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[Galaxy Note5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kwood32:
Does anyone know where to get the spring inside s pen or what the size is? My s pen fell apart I have everything but that and would hate to buy a new one of I can just get a spring.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] km8j:
What is everyone thinking about the always on display? Will you be using it knowing that it costs 15% battery per day? Tbh, that sounds really high to me to light up such a small amount of the screen but I guess I don't know really
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] MacTheRipperr:
I'll be shutting that feature off
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] misiokicio:
I'll keep it myself... awesome to be able to see that time and notification without turning the scren on :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] ZeroCGTI:
Where did you read that it's going to use as much as 15% battery per day? That sounds quite ridiculous given the fact that LG stated that their Always on Display implementation drains 0.8% per hour. Which is around 19% per day (24h - day and night), but the G5 uses IPS panel. There's no way if an LCD is using 19% per day an OLED screens showing primarily black to be draining 15% a day...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] stierney:
What you need to factor in before you start saying how high battery usage is...... How many times per day do you check your phone for notifications etc??? If you are constantly checking for texts / Facebook updates or whatever then AOS is for you. Whilst it may use X amount extra per day of battery if uses LESS power than powering on the whole screen and taking the device out of idle to check if you have any missed calls etc. If you are one of these people you are better off using AOS.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] km8j:
Samsung said 1%/hour. Also, LG made some adjustments to be amoled-like: “To minimise power consumption,” said LG, “we redesigned the display driver IC memory and power management function so that the display’s backlight only illuminates one small part of the overall display. Thanks to this technology, the Always-on Display requires only 0.8 percent of the battery’s full capacity per hour to operate. With consumers turning on their smartphones up to 150 times a day mostly to just check the time, the G5’s Always-on Display will make a notable difference in the life of the battery over the course of the day.”
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Ramondel:
You also have to keep in mind that when it is face down or the screen is covered the screen is off until you turn it over or take it out of your pocket or purse.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] gtg465x:
Samsung said the feature will use 1% PER DAY, not per hour. http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s7-and-s7-edge-have-always-display
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] km8j:
Everywhere else I saw said 1% per hour which makes a lot more sense.

What's weird is it seems we cannot set it to turn off at night for example
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] gtg465x:
LG said their always on display uses 0.8% per hour and it's an LCD, so how does it make sense that an AMOLED display would use more power? LG only lights up a third of the display for it to save power compared to a regular LCD, but that should still use a lot more power than lighting up just the pixels necessary. Frankly, I trust Android Central on this more than any other site. They got behind the scenes time with Samsung at MWC and they are typically very reliable. The sites I see reporting 1% per hour (phonearena, Android Authority, etc.) are sites that I find very unreliable as I spot mistakes in their articles and videos all the time. Just one site probably got it wrong and then every other site copied them on the wrong info.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] gtg465x:
Here's another source that says 1% per day, so it's not just Android Central. And I know I heard it from a third source too before Android Central even wrote about it, but I can't find that now.

https://youtu.be/JtPBBil56a8

Edit:

Here's another source: http://www.uswitch.com/mobiles/features/samsung-galaxy-s7-always-on-display-faq/

Anyways, I guess we will know for sure when a lot of people start getting the phone. I will test it and will definitely turn it off if I find that it is using 16-20% of the battery in a day, but I really doubt it will use that much.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] diablo2713:
i think its going to be closer to the 1% per day because if you look at the s5's untra batter saver mode they have proven by reducing what the display has to show and reducing the processor power they can make the phone last a hell of a lot longer on the same charge
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] libb:
LG has an IPS display, Samsung has SAMOLED.

Samsung said that it should save battery because you only check the notofocations on the screen and didn't need to turn it on.

I'm not scarried from battery but from burning the display.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] misiokicio:
Worried about screen burn-in? Samsung has thought of this, too. Though the information displayed looks to often be a static image, the software is actually regularly shifting the pixels ever-so-slightly so that the same ones aren't used over and over again. This eliminates worry about those pixels "burning in" the lock screen image, and it's one you won't even notice happening. The phone also won't display the information when it detects it's in a pocket or a bag, and if you just don't like the feature you can always turn it off completely

That is a quote from the android central
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] barondebxl:
1% per hour seems to be quite a lot, don't think that it's accurate.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] freebee269:
does anyone know what triggers the always on display to be dim some times and bright the next? i've been trying to find a cause and i dont see any. it will be dim one minute and just become bright for no reason it seems. this is with a black background and unplugged from the charger. i would like for it to stay dim to use even less battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] insang-droid:
Turned it off 2nd day. Uses too much battery. I only turn it on for when connecting to charger. It's definitely near 1% per hour. I Just have the lock screen wallpaper completely black so it doesn't drain batt just to see time.

