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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] razorseal:
Haven't heard of that one. What is it? I just got the package disabled and disabled bunch a stuff and checked off disable bloat ware. We'll see what happens
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ghstudent:
I'm saving the wipe option for the very last nuclear option since I transferred a lot of data and memories from my iPhone that I gave away after upgrading, so in order for me to reset the phone I would have to go through and back up everything which would be a lot of searching to make sure I got everything. (I'm a data hoarder) thank you for the suggestion though!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
It was a joke....Have you never heard of Ambien?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cdx47:
I am running stock everything. No debloating with WiFi and mobile data on. But I didn't select any of the options for background reports and I turned off the Bluetooth and WiFi background scan even when on option. Oh and I did do a factory reset. Phone is now sleeping like a baby. It took a day to settle down though or maybe me just playing too much. Oh and turn off AOD of course. But to be honest even with AOD on the battery life is far superior to my s6 which is as it should be.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] razorseal:
LMAO. good one.

I actually thought "what a cool name for an app to force it to sleep" :D:D:D
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
:D:D:D:D
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] gainstatom:
Does clearing the cache and then resetting actually help?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
Helped me tremendously. I was getting 18 hours with 3 hours SOT and now I get 48 hours with 8 hours SOT.

Make sure you follow the other directions I listed throughout my posts over the past 5 page.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Willyman:
Care to share battery usage results?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Juuls:
Click on his name and search by posts, there are several throughout the week.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] pawan69:
I think I don't have any issues with battery at all, I play games and watch videos all the time but I can see my mobile does'nt get drained out in a day, so I have no issues with battery at all. When I play continuously mobile gets a little bit heat that's the only issue I have.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] viking2.0:
Is the Samsung background reporting shown during phone setup the same as the diagnostic info under privacy and safety in settings? I just disabled that. Lets see if it improves my SOT
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Juuls:
Also check:

- Go to Settings > Applications > Google

- Touch Menu More (3 dots in top right corner) > Select Usage & diagnostics > turn it off
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] kajet915:
Trying both of these today
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] gainstatom:
What do you mean when you say you have not disabled any packages? Also which preloaded applications have you disabled? Also just making sure, you first remove your Google account while the phone is on, then clear cache in recovery, then factory reset?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] meblah741:
I cleared only cache last night and below is what I got overnight. The second screenshot is current. The apps I disabled are also attached below. These were the same ones I had disabled before I cleared cache and was still getting 2-4% standby drain. After clearing cache I'm anywhere from 0.5-1.5%.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] meblah741:
Forgot my gsam stats
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] greyhulk:
That ad on gsam is obnoxious. I haven't seen them in so long, I forgot how annoying they are.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ghstudent:
I'm in such a predicament because apparently I'm one of the only ones here that actually uses the gear VR (VR porn alone is worth it, but some of these apps are amazing.) I'm gonna try just clearing cache today and see what happens.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] greyhulk:
Wait... There's porn for our Gear VRs?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] viking2.0:
I don't know what your sot was before but it's not much if you extrapolate it it comes to around 4hrs. I think you just didn't use your phone much. I get 6 - 7 hrs without clearing any cache and 2% drain overnight.

What jrwingate6 was suggesting was Sot improved as well as standby drain. He gets 9hrs sot with 2 days of battery
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ghstudent:
Yeah, I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share the link, but if you Google search kink VR and then type in eager to serve parts 1 and 2 you might be able to find a free ~1 hour video... For... Battery research purposes. (I'm not usually into dominatrix stuff, but this was mild enough to where I really enjoyed it.)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] greyhulk:
Do you do this through the Gear VR's web browser?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ghstudent:
Last post I'm gonna make on this before the mods sweep through:

1. Download video via phone or desktop

2. Transfer video to /oculus/360Videos or /SDCard/oculus/360Videos (you may have to make these folders)

3. Launch Gear VR video player (the one that has the pinkish icon on the library that came with the VR)

4. Look in the bottom left corner for the tab that says "local" and click it.

5. Enjoy the best porn you have ever seen.

P.S. make sure you watch all of part one, I'm usually not into the whole buildup phase when it comes to porn but good god this actress is talented.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] greyhulk:
Ha! Awesome! Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] vineet381:
Dumb question, how to clear cache?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ghstudent:
1. Power phone off

2. Hold power button+volume up+home until recovery comes up

3. wipe cache partition

4. Reboot

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Not a problem! Make sure you tell your family good bye, you may not see them again after this!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] whittikins:
Seems like you've tried quite a few things but aren't using them all now. Mind summarizing the main things that you found which helped?

