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[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] linuxpir8:
Completely stock. Latest OTA, i think i gained 2hrs give or take with package disabler pro running the basic xml file and with powersave mode in the quick toggles enabled.

Nothing else is neutered but according to a launcher i downloaded, if i disabled background data, location and a few misc things here and there i could pick up another hour.

To me, having an almost non functional phone is not worth the battery savings. So what i have listed above is what i run.

On wifi, i can get an OST of 5+hrs, heavy constant use. It was close to 13hrs in total.

On 4GLTE, its 3hr OST and constant use with about 30% left in a hybrid area with not so great signal. I also notice slightly better battery life if i switch apn settings from ipv6 to ipv4.

I have not tried completely shutting off mobile data when connected to wifi to test battery life.

I also downloaded using the built in theme store some black themes. And switched what apps that dont require root or anything special to black as well.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] bkdodger:
I've been averaging around 4.5 - 5 SOT.. Nothing special with tweaks except disable some bloat.. No games.. Web.. Text.. And calls.. Some video.. Surprisingly happy with this phone..

This was yesterday as I was near WiFi most of the day..

S6E+ tapatalk
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] gam3r20:
Dude my phone was the same before i had maximum 3 Hours SOT

But i did full format to my phone and installed dr.ketan ROM

Now i get almost 4.5-5 hours SOT
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] niko2931:
Nope, i just use my phone as i want.. Nothing done at all, not even root or a custom rom ;)
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] ravefolk:
Same here. HUGE battery drain on standby. Stock g928g gold 32gb. Im about to return an buy something else.

These screens was taken now. I disablet 3g and 4g data to save battery but nothing.

Ps: today will be my 3rd charge. Any advice?
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] tmorterlaing:
You realise that's hilarious right? The Note 5 is essentially identical, in basically ever single way - including battery size and chip efficiency.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] StealthNet:
Hi there,

Was using a Sony Z3 Dual until 3 days ago. Had to buy another cellphone because corporate rules dictate that I have to use airwatch, so my Z3 became my company cellphone and the Edge+ the new and shiny one.

To make a long story short, I installed all apps I had on the Z3, on the edge+. Tried using the edge+ like I used the Z3 for months... I always managed to get through the day. At 6PM, I would usually be at 30 to 40%.

Well, with the edge+ I was at 40% at lunch (around 12PM).

I did lots of reading about debloating it. I am using the wonderful Package Disabler Pro. Tomorrow I will give it another try. Will monitor batt consumption with eStar and GSAM and post the results here.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Primrose Jy:
Battery life

Hey guys,

Unfortunately I can't post screenshots as I'm not allowed to do so right now. I'm still a fresh member.

I used my phone constantly with pretty heavy tasks (Google Chrome, Tumblr, Youtube, Skype). Additionally to this, my display brightness was at 50% average and I used mobile data for about 4 hours. Afterwards I went on WiFi.

The screen-on-time was 5h 40m. I'm pretty satisfied with the battery life. :angel:

My phone is not rooted. It is completely stock. :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Aquarianperry:
Geez people, it's not that hard! If your having battery life issues less than stellar trust me, check your apps and settings cause your doing something wrong. Check your notifications settings on all apps, tweak the hell out of them so they are not running 24.7.365 unless you need them, remove or disable unwanted Bloatware that your not going to ever use, turn of that nosey as hell Google location setting that tracks every pot you piss in, and take your screen brightness settings off of "brighter than the sun" lol.

