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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Cst79:
The proof is in the numbers (besides the number of people complaining): before the last update, Android System drain was 3-4%, after it, it is 15%+ if you are lucky. You can look at your Android System drain percentange and see for yourself. After the last update, my phone barely lasted 30 hours. With the previous firmware, it easily lasts 55 hours in the same conditions. For those people coming from developer phones with small batteries like Nexus 5X/6P and others, this may be fine, but I'm coming from an LG G2 which had great standby time, so I'm not willing to accept an update that halves my standby time.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] turtuv:
One question stays: what is the Samsung goal? What does it earn with this update that make the battery usage worse?

Sended from my Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Gold Platinum
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Juuls:
I guess i'm just lucky then ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] turtuv:
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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Cst79:
Well, you never mentioned APD1, just "last update". If your phone is carrier-branded, you probably don't have APD1 yet. What is your actual software version ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] C0derbear:
FYI, AT&T has APD1 rolling out.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Juuls:
APD1, carrier free
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Cst79:
Interesting. What is your baseband version ? Can you post a screenshot ?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Juuls:
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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] o1d8oy:
I have exynos ver APD1 and I also have battery drain :/
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Cst79:
I just looked at your last picture with the battery usage. It seems that you just let the phone in stand-by the entire time, you did not use it at all. ..
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] dajmanjt:
Hey guys I created a small guide on how I achieved some better standby time. If anyone is interested in trying what I did to see if it helps them feel free to check it out. I used the things I learned in this thread plus some additional things.

http://xdaforums.com/verizon-s7-edge/how-to/tips-helped-improve-s7-edge-battery-t3366629
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] chungdae:
I have the G930f exynos, on the APD1, and do not have battery drain. It may have actually improved. My android system has gone down but my android OS has gone up a tad. However both of them are in the single digits as power consumers
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] turtuv:
So is this the correct app?

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] optimummind:
On the new update, can someone test this for me? Set Location to GPS Only for a few hours & then check Battery Usage for Android System. Is the GPS constantly on for almost as long as GPS was turned on or was GPS active for just a few seconds or minutes?

Plz specify Exynos or Snapdragon.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] chris2busy:
how did you take that full list, long screenshot mate?

back to topic..i tried those OP mentioned but still get tons and tons of cell standby drain.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Kaylee_12:
Settings -> Device -> Advanced Features -> Smart Capture

If you toggle it to (On), then you get these three options pop up a few seconds after you take a screen shot. Hitting the (+) automagically scrolls down, captures, and adds to the first shot. It's cool.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] ricoyakuza:
To fix battery drain, i think we should disable some running packages. You can use EZ Package Disabler to handle it.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] meyerweb:
I wrote in another thread: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=66597218&postcount=1096

Possible fix to Android System battery drain?

I have the Sprint edition, and even with the most recent OTA Android System was using about 25% of my battery over the course of a day. That's better than the 30-35% I had before the update, but still not very good. (The OTA did substantially lower OS battery usage, though.)

Anyway, I was reading a post in one of the threads on battery life that mentioned Samsung Push. So I disabled it with Package Disabler a few hours ago. During that time period, my Android System use has dropped from 25% to 13% . I've also been using the app System Panel to track application cpu use (among other things). Over the last 24 hours, System Processes used 24.7% of cpu. Over the last 2 hours, 7.0%.

I'm not sure what I'm losing by freezing Samsung Push, but I haven't noticed any ill effects in the admittedly short time since disabling it. I certainly need to do more testing before I'm ready to say this is the solution, but I'll charge to 100% overnight and run tomorrow with it disabled, then re-enable and compare the next day.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] vnuh:
Sorry for the noob question but how can you clear cache as one of the first steps per OP guide?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] eliashadow:
You must go to phone recovery (volume up+ home button+ power button) and you will see this option.

