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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
I already did factory reset and now I will wait for the phone to settle, maybe 2-3 days,

If after this I'm having the same problems, I will install BBS and see what's going on.

Thanks!

;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] stole775:
Can you please tell me what is BSS because also my battery is not so great
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
Better Battery Stats:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asksven.betterbatterystats

Another options is GSam:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm

:)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] harry92008:
Exactly. SO I have seen 2 phones now. Mine and my friends. Both of them struggle to get 4 hrs. Have tried everything. Weird but many users have same results. I have accepted that the S9+ has poor battery performance. At least the Exynos.

I have seen YouTube videos and most of them conclude that S9+ has excellent battery. Surprising.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] stole775:
Thank youu
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] leoking3:
So I got scared of all the "real reviews" out there. But please check out attached my first charge, setup included. Exynos, dual sim, Europe, both 4G and wifi alternatively, facebook, fb mess, lots of whatsapp, AOD on.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ssanjy:
Another screens.... Battery is stabilizing I guess...6+ hrs of SOT in over a days of average use
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] hem.acharya:
Is your phone rooted? I can't seem to get bbs show me more details without rooting the phone
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ssanjy:
[MENTION=2969761]hem.acharya[/MENTION] Not rooted... Just ran adb command...

PS little OT, but how's your camera performing, how much blur does it take shooting moving objects?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] nviz22:
Waiting for my battery to calibrate. One day use going onto my 2nd day of owning the S9+. Anyways, my battery was atrocious day 1: 35% battery remaining, 1 hr SOT, 2 hrs calls, 2 hrs Spotify, 16 hrs battery time, 10 hrs AOD, horrendous signal at school depleted my battery by 15% in 3.5 hrs without me even using my phone much at all. Didn't screenshot that part.

Here are some attached photos from today. For some reason it doesn't show the phone calls I received today even though total talk time is like 5 minutes combined.

Idk if my battery sucks? T-Mobile USA, Snapdragon model, factory unlocked.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] hem.acharya:
I haven't experimented too much with photos but all the photos I have taken look good. That includes slow mo live focus pics and mostly on auto mode. But I don't see photos playing small video in gallery even though camera is configured to take videos with photos just like the iPhone. I think it's called live photo?

BTW sent you a pm
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ssanjy:
Just bumped into a video which explains the probable problem with battery life in S9 phones

[youtube]d-QiiuekMZ8[/youtube]

May be a software update will come for a fix.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] stanimir187:
Here are screenshots from GSaM

I can go for 6 hours but I have to use the phone non-stop otherwise it's like 5h 5:30 at best

[IMG="Battery"]https://scontent.fsof5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/30119105_1744889578867251_318431213_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=3ab6631ffedea734433fe3c66f3085cb&oe=5AC8AC30[/IMG]

[IMG="Battery2"]https://scontent.fsof5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t34.0-12/30120322_1744889595533916_790840717_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=9274b30c9efe8fb98ceba6dff74d459c&oe=5AC81F44[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] zathus:
I'm more then happy with my battery life. I'm actually pretty hard on it too. I keep my gear S3 connected always. I'm rarely on Wi-Fi. I'm in daylight most of the day and I keep my screen on auto. Definitely a beast
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Venom0642:
Can't complaint AT&T S9 Plus Outstanding battery life.

Over 5 hrs SOT 49 %, was all at work 4G LTE all day and brightness 95% Resolution at WQHD.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Venom0642:
Looking good ???
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] marsen2567:
[IMG="Battery Life on S9 plus"]https://i.imgur.com/fHz7nAs.jpg[/IMG]

Exynos S9 plus, FHD+, Wi-Fi, the best battery I had with a Samsung phone. Debloated, disabled, and uninstalled apps through adb.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Venom0642:
One more can get over 8hrs AT&T S9 Plus.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bassgenerator:
Is someone using the Comatose app? What is your opinion about this app? Thx
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] pants_marshall:
EXYNOS S9+ streaming all day long LTE, stats dont show the 2 Hrs of youtube i watched, screen res wqhd
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] stole775:
Should i replace my phone or this is ok?

