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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sefrcoko:
Thanks, I actually haven't disabled any packages though. Most of my apps are put to sleep using the built-in app power monitor, except for maybe a dozen that I leave unmonitored (email, messaging, etc.).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] omer7:
What about bixby?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] sefrcoko:
I still have it...Bixby button/Bixby voice, etc. is enabled, although I have voice wake-up disabled (not sure if that matters or not).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] themaximillian:
So if I want to use some sort of restore option after a full wipe which one I less likely to mess things up? Smart Switch? Googles own? Samsung cloud?

Is there really any difference in using either?

Also, is there any difference using a restore method compared to setting the phone up manually and installing apps one by one?

Of course I'm asking from a battery stand point, the other differcense I understand:)

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] iceepyon:
On a lite day, I can get 2 days battery life out of my N950N. Sometimes I can even sqweeze 3 days battery life out off it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] costinhas:
Anyone updated to the latest DSG1 firmware version? How is the battery life on this version? I ask because the bootloader is new and there is no going back after the update. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rz_gloveda:
Battery life is same as before
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] costinhas:
Have you notest any new or improved feature?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rz_gloveda:
No features added, just security update only.

Nothing significant changes since 3 month ago.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] burnin:
My battery life sucks! I m going to send my Note 8 to service under warranty to have a display replacement and they say they replace also battery as standard procedure.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jason504:
I put my location on battery saver.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Here's what i got so far on AT&T Note 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] androidman0225:
Are your location services always on ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Location is on battery saver!

Only time i turn it on if need to use Google Maps!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] androidman0225:
Got it. I think that's been my problem. I had mine on high accuracy all the time. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] yiyi28:
AOD consume a huge amount of battery on my phone. Do you have the schedule on? Usually, over night I lost around 15% battery if I turn it on. I lost around 5% if I turn it off.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] parmend:
After having the phone a week or so the battery life seems like it doesn't last as long . I'm probably getting 4 hrs of SOT vs when I first got the phone it was 5 1/2 of SOT . MKBHD was saying in his review he's getting around 3 1/2 to 4hrs . IDK what the deal is
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] PsiPhiDan:
This is the best battery I've ever gotten on a phone. Better than Pixel, better than V20, better than Note 7, better than Note 5, better than V10, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkjedi:
Here's mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] traneupcqk:
way too good, can you tell me more about your usage ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] GallardosEggrollShop:
5 apps installed and left the screen on a black background on the homescreen for 10 hours lol. No but really how did you get that SOT? I'm lucky to get 5 and that's with medium usage.

Composed on the Galaxy Note8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] guaneet:
Not bad
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Final results AT&T Note8 Battery Life is outstanding!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] yiyi28:
I got the phone on Sep 15 and it's been pretty consistent in regarding to the battery life even I keep downloading more apps as time goes. I am not sure how he got such a bad battery life. He might be shooting photos a lot. One thing I did notice was that putting apps in 'always sleeping' drains battery. I found this feature useless, and I have removed all my apps from that list. If you have put some apps in there, remove all of them and try another few days. If you really want some battery saving app I would recommend Greenify. I also figured the system itself has some aggressive doze or app hibernation feature (not always sleeping).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] parmend:
This is what I'm getting so far, pretty bad if you ask me . I wonder if the update that I installed effected the battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] jason504:
I have had my phone since the 7th and my SOT has consistently then 5 1/2 to 6 1/2. Also you have to take into account some days you might use a app that's a hog that day a lot more than you usually do.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] mlock420:
I was with you on another battery thread for s8 plus I'm guessing our notes don't stack up against the s8 plus huh? I remember getting 6 to 7.5 on screen with the s8 plus

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Ok just saw this post....nice!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Here's the difference on my battery life on S8 Plus from my Note8!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vm007:
For my PERSONAL usage , as in how MOI uses the phone , as in when the phone stays in my possession with me and complies with my needs. I get this

Please do not compare your stats with how I use the device because it'll vary. It'll be unfair to your device.

Using adhell to disable packages
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] parmend:
Wow!!! I get what your saying but when your getting 9hrs SOT VS 3 1/2 SOT I'm getting, I want to know what your doing. Do you have the SD VERSION?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vm007:
Yes, Snapdragon version

Adhell and adguard lol

That's it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] parmend:
Do you use Bluetooth, disable any apps?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vm007:
No Bluetooth used so far.

