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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Many r tweaking their phones to the core and posting results. And many are clearly saying they aren't happy. As per poll results also its around 4 hrs of SOT which is clearly not good battery life in 2018.

It's upto u how u take it. But spending a premium amount for a flagship and then just to get acceptable battery life is no way justified to disable so many packages via adb or package disablers, keeping AOD off, syncing off, auto brightness off, reducing the screen screen resolution to FHD+, using a black theme etc etc. and use it as a dumb phone. The list goes on. It's not the solution.

It just puts more salt to the wound that Samsung probably will not provide a solution to it as per the link below :

https://www.androidcentral.com/samsungs-galaxy-s9-battery-issues-necessary-evil
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
i understand your frustration, but ive disabled nothing, im using the device how it came out of the box with my apps installed, and these are the results i'm getting, i dont get why your attacking me for no reason when im only sharing my personal experiances and results,

if they were bad i'd tell you so, theres no reason to make something up, if my battery was that bad, i'd probally consider swapping it, if it took too long to get a fix, but i dont get worse battery life then my s8+, its pretty identical, so there's no reason for me to return or swap it.

to be extremely honest with you, ive not seen a phone on xda where people have not complained about battery life, i know this time around it could be caused by something anadtech explained, i get that, but show me a phone on xda where there isnt a topic about bad battery life... some people always have problems with battery.

ive seen this on the note 8, where people had either not tweaked at all and got extremely good battery life and some people who did everything they could got extremely bad... same i saw on the s8 and s7.... and this ive seen with all brands tbh
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
I'm sorry, but so far I have seen just you bashing about battery life, while everyone else is having decent battery. You have been complaining for the last 5 pages of this thread ensuring that all the Exynos have battery problems because one single media say so.

And no, many of us are not tweaking our phones, but we just configure them properly.

I run everything synced and enabled, using Google Now, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth all day long. The GPS is in high accuracy the whole time, the brightness is in auto always and WQHD+ resolution.

I haven't done any single development in this phone, not ADB or any package disabler, and everything I don't use I manually disable it or uninstall it if possible.

My phone overnight drains 2% only with everything synced and enabled, and only 1% in airplane mode.

I don't have to force myself to use all the features and things that come packed with the phone if those are not useful to me. I just disabled AOD because is not useful for me and installed a black theme, but because I like it that way and is good for the screen, not because I need more battery.

I'm happy with the investment and the battery on this phone, but if people don't know how to configure it properly, is another story. If everyone here in this thread were reporting bad battery with Exynos, then it would make sense what you are complaining about, but so far, I have seen more people with good battery life that people with poor one, so the user is the only one to blame here, or maybe a faulty unit. Make a RMA and get another phone.

You should take a look at this article:

https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_ga..._exynos_9810_vs_snapdragon_845-news-30430.php

I already showed you some articles and videos about the same, but it seems that you only want to believe what only 1 site is saying, and want to spread it as it if were the total truth, where other media is reporting otherwise; but as you already said: "It's upto u how u take it"

:rolleyes:

Yes, just untick background activity and it will help improve the battery a lot. Just be sure to keep it that way, because sometimes it resets to enabled when you reboot the phone.

;)

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+1

Well said!

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Chill, no intension of personal attack or something, sorry if u felt that way or my msgs meant that way unintentionally.

If u r getting good battery life that's a plus for you. But it's not the case for the vast majority with the Exynos. It's correct that people not being happy with the battery life of their phones (including the previous galaxy series) but this time around this is hardware based and though there is a possibility of fixing it via software, it's thin.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
you make it seem that way by saying its impossible im even getting this battery life, or anyone else that gets the same as i do, simply because some sites have said there's a problem, it's implying i'm lying, and feels attacking.

Apology accepted.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Having been owning all galaxy series and a bunch of other flagships in the past and present , I have stopped looking at gsmarena when it comes to real world battery life performance.

I've sent u a few videos earlier on behalf of the same, I doubt if u actually checked them. A few articles:

https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5...battery-issues-is-this-issue-real/td-p/474588

https://gadgets.ndtv.com/mobiles/ne...battery-test-snapdragon-vs-exynos-soc-1832118

https://www.express.co.uk/life-styl...xy-S9-Battery-Life-Qualcomm-Snapdragon-Exynos

https://www.valuewalk.com/2018/04/galaxy-s9-exynos-battery-life/

https://www.christiantoday.com/arti...its-powered-by-exynos-9810-chipset/128214.htm

https://www.phonearena.com/news/Sam...isingly-bad-battery-life-here-is-why_id103551

https://www.androidlane.com/samsung...g-poor-battery-life-for-the-galaxy-s9/193984/

I can bring up 10 more articles from other sites where its shown that battery life on the s9 plus is worse than many other flagships and worse than the SD counterpart. Google it out if u r interested.