Maximum i got is 5h SOT
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ssanjy:
I guess it's Snapdragon. I wonder if anyone from Exynos has achieved it ?

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If it's Exynos then I think it's normal.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
There have been people with good consumptions with Exynos, what's the drama?.

:eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] stole775:
I'm using exynos
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] stanimir187:
What apps and services did you remove?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ssanjy:
Well there are multiple reports that Samsung's Exynos is not quite battery friendly. And my and one of my friends also are experiencing average battery life..

https://m.androidcentral.com/samsungs-galaxy-s9-battery-problems-explained

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155233189651536&id=197102911535
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] zathus:
So my conclusion is on Wi-Fi I can average 1 hour screen on time for every 10% used. On data it's about every 15%. That's over a 24-hour to 36 hour period. Pretty damn impressive.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Exynos S9+. Light ussage. Connected via Wi-Fi, mobile data off. Disabled few Samsung bloats. Very unhappy with the batterylife.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ssanjy:
Few tips from me.

1. Install Better Battery Stats and see if the device guess to deep sleep when idle and also check apps that are not letting the device to go into deep sleep mode under Partial Wakelock menu.

2. Try clearing cache from the recovery.

3. Turn off WiFi and Bluetooth scanning under settings, location, improve accuracy.

4. Turn off AOD.

5. Put unnecessary apps into sleep mode under battery setting in Samsung's Device maintenance option.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Did all that and then sent that previous message. After testing regorously i came to the conclusion of poor battery life [MENTION=4781463]exynos[/MENTION] s9 plus.

And no, didn't put AOD off, why?? Bcoz it took about 1% per 2 and half hrs, so it's negligible.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Mano1982:
You can get good screen on time if you use your S9+ all the time. I just got 3 hours screen on time on home WiFi & it used only 25% battery (from 100 to 75) because i was continously using screen (Snap, FB, Twitter, Insta etc). Problem appears when S9+ drains battery in standby position, special when you are connected to mobiledata and not WiFi. Yesterday i was at work & it drained from 90% to 70% in 4 hours without i even touched the mobile. And there is even no app which is draining battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ssanjy:
Exynos has issues with battery.. refer to my post 3-4 posts ahead.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] zathus:
My best yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
I've noticed it as well. But even when it's connected to only wi-fi, the endurance is Sub-par. What

I found goes like this :

1. SOT 5-6 hrs if continuously used, total runtime about 12 hrs.

2. SOT 4-5 hrs if having medium usage, runtime of about 15 hrs.

3. SOT about 3 hrs in light usage, runtime of about 18 hrs.

All when in wifi, mob data kept off. No gallery syncing to the cloud, 3 email accounts, only 1 setup for apps, contacts etc for syncing.

I use a oneplus 5t side by side exactly in the same settings apart from few forced ones in the Samsung. 5Ts endurance is about 10 hrs in a 22 hr run.

*Clearing cache, setting up like a new phone, not using smart switch after setting up etc. etc. do help for a day or two, and then it's all the same.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Mano1982:
AGREE!

I was using Xperia XZ Premium before S9+ and it had much better battery life. It had not standby battery drain at all, 1-2% in night & i had everything on auto synch and stuff on XZ Premium. On S9+ i have disabled many things just to save battery, but still..

And yes, i have even factory reset my phone & didn't restore any backup. It didn't help much.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
As per data all over the internet, some say Exynos on the s9/9+ has better battery life than the Snapdragon, some say SD is having better battery life. So there isn't a definite answer to it unless Samsung clarifies that will never happen.

Edit: As per latest lab tests, Exynos is giving more battery life than the SD (refer to gsmarena's S9 plus' Exynos vs SD).