Wi-Fi

Data on,

Sync on 3 accounts,

9gag browsing ,

Telegram

Yes, I've disabled flipboard, Bixby and all that garbage
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] themaximillian:
So this is how it looks for me after my first charge after a full reset.

Not impressed at all actually.

AOD on, Wi-Fi on although on 4G most of the day, sync on, Bluetooth connected to Gear S3, NYC on.

I have the Exynos version.

Never had AOD show up in the stats on my S7E, weird.....

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vm007:
For people suffering battery issues. Just once try this.

Download Gsam or any battery monitoring app and give it full access.

1. Drain the phone down to 0%

2. Turn it on- it should with reserve power.

3. Drain it to 0 again

4. Try to turn it on- if it doesn't then charge it (while it's off to 100%)

Once it's fully charged to 100% - turn on flight mode- and let it sit for hour or so. Check how much drain you got. Keep on AOD though.

After an hour-check the drain. If it's negligible in the Gsam - then perhaps it's a rebel app that isn't optimized properly and draining the life out of the battery.

You can also perform this by wiping the phone clean and then leaving it on- (no flight mode needed) but the other method is better.

People who are getting good battery life are getting very good and people who are getting bad is very bad lol- I thought average SOT should be 5 hours or so with 1 day standby but it seems it's more like 16-17 hours.

Guys also keep in mind. This screen is 1200 NITs- that's the most powerful on the market IIRC
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
hit and miss, first two days i got over 5-6 hrs of SOT then afterwards i hovered around 5hrs

Snapdragon vers of note 8 - tmobile.

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could be your signal causing the drain? check your signal values in ur about phone settings , if it's above -100 then that might be the culprit

FYI y'all, you can use wifi calling (and texting) while on airplane mode too .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tidbits:
I average around 5 1/2 hours myself. Advanced messaging and video calling doesn't work over Wi-Fi sadly. I am glad i get -90 or better.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] blecap:
confuse over here, SD vs exynos on battery which handles better?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Tidbits:
Exynos should always fair better. Samsung controls everything in house and the software should be better optimized since it's all theirs.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] blecap:
alright, sure monitor again. side track, i'm non-rooted so does Greenify actually saves more batt and such vs samsung's own device maintenance? How do i put it. i have it installed (old habit) but totally unsure if the device maintenance is better? anyone else care to share their opinion?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] millicent:
I thought I'd post some screenshots of my 1yo note 7 battery performance. It's never been reset since last December I think, 200 apps and growing, permanently connected to gear and other bt speakers. This instance is mostly wifi, although lte behaves similarly. I'd say medium usage, no gaming, no video chat, however heavy browsing, reddit, YouTube, etc. No aod as using led cover. No battery savings other than very few background apps through greenify. Using a few battery consuming apps that can't be hibernated, such as playerfm, audible, kustom, tapatalk, rif, hub, call recorder, etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] blecap:
Jesus, 200 apps. LOL.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] browniegirl:
I used to have almost 600 on my 7+ :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] millicent:
I might've exaggerated a bit.

A pm list packages count yields 517.

However, 336 of those are listed as system ..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] blecap:
Man, did the phone lag?

Thats still like a crap loads of them lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] skypekestutiss:
Can not complain about battery not gaming so daily usage is all day for me But I have wireless charger in car so when driving back home it charges up and in the morning same

Compare to note 4 i think it is better Do not know what samsung done on the last note 4 firmware but all phone was just lagging crashing etc it is looks like I was forced to buy Note 8 : )
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Circus4:
how you guys get to 6-7 SOT?

all my smartphones (gs2, lg g2, lg g5, op3t) couldn't get over 3-4.5 SOT

except my old iPhone 6 who had great battery life :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] browniegirl:
SOT and useage isn't the same. And I'm getting constant notifications, playing video games, watching videos and phone calls. So idk, maybe it's rogue app you have.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Lol i get 9hrs SOT on my AT&T Note8 and on my AT&T S8 Plus 11hrs SOT, magnificent phones, can't complain.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] browniegirl:
Tried power saving node today and I saw a decrease in performance but not much gain. I did keep my display maxed out instead of doing 1080 like they suggested
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Circus4:
you really think that iPhone users are that stupid? of course I know that.

