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[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] domsch1988:
I've said it time and time again. Screen on time is irrelevant.

None the less. I'm pretty happy with my battery life. Usually lasts me all day and if it needs to, a weekend without charging.

I'd never trade for a snapdragon variant. No root and no custom Roms with a Samsung phone is just not worth it. Additionally, historically exynos has been better optimized.

I just use my phone, put it on a charger when needed, charge to 95% and am good to go. I've got no problem with fast charging or any of that. I keep Bluetooth and positioning on. Wireless is always on. No Aod, but thats about it. Also no crazy debloating and I do use Bixby. Maybe all those changes you do do more harm than good...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] datchico305:
Exactly my thoughts I have the Snapdragon variant and I have absolutely no issues at all I get a full 24 hrs with 5 hr SOT and that's half the day at work with terrible signal when I'm not working I easily get close to 8 hr SOT without disabling anything only AOD just use the phone let it settle more than often all the little tweaks you do can cause more harm then good plus you got this gorgeous device and for the price why turn off all the features to just downgrade the user experience
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] aloknm:
Battery life is pretty ****ty. I used to get much better battery life with my LG G2 which also had a 3000mAh battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] domsch1988:
And this tells us what?

The G2 also only had a 5.2 inch 1080p screen, only a quad-core CPU, 2gb ram, no Bt 5 a horrible camera, no expandable storage, no inductive charging and is completely irrelevant in a discussion about the s8 battery life. My e90 communicator got one and a half weeks of battery life out of 1500mah...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] aloknm:
Mr I can name specs, why dont you put the fingerprint sensor and iris scanner into it too?

And btw you this phone has quad core CPU too, only 4 cores are active at a time, 4 of which are low energy cores (which run most of the time) and 4 performance cores (which run during games and such) and with 835's 10nm process compared to 800 of the G2's 28nm should give it a good boost in battery life. Ram really does not matter and does not affect battery life. And coming to the screen, go look up what an amoled pentile display is. Also amoled's are way less battery consuming than a LED screen. Again all the other features you quoted really dont affect the battery life much. And really inductive charging, MY G2 had it too.

Please get your facts right and maybe do a bit of reading before making a fool of yourself. Samsung fans (basically any fanboys) can only quote marketing material but cant prove ****.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] domsch1988:
Oh, my facts are perfectly right. None of what I stated is wrong.

I know very well how amoled works. And in most cases (most of the pixels active) it draws more power than an regular LCD. They are only more efficient when most pixels are of.

The fact the SD835 can switch off cores does not make it a quad-core.

And it is not about me being a fan boy. In fact the s8 is my first Samsung and it has its problems. But you stating your G2 lasts longer on a charge is irrelevant to this discussion as it has completely different hardware.

After all I don't care really. I'm satisfied with the battery life I'm getting. If you're not, keep searching. I'm out.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] superlightman:
My batterie sucks too on a g950fd dual sim ,not one full day in battery safe modus, with use just a little use of you tube,messenger what app,max 2h -2h30 screen on day. The connexion sucks too it cant detect the wifi so far than my huawei ,and same for the connexion 4g is not so effective when I travel outside,or it not have so strong network than my old phone,or it stay on 4g ,even if it is no connexion so I have not Internet, but when I switched to 3g manually then it works. My old huawei was much better on old points! the only things where s8 is better, is photos and better looking,that's it. And why keep this phone,if for safe batteries,same I read on many post here, you have to disable all features,screen,apps...?!regret to spend a lot of money for this phone,never again samsung !
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] MartinMKR:
I have owned almost all flashships from Samsung, LG, HTC and atc I may say S8 have good baterry life - not amazing, but good. The only phones with better batteries i have owned are from Xiaomi, but the guys there put 4-5k batteries and doesnt care about design and stuff. Here its a different picture. With a car methaphore - you are driving sport coupe, it may not have a lot of space for bags and it may be little hard, but its fast and pretty.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] davebugyi:
So, I was afraid to get the S8 after reading these replies, but still got it nevertheless.

