal (android os)" every time but I suspect the problem is deeper than that. For every post I've seen about amazing battery life I see another post about terrible battery life. I'm starting to suspect a hardware related defect with some of our phones, such as the screen draining too much battery or perhaps bad chips. Anyone else agree?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] KruseLudsMobile:
Since some people get great results and some people get bad results and they all start out with the same thing originally then it's obviously something done to the phone afterwards such as your mix of apps, etc. - or your usage patterns and environment (signal strength, etc). I used to use Juicedefender but that is obsolete and no longer supported (no updates in the play store in ages). I've been using Battery Doctor and that seems to help. What utilities are people using to maximize battery life?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] locomotive96:
I'm about to my first FDR with this phone. I did something and upset systemui lol. So now it's topping my battery drain list.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] KruseLudsMobile:
The current version, 1.0, does not support commas (pauses) in phone numbers.

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"FDR"?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] locomotive96:
Factory data reset.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] scottshu13:
I'm also having bad battery life. Drained about 20% in 3.5 hours with only 40 min of screen on time. Mostly on wifi at work, advanced calling enabled, running package disabler pro with xml package from this thread

http://xdaforums.com/note5/general/guide-bloating-touchwizzing-note-5-t3184563

Any help that anyone can offer is greatly apprciated. Have not tried factory reset yet...

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[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] ramiss:
I just found this video and I'm trying his suggestions.

https://youtu.be/M14CWF5gnT8
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] KruseLudsMobile:
What do you guys think of the Battery Doctor app?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] Daciple:
Not bad, moderate use using lte/cdma as mobile setting without advanced calling! (I like my slacker tones). Battery been better with use. Been good charges great with wireless charge, only plug in charged once.

Sent from my Note 5

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Personally, good if for other features but against app killing. Android is Linux based, unlike windows systems where using less memory is key, Linux is designed to use memory for efficiency. So more you kill apps the more the system directs memory somewhere else or drains on battery on apps designed to autostart themselves. I only resort to clearing memory when lag is a issue which hasn't really been a problem on this device at this point!

If i remember, battery doctor has some nice features for cleaning up cache and such though. Don't quote me on that

Sent from my Note 5
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note5] Sziehr:
Stock, nothing disabled, power saving mode off with Bluetooth and WiFi on all day.