Στάλθηκε από το SM-G935F μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] meyerweb:
Do the above with the phone turned off. Hold all three buttons until you see a tiny little prompt at the top left corner of the screen, then let go of all buttons.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] turtuv:
He can go simply into the settings and do factory reset from there.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] meyerweb:
True, but I believe he wants to clear cache, not factory reset.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] darkmetal:
Verizon just pushed am update did anyone update yet?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] gettinwicked:
Took it last Friday. Android System drain is less than half it was, I've seen from 12% - 19%, but not over, I was always over 30% before. And it looks like battery life is better. After two charging cycles, it looks like I'm getting closer to two full days (48 hours). I unplugged it yesterday at 6am, and today I'm at 38% at 8:30am and it says 17 hours left (obviously won't be that). I also noticed that my phone is dozing better. The battery usage slopes level out much more when I'm not using the phone. And I'm now at the May security patch. Good update.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TheWu-Wei:
I also updated a couple of days ago. Battery life is improved for me, and Android System has decreased significantly. Now, though, cell standby has spiked more than before. I also noticed this update improved the high touch sensitivity that was causing unintended taps / opening links or emails while I was scrolling. Also, signal strength is greatly improved.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] bailyc:
This is encouraging for Verizon users. Thanks both for sharing. I'm one of those users who doesn't get more than 3.5 hrs SOT on an average day. 5 hrs on a weekend, if I'm sitting on my couch. Haven't updated yet but I suppose I'll give it a try this weekend.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
That's normal for cell standby to spike when Android System goes down. You gotta think about it this way. When something drops in percentage then something else needs to raise its percentage to take its place. If your phone sits for the first 2 hours off of the charger then cell standby should be high. Once you start using the phone then cell standby quickly drops down the list.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TheWu-Wei:
Oh, I wasn't complaining at all. Just sharing my observations. I'm pretty happy with this latest update.

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[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] down33:
Can you post a screenshot ? :)
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] TheWu-Wei:
I think you were asking me, so here are my latest stats from stock battery monitor. I'd post GSam screens, but the data is inaccurate since I just did a midday topoff...
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] garetc:
Followed the instructions on this and I have seen an improvement although it's early days. Usually I'd be down to 75-80% only at 94% battery (after 2 hours light usage). Samsung have suggested I take this into a service centre for 'repair'
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Theandroidfan:
Is this any good? I've had the phone for four days now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] mastermind34:
I got this phone (SM-G930v) yesterday and i'm having a lot of battery issues. Any idea? I tried all of the settings the OP talked about.

This is my first Android phone. I can't post links yet.

i.imgur (dot) com/QJ3sea9.png

i.imgur (dot) com/0YG7de2.png
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] kappatau808:
factotory reset, disabled a few apps using application manager. charged to full and turned on greenify aggressive doze. not 1 hour later 2% gone and android system drain 100% lol
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
Did you clear cache?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
Something is definitely running in the background. I've never seen Android System at 100%
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
Yes. Enable all of them and just disable apps through the application manager.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] gainstatom:
I disabled all of them through the application manager not the play store.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] meyerweb:
We all know? I've had no battery drain issues at all. 12 hours on battery, 5 hours SOT, and still 44% battery left. What problem?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] gainstatom:
You're one of the many people who actually have good battery life. You can assume that everyone is going to get good battery life as well lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] RnRexpress3423:
What kind of ad blocker are you using? If any at all.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
I'm not. I rarely browse the Internet on my phone so it's not that important to me. I'm usually just using Tapatalk to browse forums and a RSS reader for blogs. I usually save browsing the Web for my laptop.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] kappatau808:
yup cleared cache. right now i am at 96% with nothing showing under battery usage
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] gainstatom:
Wait so which packages do I have to keep enabled? I disabled all of the AT&T apps as well as some Google Apps like Google music. Also I disabled all the amazon apps. Pretty I disabled everything except the Google Apps that I use.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] jrwingate6:
Nobody knows yet which packages are causing the battery drain when disabled. Right now I wouldn't disable any of them. Some have speculated that Touch Whiz is trying to communicate with something and its not getting an answer so it keeps just keeps trying.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] laureanop:
I concur that re enabling all packages has no negative bearing on battery, performance or RAM management/usage ( which by the way is much improved over the s6 and Note 5)

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Of course I left all T-Mobile and Google bloat disabled
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] d1pham:
Followed instructions on the OP to a tee and I'll be damned.....
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Mekc:
When I bought the phone, everything was fine and nice. I was shocked by how good the battery life is. But then I updated the phone (some android update and my battery life became a disaster. While browsing this topic I lost 7% of my battery. Exynos version here.

