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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Techvir:
If you running multiple apps that sync in the background and high-resolution screen, you are never getting5+ hrs of screen on time.

The best I have seen is closer to 6. THat happened on a day when the signal was full and on wifi and lots of screen on time in a short period of fewer than 12 hrs.. Mine is mostly close to 5hrs due to poor signal quality at work. Even then it lasts me a full day ie around 16 to 17 hrs of non-charging..

I do not do anything special but run renovate room with standard setting.

People who say they get 8 + hrs are either using the phone in a short period with lots of screen on time with minimal background apps and radio off or best signal OR they are giving false info unless they show some detailed battery use.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] josephtaygano:
what is the best screen on time if you using this phone like gps navigator only ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
5 mins .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Majin101:
So I found that using power saving throughout the day helps. I'm at 41% with almost 4 hours screen time. Usually I'd be down to like 15% right about now... Here are some screenshots, hopefully it helps!

Edit: I keep my GPS and Bluetooth on. I was out all day with wifi half of the time. Also, I'm a social media and email guy. I have Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, Google Hangout, GroupMe, and personal/work/school emails.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] yijinsa:
May I know what kind theme do you guys using Samsung theme or sub

Thanks

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What kind theme did you use ,Samsung theme or substr?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] aakanayev:
Pushing an average of 5:30 hours of screen daily. Travel a lot, optimized mode, nothing turned off. On a good day with wifi I'd be pushing 6-7 hours fairly easily. Decidedly better than Nexus 6p I've had before.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Majin101:
I'm using the Samsung material dark theme, I've attached a screenshot.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] yijinsa:
Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] felixrising:
So, coming from a 2014 HTC M8, I have been somewhat surprised by how poor the SoT is for my new Note 8. I've got black backgrounds on lock screen and AoD. Removed and killed anything I don't absolutely need, and yet it's barely out performing a 3 year old phone!

I was also surprised to see how high the battery drain is when using something like Waze. I now find the battery decreases even when plugged in on a "slow charge" and doesn't go up on a QC 3.0 fast charger in car! The only way I could get battery charge to increase when using Waze in the car was to enable "Mid" battery saver whilst on the QC 3.0! Is efficiency so low/power drain so high running a full screen app that a regular USB charger can't supply enough power to at least hit parity and maintain current battery level?! Just wow.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] ALEXRUSS55:
Best color screen phone battery I've ever had!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] yiyi28:
Turn off AOD.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] TheStillMan:
First full day of use with the phone after setting it up yesterday, although still some playing today. Day starts at about 5:15am, it's 9:40pm now.

I keep the screen brightness at about a quarter, AOD off, bluetooth always on for my Huawei Watch, no battery savings on all day.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] felixrising:
I'm going to disable AoD, but I still don't think that is the whole picture here. I'm on an Exynos SoC.

Today I drove for 1hr 20mins with Waze running on battery only. I noted that Google Photos for some reason chewed up a similar amount of power to Waze even though it wasn't being used other than a short (<2 minute) review of some photos (it's running in the background and chewing a lot of power, so thinking of disabling/removing and have already reported it)...

Stats:

5 Hours 45 Minutes on battery: 31% battery left.

Screen on Time: 2 Hours 14 Minutes.

For me it's very telling that the phone barely manages to increase battery level when fast charging on a QC 3.0 charger whilst navigating in car. I saw a 1% battery increase over 10 minutes and only with MID power saving enabled! If I disable MID power saving, battery still decreases.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] TheStillMan:
Hmmm.. not sure how accurate this is..

Mine is:

fg_fullcapnom = 1632

fg_cycle = 0

Screenshot I posted last night I had 5h39m SOT at 22% battery, and had been through at least 2 charge cycles since reset the other day.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Malik828:
Is this good
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] RojasTKD:
Looks good to me.

Anything above 5 hours is pretty good above 6 hours and I'm estatic.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Malik828:
Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] aakanayev:
same thing on my phone
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] michelino159:
Hello! I have a question. I read all sorts of articles on the internet about li.ion batteries and how can you extend their life and I concluded that it is good to load between 40% and 80% but this way you can not enjoy the phone and take care of loading . Also, Dj Koh from Samsung said in an interview that the Note8 batteries are new generation and lose 5% capacity within two years of normal folding. What is normal use, 20-100%?I use only normal charge. Thank you beautifully!

LE:Mine on exynos N950F is:

fg_fullcapnom = 3316

fg_cycle = 31

SOT~6h
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] BashanQ:
I used data for half of the day and WiFi for the other half. I was using the QHD but went to FHD at 40 percent to get a lol more battery life for the day. I also don't use the stock auto brightness feature. I use an app called lux brightness. Idk if that has an effect on the battery life in a good or bad way. I'm pretty happy with the screen on time despite the many reviews on the device saying the battery sucks. I'm a moderate to heavy user. I play games a lot when I'm bored (Clash Royale) and I do a lot of social media and YouTube. Played with the camera a lol bit today aswell.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] liggerz87:
Not finished yet lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] ikenvape:
Definitely satisfied here. This was accomplished without even trying. 4G, wifi, sync, and bluetooth on all day. Gear iconx , Android Wear, car bt running through out. Aod button only. Lots of YouTube, music streaming, and photo taking\editing.

