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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] pafc66:
2.5 hrs SOT with Exynos. Terrible.

I have about 10 apps installed.

HDR looks washed out as well. Time for a firmware update.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Deathman20:
While I was just playing a game. 2+ hours of screen time plus 1.5 hours of PUBG at max settings with QHD enabled. Was using roughly 10-12% per 20-25min of game play. Note this is with SD version. Also I don't have much disabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] dieselhazza:
If you really want a samsung phone always go for the snapdragon version as they have better battery life. I have used many samsung devices including the note 8 it was terrible. Battery life wss shocking absolutely garbage. The only samsung phone i had with ok battery life was the S7 Edge. However currently using a pixel XL 2 and ohh boy what a beast
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] GodXen:
There's no such an easy way to choose between models, especially before launch date
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] skivnit:
That's quite a statement, so you have data to back that up? My exynos s9 beats the SD version same for the s8 and the s8 before it. It's not cause it's bad for you it means it's bad for everyone else. My phone is draining 7%/h for every 10mn of sot on wifi and 10%/h on LTE. So you can figure out what my SOT can be..
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] souvikxda:
Disable Bloatwares

How about disabling bloatwares. Like S Health and other stuffs from Microsoft.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
I'm on Exynos also, and as you can see, my battery life is pretty decent.

I have enabled Wi-Fi and Bluetooth the whole time, plus high accuracy in location settings.

For me the big improve was to disable the Wi-Fi option to enable/disable automatically, disabled the look up of devices and awake the device with the palm.

With these 3 disabled, my battery improved a lot, but also take in mind that the first 3-4 days battery life is terrible.

;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Venom0642:
My had a Pixel XL 2 i had to return it worst battery life ever than got her a S8 Plus and she was blown away best battery ever for her , i told her this Samsung is one of the best and it's a beast plus those weird colors the Pixel has are horrible so now my daughter is happy she was like never again would get a Pixel. So now my other daughter got a S9 purple.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] GodXen:
Well, after hard reset it seems a bit to improve, or it's because half of my apps never was launched. Still not excited about battery life of exynos version.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Deathman20:
Wow... OS and Deezer using up a bit of battery there.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] sheik_yerbouti:
Ever since the June security patch update, my SoT has increased by at least an hour with the same usage pattern. WQHD+, LTE, Bluetooth, WiFi and AoD on too. This has been quite a surprising update from Samsung. Didn't expect this big of an improvement. This is my usage from a few days ago. Currently running at 4.5 hours SoT with 49% battery remaining. I hope others see the same too.

PS: This is an Indian, Exynos version S9+.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Cristi10:
Seems way better to me now.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Cristi10:
I know I've charged it, but i am impressed, especially since is on 4g
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] jhunter16:
S9+ Exynos model.

WiFi combined with 4G+ & BT. WQHD+ Resolution
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] linom:
Awesome! :good: Any mods/disabling or using the same way as it is?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] jhunter16:
Hello

I just disabled unnecessary stuff with ADB commands also I use the native app "Device Maintenace" to put to sleep the apps I don't need running in the background.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] gyuri81:
Hi!

How? :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] jhunter16:
Hello

If you ask for "how to disable with ADB" there is this tutorial:

https://www.xda-developers.com/uninstall-carrier-oem-bloatware-without-root-access/

If you ask for how to put the apps to sleep, on your mobile you go to:

Settings --> Device Maintenance --> Battery --> Always sleeping apps" --> on the 3 dots you select "add apps"
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Killer007TV:
May I ask you which pre-installed apps did you remove this way? Thank you :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Ahmedalwakeel:
Wow dude held awake for only 1 hour in 12 hours of standby!

Do you disable sync, location, samsung health?

Because this is a problem for me the phone is held awake for 1 third of screen off time
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] xmatharux:
I believe thats the main issue for everyone complaining about battery - something keeps our phone awake unnecessarily, sipping away our battery.

I know location is a big one (i always keep mine on battery saver unless actually needed i.e. google maps) however i think it would be great if there was a comprehensive list of what the big battery drain culprits are - or atleast what keeps the phone awake when screen is off (Bettery battery stats says android is number one on the list.?)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] shaggyskunk:
Use BBS - Wakelock Detector - GSam Battery Monitor etc if you want to find out what's eating your battery & what's waking up your phone ?

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] IllyaK:
Why does my battery drain so much, only 23 min of screen on time and down to 80?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] shaggyskunk:
Check your Brightness settings to start with ?

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bassgenerator:
But your cycle did not start at 100 percent. Why are you wondering?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] IllyaK:
Well it started at 91. Also my battery drains 6 percent during the night. Is that normal?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] xmatharux:
I would say so as thats the same as mine?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bassgenerator:
it's 2 percent overnight. better said within 6 hours of inactivity. so it's not normal for you. I would say so much.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] djoxie:
Still doing great with single sim Exynos, BRE5 update (waiting for BRF, as I heard battery gets even better).