Yesterday I managed to get 3:54 h SOT with 35% remaining (4th day since turned on the 1st time).

Exynos

AOD Off - I have a Gear S3 connected most of the time

Infinity wallpaper off

Wifi and bt scanning off

BT on 24/7

Keep screen off setting on

SHealth used to its max with the Gear S3

Location history off

ForceDoze installed

Wifi/4g 60:40

Auto brightness on

NFC off (No Pay here yet)

Edge lighting on

No FB app, messenger - only Friendly.

WhatsApp, Instagram usage

FHD+

I disabled a heapton of Samsung apps and services that I do not use, so maybe that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] barondebxl:
T-mobile USA version, battery life is average not great.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] HighOnLinux:
The battery life is trash. The only way it got better is factory resetting the thing.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] alphacompton:
I had bad battery life when I first got my Galaxy S8 +, had to charge once or twice a day with occasional use. Really surprising for a new phone, but yesterday, I watched over two hours of Netflix, web surfaced for two more hours and messaged through out the day, my battery didn’t reach 50% until around 11pm. It felt like a monster. I only remember one change which was taking infinity display wallpaper off. I dunno if it was that or the phone needed to learn my habits but I’ve left almost everything on, from Bluetooth (for my smart watch) always have wifi on, always on display I have on like 30% of the time. I was so shocked after watching an hour of Netflix the battery icon showing full. It’s really awesome now.

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Btw, I haven’t disabled any apps, I have Facebook, messenger, gmail syncing, outlook syncing (job and school) and the battery life is awesome. But it is on FHD+.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Travesty1703:
Battery life S8 what gives?

I bought the new S8 to replace my horrendous battery iPhone 6. Only to discover its just as bad. Is something wrong? Im at 45% brightness, AOD off, mobile data off when in wifi, im on power saver mode on the bloody lowest screen setting FD. Would LOVE to use the gorgeous display but scared of only using the phone for an hour and destroying the battery. I used the Smart Switch from Apple iOS. I get 5 5min hrs on screen at 1042 mAh with 11hr 42m battery on time. Any tips? How is there so much bloody variance with a brand new phone!! Seems to vary by 300% with some users.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] WorldIRC:
Canadian Variant: My S8's battery was about 10-15% worse than my S7 Edge. Both devices were setup the same. I've now moved to the S8+ and battery life is on-par with my S7 Edge.

The Exynos is an incredibly efficient processor and am personally upset that they chose to switch the Canadian models over to Snapdragon. No matter what any marketing or technical person says, you just simply can't cut your battery size by 16%, increase the screen size by 5%, and say that "efficiencies in the new processor and new screen will offer similar battery life to what you were used to".
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] zone23:
Just an FYI on NFC if you use Samsung Pay (not sure about android pay) it will automatically turn on NFC during the transaction then turn it off when complete, so you don't need to leave it on.

I have to say that the battery life on the S8 isn't "the best" but if I need to spend a week with app killers and other BS to squeeze 2% more battery out then this isn't the phone for you. I'm not doing it. Phones shouldn't need user interaction to get a battery to last a day. I think sometimes people are just consumed with watching the battery every second and if you just leave the phone alone it will figure it out. In my case the battery probably drops 8% in the first couple hours after been unplugged, after that at the end of the night 10:30 it will have about 30% depending on my usage, it could be more it could be less but I don't spend the day ****ing with it trying to get another 2% battery like I said. Got better things to do. Oh and if that battery was that bad I would just wipe out my iPhone 7+ that thing goes about two days (thought you guys would like that).
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Maltonator:
I'm happy with the battery life of my S8 (Exynos). A lot better than with my S7.

I get about 6h sot with every charge. When I have WiFi, I play more games than with mobile data. So I think those two different usages are comparable.

Sync, WiFi, Bluetooth and mobile data are always on. AOD and location are mostly turned off.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] nikexv2:
Getting pretty good battery on mine
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
My battery got worse after the last updates.