Sarcasm aside read and head my basic tips Sarcasm aside and your battery will perform stellar, once you get your balance of performance over unused functionality right you'll get better than 5 hours OST with more than a days worth of use with gaming, your necessary notifications, emails, texts, web and app use. My numbers are from just doing the basics:
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] kebong:
been there, done that. debloated, disabled all the samsung bloat in the background, turned off unnecessary google trackers, and i also have tasker profiles to auto manage my toggles (e.g. mobile data). still getting only 10hrs usage with around only 2 hours of SOT. thanks for the unnecessarily condescending post though.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] mattan1999:
This is my battery life after having the phone for about 3 weeks :)

Best battery life ever!
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] markuaw1:
this app helped me almost double my battery life
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] 2ewGunnCiz:
In with Soul. I get 4 hours easily at max brightness which I usually am on because I forget to turn the auto brightness on.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] cknorthpole:
I feel sorry for you who don't get good battery life. My edge+ is one of the best (if not the best) phones I had battery wise. I have Bluetooth and syncing and all of that stuff on alla the time and right now when I'm writing I've had the phone off the charger for 23h and my screen on time is 3h30min and I have 45% left. This phone is just amazing for me when it comes to battery.

I must say though that I don't game a lot on my phone. I surf the web, using social media apps and WhatsApp frequently and maybe 40 min of YouTube.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] bandjosh:
My battery life is fantastic compared to my last (phone htc m8)
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] StealthNet:
[MENTION=995115]Aquarianperry[/MENTION], will do that. My situation is not good and, like I said originally, I am trying to use the Edge+ with exactly the same apps I used on my Z3, no more, no less, I am getting 10h total time per charge.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Aquarianperry:
From your screenshot that Open VPN seems way high on battery usage, also you seem to have a lot of apps pushing notifications in the background, try not running that VPN App and lightening up those background notifications a bit and see what that does for your battery life.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] gaetan83500:
what's your setup ?

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can you give me your setup (kernel or rom)
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] fiddlex:
Do I have a faulty battery? It was fine up to a few days ago and now it drains even with no use. I barely get 10hours now. Screenshots below.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] SiMpLy NoiR:
Wow, that's pretty bad. Did you install any new apps recently?
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Basil3:
Does anything show up when you go settings > battery > abnormal battery usage > check?

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[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Xpid3r:
5d 20h 30m 55s on battery

5h 32m of SOT and 37% remaining

Going good [emoji5] [emoji6]
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] imkr1:
Where is your attachment?
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Alex---1:
What a load of crap!
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] SiMpLy NoiR:
If I could post pictures I'd show you it's not a "load of crap" myself lol but I only got that with messaging/browser only actions.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] leggy:
Pretty good battery life but losing around 1.5-2% when phone not in use. Slept close to 4.5 hours and the battery went from 35% to 28%. Several programs are disabled by Package Disabler Pro. This is on touch wiz.

Wifi, bt and location are off.

Expecting the edge clock might be causing the consumption when in sleep (i have the edge time starts at midnight until 8am) so I turned it off and will try it tonight.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Aquarianperry:
It could happen, if you turned your phone down to the low brightness and just checked texts and maybe did light browsing, with it being in standby and tweaked to death the phone could go through less than 1% battery per hour but then you may as well have a regular old app phone.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] leggy:
Thanks for the input.

I didn't. Turned the screen off and went to bed and when woke up I found 7% was gone in 4.5 hours. I turned the edge clock off and my next step will be activating the airplane mode. It could be a signal issue.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] kebong:
replaced the unit, and have been getting WAY better battery results.

whereas previously, i could barely crack 10 hours battery life with 3hours SOT without fully draining it, my new edge+ easily reaches 10 hours with 2 hours SOT and using only 50% :)
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] SiMpLy NoiR:
Nice! Good to know you're getting similar battety performance like the rest of us.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] fiddlex:
Nothing came up. I remembered I disabled wifi power saving in the phone menu by dialing *#0011# so I re-enabled it and the battery seems to be a lot better. I also removed a live wallpaper I had running.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] gb155:
Ive just changed my lock from finger print to pattern and it SEEMS to have really REALLY helped my battery !!!!!