2 days of usage, AOD on, but not always active, due to wallet case that turns it off automatically.

Guess Samsung did something to the CPU and RAM management for Exynos models, it seems to me now the same as Snapdragon.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] manish.200588:
Can you tell which services or app you disabled in system options or thru adb and which are safe to do without hampering the performance of the non rooted device? And if possible please explain what those services do when in use.

Your device performance is awesome and we others would like to replicate with your help if possible.

Note: for non rooted device.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Sabertooth:
Mate, isn't powersaver on:rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] linom:
I'm getting decent standby in Mumbai location. Nothing disabled. SOT is less ofcourse due to my usage pattern.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bassgenerator:
Latest update Exynos BRF8 Slovakia CSC: ORX

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] sachilleas:
How on earth?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bassgenerator:
what?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Dawid Cxod Nowak:
It seems that after installing few more apps, running BT all day kills my battery faster then speedy gonzales.

As soon as BT is one it drains... fast.

As soon as I use Tidal, I dont even dare to look at my phone. 2 hours drained 15% battery.

All apps have data usage in the background deactivated + background running deactivated manually.

And my notifications in datasaver mode are supposed to be untouched but they are not. Unless I open a specific app I get notifications. Everything is dead, I have to get on swipe or messenger when installed and reload the app by swiping down to see who wrote me what. Swipe doesnt even notify unless I open the app. Messenger just continued to close my outgoing calls, I cant call people either because of connection issues with datasaver while running LTE 4g in sweden. Now just using swipe, both FB and Messenger is uninstalled.

I dont know what else to do now. Greenify isnt doing much tbh... Maybe its me not know what to do with it.

A year with this will be hell... funny thing, always the samme issue with every android i've had. Why.. me..

Edit: Should have stayed with IOS I guess, GF travels to DK to work, during her surfing on a train ride switching connections and losing signal, running spotify and other apps, playing a little games have 65% left. I came home with no usage except phone calls today with 48% and 1 hour SOT -.-

https://imgur.com/a/9rIfDsJ
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
I find battery life pretty good, when safe mode is on. I have 2 Sim cards, Bluetooth, wifi, data and location always on.

No calls, but lots of videos, web browsing, using Friendly for Facebook app and camera. My huawei p20 pro can only do a very little more, but does not feel faster than S9+ on power safe mode. Without safe mode only 5 hours available.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Nice. Can you show here the picture of your huawei p20 pro and galaxy s9 plus kept together @ batterylife?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
Like prof of evidence [emoji57]

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
No, I mean the battery chart comparison on both.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
I'm not using the P20 pro any more, but the larger battery gives more power, and it haves infrared remote.

The S9+ have much better screen, way better stereo sound, Bluetooth always work, where sound on p20 pro change to phone speakers even setting says connected to headphones. Video sucks on p20 pro, and recording a loud concert is bad cause bass is muting sound. Never tried recording a concert on S9+ yet. P20 can zoom in on photos and take better low light with night mode, but you have to change settings manual, and no 16:9 picture mode available. S9+ is better for auto point and shoot.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Galaxo60:
I also had the P20 Pro and it never gave me more than 1 hr SOT despite the big difference in battery size. Is true that P20 Pro takes better pictures in low light, but you can also achieve those results in Pro mode with the S9+ if you want something better than Auto.

Regarding the recording in a concert, the S9+ records perfectly in loud environments. I have recorded videos in night clubs a couple of times and sound is pretty good.

By no means P20 Pro is a bad phone, but the S9+ is more polished in some aspects.

;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
The batterylife u r getting out of the s9 plus(5 hours of average SOT without power-saving mode) totally resembles to mine on the the dual sim version. So asked for a comparison chart with the P20 Pro hoping you still have it. Thnx anyways.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
Well, you can see the difference isn't very much for 25% use here.

Same usage and apps for both phones with 2 Sim cards

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
Hi

There are 2 small things on P20 pro, I miss on galaxy S9+.

When you lift the phone from a table, the screen turn on, and face detection works faster.

And when you restart your phone and type password, you do not have to press ok, if the code is correct.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Bud, couldn't understand much on the 2nd screenshot as its not showing usage chart. A fair comparison would be when the powersaver is not used on the s9 plus. :good:

Yeah, that little but nifty feature is offered by One plus , Huawei , Apple, Pixels ,Nokia ..... But not Samsung. An "option" to choose from, would have have been better.