Everything is off or removed.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] osmosizzz:
Yup, I'm now afraid to take any updates.. Although I have the exynos version, I haven't received any updates what so ever. Think the AT&T sim card I have has disabled Ota updates. Anyways, the phone works good. Won't take any updates unless it's a major one. This battery life is way to good to give up.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] belloni:
My held awake is always quite high as screen on for some reason, even after I exchanged phone. I have minimal apps, I get good battery life but it frustrates me when i look at gsam.

http://imgur.com/QEI6xzU
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Mekc:
Will the factory reset remove this update for me?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] meyerweb:
No, I don't assume anything. I just take issue with the OP's statement that "we all know." I'd say those who are happy with battery life far outnumber those who aren't.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] d1pham:
Still on track for about 9 hours of on screen time.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Theandroidfan:
I have the Exynos version and as you can see in the screenshots above, Android system is using up a lot of battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Theandroidfan:
For whatever reason my battery seems to drain in standby mode. Anyone know how I can prevent this?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] whatwhatster:
Yes Wifi/Radio is the problem and I have the same issue with my S7 Edge, the only thing that solves it is older firmware!.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] maximusl:
I know 100% fix for android os android system wake. After charging the phone disconnect charger and just reboot the phone. Do not connect to charger aftereards if you do reboot again. You will see a huge difference. Try it!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cavags5:
I always did that all phones, android system is always there.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] maximusl:
I have that problem on my galaxy d7 edge as well as oneplus one with latest sultan rom but reboot fixes android drain for me as well as to my two friend who updated their note 4 to marshmallow.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] wollyka:
The reboot after charge thing is a fix for the Google Backup bug that affects certain phones (that shows under Android system in battery). But it is NOT a fix for Android System drain others are seeing. Btw, you can disable Google backup and you don't have to reboot your phone then.

See this thread: http://xdaforums.com/nexus-6p/help/partial-wakelock-android-backup-t3363390
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] maximusl:
I will try that.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:
Giving this a try. Will report back tomorrow. Followed the OPs post down to the T. Hopefully I notice at least some kind of difference.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:
Well after following the instructions perfectly it would appear that nothing has changed. My battery is at 92℅ after a mere 17 minutes of SOT time. Pretty pathetic, if you ask me. To think I left my iPhone 6s for this, which had tremendous battery. I thought Android would have gotten it's stuff together since using the HTC m8 back when it first came out. Seems not much has changed

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Beginning to wonder if Nova Launcher might be cause for concern.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cavags5:
Can you post some screenshots from your drain and use?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:


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Chrome is up there because I used it to post here. Downloaded the XDA app a few moments ago.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cavags5:
I see saving power 0 apps.

You could put always saving the apps don't use notifications.

And googles services are there.

You can disable a lot of things from Google.

Mine always only shows sometimes and 1%,

And you are in 4G if your signal is bad your battery disappear quickly.,

I in 4G depending on the signal can go to 3h to 4h sot in 50%..

Try to disable some Google apps and settings you don't need and location. And the drain will be lower.

My Google services
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:
Signal is good. When initiating the set up process I turned off everything Google related except location as the original post suggested it was okay. Set it to GPS only.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cavags5:
I have location off.

I don't need it.

My app weather update without it.

Don't use sync either because i have a app receive all my 4 emails with the sync off.

Is many ways to go around.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:
What is your SOT time?

I'll try disabling location services. I suppose I don't truly need it. I'm not sure what SYNC does exactly.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] maximusl:
spewed did you try reboot after a full charge? Charge disconnect reboot.

It helped me.

I'm testing now disabling google backup. I'm fed up with rebooting after each charge
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:
I actually did do that this morning. I pulled it off the charger rebooted it, used it a little and charged it back to 98% like another poster on this thread claims he does. Should I just be rebooting rather than charging back to 98%?
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] maximusl:
Do not recharge after reboot. Just use it normally. When you charge it reboot after disconnecting from charger
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cavags5:
Sync is to emails your Google account back ups all that stuff.