I know the main thing is remove google account, go to recovery, clear cache, factory reset.

When setting up, disable any and all Diagnostic/reporting options.

Disable any unused apps via App Manager, before they get updated.

Anything else?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
In the beginning I tried using Package Disabler Pro to disable almost all of the bloatware that comes pre-installed. That helped a little bit but it didn't do much.

At the end of the day what fixed it for me was:

1. Clear Cache

2. Factory Reset

3. Opt out of all background reporting to Google and Samsung. (Google Location is okay)

4. Don't update any of the pre-installed apps through the play store that your not going to use.

5. Turn off auto update in the pay store.

6. Disable any app you don't want in the application settings.

7. Set location settings to GPS only.

8. Set WiFi to sleep when the screen is off or stay awake only when charging.

Last but not least DO NOT use an SD card unless your phone doesn't have the ejection bug. Every time you see the SD notification your phone is scanning the SD card. This can use a lot of power in the background as it wakes up the phone and doesn't allow it to go into its deep sleep state.

Also make sure you set it up as a new device instead of copying information from an old phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] nyt:
Lol... that's excessive, and ridiculous in most cases.

I have my phone working quite well without gimping it. This is with trillian running with hundreds of contacts and being in an active xmpp conference. Wifi is set to always on, and running the latest software updates.

I've disabled google app scanning and reporting, and I'm using the following debloater list: http://xdaforums.com/tmobile-s7-edge/how-to/s7-edge-debloat-list-t3330211/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ghstudent:
Yeah.... All I needed to do was clear cache and disable debugging and reporting from Sammy/Google.. Looks like all is well in the world after this. AOD also off simply because I have a 46mm 360 for that.

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Absolutely no screen on time, but my biggest issues arose from not going into doze. Pretty sure after 3.5 hours only dropping by 2% indicates a good doze and even if it doesn't, I am completely fine with a ~.533%/hr drop. I will report back guys but for now hold off on that nuke button for one more day.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] razorseal:
Ahain... more disappointment. I don't get it. How is the OS not forcing some "doze" rules? It absolutely makes no sense.

I used the package disabled to disable all bloatware plus few other things. Disabled Google and Samsung feedback thing and actually lowered my android system usage from 35-40% to like 25%... not too bad you say...

Now randomly sync.me (which I love) randomly went on and kept the phone awake! How is doze not enforcing this thing to stay off? It's not setup to sync unless charging (and syncing should take a minute regardless)

Only thing I can do now is clear cache and factory reset, which doesn't make much sense because the phone quickly will be set up like this again...

Take a look...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] km8j:
Well, I've nailed down a cause for me - the stock Samsung browser (I was using the adblock tool also). I was using it 99% of the time. This hit me when I posted that I had booted into safe mode and let the screen sit on with a 10 minute time out for about an hour and only lost around 5%. That confirmed the screen is efficient. So I thought what are the things I'm doing the most of and that is web browsing so I disabled the stock browser and went to firefox. I've been off the charger for 20 hours, have 3 hours 55 min of SOT including over an hour of Netflix (585mah) and still have 29% left. Android System still used 967mah according to the stats. Here are the rest:

Android OS 497mah

Screen 423mah

Media server 303mah

Cell 195mah

Google App 175mah

Game 125mah

Firefox 113mah

Google Play Serv 102mah

Device Idle 94mah

Voice Calls 84mah

According to this, I've used 3663mah - obviously not accurate (I have S7). There was definitely something going on with the battery usage on this phone but it does seem the stats are off also. GSAM shows for this charge period 1.5 hours awake, 15 hours of deep sleep and 11 hours of doze (27 sessions). For everyone else out there getting great battery life, are you using the stock browser? I do recall seeing the stock browser on some peoples debloat list that were getting good battery but I never thought to disable it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] nyt:
You know doze mode only comes active after the phone sits motionless on battery for an hour right?

See this post, my phone is deep sleeping and dozing without issue.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65983206&postcount=433
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] igotgame:
Where is the Samsung reporting? I can't seem to locate it. Just want to make sure mine is off.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] whittikins:
It's obvious that Sync.me is not programmed to correctly work with Doze. Even if doze didn't exist, an app should not be keeping your phone awake for 5h 50m out of 6h 30m! You might try whitelisting the app in Doze settings to see if it still happens. Maybe it is conflicting and causing a loop of waking/sleeping or something. Also, I'm interested in the "details" view of that Sync.me app in GSAM. Is the data usage, sensors, or anything else high?