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Many tweaks, package disablers/disabling via adb etc. right? That number is really good. But without those tweaks if it gave atleast 6,7 hrs then it would have been satisfactory.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] zathus:
I've disabled all the T-Mobile apps. All other stuff I left alone. I don't use always on display. All other features are on. Auto brightness, Bluetooth connected to my S3 watch. No battery saver options on. Bluetooth / Wi-Fi scanning for location off. Location on. Google Assistant enabled with cards. Location history is off. dark colorful theme. Bixby disabled. I don't know if that helps battery I disable it cuz I think it's useless.

I definitely noticed a difference being on Wi-Fi all day versus Wi-Fi with data or pure data. Being on data probably shaves off about an hour of usable time.

I can say that I am much more pleased with this phone that I was my pixel 2 XL.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Brave.Maxton:
Exynos version
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
I don't know why everyone is blaming Exynos right now, and even when Andatech is saying so, many users are still getting pretty good battery consumptions.

With this S9+ (Exynos) I can have battery on pair with my previous Pixel 2 XL and a little under from my U11+ and Mate 9 Pro, but the battery size comes into play here: around 40hrs with 6-7 hrs SOT.

I have everything enabled and synced, and the only thing I disabled is AOD because I don't use it and is a goddamn battery hogger. Among my tests, it was taking almost 20% of my total battery, even when it was showing around 7% on the battery graph.

Also many tests from Youtube channels and other sites put the battery in a "decent" range, so I don't understand precisely the issue then.

If there was a real problem with battery, trust me, I would be the first to notice it, but we need to remember that battery is directly related to personal usage and configuration, so battery problems are 90% of the times the user's fault.

:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Mano1982:
Happy for you that you are having goor battery life :good:

We (who are not so happy with battery) have actually exactly what the issue is & why we are not happy with battery life. :eek: And of course, we are here to learn more about it & we are hoping to find some suggestions to get a better battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
You need to watch your signal and coverage, because most of the times having a bad signal would kill your battery instantly.

Besides that, the best suggestion I can give is to make a factory reset, set up the phone as new with no backups or restores and go menu by menu and setting by setting configuring everything properly.

After this, install your apps and then go to each app setting the configurations and permissions respectively.

This process for me took about 4-5 hours, but is the only way to be sure that the problem is not myself or my apps in case I have a bad battery life. Only once I was getting really bad battery life with these steps, but then I returned because it was a faulty unit, so I know it works.

Of course is a pain in the a$$, but this is a method I always follow with my new phones and I never had any problems related to battery. Is about knowing your phone and the options in it, because most Android phones nowadays won't work properly if you don't configure them correctly. Of course stock Android is the exception to this rule, because they come with no advanced options or settings, only the basics.

;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
I used pixel 2 xl earlier, sold it due to speaker issue. OP5T and GS9+, these two r currently I'm checking side by side. Exactly on same settings and tweaks S9 plus is giving the lowest battery life. I agree with the fact that 90% of the time its users fault who mess up with their phones and get unpleasant results. But I'm a techy, know exactly how to use smartphones and the necessary "steps and tweaks" required, and I have to say something is definitely wrong with the s9 plus Exynos and it's from Samsung's side and not user errors or such.

One more noticiable difference - On day to day work, performance on the s9 plus(Exynos) is somewhat slower than the other two and it remains so even after factory resetting and other stuff. I agree with anandtech' s latest findings where its clearly seen how low this Exynos is performing in every test compared to the SD, and in few tests losing to last gen SoCs.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] harry92008:
I was having horrible battery life with the Stock ROM. Tried all the disabling stuff. Phone never lasted more than 14 hours with SOT arnd 4 hrs.

Switched to Dev base ROM. Battery has improved significantly. Right now , 15 hours of usage. close to 2 hrs 45 mins SOT and battery at 55%. Not really as good as others like 8-9 Hours SOT, But at least I can now get through my day with ease. Also, Should achieve 6 hours SOT easy. That is enough for me. So I suggest , try the ROM out if you are having horrible battery.