I had an app that checked screen on time when I had an iPhone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] browniegirl:
I've seen enough that think it is, so [emoji848]. What was your SOT with that app?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Circus4:
about 7 hours of sot, normal usage (internet, whatsapp, music), 20% brightness.. the best I got on any smartphone till today :)

hope the note 8 that im going to buy will get more
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] RaymondPJR:
Can I kindly ask what theme you are using? It looks awesome!

Everyone---What about power use when phone is asleep? Mine seems pretty bad, lost almost twenty % last night with about 9 of that taken up by AOD. I didn't take a screenshot.:confused:

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Hmmm, there's a problem with my setup or maybe I'm not getting the best cell signal or something. My standby usage is terrible!:(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] browniegirl:
Should be about the same for the note 8, best I've seen was 8hrs SOT so far

That seems weird, mine only drops 2-5% over night
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vibrantliker:
A factory reset made a big difference on mine.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] RaymondPJR:
Do you think a backup then factory reset then restore is advisable? I don't want to set up fresh all over again. Regardless, SPay probably won't restore without doing the process over.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Here's what i got so far excellent battery life on AT&T Note 8!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
This is what is causing drain on my Note8 and I still average 7hrs screen time. I have no complaints, I disabled Dex but there are still wakelocks for it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] browniegirl:
What app is that?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Wakelock detector lite

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You can use ADB commands to get the the root options to work. Without root options, it will not show you whats keeping your device awake.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Overnight I lose 1to 2% thats it.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] denja12:
what black theme are you all using? share me the name please.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rawintellect:
Metopolis with my own wallpaper.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
High Contrast
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] browniegirl:
Sd-black for me
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] vibrantliker:
What font?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rawintellect:
Whatever font comes with it. I didn't do much except pick the Metopolis theme that I always use and change my wallpaper.

Oh I did enable immersive mode so I don't have that status bar at the top all the time. And I hid the nav bar at the bottom although it always shows in Touchwiz it's hidden on any app I open which gives me more real estate.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] tongphan:
hi, do you have the link to down this black theme , please share

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hi , do you have the link to download black theme , please share
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Final battery life on AT&T Note 8!

Outstanding can't complain!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Samsung Themes..long press home screen open Themes. Its free

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Its free
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
You guy's do realize this is for battery life, i am not trying to be a jerk, but there's another section for Homescreen!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] rawintellect:
I understand where you're coming from my friend. As a long time XDA user, former ROM dev and Recognized Contributor myself nothing is more frustrating than a thread being hijacked or derailed.

That being said an argument can be made that darker themes do increase battery life since on amoled displays the color black is actually true black in that the display is literally not writing a color to the screen and hence uses less processor power (both cpu and gpu) to produce the image.

But yes again I do see your point and agree that any other discussion about themes should be directed to the proper threads or taken to PMs.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
I think it goes along with battery discussion. But not gonna bicker about such a minor thing. Sorry for offending those that think they need to point things out so others hit the thanks button. Again sorry.

Sorry for rant. Just here to see what others are doing and to talk to good people..I get your point[emoji106]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] RaymondPJR:
It certainly does! I run dark themes mostly for that very reason. But back to graphs, this is what I saw when I fired up GSam for the first time, and ticked, 'since last full charge'. Any idea on what's going on with my WiFi?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
I always turn off wifi and bluetooth scanning. Go to location/improve accuracy/ toggle off wifi and blutooth scanning.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Here's my Battery life start up for today!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] browniegirl:
Mine currently
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] RaymondPJR:
They are off now. I'll have to monitor any changes tomorrow.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] RaymondPJR:
That goes against logic, but I'll give it a try.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Only thing disable from phone settings are bloatware i don't use, have brightness at 90%, lots of texting , browsing, use Google Plus a lot, and Telegram and XDA Labs and sometimes some YouTube, mainly hardcore on mms, Telegram and Google Plus, few phone calls nothing else! Here's what i got so far now at 50% Battery life!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kattkotte:
Hooooooow????? I mean there has to be a difference in the battery itself? I'm on 3h and 35 min SoT on 50%. And I've disabled a **** load of crap..
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Not sure, All i know if you want better SOT you have to use the phone hardcore, if you don't use it hardcore you get less SOT!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] speedtriple675:
Loving the battery life. Better than my note 5 and S8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] yiyi28:
Some of the apps I put in there before were still running in the background (one stayed awake for over an hour even though I didn't use it lol). I think it's only useful to the apps that are not too intrusive. If your apps have very frequent wakelocks and you have to keep them installed, I recommend you to try an app called 'Brevent'. It is better than Greenify.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
So far awesome battery life on AT&T Note 8!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
Does Samsung Dex cause battery drain?