The closest you can come across with ur s9 plus goes this way:

Settings>Accessibility>Dexterity and interaction>easy screen turn on. Now just hover the palm to wake the screen. Or

Double tap the home button to wake the screen while using AOD. Or

Hard press the home button to wake the screen with/without AOD.

Both FP scanner and Intelligent scan/iris scan/face detection are slower than FP scanner & face detection of few others like OnePlus 6/OP5T/Redmi Note 5 Pro when I checked. Its not a big deal ,but could have probably been made faster by Samsung.

It doesn't bother I think, as its mandatory only when phone is restarted.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] chickenbb:
I just tried and you don't have to press ok if the code is correct after a restart :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Did you keep the secure startup to "do not require pin"? Select "Require pin when device powers on" and check.

Path is Lock screen and security>Secure startup.

Note: if you select "do not require pin" ,itll still ask for unlock pin but that's "screen unlock" and not "Secure startup".
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
Then it must be on/off. Just turned it on, and typed password, and ok is needed to go further.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] prohackerbro:
S9+ exynos

DevBase 5.8, BRF8, Stock BRF8 kernel, encrypted...

only greenify, dark theme everywhere (whatsapp, telegram, system..)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] djoxie:
What do you think of BRF8 battery life? In my opinion, battery got better now and it is on par with Snapdragon.

I will share some results, after few post-update charging cycles.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
Now I have tried both phones, same usage with 2 Sim cards, same apps, no power save, full resolution, no aod, wifi, Bluetooth, GPS on

Galaxy S9+ reached 7 hours with 8% left and Huawei P20 pro reached 7 hours with 16% left

Galaxy S9 handles video recording best, but P20 pro has great zoom function, low light and I think a sunset look best from huawei too (last picture) :)

Both phones are great.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
First picture

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
:good::good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ssj100:
Hi, did you say you were getting 5 hours without Power Saving Mode? If so, and based on the post (and screenshot) where you said that, perhaps you meant you get 5 hours without Power Saving Mode to drain the battery down to 20-30%. This would make sense, given you are now showing 7 hours to drain the battery below 10%.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
When I bought the S9+, 5 hours was normal, but now after a few updates, it got better.

I died yesterday with 7 hours 45 minutes.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ssj100:
I see, that's interesting and great for you! I've been getting 7 hours pretty much from Day 1 when I use the phone fairly intensely over a 12-20 hour period. Interestingly, I'm finding my standby time (when mobile data is enabled) is a little worse since the latest update - seems to be due to "Google Play services" using a bit more battery. I'm not actually sure if it's due to the latest Samsung update, or perhaps an update to one of my apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
My S9+ is quite new, and was not good the first 2 weeks. Now it's better.

I don't use Facebook app, but Friendly for Facebook instead. Some said Facebook app drains power. I do have messenger for Facebook installed.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] cavags5:
Well the picture from Huawei seems pretty good, i know Huawei takes better pics and samsung better video, battery its not a big difference, for 500mAp different,

Note 9 with 4000mAh will beat all the phones, at least i hope so.

But thanks for the feedback, if Huawei don't have a notch maybe i had it bought.

But display for me is one big reason.

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Well the picture from Huawei seems pretty good, i know Huawei takes better pics and samsung better video, battery its not a big difference, for 500mAp different,

Note 9 with 4000mAh will beat all the phones, at least i hope so.

But thanks for the feedback, if Huawei don't have a notch maybe i had it bought.

But display for me is one big reason.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
If it was possible to combine the best from P20 and S9+, you would have a killer mobile [emoji2]

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
The only update I saw a batterylife inprovement is the BRF8 update that gave a boost to overall batterylife , say about an hour and half more of SOT and about 4 hrs more in total runtime in my usage. But then again with AOD on(use for about specific 7 hrs), it sticks to an average of 6 hr SOT in total runtime of 17,18 hrs that used to be around 4.5 - 5 hr/14 hrs or little less before BRF8. I use fb(set it to make it less hungry), insta, ,twitter, whatsapp, duo - light to moderately. Absolutely no cloud syncing in pics, vids, docs etc.

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Im looking forward to that as well in one and half month , but a stone-age Quick Charge 2.0 to fuel a 4000 mAh battery may disappoint.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
*Data taken after 1st and 2nd week- post "BRF8" OTA with June security patch.

*Usage pattern: Moderate.

*AOD OFF, Auto brightness ON , 2 email accounts (one is in sync), no cloud syncing of any audio, video, docs or such), location service on high accuracy(wi-fi scanning off in improve accuracy), button mapper on bixby, dark theme & wallpaper, 14 apps I keep using are kept in "not monitoring" , 98 apps are in "sleep", screen resolution is in WQHD+, find my mobile services are off, in developer mode "mobile data turn on" is OFF, samsung health service is ON, about 80 % of the time connected to wi-fi, full network signals. , no game playing, edge panel on, no edge lighting, in Advanced Features - smart stay, smart capture, smart alert, video enhancer are on, rest off. FB(set to not eat battery much) insta,twitter, duo, whatsapp installed, 5 samsung bloatwares disabled.