Two updates ago I had, with the same apps, settings and uptime, 7 hours SoT. After the July update it decreased to 5h and now I'm on the august update and I can't get more than 3h.

What's happening?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] sofir786:
AQG5 stock s8+

Getting 21 hours with 7-9 hours sot(WhatsApp, chrome, Skype, playing war robots and YouTube, 1 hour worth of calls, and and animated lockscreen), I've had the phone for 3 weeks now and personally I'm very happy with the battery life especially with my usage in 4g+.

For this reason only I've been holding off rooting and trying custom roms and kernels, but I know I can easily get 4 or 5 hours more battery life doing so.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] bravo_alpha1:
Get a replacement dude. You should be getting at least 5-6 hours SOT.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] NimaMirzai:
Well, mine seems to be one of the worst ones in here

Exynos

AOD ON

Infinity wallpaper off

Wifi and bt scanning off

BT on 24/7

Wifi on 24/7

Keep screen off setting on

Location history off

Wifi/4g 40:60

Auto brightness on

NFC off (No Pay here yet)

Edge lighting on

No FB app, messenger - only Friendly.

WhatsApp, Instagram usage

FHD+

Exchange

Usually get around 14h batterytime with 2,5h SOT.

Medium user.

I have already left it at samsung service got it returned with no change. According to their test, there was no issues.

I did download Wakelock like and GSAM, - how to i upload my screenshots :S

drop usually 9% under 8h standby over night.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] JPsy Droid:
Hi, i'm satisfied so far.

38h since charging, 2:50 SOT, 28% left, 14h estimated left...:

Exynos CPU

aod off

15sec screen off (screeble running)

most time lte not so good (1-2)

stock samsung - but Nova launcher

bixby, facebook disabled

FHD+

auto brigthness

gps for location apps allowed

wifi 24/7 on

bluetooth ~2,5h

2 mail accs (gmail + 1h imap sync)

whatsapp

threema

foldersync (1 a day for pictures)

Think thats ok for a new phone. (Accu only one time full loaded.)

JPsy
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] thatsupnow:
Already complaining about battery life?? What do you expect when this thing is pretty much a pc in your hand?? You can always take advantage of that thing called electricity. That being said I think battery life is great no complaints here
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] bjunwei:
Why is Android System taking up so much battery?

Android Systems is always listed as one of the most battery consuming services/apps. My friend's S8 only lists about half of the services I have listed here, so I'm quite confused about that. Any idea how to disable some of these services and improve my battery life?[IMG="screenshot of android services"]https://drive.google.com/file/d/0By5ceVyJc3cJZTE0dlhKUjBja2s/view?usp=drivesdk[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] MeNtAl_DaRkNeSs:
ImsService wakelocks + voLTE causing battery drain

Hi ppl,

I was unable to read all the pages so I don't know if someone already wrote this but my standby draining on my S8 SM-G950F, was due to ImsService wakelocks (found it thanks to GSam Battery Monitor), caused by Enhanced LTE Services being enabled (I was having 3-5%/h on standby and now I have 0,6%/h), so where is the procedure to solve this:

1st - Download and install Nova Launcher (if you don't use it yet);

2nd - Enable the Widget "Activities" of Nova Launcher:

3rd - Search "Phone" with 129 in front of it:

4th - Expand and search for "Enhanced LTE Services":

5th - Disable Enhanced LTE Services

After this I finally have my Samsung Galaxy S8 with great battery life

I hope this helps some users,

Best Regards to all
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] pjonline:
Shocking

I was also shocked at the speed at which the battery got drained to less than 50% on continuous usage of internet and selfies, within in an hour. So sad..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ca12bon:
AOD off, email sync off, weather sync off, the only thing I have turned on is WiFI (I live in Korea so I get strong signal wherever I go), and bluetooth (linked to my Gear S2). I always have a dark wallpaper, and disabled unused stuff (GearVR, FB) using BK package disabler. I barely get 4 hours SOT on a GOOD day. Most usually it will range from 2.5 - 3.5 hours. I have to charge it before going to work, during work, and after when I get back home.