I have to say, I was contemplating on selling or trading this guy, but in the end, it really has it all.

Great camera, acceptable battery, comfortable to hold, fast charging, ip68, fairly loud speaker and a headphone jack. Bx actions made this phone a dream.

PS still discovering features that just vote my mind. Take a look at the OT screenshot. Screenshot will link you to the link where you've taken it!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] warboy85:
is the battery usage consider normal?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] TheStillMan:
One more post.. My phone had an easy 2 days today and yesterday, with SOT totaling 3 hrs 36 mins, BUT the phone was on battery for 33 hrs 18 mins with a mix of data and wifi and bluetooth on all day both days, except turned off over night.

Gotta say, I'm pretty impressed!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] BashanQ:
I feel like the update made it better. What about yall??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Shuthefrontdoor:
That battery check only works on exynos model
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] black-hanekawa:
I have a note 8 and I normally get anywhere between 5-7 hours of SOT depending what on a few variables [IMG="SOT"]https://i.imgur.com/lIKKtMi.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="SOT2"]https://i.imgur.com/WoOOajc.jpg[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Santanazz:
I used to recharge my phone when it's already 20% and discharging in 80%. I think the overall SOT should be 5 - 6 hours in normal usage.

Here is my batery life via GSAM
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] ivanovkm1@gmail.com:
Share the values of fg_fullcapnom.

My - 3006 :crying:

Cycle - 12!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] livo81:
Hey guys. I've read all 38 pages of this thread and would love your help. Currently averaging between 4-5 SOT. Running auto brightness, power saving mode, FHD screen mode and AOD turned off.

Suggestions on how i can get my SOT to 6+ hours please? Willing to try and be guided by you guys.

Cheers
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] louforgiveno:
So days when I've gotten 7+ hrs i unplugged at 100% and phone was in my hands pretty non stop (setting up phone, browsing xda etc) so after being unplugged for say 10 hrs i used it 7+ of those hours.

Now on days when i rarely touch my phone except for calls i get to about 20hrs off battery and maybe only 3 hrs SOT and battery will be 30 or so percent. So in my opinion if you want longer SOT use it more continually then sparingly.

Sent from my God Mode 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] livo81:
Yeh mate i agree with you. Seems that way. I installed wakelock and here are some stats. Why would my phone be awake for an hour on it own.??? Thoughts?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] mach1man:
I need some help guys, I was directed over here by some people on android central. I just bought a beautiful deep sea blue Note 8 at best buy on 12/5. The battery has not been what I expected :( I'm barely getting 3 and half to 4 hours of screen on time. I can watch it drop % every 30 minutes or if I'm using the phone it just drops like crazy. here is a shot from yesterday 5:30am to 11:30pm 100% to 12%. I need some direction please, thinking of trying a factory reset due to moving over an iPhone backup.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] jason504:
If you would have let it go I bet you could have gotten 5hr
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] rawintellect:
No doubt. I needed my phone at full chrge however.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] xdathekilljoy:
I don't know what's worse. You calling others paid users or the fact that after 18hrs you still got 40% and are saying it sucks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] jason504:
Damn?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Techvir:
Lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] gotti109:
Love the battery life almost 7hrs heavy use... Bluetooth always on... display on auto
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] imatts:
To be fair, the Note was able to last a little over a day (25hrs) with similar screen on time.

My suggestion to that guy is to re-enable all of the bloat. You could have disrupted a background service (still enabled) that is constantly looking for these apps and draining battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] robweis:
SOT

Since I can't figure out how to pull from my gallery and post my screen shot. I got 5:45 mins and I'm at 2% so I better type fast.. Normal usage, you tube,social media blutooth music. In wifi most of day. About what my pixel XL got, I'll take it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Slicktune22:
This!!!! I've always felt that way, just thought i was going crazy...I've always felt like disabling bloatware can cause more harm than good for some reason. And I've disabled abunch of stuff to free some ram, i wonder what apps could be causing this, maybe disabling knox stuff?...idk...help!

Thanks in advance!