SGH-I717...Note 1 (The Original)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] dhaugru:
I also have the ATT model and have it stock and have turned off all the garbage I could find. Would you mind giving me some tips on things you did/turned off? Stuff maybe the average Joe like me wouldn't know about?

Appreciate the help!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkjedi:
Just the other day.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] illitirit:
11 HRS? WTF? HOW LOL?

I cant even get over 4 HRS usually.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] RaymondPJR:
Not bad.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] xMadMike:
I usually get 5-7h of SOT in a 15 hour day. Way better than my old S6edge+ which would get 3-5h SOT and my old Note 3 (4-6h) SOT.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] CalvinL:
My battery life went back to complete crap. I charged it to around 95% last night. I checked again after about 12 hours, and it was ~63%. According to GSAM, I'm losing 3% battery life per hour.

I have no idea what to do. I'm not sure if it's something I'm doing or the phone itself. Two days ago when I reset my phone and just disabled a few apps with bk disabler, the battery was great. I don't think I even downloaded an app since then.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Awesome !

Just keeps getting better AT&T Note 8.

Last night before putting on charger!

I could of got 9hrs SOT!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] darkjedi:
Sporadic usage through the day. I have Bluetooth on at all times. WiFi disabled while at work. Lots of texting, browsing, Google Play Music. Took it off the charger at 6:30am, and back on around 10pm.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reystar22:
Guys what wrong with my God damn battery? It's really pissing me off. I use it normally throughout my day at office etc, nothing insane. Brightness at 50%.

Look at the damn stats!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Wow wtf, that is awful hmm, try doing a factory reset, i know no one likes to do that but hopefully that will fix your issue!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] guaneet:
Signal plays a huge role in battery drain. And from the looks of it you hardly get any. Try turning off mobile data and leave Wi-Fi calling on to see if that helps.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reystar22:
i had full 4G+ signal almost all the times
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] RaymondPJR:
I think he's on to something. I'm on WiFi and I still show full data signal bars to the right of the WiFi signal. Yours, in your pics, are different in each one.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] markwebb:
I can't get over the variances. My phone is superb and one of the best since Moto Play: auto brightness, LTE, battery saving location, texting, emails, web, light you tube.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reystar22:
when i took the screenshots, i went back home, its at work where i use the phone and its where i consume the battery...i also forgot to enable VoWiFi ;), i would have 5/5 with that. Still even if that signal was all the time bad those are still bad stats
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Reystar22:
whick app u use for disabling ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
This is for the my phone is defective people.

Just use the damn phone. You are not benefiting by being so anal about battery life. Just use the freaking phone, when it's dying, charge it, move on with life.

Everyone's usage is different. YOU WILL NEVER get the same usage as someone else!!! WHY? You don't do the exact same thing at the exact same time when the other person does. You don't use the exact same apps at the exact same time, to do the exact same things. You don't even have the auto-brightness being the same because you are not living in the exact same home and go where to go when they go there.

The folks that are getting extremely high lifetimes on their device, don't use their phone often throughout the time it's on. It spends "long" (whatever that means) periods of time not being constantly looked at.

I use my phone for work and the screen is on for periods of 20-45 minutes at a time, every single hour. I get 4 hours of screen time plus or minus 30 minutes, within a 12 hour day. Is that bad battery life? Nope. Bluetooth is constantly streaming music, while Wi-Fi and data are constantly communicating. It doesn't die by the time I go to bed.

Use your phone, leave the battery page alone! ?