I dont play any games, usually texting, redditing, and watching Youtube during my 1 hour commute (each way). My S7E used to get a bare minimum 5-7 hours SOT, and I really hate my S8. The only reason I use it is for Bixby, due to work.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] pierremaximiliano:
I used Smart Switch on my setup and don't have battery life issues, as I stated above, so I'm not sure if Smart Switch is the actual culprit. Like others, I think the root cause boils down to a personal mix of apps, app settings, and possibly bringing over old app settings via manual copying or via Smart switch. At this point, I think a number of us are just shooting in the dark as to the root cause
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] asilviug:
I'm interested in rooting this phone but I had a bad experience with my previous Z5P where after unlocking the boot loader the camera suffered because the DRM keys were erased. Even though I've restored the keys the camera still wasn't the same. I've also experienced some performance issues after unlocking the boot loader but that could be just an isolated issue or my imagination.

So, how is the camera after unlocking the boot loader ?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] grodius:
I too would like to know
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] switcher:
quality is definetly not the same anymore. Before the XC won the battle with my iphone se. Better colours and more sharpen images at night

After quality is behind and even under good conditions picture are a little but blurry
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] tempurastyle:
Depending on which Android version your phone is running, you have to flash one of the following kernels to get back the full camera performance, which is lost due after the booloader unlock:

Marshmallow:

https://xdaforums.com/x-compact/development/advanced-stock-kernel-twrp-xperia-x-t3464685

Nougat:

https://xdaforums.com/x-compact/development/kernel-xc-genesis-kernel-v1-01-t3525060
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] switcher:
nope, its not. i tried Genesis 1.04 but its far from quality as with a stock/unlocked phone.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] madarayo:
quality it's the same with Genesis 1.04.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] switcher:
believe it or not guys, under same conditions there are remarkable differences in details and colours

i have both phones here, an unlocked and one with locked bootloader on stock 7.0
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] madarayo:
foto in 0 light, flash off, mode automatic
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] tempurastyle:
my x compact was locked and unlocked on both marshmallow and nougat. there was no difference in photo quality after unlocking in both versions after using the custom kernels. if i think back, the photo quality even improved in nougat...
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] kentaurest:
I bought one XC few days back, made all the modifications I could: TA backup, unlocked bootloader, installed latest firmware with genesis kernel etc

Bought another one today (firmware xxx.205) and made a test photos in low light.

Both pictures are, for me, at the the same quality.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] switcher:
then we must have different camera modules or chipsets, i have no clue
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] Coirpre:
Can you take two comparison pics? Same subject, same lighting, different phone? And then upload it in a .zip or somewhere where we can see the metadata? Then we could see for ourselves. I am also thinking about rooting, and I would love to see if there's a difference.

Sidenote: Why do you have the word "camera" linked everytime?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] POMF2K:
So I just got my X compact and I want to make sure I do things properly.

I want to (in no particular order):

1. Enable fingerprint sensor

2. Root

3. Install some sort of recovery

4. Unlock bootloader (if necessary)

5. Update to latest version of android

6. Retain all permissions and features and have a fully functioning camera

Is there a guide somewhere that details how to do this and in what order. I literally haven't even turned it on yet. I don't want to have to reflash and start over from scratch if I do something in the wrong order.

Thanks in advance.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] volcolm:
I think it's wise to show up proof. All I see on this thread is one single photo with no other information.

The problem with the (single photo as proof?) Low light photos are going to cause a lot of sensor noise by default.