This is not the only thread where battery life is being discussed, do check a few more. Like this one xda itself:

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s9-plus/how-to/india-s9-user-thread-t3756505/

Sorry, but u have been behaving like a fabboy rather than being factual.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
sites have been talking about battery since the first galaxy phone, and they do about any brand, saying his a fanboy simply because he doesnt agree with you is not really a good idea, if you read what he says, you would see he says that multiple people in this topic who have shown screenshots, and multiple images, showing they dont get the bad battery life those sites have been reporting, that doesnt make you wonder about you might both be right?...

i got a feeling that at this point anyone who disagrees with you MUST be a fanboy because they dont see eye to eye with you, you know what that seems like right?.... being ignorant.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Its not really a good idea either to respond to me on behalf of him and he on behalf of you as its frowned upon.

Feel free to disagree with me at every level. There r multiple people who voted in the poll and 4 hrs SOT being the highest scorer came out on top. I too get the same SOT. Disrespecting tech articles and lab tests like Anandtech and 100s of other articles saying the same is not a good idea either. (not u, he did). Fans do so, not the rest. U r free to feel the way u want.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
Getting a bit personal here, i suggest keeping it about the subject at hand, this is a public forum, anyone can respond to anyone about anything as long as its within the rules, same as how he is free of his opinion and you are, you were the first to call names, but i'm going to stop responding to you now, because ive noticed you just dont wanna get it. :good::good::good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
Fanboy?, no, this is my first Samsung ever, so I'm not a fanboy, I like to buy from all brands and test them all; I'm just saying that you come here and spread this kind of news with no sense at all and calling everybody fanboy when this is clearly the behaviour you are having, of just believing what is good or convenient for you. Why you don't believe in GSMArena or TechRadar?, because they don't agree with you?. I mean, would be interesting to know the base of your beliefs towards some media or another one.

All the people who is having good battery with Exynos now will have bad battery just because AnandTech say so?.

Regarding your articles, did you read them at all? or you just was on rage mode copy/pasting all the articles about it?, because in all of them clearly says that the source is AnandTech, so still is just 1 media which is reporting this and everybody else is just copy pasting. Even PhoneArena (your source) they said they got a difference of 12% between models, which honestly, is not noticeable in day to day usage.

Now, your poll (your source) of 21 persons... right, the vast majority, and to notice: from 21, only 7 were getting poor battery, while the rest of them were having more than that. So do the maths pal.

You are talking about being factual with just one and only one media reporting this. Why don't do you do the same with Snapdragon variant and start to look the threads where people are complaining about battery life too?, stop behaving like a childish kid and get the facts overall, not just one side (and the most convenient) of the coin.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Yup, any1 can respond to any1 in an open forum but not being personal there with others' msgs and then being frowned upon. Ignorance is so much valid here too.

You took a good decision btw.

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1. Told every1 fabboy? I used that word only for you, not any1 in the last 7 yrs in XDA. Suggest u to recheck.

2. In that poll, irrespective of how many people voted across all the results, 4 hrs sot came on top, I'm one like them. U try to say no, that's called being fabboyish bcoz I own the s9 plus, I know that's it's battery life is bad, u r not the 1 to make or force me to belive otherwise with the s9 plus I own.

3. Not one media, so many medias r spreading it and in them, TWO lab testings have been done individually by two orgs, namely anadtech and strategy analytics, I did read those articles, u missed.

4. U r owning ur first galaxy, I owned all galaxies that I've constantly said. Neighter u used the 5T that I'm using, but u said the s9 plus to be faster and smoother in an earlier msg. U clarified that since the s9 plus is having newer processor and more ram its better and smoother, but in real world its not the case always as OEMs tweak not just the SoCs but also the software and end results vary. Who is being childish is spot on here.

Anyways u r happy with ur s9 plus Exynos and stay happy. Is not the case with all in the rest of the world who r using the Exynos in terms of batterylife. Good day. And hope your discussions with me ends here.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
I'm seriously wondering, who elected you to speak for the "rest of the world"
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Who told u I'm speaking for the rest of the world.? I said "not the case with all, in the rest of the world" and I stand firmly by it based on data vastly available all over the internet. Gotcha, I seriously am not interested in responding to you, so do not expect after this. Enjoy ur phone and spare me. :svetius:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
if you look back into this topic, you will see various people who do not got bad battery like that, do those people not count to you?.. whats wrong with you

here's btw a screenshot of what i'm talking about, exynos, LTE always on, wifi used in the last hour, nothing disabled, s9+

[IMG="ep"]https://i.imgur.com/nM3furu.jpg[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Now u r talking sense. What u r getting is really good battery life. Also there r many who r getting good battery life like yours'. But then there are other many, who are getting poor battery life and neither their phones are messed up like who do not know how to use nor having any issues with their phones. In fact, the only Samsung phone that I was getting low battery life like this s9+ Exynos was the galaxy S6 edge years back.

