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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] nickrule1896:
I see... I guess the best way around this is to get a new ROM and root etc right? but I'm worried for the warranty and the breaking of samsung/android pay :( This knox thing has been preventing me from wanting to do all the XDA stuff I want on the phone!!! Should've gotten a OnePlus 3 :D
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] graymatic:
What ROM are you running? Stock?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] graymatic:
Does anybody know if there is a tasker task/shortcut to automate this process?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] graymatic:
I am surprised you are getting such great results with location on all the time. I'd like to figure out a tasker profile to turn off mobile data when I am on wifi.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] nickrule1896:
This isn't normal right? My phone drains 10% per hour on a usual basis. I have wifi, location, auto-sync all turned on, while Android backup, AOD and data are turned off. I'm tired of this bull****....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] lamenramen:
Standby drain, even with the doze feature, is still an issue. Very interesting because doze is touted as a major leap forward, but to my eyes Amplify and Greenify are still way more important than doze to get acceptable battery life. I did not expect this, but I think that fundamentally, because Android lets you to whatever you want in the background with services, etc, there's always going to be drain compared to iOS....if you want the freedom you've got to be able to deal with carefully inspecting each app you install and seeing which ones "violate" what you define as acceptable battery usage in the background. I also think that google play services is a crazy big hog. Yes, it's possible they need all this stuff but because of bad PR or something I am starting to suspect them of collecting way more information than is needed and as long as they do that, Android is always going to have a battery drain problem. If they must collect as a way for me to "pay" for the "free" Android, then please just collect it locally and upload it once per day or something. For the record I think that the battery drain issue will not be solved on Android to "ios" levels because Android is inherently more capable and complex, which costs battery. I also think that many people care about battery life and many people aren't going to want to inspect each app and look up which service is running amok.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Malik828:
is this ever going to be fixed really love android
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] connectandroid:
I managed to claim back 4-6hrs of extra battery life with use of

Phone Schedule https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.antonc.phone_schedule&hl=en

Mail Sync https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.intesys.syncmail

Reason for my drain was i have 3x gmail/google app accounts syncing 24/7 + twitter app + slack app notifications all running 24/7 with wifi on 24/7. With Phone Scheduler i schedule wifi to turn off/on when I go to sleep and set separate mail sync periods for each of my google app email accounts in Mail Sync app.

FYI, email accounts get between 75-200 emails/day combined and twitter gets 10-20 notifications/day and slack gets between 30-80 notifications/day all with notification LED enabled.

Overnight battery drain with this setup is between 0.1%/hr to 1.1%/hr. And 90% of GSam Battery Monitor reports 0.0%/hr for 'since last screen off'.

I now get around 22-25hrs total with ~4 1/2hrs to 5 hrs screen time with 75% of that with playing games like mini warrior heh
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] avatar_ro:
Bumping up this thread; this one is much better than any other. It really helps people.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] swoopp:
I would have iffy battery too. What worked for me is this: Reset my phone, downloaded EZ disabler pro and disabled all the bloatware and **** I don't use. Also disable knox, as it wastes battery a lot. I turned off the location scanning, and I didn't mingle with the WIFI settings at all because I find I don't need to. I also use Nova launcher instead of touchwiz, Idk if it's proven that helps but it works for me. I also attached pics of my battery life.View attachment 3837962
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] olafsand:
I use Knox and it does not drain battery i think. 0,2-0,5% / h when i sleep at night :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] MrDusan:
Can you post a screenshot of all disabled packages in EZ disabler? Is everything working ok after U disabled knox and all related stuff?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] swoopp:
Sure. And yes it is.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] avatar_ro:
actually this is very bad, watching youtube should give you around 5.5h of SOT like me and I have nothing disabled .... absolutely no tuning. I use nova also.

sync off

location high accuracy

Bluetooth off

wifi on with always ON, never sleeps

mobile data LTE
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] swoopp:
Hmm interesting i use regular s7 and have snapdragon and this is by far the best I can manage
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] avatar_ro:
exynos I forgot to mention... maybe it's important.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] AB__CD:
Exynos dual SIM S7 here, but with microSD instead of SIM 2.