Mine is Exynos btw!!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
I disagree with Anandtech analysis regarding battery life, and other videos and articles show otherwise as well.

Is well know that OP5T is really fast, even faster than Pixel 2 XL, but I can't say because I have never had one, but what I can say is that this S9+ is smoother than my previous Pixel 2 XL.

Besides this, you can't have the "same settings", because they are all different versions of Android. Maybe you can get similar settings between the OP5T and the Pixel 2 XL because both OS are pretty similar, but with Samsung you have a ton of other options that can impact battery life.

If you only look at WiFi, Screen, Bluetooth and other basics settings, you won't get much from them.

As I said, with heavy skinned UI, like EMUI, Samsung Experience, MIUI, etc, you really need to dig into them if you want the best performance from your phone, otherwise, is better to stick with clean Android or similar.

;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
:good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
U have some really good tweaks as u don't have to compromise on anything useful that way and endurance is fantastic. Though mine isn't through any carrier and have same settings as yours+ Bixby on and - Samsung apps disabled via BK disabler, max battery life i get is about 5 and hrs SOT on a 14 hr run.

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U have some really good tweaks as u don't have to compromise on anything useful that way and endurance is fantastic. Though mine isn't through any carrier and have same settings as yours+ Bixby on and - Samsung apps disabled via BK disabler, max battery life i get is about 6 hrs SOT on a 14 hr run.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
There's nothing to wonder about the smoothness on the S9+: faster processor and better RAM management, no big surprise. Even when Pixel 2 XL is fast, is a 2017 phone, so is normal that new phones with newer specs are faster and better. Even my U11+ was feeling sometimes smoother than the Pixel 2 XL, but probably was because of the animations, they are too long in the Pixel 2 XL compared to other devices.

Regarding the processor, people is having average battery life both in Snapdragon and Exynos versions, and also there are people who is getting really decent battery life in both. Is not a matter of processor, but a matter of configuration and usage, otherwise, everyone with Snapdragon would have awesome battery life and everybody with Exynos will have crappy battery life, but is not the case.

Take a look at these videos:

Exynos version

https://youtu.be/1jMnpHtK1Zg

Exynos vs Snapdragon

https://youtu.be/lgz0YIEKFTc

Even if it would be a difference in battery life, I highly doubt it would be a big one or noticeable in day to day usage.

:highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
[YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE]

Ofcourse s9+ is newer with a faster processor and more RAM. But the issue is the Exynos S9+/S9 being slower than the Snapdragon counterpart this year unlike last years' SD vs Exynos.There are many tests being done on the same and SD is proven to be the faster this time around. It's slower to an entent that it just sits next to last year's Exynos or SD in few key areas, which is what anandtech and few other lab testers also pointed out. Just bcoz its neewer doesn't necessarily mean that this is better and faster inside the phone. When Exynos 9810 was first announced, it outperformed all the SoCs except the A11 biopic. But later Samsung tweaked the SoC when s9 duos were released. Manufacturers do so sometimes.

SD vs Exynos:

[youtube]qjeK72efPV4[/youtube]

Just look at this video, and the SD is faster which is what every1 is talking about and when used side by side its felt and is felt even when it's used next to pixel 2 or 5T.

Regarding the battery part, yup its a a mixed feeling, and that test you pointed out wouldn't conclude anything as it's a stacked test where its run side by side to compare battery life till it dies which isn't a practical test at all as in the real world scenario battery isn't used that way.

A detailed one is as below:

[youtube]d-QiiuekMZ8[/youtube]

One things is for sure, battery life on the s9 plus is bad and is felt by vast majority and even with basic tweaks applied it simply fails to impress.:rolleyes: Software is playing a major part in it and Samsung maynot provide a solution it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] zathus:
What apps are you using? I don't consider myself a heavy user because a heavy user usually plays a lot of games. So I guess I would be more medium? The apps I use are pretty consistent day in and day out

#1app I use is YouTube

Then a mix of Clash of Clans and toon blast. Those are the only two games I have

Then XDA app and Samsung browser followed by Twitter.