Plus always on display is pointless when it doest tell me anything more than time.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] scott14719:
Mine does the same, i'm guessing it's designed that way to keep any sort of "burn in" or similar from happening after long term.

Maybe it's pointless to you, but I use it a lot just for the time. If your's is using close to 1% per hour, I suggest you get your phone replaced.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] freebee269:
the always on display is definitely eating up around 1% battery an hour on my phone. this is with most of the bloatware disabled. i can look at my battery every hour and it will be down 1% some times 2%. i tested this with turning always display off for a couple hours and not turning my screen on and after 3 hours i lost 1% battery. i'm thinking it has something to do with the always on display becoming too bright at times and i dont know how to get it to stay dim.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] libb:
Always on seems to turn off in pocket but not in the night. Is possible turt it in the dark and in the night automatically?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] maik005:
just lay your phone with the screen down and the Always On Display will shut off within a Minute (the normal refresh time)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] libb:
Unfortunately, I'm used to using wireless charging in the night so I cannot turn it down :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] maik005:
In the Quick settings you have a toggle for Always On Display this coud be used or you lay something on top of the phone or you lay the charger face down on the back of the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] libb:
I prefer something automatic. I'll check if there is something for Tasker but I'm affraid it is too soon.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] stanfna:
Tasker is a great idea!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] skywalkr2:
Started with it on as I thought my battery was going low too fast. That + days of usage and now my battery is awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] KCRic:
15%? Where did you hear that from? I'd double check that source. A few pixels being constantly on wouldn't use that much power on this large of a battery. You're aware that the rest of the screen is off, right? That's how OLED screens work, by turning off individual pixels.

Anyway I have no need for it myself so I won't being using it. That could change in the future.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] daffie:
Well yes...Samsung claims it's 'only' 0,5 % per hour...so some 12 % per day.

I think I can handle that...charge my phone each day anyway :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] KCRic:
On a 24 hour scale so for the average person it's 4-6% (8-12hr day off the charger). Still I agree with you. No big deal these days with access to charging just about anywhere.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Norbzzz:
As for me, my display won't turn off in my pocket or by covering the screen.

Doesn't turns off at night either...

Is there an option to turn it off with proximity senser I missed somewhere ? Because I'm reading everywhere that the Always On display should turn off in your pocket, and I can't see it happening.

International Exynos version here BTW.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] -ph-:
You have an option under Screen & Light Settings -> Keep screen off
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] quicky2g:
My girlfriend got the S7 Edge official Samsung keyboard case today and it automatically disables AOD. It's a tradeoff she was willing to accept but not me. I love AOD. Haven't noticed a significant battery drain. As long as I can make it through a day without a recharge I'm good. Usually end the day with 30%-ish
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Norbzzz:
Oh, thanks, I missed that one... But this doesn't change anything though, checked it, and my screen is still on in my pocket...

Also, It seems that always on display is always at max brightness for me, sometimes dimmed down for a few seconds then back at full light, resulting in a solid 1% for 45 to 60min.

Turned it off for a while, and didn't lose any percent in an hour and a half.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] -ph-:
You'll have to wait approximately 1min. before it turns off.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Cst79:
First, a disclaimer: I have an S7 Edge and I was hoping that the always-on display feature would greatly help me. But right now it isn't, maybe an update will make this feature as useful as it should be.

But I want to be objective here. There is a huge misconception among people regarding AMOLED vs TFT power consumption. To power a single AMOLED pixel, a lot of screen-related hardware components need to exit from sleep states and do the work compared to when the screen was completely off. Yes, the power required for that LED less than the 1/3 of the whole screen backlight needed for TFT, but there are many other parasite losses related to screen driver hardware.

Why I actually think the S7/Edge always-on screen is an afterthought:

- Does not display all notifications, only missed calls and missed SMS messages (plus the semi-useless clock and battery life). Not even Samsung's own email app works with the AOD feature. So it's pretty much useless right now, it still depends on the notification LED.