*Exactly same apps and settings on both the screenshots on the same phone (this is my 2nd gs9 plus, first one I sold as 64 gig internal wasn't enough for me).

...

*2nd screenshot looks much better as I didn't touch the phone for about 7 hours keeping wifi/mobile data OFF and then again used.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] shaggyskunk:
Just an FYI - In looking for additional ways to "tweak" some apps from running in the background (even when using Greenify & notSABS / SABS / adhell 3 etc) - I'm testing App Ops along with Shizuku Manager & another app from OasisFeng (Greenify Dev) Island...

All apps are available on the Play Store & You'll need to use adb commands. I'm not sure why it doesn't seem that these apps have been paid much attention to...? But they look interesting & I'll have to see if they are effective?

NOTE: You have to run the adb commands after a Reboot / If you Toggle OFF USB Debugging on your Unrooted Samsung device to Grant Permission to App Ops..

I just started using these apps this morning - So I don't have any definitive answers yet ?

There's another app called Brevent (no that's not a spelling mistake) it's Brevent & also requires adb commands ??
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Will be interesting to know the outcome :good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] shaggyskunk:
Well for those who are familiar with App Ops & CM Privacy Guard - You may remember how effective they could be on Rooted devices...

It's unfortunate that you have to run the adb commands after a Reboot - But the only times that I'm Rebooting is when there's an update to Swift Installer / Swift Themes.... ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ssj100:
Just out of curiosity, when was this "2 weeks" period that you noticed the battery presumably only giving around 5 hours SOT? Looks like we have at least one user reporting that since the June update, he's noticed SOT increase from around 4-5 hours to 6-7 hours. For me, since the June update, I've not noticed any significant change in SOT. That is pleasing for me to see, for many reasons hehe. Although it would have been nice to see my SOT go from 6-8 hours (which it pretty much has from Day 1 when I got the device in March 2018) to 8-10 hours with the June update!

Also, assuming the relative 1-2 hour increase in SOT is true for some people, either Samsung has purposefully "fixed" something for specific phones/setups/carriers etc with the June update, or they fluked something by accident - 1-2 hour increase in SOT is huge assuming your phone setup and habits are identical to before the update. I also hope that some people realise that just because they notice an issue with their device, it doesn't mean it must be affecting every device out there. It would also have been nice for Samsung to report what exactly they "fixed" for these people, if that's what they did.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] bufordtjustice:
I had this phone a month, and battery life seems improved at last update BRF8. Of every 25% I get close to 2 hours. From tomorrow I will turn on AOD and see how it effects.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Frequent reboot isn't required which is a PLUS. Even then,

Adb×(shizuku App Ops + manager+ Oasis Island..) would be less/equally effective but cumbersome in comparison to Root ×(App Ops+CM PG) , imo .
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] Sleepycat3:
Just did some normal usage testing over the past 2 days. I achieved 6 hours as well, with my previous S6 achieving only 3-4 hours on one charge.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] ssj100:
Still much the same as many others here:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] djoxie:
Quite good for 2 day use and almost 3 hours of phone calls. Exynos single sim
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] imkr1:
Look much better with strength cellular signal..
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] eravi:
I would have liked to buy the Samsung S9+, but I don't want to disable too many things on a new smartphone just to make it last until dinner time...

Since I live in Italy I would get the Exynos variant and I will use it a lot with LTE.

So I was thinking to get OnePlus 6 instead, that should grant me better battery life with no tweaks at all.

In your opinion is there that much battery life difference between the two smartphones, if used without disabling many things?

Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] xcxa23:
personal experience with exynos , standby really sucks, without AOD and auto sync it suck 1% per hour, with data on 4g/4g+ only 2 bar.

however, the SOT is impressive, on 4g/4g+ with 2 or 1 bar, auto brightness, using samsung browser, whatsapp, stock FB, averaging at least 5% per 1% battery lost
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Real Life Review] mtm1401:
Sorry if I've asked this before but have you done anything major in terms of tweaks?

I.e. no sync, using aeroplane/ power saver etc.

You're getting pretty good stats so always want to check if I'm missing anything obvious ;)

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I wouldn't say 1% sucks, I've got a brand new cheap LG phone that drains at the same speed on standby. The only time I feel it's a little bit weak in terms of battery is when I'm on the move and using Bluetooth headphones. And obviously being outside with the screen up to full is a killer (I use lux to keep the screen brightness down as I find it too bright anyway)