- Aggressive Doze and Greenify

- Doze VPN app installed to set VPN up as a firewall when screen off on data

- Always-On turn off

- Power saving on when on data

- Location high accuracy

- Game Tuner turned on to limit Snapchat performance

- Sync and all standard

- 1 Google account, WhatsApp, LINE, Instagram, Folio for Facebook

- Android Wear on, but watch not always connected

And the result is shocking solid battery life as of late, with the Doze VPN in particular working wonders. As of now I am at 15h12m on battery with 9% remaining and 3h41m SOT to show for it. Battery still could be better: sometimes when screen on it drains 1% per minute for seemingly no reason at all, on other occassions once every 5 or 6 minutes when doing the same thing. Also, to get to the target 1%/hr on data, a lot has to be sacrificed, and overnight a loss of approx. 5-6% over an 8h period is OK, but not nearly as good as the 3-4% I used to get: Android System now shows as one of the battery drainers when left overnight, where it used to be Cell Standby and Device Idle only. But for all intents and purposes, I'm satisfied with the S7's longevity, so can't use that as an excuse to upgrade to Note 7 =P
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] fredriks:
This is my standby drain problem. On 2,4 ghz WiFi it drains hysterical, on 5 ghz almost nothing

It's really not a problem, I just let it run on 5 ghz but I thought this would be fixed by now.

I have tested this on

3 Samsung S7

2 different routers, Asus rt-ac87U and a netgear r8000 nighthawk and same problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy S7's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] avatar_ro:
22h straight? How is this even possible? was the phone plugged in?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] darkinners:
This phone idle drains almost as much battery when in use, if you are a heavy use, this is not a bad phone for you.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] scotthadkins:
Coming from the Droid maxx I find the battery to be underwhelming. The only saving grace is the quick charge. Love the device hardware but battery sucks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Us3rNam3d:
Phone is doing great while using it, its only downside is that it gets quite hot while using. Other than that its great and i love it !:p
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Derpenson:
mine starts to heat in less than 5 min as soon as i activate the wifi :(
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] torr310:
It gets hotter than Galaxy S5. Gets very hot when doing continous web browsing. Gets overheat warning when playing VR for 30 mins.

The game's name is Lands End
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] midnightrider:
Mine doesn't get hot at all but I am not gaming. About the hottest it gets when updating Android. And I live in a very hot and humid climate so I am very satisfied.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Travis Bickle:
Can you download CPU-Z and tell us the battery temperature when you are on Chrome for more than 10 minutes and when you are charging the phone ? Mine gets warm after using it a bit and hot when charging.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] midnightrider:
I don't browse much on the phone. It's just annoying. Also, I have been using USB charging from a desktop which is horribly slow but also doesn't heat up the battery which is good. Like I said the only time I notice it getting hot is on a long Android update. When I update all apps and have like 20 or 30 apps to be updated it gets warm but not hot. And the ambient temp here is around 90-95F right now in my living room. Right now on phone info it shows 33C CPU and 33.3C battery. I don't use cpuz because of the ads. I thought cpux had temps but i can't find them now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] midnightrider:
Oh it does get hot with the wall charger! I have been using usb charging and it takes over three hours to go from 40% or so to full but the phone stays cool. The wall charger is much faster but it really heats up the phone. I guess what you are seeing is normal. Try usb charging if you don't need to get the battery full in a hurry.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Austin98989:
Using this phone while playing Pokemon Go gets me about 4-1/2 hours until i need to recharge. I usually use my Samsung Charging pad to recharge my phone. just sit it down and leave it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Darth-Liev:
low endurance, i using phone every day, instagram facebook and other soc. media and i have to charge phone twice a day :/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] jjhaohao:
i heavily modified my s7 software (Google Play Services replaced with microG, Xposed installed, Magisk installed, Amplify, Greenify, Better Battery Saver, Disable-Service, PowerNap, AFWall+, AdAway, AppOps, etc), and i get very very good battery, 6 hours SOT minimum with heavy LTE usage on whatsapp, facebook, instagram, etc. But yeah, in stock bloated rom, battery sucks.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] jbonilla51:
Does your s7 have the exynos processor or snapdragon? if it's snapdragon, can you tell me what other apps you used to get such awesome battery life, or what guides you used that led you to the use of such apps? I can barely crack 4 hours SOT with mainly Firefox, Youtube use, and some facebook/whatsapp. On top of that, when I rooted my s7 and tried using greenify+amplify+forcedoze my battery life was VERY BAD compared to stock and full bloat.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Phone_Junkie:
I purchased this phone on 12/21 from Best Buy. I am coming from an unlocked Moto Z Play with which I was averaging 10 hours of screen time. Greatness and benchmark every OEM should consider. The apps on the S7 are the same as I had on the Moto. Today is my first day of a full charge and I have actually used it less than I typically would the Moto Z Play. I would try to kill the battery on the Moto purposely. That thing just kept going. Underwhelming battery life is about right for the S7 but I knew coming in that there would be absolutely no comparison.

Why did I switch? This phone game is one of give and take. I would take the Moto Z Play with that Snapdragon 625, insane battery life, 10x better finger scanner and the software experience over the S7 any day. There was one thing that I could not deal with on the Moto and this is where the S7 shines. The camera on the Moto is horrendous.