I'll report back in a few days, for those with SOT's of over 7 hours, do you use Fingerprint locking?
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Dpool 8):
My battery life after first charge:

1 day and 2 hours:

Active WiFi and LTE (Smart Switch accordingly)

Constant usage of SMS (only few calls)

Some YT videos, some camera tests

APPS: Facebook, 9Gag mostly in this period

And of course generally playing around with settings etc, since it's new phone for me

No power safe - charged it at 15% remaining battery life

Some Tips I got from Samsung's Technical Support:

Charge your phone when it gets less than 20% (if possible, do not wait for it to discharge completely)

Do NOT use your phone during the charge (it is highly effective if you shut down your phone during charging)

Best Regards,

Dpool
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] SiMpLy NoiR:
Use pin code myself. I've never had a need for fingerprint locking.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] leggy:
I don't use finger print. Been using pattern lock the first couple of days and now no lock screen at all as I have been home the last couple days.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] gb155:
and what are your SOT's?
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Dpool 8):
Hi guys,

I would just like to remind you that the correct way of powering the battery is cruicial for Li-Ion batteries. It is not good if you wait too long before powering it - if you see 20%, rather plug it in, because the life of battery is messure in charging cycles (discharge and charge). Also, while charging, do not interact with phone, rather just shut down it - why ? Because of parasite current. What happens is, that your battery is trying to charge itself, while suddenly you start using your smartphone, which results in draining (discharging) energy from battery - which could then create so-called parasitic current (not sure if I translated "parasitic" correctly to English).

So keep in mind, that this also affects your battery life.

As to finger print lock - fortunately, I do not have any issues regarding the battery while using fingerprint lock.

Best,

Dpool
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] leggy:
7+. I don't do games, mostly Chrome, Facebook, Instagram, you tube. Have 8 home screens filled with widgets.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] gb155:
Humm, I managed 4hrs 45 min with 5% left using just swipe and no Finger Print, its better, but nowhere near some of you.

I'm debloated with Package dis abler pro and use it for Facebook, twitter,whatsapp and Youtube, No games and screen at 40%
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] bandjosh:
100% stock because I'm stuck on AT&T and can't even root.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Krokogator:
Ok so my first charge. Yesterday around 6pm I started to play with my device a bit (wifi) and i got 3h SOT and battery dropped to 60%. Then through the night i lost about 4% i woke up at 7am and battery lasted me easily through the day on very high brightness and mostly HSDPA I ended up with 5h SOT and almost 24h standby so not far behind Z3 which was my previous phone and I used to get 5-6h SOT also.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] StealthNet:
Just reset my edge+. Will see how it behaves.

I am trying to leave only some specific apps with notification access, but I have a question: if I block the app from using notifications would it be better (or at least the same) than opening each app and disabling notifications? I am asking this because it is much easier to block each app than opening them. Thanks in advance!
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] thegios:
daily usage is good for me, but overnight I lose 1% per hour, while with OnePlus One was losing maybe 0,5% per hour

I disabled most of Samsung crapware, I keep wifi 3g and sync on and the night clock

attached mu cpu usage overnight
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] StealthNet:
Unfortunately, can´t get rid of OpenVPN... that´s the only VPN client that works and is trustworthy :crying:

All comparisons I am doing is against my xperia Z3 that basically runs the same apps (including the OpenVPN client).

I just did a considerable debloating... I dont know how much battery I will get out of it, but the device is waaay faster and responsive! They really come loaded with crap :(
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] StealthNet:
Ok. I am starting to think that I have a faulty unit.

My first day of batt use after debloating it, using Pixel OFF and basically disabling most notifications, got me 10h of use (and I am not even talking about SOT). eStar and the native batt usage app do not report anything unusual. Will keep monitoring, but I have the same apps running on my Z3 and while I had to plug the edge+ at 3PM, the Z3 is still with 40% batt (7PM now). Got both out of the charger at 7:30AM.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Krokogator:
Wifi, 3g, localisation high accuracy everything on all the time, I use chrome, all app like messanger, YouTube, Facebook, only little debloat stock rom.

Wysłane z mojego SM-G928F przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] thegios:
It's been 5 nights and I confirm it drains 1% per hour.

This is my only complain...