One additional reason that u r getting nice battery life is u r using single sim and keeping AOD off, these bring some noticiable difference.

The best battery life I got was 5 hr 48 mins with an almost 15 HR run. But then its always been in between 4 to 5 hrs on wifi and approx 4 hrs in mobile data. Formatting, clearing cache, setting up like a new device didn't help anything noticiable. Gallery sync off, 3 email ids, only one set to sync with contacts, people's details etc. No game playing. No movie watching or such. Confirmed with a colleague and it's the same story there.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
thankyou for pointing out that this is only your experiance, and maybe many more people, like you can see, i and many more people also have a total diffrent experiance then you do, thats the whole point me and the other guy were making buddy... :good:

But you had to go ahead and call names, turn it into a fight for no reason whatsoever.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
See, many r facing the same like me and I didn't say for once that im the only one facing so, anywhere.

Anyways, install another sim on ur phone, keep AOD on and send a screenshot ASAP, I'll do the same and will post it here.

Just a note: With similar settings I get about 10 hrs with the 5T and about 8 hrs with the pixel 2 xl and both r with the last year's SoC.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
Sorry, but another minute spend talking to you is wasted time, this is becoming stupid. :good::good::good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Unless u have that data with AOD on and dual sim on standby , it's no point arguing that u r having too good battery life, isn't it? It makes lot of sense bud. Anyways, I accept your decision of not to talk anymore with me . :good::good::good::laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
Whatever you say bro, cause your always right, how do i dare qeustion you! :laugh::laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
U dared questioning me that I welcomed but running away when I'm asking u to show proof with dual sim and AOD on. :laugh: I bet u can't show it outperforming pixel 2 xl and 5T's s battery endurance with those conditions met. 2 xl doesn't have dual sim, and so can be a valid excuse.

It boils down to one conclusion : The tests on the anadtech is purely scientific, Samsung is experimenting it for the first time (study it till the end and u would understand thoroughly if u r a techy) and android central's well written article is an eye opener. Samsung being an OEM and having the Exynos their in-house SoC, they tweaked it to perform so(just go through that article) as they r taking the path of Apple and though not good for now, it'll help them in the long run for the betterment. But as consumers we have to suffer for now and will have to be happy the way u r happy now :good:;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
please rant more, your wisdom is astonishing.;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Post anything related to the the thread and stick to the thread if at all u want to post anything.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
But i am good sir, share some more wisdom, its marvelous, you are sharing it with such passion, nobody can match it, its extremely intricate and it looks like a revelation! please teach me senpai :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Lol, u have absolutely nothing to share. Show stats using dual sim installed and AOD on when ready(u won't I know) , till then let others post their views up here.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
But im asking you to share your passion and wisdom about how to be a battery master, or wizard, whatever you prefer. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] zathus:
Feels like this thread is getting s tad derailed
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
Indeed, but people like to call fanboys to others when you don't agree with them and then they tell you "And hope your discussions with me ends here".

Yes, sir!

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
cannot agree more, i geuss some people cannot resist starting something when you tell them you do have a good experiance, therefor you must be a fanboy, and they must do everything in their power to make you think or do otherwise.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] madnav:
Exynos S9+ Dual SIM user here from India (CSC: INS)

Setup:

Build: Stock G965FXXU1ARCC

Screen resolution: QHD+ with Basic Mode and Auto Brightness

Network: Airtel(2G/3G), Reliance Jio (4G)

Power Saving Mode: None

Disabled Apps: Bixby Global Actions, Bixby Service, Facebook, Facebook App Manager, Game Launcher, OneDrive

I am not sure why I am getting so much SOT; Accubattery app shows battery health as 93% (3256mAh). Either that estimate is incorrect, or Samsung really improved battery YoY. Formerly I was using Exynos S8+ with almost similar setup and it gave me 1.5-2hr less SOT than what S9+ can.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
Those configurations and consumptions are similar to mine, but the difference is that I run one single SIM. I also disabled all Bixby related stuff, because is not useful for me and because I use Google Now.