I have a nice shooter but I don't lug it everywhere I go. More times than not I want to take a picture with my phone where you just wouldn't carry a camera.

So, as of this post I am on target for about 4 hours of SOT on the S7 which falls short of what I am used to (Moto Z Play, 10 hours and about 8 on the iPhone 6 Plus that I just sold).

Give and take. Return this S7 and go back to the Moto Z Play but deal with a camera that sucks but IMHO excels over the S7 in every other aspect?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] olafsand:
Wait android 7. I can tell you there the fingerprint unlocking are fast as lightning!!! And sot i get 6-8h because in nougat the doze is very good.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Fatebinder:
It would be useful to state whether you own the Exynos or the Snapdragon* version :) I have the Exynos, it doesn't get hot, not even when charging. 6 hours game time.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] jjhaohao:
It's Exynos! i think 4hs SOT with Qualcomm it's ok since it is less efficient (At least on our phone). I can't tell about battery drain on root because the root method of your version is different, so maybe it's a kernel issue (no deep sleeping or something like that or a bad CPU governor keeping the cores at high frecuency).
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] AB__CD:
Just installed BTU firmware on my 930FD. Doing reasonably well. Display resolution set to 1080p, getting about 30m more SOT than MM.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] oskedlack:
Playing need for speed most wanted. I get 5 hours more or less.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] COMTB:
So I would call myself a heavy user as I use my phone daily for work, tethering, etc. This includes running GPS constantaly for hours on end tracking skiing/mountain biking, playing music via pandora (both cached and in service modes) and it doesn't get that hot at all. The ONLY time I feel it getting hot is when I have tethering on in addition too everything else.

I've used both wireless and fast charging it it's not too hot when I pick it up. To be fair, I have a lifeproof case on it so that may be absorbing heat but those are my results.

I must say, battery life is on point for me. I can get a full day including 5+ hours tracking with GPS and music.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Cyn1:
Never needed to charge my phone during the day, even when used heavily (~3-4 gaming)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] thevibas:
Flagship devices can handle huge things but unfortunately battery's aren't. They just focus on adding up features instead of giving good performance on whatever is packed on the phone with good battery back up.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] PT-115:
Serious Drainage when phone hits 15%

When my phone hits 15% it literally counts down to zero in 15 seconds. Just started happening about a week ago. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] enjoylife1788:
Looks like your battery is dead. You would need a battery replacement.