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Is there a way, with no root, to check details on battery usage? On my previous rooted phone I had an app looking at wake locks
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] El Bully:
I'm happy so far coming from Htc One M7. First charge but without simcard! I am curious with sim :o

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[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] steelersmb:
Really? That's a complaint? I wish mine would only lose 1% per hour at night.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] thegios:
The OnePlus One was losing 1% per night ;)
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] pokosik:
This is mine after first full charge. Stil having 48%. Really happy with such a good battery.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] alex_mx:
Difference between WiFi and LTE

I am having an enormous difference between using my phone only with LTE (at work) and using it with only WiFi (mostly at home), with LTE I can get it through the day, but with only 3 or 3:30 of SOT averaging 15-16 hours, while at my home only with WiFi I can get a kind of 5 to 6 hours of SOT within the same 15-16 hours, I am really hoping for improvements with Android 6.0 with standy apps and 'doze' mode.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] pokosik:
Worst thing is battery drain in standby mode. It' draining too much i think. About 1% per hour. While my old s6 was losing barely 1-2% per night, 7-8h.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] thegios:
exactly... same here
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Xpid3r:
I'm satisfied with my edge+
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] pokosik:
So from first full charge i got 5.30h SOT and ~1d 8h usage on battery. I think it's not bad at all. Disabled some packages and services with package disabler pro, and changed launcher to nova prime. Will see how long it will last with such configuration. BTW when i turned off night clock, wifi and mobile data while i was sleeping, over night i only lost 2-3% (don't remember exactly). Previously i was losing about 8% with turned off all data connections and night clock on..
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] pokosik:
Ok. It was long time ago when i see such a good SOT:). Really happy.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] thegios:
Do you have stock or something disabled?
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] pokosik:
Disabled some apps and services. Plus i turned on 3g only cause 4g signal is very low in my location. Also using nova prime and turned off internet connection and night clock when i am sleeping. In other words using everything that i need but only when i need it. Thrue a working day from 8am till 5pm internet always on, mostly wifi. 3 gmail acounts and two work mail acounts. Internet browsing, some messages and calls, tapatalk, some viber and youtube. Nothing too spetial.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Kootnik:
imgur.com/SiQclb8.png

And i played a lot of Hearthstone throughout the day, which is known to murder batteries.

I don't know what's up with your devices (though most seem to have absurd cell usage - ****ty signal) but my battery life is A+++ for how much i use it.

I could easily squeeze out another 5 hours of normal browsing/fiddling, and even more if i lowered the screen brightness below half.

And i just realized, there's the power saving function too, which i didn't even use yet, so the battery is more than sufficient.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] okti35:
No Mobile Data with Airplane Mode and Wifi ? :confused:
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Kootnik:
Activated before i went to bed, it was on all day otherwise (note the timestamp).

And it's not really possible to play Hearthstone without data... at all in fact, since you have to authenticate past the login server first to get to the main menu.

I remember my cell usage being at a low 2% though, i have strong signal all over the city so there's no battery wasted on seeking.

I do use turbo downloading, didn't seem to affect battery life much.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] thegios:
Disabled night watch, drain improved a lot!!!
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Krokogator:
Arter97 kernel, before i had 1%/h (only wifi was on and set to never sleep)

Wysłane z mojego SM-G928F przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] StealthNet:
My friends, this is my reality... after a lot of testing, not much changed. About 10h of *total* batt time, and I not even talking about SOT. My Z3, with the same programs running, get me through the day (at least 16h of batt).

I am starting to think that some program is keeping the phone from entering deep sleep. I was thinking about OpenVPN, but today, I just went without it, to eliminate that possibility. Same results. Odd is the fact that the Z3 is always with connectivity on and the OpenVPN on and I get 16h of batt out of it.