- It only updates once per minute (according to DisplayMate).

- ALL the official cover cases from Samsung disable the AOD (S-View, Clear View case, keyboard case). This feature would have been a natural fit for the S-View or Clear View cases, yet it is disabled ?!?

- Drains battery quite fast (look at GSM Arena battery life rating for the S7 Edge: 98 hours with the AOD off, 67h with AOD on, and even worse for the S7).

I can bet the LG G5 implements the feature much better and it was baked in from the beginning.

- They built a custom TFT screen with separate backlight connections such that only 1/3 of the screen backlight can be powered at the time

- They have a custom chip that drives the AOD and allows the feature to work while the rest of the phone is sleeping

- From the pictures you can clearly see that it displays more notification types (email for sure, maybe others too).

I really hope there will be an update to S7 to really make the AOD useful and reasonably power efficient, as well as make it work with the expensive official cover cases, but I'm not holding my breath.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Norbzzz:
Well, I covered the prox sensor and part of the screen for 10min, didn't changed anything.

Tried to actually put it in my pocket, and didnt changed a bit...

It's charging right now, I'll try again after a reboot later.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Sfkn2:
I think AOD is awesome. I can tell people that my screen stays on all day, and it really doesn't drain my battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Norbzzz:
Seems to work now. Not sure what I did. I think I had to enable always on BEFORE enabling the "keep off" toggle.

Thanks for the help !
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] quicky2g:
I noticed on my girlfriends phone with the official Samsung keyboard case that the nighttime edge clock still works. So basically Samsung got lazy with the rest of AOD or the edge nighttime clock isn't AOD...interesting. She setup the edge clock to be on all the time now so she has something rather than nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Linked Devices:
If you rely on your phone to check the time all the time like most of us I'd highly recommend leaving AOD on. The battery drain of bringing your phone out of standby all the time to see the clock not to mention how it disrupts the doze feature is much higher than simply relying on AOD. PLUS it looks so cool and modern and prevents anyone from confusing our phones for Apple products. Gross.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] daffie:
Think I heard/read somewhere that Doze will not kick in when using AOD. Therefore AOD=NoDoze.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] dajumper:
Its still stays on
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Loz1:
See below.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions and Answers] Loz1:
Managed to make a always on screen for my S6 edge... thing is its on when I get a notification upto 25 secs... but can't adjust the time out any further...using a combination of AcDisplay and Chronus Pro 5.4.3.1 Clock + (Dash) so if anyone knows how to tweak the time out for always on in AcDisplay it will fully function like the S7.

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S6 edge Clear View Cover fix. https://youtu.be/lA6giyj1z7U

Loz
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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] Naemion:
Anybody seen this? Not out yet but I'm going to pick it up when it is.

http://www.incipio.com/ces2016/ces-power/ghost-15w-qi-fast-wireless-charging-pad.html
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] Beefheart:
I'm a little dubious as to the amount of wattage that thing will be kicking out, and whether the battery will take it long term without damage. I think I'd rather avoid potential overheating of the battery and go with the new official S7 one, given that it's designed for it. Overheating of batteries is the thing that reduces their lifespan more than anything else, and unlike previous generations these things will be damn difficult to change without a return to Samsung, especially if you want to have a hope in hell of keeping your IP68.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] Naemion:
I've seen reports that the s7 is fully capable of accepting 15 w wirelessly.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] CuBz90:
I've seen reports of this too which apparently came from Samsung PR. Apparently the S7 does support 15w wireless charging but the official wireless charger does not
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] Naemion:
Yeah kind of a weird move if you ask me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] CuBz90:
I agree. If it's true that it supports 15w, why not have offcial 15w wireless chargers. Seems a bit dodgey to me. I won't believe it until I see/hear it from Samsung directly.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] Naemion:
I've only seen the one report on if from cio. I've emailed samsung myself to try and find out.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] xgman:
The nekteck (according to them) produces 13.5w for $25 on sale. I'm not going to spend $70 for 1.5 extra watts.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] Naemion:
Okay I found out for myself from Samsung and it is confirmed that it accepts 15w.[IMG="Live Chat confirmed 15w"]https://goo.gl/photos/1P6THdgDbxhmxbvC7[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] MikaelPe:
Reason why Samsung doesn't have the 15 Watt charger

Hi all, here's an attempt to explain the details around the 5 / 10 / 15 watt charging Qi charging rate...