Personally I want to see photos in multiple settings with the same variables, but given most people don't own two phones this is just ancedotal unless someone wants to put their photography where their mouth is and deliver real world examples instead of heresay.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] madarayo:
Show us pictures to compare with a unlock bootloader.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] madarayo:
I will receive another new xperia x compact on Thursday with lock bootloader, then I will make comparison photo for you, sorry for my english I use google translation.
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] Pinktank:
Any conclusion on this? Thanks!
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] laureus:
Is this still a thing? I'm thinking about rooting but i dont want to loose camera quality. I read in another thread that camera is fine if you backup DRMs. can anybody confirm this`?
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] kekistaneerefugee:
Step 1: downgrade to marshmallow

Step2: backup ta partition

Step 3: flash desired firmware

Step 4: unlock bootloader

Step 5: flash custom kernel with your ta keys or the DRM patch

Step 6: root with magisk or whatever you want.

Step 7: profit
[Sony Xperia X Compact Questions & Answers] borozu:
So, anyone is sure that unlocking is changing photo quality or not like on Z3C?
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IngoPan:
Hallo,

I am currently running rooted CPK1 on my Tab S2 with TWRP as recovery installed.

I just got a notification that nougat is ready to be installed. My tab then

reboots but nothing happens/is installed as i don´t use the default recovery anmore

because i am having TWRP installed. Whats the easiest way to upgrade here ? Flash

old recovery, if yes where do i get it ? Or is a flash via SamFirm better

and will i keep all my settings/data if i proceed this way ?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Odin or use Flashfire to flash the OTA.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IngoPan:
Thanks, and where is the OTA update being downloaded - cant find the file.
[Galaxy Tab S2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ashyx:
Usually in the FOTA folder. Flashfire should automatically detect it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General] derek1324:
Is there a way dim the screen or wake it up like the Dash with the d pad?
[Android Head-Units] thebigmanaman:
Hi

Sorry if this post isn't in the right section, but i cannot post anywhere...

So, i recently bought an android autoradio, MTCd_MX_V2.40_1

And i searching a stock recovery (or custom working recovery, like twrp or cwm), because i accidentaly flash a wrong recovery.

And i cannot flash new firmware or specifick aps (lire xposed...)

Thank you in advance
[Android Head-Units] wolfymozart:
What kind of processor does your device mount? You could flash a custom rom with a pre-installed recovery, but it depends on your hardware...
[Android Head-Units] thebigmanaman:
I have a rk3188. but i can't flash any rom... because recovery is not good...
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nooby1411:
I can't get the wifi passwords in de wpa_supplicant file to get unencrypted. I tried to change securestorage from true to false in build.prop but it still doesn't works and forgets every wifi password after a reboot.

Does someone have a solution for this?

rooted with magisk
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiePlage:
I have the same problem. My S6 (nougat / magisk) drops any saved Wifi passwords as well as BT pairings and even saved passwords from other apps after a reboot (and sometimes even after a change within magisk but BEFORE the reboot)

EDIT: The passwords are still there, they are just treated as "wrong". So it could very well be a decryption problem.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nooby1411:
Do you have a solution for this?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DiePlage:
I unrooted, removed magisk and everything works normal again. Right now I am without root / adblock.

After some research it seems to be a problem with file permissions. Some people seem to have solved this by manually editing / correcting the permissions of several /system files. I haven't tried this so far.

I think, this thread should be moved to the magisk forum.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] saalehh:
same problem

I have the same problem. Not solution for this yet?
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tazaga:
Yeah that's why I downgraded to mm from day 1 I flashed nougat
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jimmy1life:
Bump any fix to get WIFI PASSWORDS to stick and reconnect after reboot or disconnect of the wifi.

Current Setup

SM-G920P, rooted Magisk, Tdhite's kernel, and on da BiggDaddy Rom.
[Galaxy S6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaneee:
Also having this issue. Stock Nougat with Magisk. Also tried uninstalling Magisk but that just caused a boot loop. Tried changing ro.securestorage.support to false. Bluetooth also won't enable.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] collegemandingo:
My friends ex woman as of yesterday turned his S7 off how can I unlock his esn? so I can unlock and ad a room on it so he can connect it to a pre-pay service.......
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] collegemandingo:
It's a (G930U) not sure if that means anything.....
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S7 Questions & Answers] gunz.jones:
930u is already carrier unlocked. You would just need to put in the sim from any company and go