I know some people are having battery issues with the phone or OS itself, but yours is definitely caused by that app because it is keeping your phone awake 90% of the time!

EDIT: Another thought. Do you have facebook or any other app that is also syncing your contacts or whatever else Sync.me syncs? Maybe the two apps are fighting each other by constantly syncing different information. Just a guess because I know that FB sync actually works with Samsung devices (unlike stock Android).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ghstudent:
Go to your settings-> search (top right corner) -> report diagnostics
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] whittikins:
Some of you guys who are annoyed with Doze should download Greenify and enable "Aggressive Doze" in the options. You can also enable the notification in this section in order to see the Doze sessions any time you wake your phone.

Aggressive Doze makes your phone start dozing after just MINUTES of screen off and motionless, compared to hours with the stock functionality. You don't have to "greenify" any apps, and it does not require root.

If you want to take it a step further and disable the motionless requirement, you can use ADB from a computer to do that. It works great, but I prefer to leave the motionless requirement because otherwise the phone always wakes up slowly due to it always coming out of doze (which means all the apps/services have to resume and it is sluggish for 5-10 seconds).

So by just installing Greenify and enabling Aggressive Doze, your phone will then slip into doze after 5-10m of sitting still. My standby wasn't bad to begin with, but this absolutely improved it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] igotgame:
Can you still get notifications from apps (messages, facebook, espn, etc..) in Aggressive Doze?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] whittikins:
Yes, as long as the app uses GCM (Google cloud messaging) for push notifications (and uses high priority, which all messaging apps use).

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2015/10/how-google-cloud-messaging-handles-doze.html

EDIT: the "aggressive" part just means it will enter the doze state much sooner than the stock functionality. It doesn't change the way your phone functions while in the doze state though.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] whittikins:
More doze info

More doze info from https://developer.android.com/training/monitoring-device-state/doze-standby.html

Understanding Doze

If a user leaves a device unplugged and stationary for a period of time, with the screen off, the device enters Doze mode. In Doze mode, the system attempts to conserve battery by restricting apps' access to network and CPU-intensive services. It also prevents apps from accessing the network and defers their jobs, syncs, and standard alarms.

Periodically, the system exits Doze for a brief time to let apps complete their deferred activities. During this maintenance window, the system runs all pending syncs, jobs, and alarms, and lets apps access the network.

Figure 1. Doze provides a recurring maintenance window for apps to use the network and handle pending activities.

At the conclusion of each maintenance window, the system again enters Doze, suspending network access and deferring jobs, syncs, and alarms. Over time, the system schedules maintenance windows less and less frequently, helping to reduce battery consumption in cases of longer-term inactivity when the device is not connected to a charger.

As soon as the user wakes the device by moving it, turning on the screen, or connecting a charger, the system exits Doze and all apps return to normal activity.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] RnRexpress3423:
I'm wondering the same thing. Thanks guys.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ghstudent:
Go into your settings and search for report diagnostic, it will show up
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] razorseal:
Yes. The phone was motionless while I slept. All that you see there is motionless time.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] nyt:
ah yeah i see, sync.me is definitely keeping stuff awake. deal with that then see how it goes.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
What's so excessive about it? The fact that I have WIFI to only stay on while charging? I don't need WiFi when the screen is off and my phone is sleeping.

There is nothing excessive about what I listed. You should see the lengths others are going to in order to achieve longer battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] nyt:
And all the stuff your disabling is unnecessary to have the phone sleep properly.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] razorseal:
That WiFi only when charging doesn't work for me. It's set to it yet my WiFi is always on. Weird

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I might try this aggressive doze to kick in sooner but I still dont the get why the phone gets all these wakelocks (and the main culprit, android systen) while in doze. Sync.me didn't do this before so it's weird. I sent them am email asking
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] viking2.0:
What Is the difference between doze and deep sleep. From what I understand deep sleep is when cpu usage is 0. As per the document posted above doze also shuts off any network usage. But doesn't the network communication also use cpu. What else does doze time mean in gsam?

I always have deep sleep time more than doze time in gsam. Does that mean my apps are optimized without doze kicking in?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
I haven turned anything off. The only things I've opted out of are the Google and Samsung background reporting. Why would I care to have my phones information uploaded to either of them in the background. It serves no purpose to me and does not effect my user experience.