Here is the list of disabled packages. Baiscally, Microsoft Apps, Google Apps, gear / health apps and native email (I use Nine):

<importExportSetting>

<disabledPackages class="java.util.ArrayList">

<string>com.vlingo.midas</string>

<string>com.samsung.android.email.sync</string>

<string>com.sec.android.app.easylauncher</string>

<string>com.samsung.android.email.provider</string>

<string>com.microsoft.office.excel</string>

<string>com.samsung.android.email.ui</string>

<string>com.microsoft.skydrive</string>

<string>com.samsung.android.email.composer</string>

<string>com.microsoft.office.onenote</string>

<string>com.google.android.gm</string>

<string>com.sec.app.samsungprintservice</string>

<string>com.google.android.apps.docs</string>

<string>com.microsoft.office.word</string>

<string>com.microsoft.office.powerpoint</string>

<string>com.android.chrome</string>

<string>com.sec.android.app.launcher</string>

<string>flipboard.boxer.app</string>

<string>com.google.android.apps.photos</string>

<string>com.sec.android.app.sbrowser</string>

<string>com.sec.android.service.health</string>

<string>br.org.sidi.aplicacoesbrasil.widget</string>

<string>com.sec.android.app.shealth</string>

<string>mcode.noteband</string>

<string>com.samsung.android.email.widget</string>

</disabledPackages>

</importExportSetting>
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Krokogator:
[MENTION=946730]StealthNet[/MENTION]

Wakelock detector would be very helpful to find what is eating your battery!

On the other hand I'm close to beat records set by my previous phone - Xperia Z3 and I'm not talking about leaving screen on for x hours lol.

Spoiler content hidden.

Charged yesterday to 100% and dropped 3 % over 9h. Then in the morning recharged to 100% again and used till now. My today use for this battery test was 0,5 gaming (badland), 1h hitbox (watching stream) and the rest was youtube, a lot of tapatalk, browser.

Thanks goes mostly to arter97 and his awesome kernel.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] k2halid:
Thanks
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] anky2015:
Need help!!!

I recently bought this phone and I have noticed that the battery is draining fast. The battery level dropped by almost 10% in 15-20 mins while I was just doing normal texting. I have used the phone in safe mode as well and in standby mode the phone just lasted for 24 hrs as opposed to 3 days of standby time as claimed by Samsung. So I was just wondering if there is an issue with my battery or with the phone or if this is normal in S6 edge plus?

Stats according to GSAM Battery Monitor,

Used 85% in 20 hr 10 min

phone - 0%

Screen - 2 hr 47 mins - 25%

Phone radio - 20 hr - 6%

Wifi Active - 20 hr - 3%

Held awake - 7 hr - 1%

App usage - 64% (With Android OS - 24% and Kernel - 10%)

I have already tried restarting the device and the problem still exists and always keep location off. And in terms of data I keep my wifi on and the apps that I use r only 3-4 like facebook, whatsapp, instagram. The main source of battery drainage is android system and screen. I was wondering is it possible that there is a problem with my battery/hardware and I should get it replaced? or it just could be a bug in the system that can go away after the marshmallow update? Coz originally I thought that there is a problem with my battery but now it seems like it could be an Android OS bug.
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] jhonpellas:
tnks i try Gsam Battery Monitor :good:
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] Krokogator:
Ok so my final results on killing the battery throughout the whole day on arter97 kernel (v6 stable) and wifi only. I don't know how you guys but I'm impressed. I'm curious how 3g/lte will drain the battery.

Spoiler content hidden.

Wysłane z mojego SM-G928F przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] reneftw:
First charge and second one (gsam)
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] StealthNet:
Ok, this is my situation right now. I think I need some help from you guys...

Basically, I am doing some testing trying to squeeze more batt out of my edge+. The idea is to make some changes and test it a charge. Rinse/repeat. With essential debloating (just apps from google and MS I don´t use) I get about 10h of total batt time. Details here.

Today I did a more aggressive debloating and noticed that the cellphone does not enter deep sleep, as you can see in the pics attached. It keeps running at 400MHz most of the time. The goal: try to find out the process that is keeping it from entering deep sleep, without root. I know, It would be easier to use wakelock, but I don´t want to loose my warranty.

You may find a list of disabled services attached (exported from Package Disabler Pro).

I am certainly doing something wrong... but I can´t find where... :( As you can see, most of the batt was used by system related software.

Any help would be appreciated...
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] thegios:
My list of blocked apps is attached: batt life is great
[Galaxy S6 Edge+ General] hawc1506:
Not bad! My first full day using it. Maybe tomorrow will be better.