Millions of apps out there and my usage can consist of about 6 lol. Obviously I mix in some other stuff here and there but those 6 are my daily go to's with texting and phone calls sprinkled in there.

It's always hard to narrow down battery life and why people are getting better than others but usage is by far the most important thing because we all use it differently.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
I am no heavy user. A light to moderate user I would say.

I do not play games at all on phones.

An hour of talking, max 2 hours of web browsing on the Samsung browser, whatsapp,fb,insta,twitter each for max 20 mins or so,YT for an hour max, news articles reading for an hour, no 3rd party apps or such, 105 total apps, out of which 78 apps are kept on sleep in battery in device maintenance, connected to Wi-Fi and not Mob. internet and settings as yours' as per ur previous msg. With BK disabler disabling samsung apps, it gives around 6 hrs sot and without it, gives around 4-5 hrs on a total of around 14 hour run.

On those apps and similar settings(without any package disabler) I get about 10 hours on the OnePlus 5T(22 hr run) and about 8 and half hours on the Pixel 2 xl(20 hr run). Last yr, the Galaxy S8 plus was giving around 7 hrs SOT on similar settings.

Doubt is on the Exynos+software optimization combo- from Samsung's end.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
Satisfied with my screen on time, easily manage to do a complete day of 24 hours, give or take a couple hours more, while on LTE no less, with a sot of around 5 to 6 hours
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
SD or Exynos? Hopefully the SD. The possibility of Samsung to fix the issue with the Exynos seems unlikely. A well written article below :

https://m.androidcentral.com/samsungs-galaxy-s9-battery-issues-necessary-evil
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] marsen2567:
I have the Exynos, I usually get an average of 6-7 hours SOT for 1 day 6 hour run on a day to day use. And I posted something here on a continuous use where I got an 8 hrs. and 35 minutes SOT for a 14 hrs and 30 minutes hour run. I'm pretty satisfied with this phone. The best SOT that I've got.

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Just almost the same as s8 debloat list. You need to test it first by disabling the system apps through BK disabler pro or SABS or Adhell to which you can see what apps that will be crashing if you disable it. Wait for 3 days when you start uninstalling because some apps waits to crash after a restart or 3 days.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
I'm using exynos, i think a prime reason is the fact that i got excellent signal
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
I mean, for the few people having poor battery life, did you try to disable Android System in the background?, this made a huge improvement for me.

Before, this Android System was taken 50% of my battery and I was getting really mediocre consumptions, but after disabling it, it doubled my battery life.

Still mails and notifications are arriving with no issues.

:cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
People reporting of bad battery are not those who r getting bad signals.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] marsen2567:
Not cool, dude. Some are noobs here. They might fall for your joke. Be considerate. Oh you mean tick off background activity, my bad..
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
Perhaps, it might also be the kind of apps people run, ive also noticed disabling some packages or some services cause more drain, simply because other services are calling on them, and keep doing so waking up your device, if you dont properly disable stuff or all the included services connected, you might experiance more drain disabling stuff then just letting them run.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Those are very basic things u r pointing out at. It doesn't bend the fact that s9 Exynos is having battery issues as Anandtech and Android central pointed out thoroughly.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] denja12:
then how come numerous people in this topic who posted their usage, got exynos devices, and get around the same idle / screen time as i do? im not saying there isnt a problem, all im saying is, i'm not getting extremely bad battery life and sharing my experiances, since that's what the topics for, unless you want me to lie about it, and say its extremely bad to make you feel good . :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Cristi10:
This is my usage. Yesterday, heavy use, took the ss when i got home, pictures and g maps. Today, off the charger since around 8, I've also installed gsam battery monitor