So far virtually Qi Certified products sold are operating on the Qi 1.1 standard, which has an output effect of 5 Watts. This is obviously equal to 1 Amp / 1.000 mA. The real "net charging" (as measured using the "Ampere" app) is about 400-600 mA in my Samsung Galaxy S6, which sounds about right. This means you will likely experience a "net loss" if you are driving with the screen set on full brightness, using GPS navigation, streaming music etc. At home it usually doesn't matter because at most we are streaming music and the screen is off.

Samsung created their own proprietary 1.1 solution for Galaxy Edge phones whereas they boosted the power higher, resulting in a net charging rate of 800mA or even higher at times. However, this only works with Samsung's OEM wireless chargers (for Qi Certified products).

The new Qi 1.2 standard, which support 15 Watts, or 3 Amps/ 3.000 mA charging rate, was published in 2015 and is being implemented as we speak. When Samsung announced the Galaxy S7 they confirmed a few days later that this is indeed featuring a 1.2 Receiver (RX) module, which makes it first mainstream phone with this new standard.

As the 1.2 standard is new my personal guess (?) is that there was not enough time for Samsung to offer a Certified 1.2 Qi transmitter when they announced the Galaxy S7 in Februari. We can surely expect Qi 1.2 Certified TX's from Samsung later in the year.

With 15 Watt you can likely expect the net charging rate to be in the 7-10 Watt range. Anything that fast will obviously translate into a subjective "fast charging" experience even if the phone is used with "everything on". Pretty cool stuff....

I would recommend to wait with buying any product until we see "Qi Certified" products. Also confirm that the product is listed on the PowerConsortium's product page (link). Keep in mind that "Compatible" is completely different then "Certified" in the Qi world and with high output power there's more room for quality issues with your battery if the TX module is not "Certified". Amazon will be "full" with "Qi 1.2 compatible" products soon but I would not use my $600+ phone on a non-certified charger yet. Also, there still some discussions going on in the supply chain side how to power a true 1.2 certified TX charger as the max output of a certified microUSB is well below the 15 Watt required to power the board.

Here's a good presentation from the Power Consortium (Qi) on the road map.

Great if you comment if I'm wrong or if you have questions. Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Accessories] Naemion:
Actually I don't think I could have put it better myself except I thought the version 1 was 5w, version 1.1 was 10w or "fast charging", and 1.2 was the new 15w format?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Accessories] Naemion:
Anybody seen this? Not out yet but I'm going to pick it up when it is.

http://www.incipio.com/ces2016/ces-power/ghost-15w-qi-fast-wireless-charging-pad.html
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Accessories] km8j:
So why is this 3-5x more expensive than other wireless chargers on Amazon?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Accessories] Naemion:
Newer tech?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Accessories] JeffsXoom:
Because it charges your phone quicker than older technology used in wireless charging plus it is new, give it awhile it will come down in price.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] New Rising:
Am I the only one considering upgrading to the s7 edge? Only cons for me are going to a smaller screen (I think) and no micro usb c. The main reason I want it is the 3600 mah battery and snapdragon 820. The Nexus 6 has been great and I've had it for over a yr which isn't common for me heh. What are your opinions on the S7 edge?
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seabro01:
Don't think I can go back to a much smaller screen. I'd rather keep using the N6 as daily driver and wait for the 2016 Nexus or Moto X Pure.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strephon Alkhalikoi:
The screen size isn't as much an issue here as dealing with, in order of severity, locked bootloaders, Touchwiz, Knox, and bloatware. Not a good trade, and waiting for the next Nexus is the better option.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AstroDigital:
It has bloatware (Nova Launcher can hide this)

Locked bootloader, I have not rooted anything in ages.

My biggest pet peeve is that March next year you will be wondering when will you see Android N.

The next biggest pet peeve is the small screen.

Me I can wait 6 or 7 months and see what Nexus 2016 is like, hopefully they bring back Qi Charging.
[Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] New Rising:
Yeah 1 can only hope for it getting root, seeing as I have Verizon on top of that. I think it'll be nice not tinkering with my phone everyday. I'll more than likely get bored with it and go crazy not flashing anything. I could just get the S7E and if the new Nexus is worth it and just sell the Edge and pay the difference.