EDIT: this is a screenshot from today, very upset I'm not even using it at 2k resolution for me to even deserve this ill probably end with only 5 hrs of screen on time btw i have the T-Mobile snapdragon version.

https://ibb.co/hWA4ya

https://ibb.co/fCfhjF
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Dirthawg:
16 hours on a single charge is plenty since I require 8hrs of sleep and a charger is never far away whether at home or in the car.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] MACHEK:
Here is mine. Verizon model snapdragon. Super pleased with the time of 8 hours screen on time!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Slicktune22:
Anyone can have 8hrs of screen on-timewith power saving mode...smh.....next!.. try without it at all till 0% do you part
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] MACHEK:
Sorry I'll do a full day without power saving and I'll post it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] lennie:
You're the only one on here I saw that got similar battery as I did. I want to ask....is your screen a bit red tintish?

As far as I know though power saving kicks in at 15% so it doesn't really make a difference in the grand scheme of things. Here's what I got on mine. A little wifi, a little Bluetooth, some web surfing, some camera usage, lots of YouTube etc regular usage with screen brightness a little less than half. MACHEK's screen seem to use more power than mine did, maybe it was set to something brighter (at least that's how I took the computed power usage mAh, correct me if im wrong)

Out of the box I got about 6+ hours from 80% charge and that's with downloading and setting up the phone with wifi on the whole time. I didn't check what I got on battery after the first charge, but this is my second charge and I'm almost on 9 hours. I don't think this is the norm though, so I think I'll average it at something like 8 hours on regular usage and between 6.5 and 7.5 hours on more intense usage, at least that's how it is for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] imatts:
Honestly man, the people saying they're getting 6-8hrs sot are probably not using their phone at all, and when they are its either for hours and hours in one go, doing very very light things.

A 6.3" HD screen, 6GM ram, 3,300mah battery is not going to yield great usage. I would expect nothing more than 4hrs on average.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] nikonx:
Seriously, I've never understood how these people get these crazy 6+ hour screen on times. Maybe if you have zero apps installed and don't use any of the messaging apps that make a smartphone worth having. I've never gotten over 4 hours screen time with an Android phone and I use pretty minimal brightness settings and turn off 90% of app notifications. I know that Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram are supposed resource hogs but what's the point of having a smartphone if I can't use the most popular apps.

So, people with super long battery life, what are your tricks? Are you actually using the phone or just trying to see how much battery you can get?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] imatts:
I'm telling you, they don't. People with 6+ hrs either use their phone for 6hrs straight, or very very frequently with low power based usage.

It just isn't scientifically possible to get more than 6hrs on a 3300mah battery doing things more than the basic web, email, and absolute minimal apps.

For actual real world people, who text, call, send emails, social media, browse the web, YouTube, Gps, stream music etc, the real users... 4hrs of SOT is completely fine.

I can get 18hrs SOT if I wanted.... Literally just viewing a black image in airplane mode... Point in case: 4hrs SOT on average, expect nothing more and you will be happy lol.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] jason504:
I am a heavy user. One all of my other phones the best I could get is 3 1/2 to 4 hrs of OST. But so far on my Note 8 my first full day was 6hrs and the 2nd and 3rd was 5hrs and 45mins. My wifi is on all the time so is Bluetooth and my screen is not on auto. During the day it is up to 80% at night it is at 40 to 50 %. Also I am not using any battery saving modes. We will see today what happens.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] thegipper:
I am getting almost 7 hours of SOT with my Verizon note 8. Bluetooth always on, location on, auto brightness nothing disabled minus some bloatware that was on the phone (Games etc). I mainly use Facebook, browser, check emails, text and watch you tube videos.

So far I am extremely impressed with the battery, no complaints at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] PsiPhiDan:
So what do you think these people are doing with their screen on for 6+ hours? I don't understand your theory. Screen on is the largest battery sucker anyway, so literally doing nothing with your screen on is a HUGE drain regardless.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] note3userr:
Disable auto brightness. You don't need battery saver honestly. The biggest factor to battery is your brightness and signal. If you have a service provider where you constantly get low signal it will drain more battery. If you spend all day on WiFi or most of it your battery will be a lot better then if you're on 4g . Also if you're not using your location then turn it off. That in itself can make a big impact. I use my phone on fhd+ aod on no battery saving and I get 6+ hours sot average. If I'm away from my house then it's like 5.5 hours. Also the more your phone is idle the less sot you will have. I would just focus on your usage and try to turn off things when you don't use them. Don't try to compare screen on times with others. It all varies

Which Best buy if I might ask? I work there lol and it's clear from your stats that Snapchat is the problem. For me Snapchat is never above 2%. The only app I ever see that high is Pokemon go and that's a location based game and I usually have it on and running for a long amount of time. Uninstall it or find out why it's draining so much
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] mach1man:
I got it from the best buy in winchester va. Thank you for your help, I would've never thought about snapchat being an issue. I use it a lot to communicate so didn't think anything of it. I'm planning on doing a factory reset bc I kinda went setup crazy when I first got it, face unlock, iris unlock, finger print unlock, bixby and ok google set up lol. Plus I transferred everything over from an iphone, so I kinda want that fresh install. Maybe that will help as well
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Definitely differences in note 8 builds. My first t Mobile branded one would yield me 7 plus hours of SOT was great.

