[LG G5 Real Life Review] D-X:
SEA Edition - My personal SOT

OK, is my turn to share my SOT ：）

How well for this 2800mAh can last for SOT? And how well LG optimized the system for G5?

The result is impressive, at least to me！

Actually a lot of people keep asking “what is your phone SOT”.

But most of the people will just tell the person their SOT ONLY but never tell him in details.

Because of this, they will believe it and start spreading.

My personal view is you have to see how the user use it, installing different apps,

use different apps to do the same thing, all the different settings, etc

All of these also will affect how fast is your battery drained.

Below are my 3 times testing, and once again battery capacity more doesn’t mean that it can last longer!

I am using SEA edition H860

Firmware – V20G

Root & Installed Apps to optimize – NO

Bluetooth，NFC– OFF

Data – 3G only (as 3G is already very fast, 4G will eat up more data faster)

Network – WiFi (at home & office), 3G (Outside)

Always on Display – OFF

Daydream – OFF

Weather Animation - OFF

Battery Saver - OFF

Game Optimizer – ON （because I never play games）

Screen timeout – 1min

Sound Effect – OFF all of them

Vibrate on tap - OFF

Smart Bulletin - OFF

SIM Card – only use single SIM

VoLTE – the carrier staff help me to off it as I never use this

Apps – Disabled some apps that I never use, to prevent them to run at the background

Facebook App Notifications –OFF all

Wechat Notification – OFF all

Social Media Apps - Whatsapp, Facebook & WeChat only

Monday to Friday, when going to work or going back home,

I will use Poweramp to listen music by using ear piece. Mostly less than 30 minutes.

Weekend, never, unless I go out

NOTE: I tested it until the phone turned off by itself. When the percentage hit 1%, phone will be turned off by itself.

First Test

SOT：roughly 6hrs 30minutes

Special Circumstances：Because I turned off the phone twice and on again for 2 different times

Brightness：40%

GPS：ON，with High Accuracy

Make/Receive phone call: NO

Usage：Most of the time FB + playing video + Chrome，then watch YouTube video, Whatsapp

Second Test

SOT：roughly 6hrs 49minutes

Special Circumstances：Turned off phone once, then on again for sometimes

Brightness：35%

GPS：OFF

Make/Receive phone call: NO

Usage：Most of the time FB + playing video + Chrome，then watch YouTube video, watch video by using MoboPlayer (not very long time), , Whatsapp

Third Test

SOT：roughly 6hrs 39minutes

Special Circumstances：seems no

Brightness：35%

GPS：OFF

Make/Receive phone call: Yes, both less than 5 minutes

Usage：Most of the time FB + playing video + Chrome，then watch YouTube video, watch video by using MoboPlayer, , Whatsapp

Battery Drained Conclusion:

There is no problem for me to use G5 for 2 days

I don’t even need to use the spare battery

Use until the phone auto turned off by itself, every time also over 6hrs SOT so far

Thus, to me it is very good

Besides 6.0, I think LG did optimize the system well

I do not sure whether this battery made by some kind of special material or what technology used.

But I am curious that the battery seems drained easily during standby time if compare to G2, I have no idea why. Marshmallow 6.0 Doze should be solving this issue.

I even watched a video, the person turned on the Always on Display for around 7hrs but it only drop 1% of battery

I will be installing Greenify to test again soon

But Doze also hibernate apps, Greenify also doing hibernation, not sure what is the differences between them.