I have also disabled some bloatware I will never use such as Lookout. This also doesn't effect user experience.

As you can see through my post history, my battery life sucked for the first week. I tried everything and did multiple factory resets to no avail. What fixed it for me was disabling the background reporting and not updating every single piece of bloatware that came with the phone. I don't know what was causing my battery drain but it's now fixed.

I'm obviously not the only one who experienced or is experiencing excessive battery drain. Others have also reported what I've listed to do has helped their battery life tremendously.

What can I say other than you got lucky in the sense you didn't have to deal with the battery draining 20% overnight while your phone is just sitting there doing nothing. Many of us did and are. Especially those of us who have the Snapdragon version.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] nyt:
I didn't get lucky, the first thing I did was debloat my phone, I even included a link to apps that are safe to disable. I was saying it was excessive since you reset the phone, disabled updates, loc accuracy changes, and gps changes.. just not really necessary. Disabling the reporting and debloating does the trick.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] laureanop:
Jrwingate6 it'd be interesting if we could cross reference turning off all these Google / Samsung reporting/back up services with the Exynos version ( meaning if it would also make a difference for them).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] JosepHFJ:
Is this normal, ever since I bought the phone it's been like that.

I have everything off except data and even have doze on. Should I take the phone to the mobile to get a change?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] belloni:
What's wrong with Sync.me?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
That's not normal.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] gainstatom:
What is the SD card ejection bug? I'm using an SD card right now but I heard of a bug that wastes battery
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Matt S4:
Please help mee?? I have a S4 i9515 VE , everytime when i flash 5.0.1 lollipop it sudenly shuts down by it self sometimes?? On KK works fine...bit i want lollipop?? My battery is good. Help?? :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] gainstatom:
Also is it normal for apps to be higher than android system?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
Deploating my phone didn't work. I originally used package Disabler to remove almost every piece of bloatware and my battery life was still terrible.

This time around I haven't disabled a single package yet I'm still getting 8+ hours of SOT and 2 days worth of usage.

Yes, I did disable using mobile data and WiFi for location data but the GPS works fine.

In regards to automatic updates from the Play Store, I always disable this. I like having control of what gets updated and when it does. Some apps such as Facebook have updates that cause problems. Other apps remove features after an update so I like to read the reviews of what's going on with the updated app before I download it. I would recommend EVERYONE turn off automatic updates from the Play Store. It can only cause harm.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Ghstudent:
Guys, I'm gonna be off the forum for the next day looking at a possible culprit for battery drain, I will report back.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] h.nocturna:
It is for Snapchat because it’s a battery hog. As long as the app is open, the camera is locked on. Additionally, it is always downloading stories and snaps.

To save battery on Snapchat, turn on travel mode. You’ll still get your snaps, but will have to click to download snaps and stories. Not a big deal to do, but your battery will thank you.

My snapchat only uses about 2-3% battery if I only get 5-10snaps a day.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
Are you getting random notifications about your SD card?

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Yes. Completely normal.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] gainstatom:
Not randomly. Only when I reboot my phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
You are probably okay then. Keep an eye on it. I've seen some people say they were only getting them on a reboot at first but then they started to come around when they would turn the display off and on.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] JosepHFJ:
This is how he's been lately, what should I do?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] laureanop:
Jrwingate6: I had already managed to drop my Android System to 23-25% after turning off all those Google and Samsung reporting things, but I never thought that disabling all the auto update features on the Google Play Store would have such an impact on both GPlayS and Android System battery usage. They both dropped 4 % in a matter of hours!!

Android System is still a little high for my taste , but men we're making strides here!! ( no wipe out clearing cache for me).

With 56% battery left (SD):
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
I'm glad it is working out for you. Don't forget to turn off nearby WiFi and Bluetooth scanning.

After a few more tweaks on your end and after a couple battery cycles, you should finally be able to achieve 6+ hours of screen on time with more than a days usage. Of course it will depend on your usage but it sounds like you'll be there soon.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] laureanop:
At this point I'm more than happy with battery life, but now I feel we're one update away from having exceptional battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] viking2.0:
Not bad. Even with the android system at 30%
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] kajet915:
This is my daily use after disabling the reporting features and some bloat ware on my phone. But I always keep WiFi and Bluetooth on. I have earpiece and gear s2 connected all day. And I also talk on the phone a lot while I work so sot isn't really high for me but talk time is. And I keep hd voice/vote on. So I'm satisfied. Think I could get more battery use out of this?