This is what I have now.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:
I thought I'd post an update. So I made it out of work with more battery than usual today. Which is a plus. The SOT looks like it's leaning towards the 6 hour mark. Apparently something I've done I believe is working. Take into consideration that when I woke up and my first screen shots from this morning at work were when it wasn't working. So I had drained around 10℅ of the battery prior to finding the solution.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] cavags5:
Remember one thing you have T model i think is the snapdragon they say the exynos have better battery. And you could have different updates.

Search for other T model post maybe you will find other solutions.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:
I'm hoping my problem is resolved. If I could get six hours SOT that would be great and it looks like I can get that a s perhaps stretch it more. We will see tomorrow though
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] maximusl:
Thank you. Turning off backup fixed battery drain for me :) I don't need to reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:
Not sure, how these stats compare to those with 6 hours plus of SOT time, but thought I would share after having everything including turning off the GPS. All Google services are disabled, including backup. Any thoughts? I should point out, however that I did not reboot after unplugging this morning and will do that tomorrow. Seems like I am on track for 4 or 4 1/2 SOT today though.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Symphony0fLife:
I haven't noticed an ill effects either. Package disabler shows that it's specifically used for certain Samsung services (and I disabled almost all Samsung services/packages I don't need and will never use) and I've noticed a big drop in Android System use as well as a decent jump in battery life. No ill effects noticed. All other push services work fine. Used Greenify on a few other apps/services as well, it seems to have made a big difference so far this week compared to my first week with the phone last week when it was largely stock. It's actually now eclipsing the iPhone 6s Plus I moved from, which is what I was hoping for out of the bigger battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:
I must just have a lemon. Because I want seem to manage to get any better than my standard iPhone 6s, which had the best battery of any phone I've had. Now I'm questioning my decision to leave the iPhone. It's a little pathetic that a 3600m battery can only achieve four hours SOT time with all the things that make the phone great turned off like GPS, wifi. Blueooth , any location services whatsoever. I have left SYNC on. I told myself after the s6 edge I would never buy a Samsung again, but I did -_- unless this issue gets fixed I certainly have cemented that statement this time.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Symphony0fLife:
You might have. Or maybe there are some things that can be done to sort it out. I had to restore my phone not long after getting it (which made me pretty annoyed). It was just burning through the battery at a rate of like 10% every 15 minutes or so of screen on time. I followed this guide while setting it up that second time. Since then though with a couple of tweaks it's doing great, surpasses my iPhone 6s Plus which was itself notably better than the 6s on battery life. I'm still not used to Android and miss iOS but I am getting more life out of it now. Still use location services, wifi, and sync (well, for Google photos). I never really use Bluetooth on any device I've ever had so I can't comment on that. The only things I completely eliminated were the Samsung and AT&T bloatware and turned a few apps to hibernate unless actually on screen and in use with the Greenify app.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:
I followed this guide as well, and have reset my phone on more than one occasion in an effort to resolve this. I shouldn't have to use greenify in order to have the battery life of an iPhone when this battery is twice it's size. Although I did attempt to use Greenify once already to no avail. I think I will reboot tomorrow after a recharge and see if that offers any difference. But I did follow this guide to a T
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Symphony0fLife:
I didn't have to, I simply elected to. After following the steps here and eliminating bloatware that alone put it about my 6s Plus. Greenify just extended the distance a bit further and was one of the tweaks I chose to do after the fact. I hope that rebooting helps when you try it!
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Spewed:
I hope so too. If not I'll deal with it until the next iPhone comes out. While I have been a long time Android user since the s3, and beyond the break I had with the iPhone being able to just use it as it was intended without having to fight for battery life sure was nice. While I love Androids customizability and growing greatness it just simply doesn't "work" out of the box as it should. I attribute that to the nucleus of devices and forced software touches by manufacturers. I think if we all ran Android as it were intended and didn't have so much bloatware the future of Androids usability would be much much better.
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] Symphony0fLife:
I agree. That was my biggest gripe as well. I'm happy with it now, but with my iPhones I never had to tweak them out of the box. They just worked as intended. The full potential of what they advertised and offered was reached out of box without any tinkering. I wish that Android devices came with the pure Android experience as well. The battery, camera and specs of the S7 Edge attracted me to it the most. It'd be hands down the best or one of the best phones on the market if they didn't make it such a job to get it to work as intended. I love it now, but I dread the day that I have to set it all up again. Who knows if I can even find all the steps again months down the road if I need to.