[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Real Life Review] sll1313:
I’m not trying to be childish or argumentative with you. I realize it’s been awhile since you posted this, but, unfortunately, this is the first time I noticed this post. I came across this thread because I was looking for a couple of other things and when I saw this I thought wow that seems great. However, I realized this is the first phone that I really don’t fully know how I’m doing with battery for real. What I mean by that is I preordered the phone so I’ve had it as long as you could. However about 4 years ago I got rushed to the hospital and was given a 5% chance of living, was put in a coma for 3 months and have had 10+ surgeries and 15+ procedures. So fortunately, I bear the odds, but unfortunately, I’m not past all of it. I thought I was, but several months ago (just a little bit before I got the phone) I took a turn for the worse. I basically leave the house for doctors and hospitals, so it’s not my normal schedule. I use my phone, but not like I normally do. So I have good battery life, but then I realize that I have a few business calls come through on it, a few texts, lots of notifications, some messing around with it, etc. So I look at my SOT and it’s really not a lot, yet my battery is draining. Not badly, but I started to think about it. If it’s draining as much as it is when I’m at home and using it the way that I am, what will it be like if I get back to my old schedule? So when I saw this I figured I would ask if there is anything that you are doing special. I’m just looking for advice. So if you have the time and you wouldn’t mind to let me know, I would appreciate it. If not, I get it.

There are 2 reasons (how I came about this thread) that maybe you wouldn’t mind helping me with. I was curious if you disabled any bloatware from VZW. I do use cloud and message+ because it turns my tablet into a phone (which can come in handy if I can’t get up because of my health). The other item was Smart Lock, specifically Trusted Places. The rest are working perfectly. As a matter of fact, Trusted Places was working that way until about a month ago. Now I have to mess around a bit to get it work, but it lasts at most for 2 days and then I have to repeat again. Unfortunately, it’s also getting worse because it’s taking me longer to getting it to work. It’s frustrating because like I said presently I’m at home a lot, but I still do go to doctors and hospitals and im really hoping soon back to the way it was. I’d really like my phone to be set up the way it was. I use Nova Prime, Gboard, Macrodroid and IFTTT, Message+ and Mymail app (for my email because I save a lot of emails for a couple of different email addresses and this app works great. I have approximately 60,000 emails on my phone and I can access them so quickly. Quicker than any other email app than I’ve ever used by far and away. I wanted to use the stock Samsung app like I did before, but the circle spins and spins, if you want to keep even just a month of emails on my phone), and of course, lastly the Original S Note app with Action Memo, Photo Note, Easy Chart, Idea Sketch, Sketchbook, etc. I hope that’s enough information from me. I’m hoping you change your mind and are willing to help me out, but I can also understand how some of these sites can be frustrating as well as how busy everyday life can be so if you can’t, I get that, too. Enjoy your phone!