As far as I have seen, except for the few people with specific battery problems, these should be the normal consumptions for Exynos S9+.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] madnav:
Same here; I do not want to get into a proprietary eco-system (bixby) so I have it off; Google Assistance it is for me.

AOD I do not use since in my opinion, the only useful AOD that exists happens to be with Moto. I would consider using AOD on other phones if it allows that peaking notification functionality from Moto. Otherwise it server no purpose for me.

Dual SIM is not an issue anymore; the power consumption on standby has come down significantly on radios of both major SOC (E8890 and SD820) since last 2 years. This year the difference seems completely insignificant to me.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Deathman20:
So I've had ups and downs on my battery performance it's still been great for me and still no complaints. 2-3 hours SOT / 24-30 hrs total between charges. That included games and about a good 8-10 hours during the week in a not a great spot with cell reception.

Though recently just getting rid of a few apps, mostly games I installed and didn't play, I got back to great battery life. If I kept it up, 48 hours and roughly 5 hours of screen time. I'd say that is fantastic. Those app usage numbers look really off but as an example at least. Also I do have Bixby enabled currently... still figuring out if I really want to use it or not.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] turtuv:
Hi guys, i never used the AOD on my old S7 Edge because i was afraid that it could have consumed too much battery. What is the situation now with the S9+? I want to start to use the AOD, but i want understand how much battery it consume in an hour in a real life situation (no energy saving, all sync off, maximum resolution ecc)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
So far for me, it will consume around 15%-20% of my total battery, even when in the battery graph show less.

I don't find it useful, but maybe for some people is worth the exchange.

:)

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I leave a video that seems interesting:

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] mtm1401:
Inconsistant battery performance

I have experienced very inconsistant battery life so far, at times I've easily reached 24 hours /5 sot + with medium usage on a single charge, but also very average performance (like my usage below). Without having the numbers to compare I would say the battery has got slightly worse the last few days but that would be a guess and nothing more! I would reset the phone but already did this after the last update and it's not a sustainable to keep doing it

I think that Wi-Fi vs mobile data seems to be a big difference (even in London with 4 bars), the battery drain tests I've seen with the Exynos version all seem to show the S9+ doing very well, if not winning (obviously does not always accurately reflect real life performance)

My cooling off period runs out this Thursday so will most likely have to return the phone and wait to see what else comes out! (Pixel/ OnePlus/ Huawei Mate 20 had an interesting leak today!) Alternatively might wait to see if they fix the issue before the Note 9 comes out!

I might try sacrificing AOD to see it makes a difference

Can't post usage as I'm new but today's usage as follows:

100% - 10%

13.5 hrs total

4:45 SOT

1 hour of gaming

1:30 of Spotify & Bluetooth Headphones

~90% on mobile data
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] zathus:
A lot of things that update in the background and are not always smooth everyday. For instance Gmail might try to update and it might be instant. On the second day it tries to update and has little bit of a server error tries to update again, gives it another shot. And then by the time it's done Burns 10% more of the battery then it would have the day prior. I personally try to look at the average over a week. Cuz my usage is fairly consistent and then I go with that. Some days it's only goes on the charger and I'm at 50%. Other days 30. On the weekends I can almost kill it! But not quite lol.

If your usage is extremely consistent and you're still getting massive fluctuations every day I could see that as being frustrating. But if it's fairly random just understand that sometimes battery inconsistencies something that's completely out of your hands and out of your phones hands. Our phones communicate so often with servers and cell towers that are not always functioning at 100%.

I get kind of bummed out when I see people having a terrible experience with a product that I have found to be so good. At the end of the day though, these phones are not cheap! And you should be satisfied with the product you purchased.

I had to edit this. I was using voice to text and I didn't realize how terrible it did lol there were a few sentences that just didn't make sense ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] mtm1401:
Thanks for your response, I do tend to take the fluctuations with a pinch of salt but you would always want them to trend towards the better performance. One thing I've noticed is that my phone didn't seem to doze properly, I think a combination of WhatsApp web/ not using Wi-Fi at all (was trying to gauge performance when on the move).

I also think I worry too much - at the end of the day I get off the charger in the morning and don't have to charge before bed which is really all that's required. Looking into things like the anandtech review makes you hunt for a problem that might not be there (my cpu speeds rarely go above 1.79ghz which appears to be where the battery drain occurs most intensively) and also influences how you use the device which damages battery life - the self-fufilling prophecy!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] turtuv:
Until now i did 2 complete cycle of recharge, but i don't get more than 2.5 hours of SOT. The second app in the battery menu is "Android System", is that normal?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] MaZaGnGy:
do a factory reset and format internal storage sometimes it work for this issue
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] turtuv:
but i bought the phone 3 days ago!