Before you can try recalibrating the battery by draining to 0 and then recharging it to 100 in one shot. Do it 2-3 times and it should calibrate properly.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] PT-115:
Thank you for the response. It was, indeed, the battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] enjoylife1788:
Did you get it replaced? If so then how? And how much did it cost?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Colday96:
Indeed, when I start playing a game and YouTube at the same time, it starts to slow down a lit
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Once in a while, when your significant other yells at you, you might use your phone a bit less. Rate this thread to express how the Samsung Galaxy S7's battery performs under light use. A higher rating indicates that the device goes a long time when you're using the phone sparingly: no gaming or video/audio streaming, light web browsing, some calling and texts, etc.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] liteon163:
I'm still breaking in the phone, but it seems like I should be able to make 48 hours in light usage. It won't be quite as easy as with my old LG G2, though.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] juki jukel:
i have the phone for almost 4 weeks, light usage (no games, no FB, no YouTube), some web browsing, almost 1-2h of calls and the battery never got under 48h...i am pretty happy with it
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] darkinners:
Not a good phone for light use.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] red6hu:
Stock ROM, a few app disabled. I never was able to reproduce these. 4+ days standby, 7+ hours SOT.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Mosquito_Bites:
[MENTION=4116990]red6hu[/MENTION] how did you change the signal and wifi signal icons because in stock rom there are different icons .
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] red6hu:
With Samsung's Good Lock app.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Djuganight:
Battery just flies away with wi-fi on
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Cyn1:
No complaints.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] thevibas:
Doesn't matter you are a heavy user or light you'll get only 10-15 minutes of difference.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] waingro808:
Adding my rarely used apps to "Always Sleeping Apps" in battery settings has improved my standby time a lot. I can easily get 2 days with 2.5 hours SOT now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Is the Samsung Galaxy S7 as good-looking as you are (despite your receding hairline, adult-onset acne, and massive weight gain)? Rate this thread to express whether you think the Samsung Galaxy S7 is attractive. A higher rating indicates that you would even go as far to say that the Samsung Galaxy S7 is a beautiful phone.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] se1000:
Looks great, feels great, excellent speed and stamina. What more could you ask for?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] pahick:
Agreed, mine just got here. Lovin it!!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Macguyver:
I'm about 36 hours in to having mine. Loving it. The size is a welcome change.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] whoamanwtf:
Going from a Nexus 6P to this, sort of I am still carrying both right now.. work and personal but I love the look and feel of this phone.. So much more manageable and really the screen size difference is not big enough for me to care.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] bournefusion:
I traded in a Note 4 for this (which I loved) and I'm thrilled with the smaller size. It's the perfect middle ground for me - not too big for my pockets. As a tall guy, I could carry the Note 4 just fine in my pocket and in my hand it was great, but I absolutely love the downsized goodness that is the S7. My note was always rubbing holes in my pants pockets because it's just slightly too big.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] iridaki:
Came from the Note 4 as well. For a 5'0" tall, 100-pound girl like me the Note 4 was seriously huge!! I loved it to bits but it came to the point where it was impractical to carry and hold. I love the size of the S7 and generally the device looks so sleek and classy! I guess what the Note 4 lacked was that "premium feel" devices released afterwards have.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] liteon163:
I'd prefer the phone be a bit shorter and wider (like the LG G2 I'm coming from). Otherwise, the size is nearly perfect for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] cyberdrox:
Sexy
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Tw1tchy:
The pearlescent finish and curved back are pretty nice to look at.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] kiss99:
完美！
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Deleted member 7436581:
Root.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] GamerGamer:
thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Macguyver:
honestly, I paid for the ad free version of the couple apps and games I use a lot, I have ad block plus for the samsung browser which is arguably as good as or better than chrome. So for me, that takes care of the second biggest reason I root. The top reason, is bloatware and with gatesjunior's debloater, I've blocked all the apps I can't uninstall and the phone runs great. I personally have really no need for root at this point. After doing these things this is hands down the best device I've had yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] 52brandon:
I actually just mentioned this in another thread. I have the Gold Platinum Galaxy S7 (not Edge). It is THE sexiest phone I have ever owned. Ever. I was very leery about buying it since it can't be rooted and I've rooted every single Android phone since the Droid, rocking Android 2.0.1, which I bought the day it was released. Though root didn't exist, and I had no idea what root even was for probably a couple months. Basically I screwed with the phone and set everything up that could be possibly customized on my own. At which point I was bored at work and discovered root while looking up what else could be customized that I didn't discover on my own playing with the phone. I was one of the 2% on VZW who had their 3G data throttled back by 90%. So I was also one of the first with 4G, getting a Thunderbolt, rather than waiting for the Bionic (luckily because that was delayed for so long, I was almost due for a new upgrade). But back to the point from my ADDetour, I barely mind not having root. I do wish I could customize the statusbar icons/text/clock colors/fonts. But otherwise loving marshmallow. And I've always liked touchwiz. And love this one. But that's only half of it. This is the first time I can say in terms of hardware that Android crushes Apple. It is one drop dead sexy phone. Though damn near every flagship Android looks better than the iPhone now. I even owned a few iPhones over the years, trying to accept them because I've always thought they were great devices, but none lasted more than a couple weeks before I sold em off and got a new Android. Even though I thought it looked better physically, and I always jailbroke them and tried to make myself like it, I always came right back to Android. As I said in my thread about getting a case for it. I want as little as possible. I have always just slapped a case on my Androids without a second thought. But I don't wanna cover this beauty up. On a scale of 1-10, I give it an 11. I just couldn't be happier with this phone. Well, once somebody finds the exploit to root it. But as a stock device. Never had one like this
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] mastermind34:
I love the way the camera and flash is lined up. Screen is amazing!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] lorsban:
Definitely the best looking phone I've ever had.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] darkinners:
Just look slick and stylish. The glass texture feels great too!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] Austin98989:
Love the way it looks and feels in my hand. If i had 1 negative thing to say it would be the glass gets slippery when you hand starts to sweat a bit.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] bj.:
Love this phone, build quality, aesthetics and everything, its one of the best looking smartphones, sleek, stylish, premium even better.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] iamsloany:
Superb build quality, but personally I'd rather my S6 Edge for innovation and design.

Don't get me wrong the S7 is a great phone but it's lacking on overall design, the larger battery makes it heavy, the glass/metal make it so slippery, not a good combination.

The amount of times I've nearly dropped this phone in the space of a week is ridiculous and I have a good track record not breaking my phones, ended up buying a case which made it look like an S6 flat, so not too impressed that it doesn't stand out. Ive had every model in the S range, this & the S5 are the least visually exciting ones I've owned
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] *Detection*:
Get a case and lift some weights ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] iamsloany:
How about now, mid-session?

Switched back to my edge :silly:
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Real Life Review] *Detection*:
haha :D Just need the case now :D