My second current t Mobile one lower, but also according to Gsam the phone radio is always ON and active but the previous Note 8 phone radio was always showing zero mins , weird.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] note3userr:
Make sure to turn that off too
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] livo81:
Thanks mate will give it all a go. Thoughts on the following? Seems my awake is too high?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] livo81:
Just did that
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] KumarGautam:
This is what my device is able to manage.

This is the first time when i have managed this much SOT but even if i use heavy and power hungry apps, i am able to manage 6-7 hours SOT. I keep things off when i dont need them like location etc. I also keeps it at optimal brightness while keeping autobrightness disabled(sensitive eyes). Also, facebook app is the only app which is disabled since i am not using fb atm.

Thanks!:o
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Maroc_Specops:
Nice

This on 80 % brightness and lots of gaming and YouTube stream Bluetooth gear s3 paired etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] NIKKOTUASON:
Auto brightness, full HD, moderate gaming & YouTube, wifi connection most of day.

[IMG="SOT"]https://image.ibb.co/deoDVR/Screenshot_20171214_234933.jpg[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] michelino159:
Hello! I have the exynos variant of Note 8. I noticed that the more you charge the phone up to 100% increases the number of loads in fg_cycle and drops to fg_fullcapnom.We have 50 with 3249. I did a test.Time of 3 days I charge the phone from 40 % to 80% fixed. I mean that after 3 such loads fg_cycle did not change remained at 50 and fg_fullcapnom from 3249 reached 3251.I can imprecise these data but they show that charge from 40% -80% it prolongs your battery life, but honestly you can not always do that.

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These values ​​remain after the reset. The system continues its counting. They do not change is the same only if you charge the phone between 40% and 80%.

Try it too!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] alfred_mcskee:
I appreciate there are far too many factors to be entirely specific, but can any other UK Exynos (ABTU variant) users give a rough estimate of their average SOT across a typical week please? I haven't begun to tinker with any power saving settings etc and have WiFi and BT permanently on and would say I get around 3.5-5.5 hours SOT and around 18-22 hours standby, so overall anything between 20-25 hours usage between charges. Id be very interested to hear how others are getting on especially those who have had their handsets a few months; mines only three weeks old.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] trace1er:
What theme is that on your phone?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] SEVENEDGE:
s8 Plus, with 200 mah more battery and less features, screen real estate, has more battery. This Note 8 is comparable to the S7 Edge, in terms of battery life, but snappiet smoother and faster, with better everything.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] DemGer:
First week

[IMG="Screen On Time - First Week"]https://imgur.com/a/iQCny[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] DemGer:
First week
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] android-buff:
I only tend to get around 4 hours SoT on my Note 8.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] louforgiveno:
How many hours off the charger? As i mentioned in a previous post, if i disconnect at 100% with near to constant usage i get 7.5hrs (down to about 15%). However on days i unplug at 100% and barely touch the phone, after say 14hrs off charger with perhaps 2hrs SOT my battery will be down to 40% or less. Point being....if you want to see long durations of SOT per charge...unplug and use the hell out of the phone......sitting idle for hours on end won't give the same high SOT

Sent from my God Mode 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] crossmission:
first day having it myself, setting it up and talking with my girl 2500 miles away and all gave me 7 hours screen on time till 23% with 50% brightness (not auto) so it kinda validates exactly that, you'd probably get more straight use then waking up the device all the time,

I'm happy with that coming from a note 4 4.5 hours
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Im thinking perhaps there are two versions of the note 8 , one with good sot and one without .

My current note 8 appears to get no where near the 7 plus hours of SOT as my first note 8 I had . Same setup and settings.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] MatroxD:
Still happy with my time..

Sent from my note 8...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] anon1135:
this makes sense and I think most phones are like that. none of them ever really have a perfect 0% drain when screen goes off shortly then back on every few minutes. the only time I think it seems that way is when people leave it off for a very long time during an overnight sleep for example. battery life for many phones would look way too good if it drained ONLY when screen is on and never at all when it's off. I wish it was like that but who knows, maybe there are already some out there lucky enough to receive a model like that different from everyone else
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Not bad screen on time compared to my first Note 8. FHD, WiFi off mainly. Location gps phone only, blue tooth off as well as scanning wifi off and no aod. Nice long standy also noted, almost two days.

Now if the Google services was less I think the figures would have been slightly better.

Stock TMobile note 8.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] aloush5592:
Here is mine with dr. Ketan rom n7 and iron kern. It was the first run after clean install.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] boss315man315:
9 hrs screen time

Game mode.nothing on save mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] aloush5592:
Which rom and kernel
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] boss315man315:
9 hrs screen time

Everything stock..............