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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
Power saving mode is present under battery menu in settings. I'm using it on medium.

Bbs reports highest around 1.8 Ghz because that's 70 percent of 2.7Ghz. Power saving mode clearly mentions it.

Yes I said it drains a lot while using it, even if sporadically. See, these logs are of 2 nights. Not during day time. The other night I kept data off and yesterday I kept it on. I don't keep AoD enabled while sleeping.

Ambient light sensor is very frugal and it's best to leave auto brightness on. Believe it or not.

Face recognition, yes. Although I'm about to turn it off. It's such a miss.

Notifications are a critical part of smartphone. Going all out and getting rid of them isn't a ideal solution.

And yes, Google location history. You'll find it funny I had it enabled on S7 edge all the time. And on this phone, I disabled it the next day I bought it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] One Twelve:
How do you find performance with power saving on medium for your day to day tasks ?

The anandtech reviewer mentioned some cpu limiter that resulted in CPU at 1.47 Ghz which i assume was max power savings and not medium, this setting he found unacceptable

Still, if you barely use it then 3-4%/h means after 10h you are down 30-40%. If you used 20% by the time you got in that leaves you at 30-40% left at works end ?

If you use easy screen, wave your hand over no need for AOD. Now you end the day at 50-60%

Wonder how much this will save, Suppose it only triggers if motion sensor senses the phone was picked up. Otherwise could be more

Only the ones you need if possible. Next, consider the update frequency. Does it have to be every few minutes or could it be hourly. Finally try to synchronise them if possible. List apps whose notifications are essential then go into settings for each and configure. This way they all go off at the same time and then there is no more disturbance. Doze needs half hour of no shaking and no apps doing anything to work.

Otherwise the phone never sleeps and question then is what frequency is it idling at. This is where you lose battery during the day despite screen being off

Does AOD on all the time even allow the phone to sleep i wonder. Maybe a BBS log of the phone left idle will answer it

Looking at your BBS logs,

Android pay, need it ?

S Health

These two run quite a bit

com.samsung.android.spay (com.samsung.android.spay.Samsung Pay): Uid: 10196 Sys: [B][COLOR="Red"]22 m 22 s[/COLOR][/B] Us: 2 m 36 s Starts: 0

com.sec.android.app.shealth:remote (com.sec.android.app.shealth.Samsung Health): Uid: 10199 Sys: 1 m 6 s Us: [B]6 m 51 s[/B] Starts: 0

With alarms this one stands out

com.google.android.gms (): Wakeups: 44 ([B][COLOR="Red"]30.0 / h[/COLOR][/B])
Alarms: 13, Intent: com.google.android.location.ALARM_WAKEUP_ACTIVITY_DETECTION
Alarms: 9, Intent: com.google.android.intent.action.GCM_RECONNECT
Alarms: 15, Intent: CONTEXT_MANAGER_ALARM_WAKEUP_58454
Alarms: 0, Intent: com.google.android.gms/zln
Alarms: 14, Intent: com.google.android.gms.gcm.ACTION_CHECK_QUEUE
Alarms: 0, Intent: com.google.android.location.ALARM_WAKEUP_VEHICLE_EXIT_DETECTOR
Alarms: 0, Intent: com.google.android.gms.gcm.HEARTBEAT_ALARM
Alarms: 1, Intent: null.INACTIVITY_TRIGGERED
Alarms: 0, Intent: com.google.android.gms.auth.authzen.cryptauth.DEVICE_STATE_CHECK_DELAY_COMPLETE
Alarms: 3, Intent: com.google.android.gms.icing.proxy.action.SMS_CHANGED
Alarms: 0, Intent: com.google.android.gms.common.operation.LOG_CORE_ANALYTICS
Alarms: -2, Intent: com.google.android.gms/com.google.android.libraries.social.mediamonitor.MediaMonitorIntentService
Alarms: 0, Intent: null
Alarms: -2, Intent: com.google.android.gms.matchstick.register_intent_action
Alarms: -1, Intent: com.google.android.gms.reminders.notification.ACTION_REFRESH_TIME_REMINDERS
Alarms: -1, Intent: com.google.android.gms.drive.ApiService.RESET_AFTER_BOOT

What's going on there

30 per hour is high and the stranger part is this is in the log with data off. The highest alarm rate in the other log is 8/h.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
Then he wasn't wrong. It really stutters at those kind of frequencies.

My usage pattern if I keep everything at max : 20 percent lost while commuting to work. Around 40-50 percent lost at work. Again 20 percent when commuting back. It's really gasping by the day ends.

Situation is a bit different on power saving mode. I'm left with around 30 percent when I reach back home.

And AoD uses about 10 percent during the day. Not more.

So we are basically back to where we started from. I need to turn everything off or fine tune every tids and bits in order to get through the day?

Nope. AoD doesn't keep the phone awake. They have built a different low_power IC for AoD. That was the reason AoD wasn't ported to S6 series, even when it had an LED screen. The phone would never sleep if AoD relied on main processor.

I do use S Health and Samsung pay. Samsung pay is one of the reasons I bought it.

And yes, the google services wakelock. This one is infuriating. No matter what or how hard you try, you simply can't make it sit quietly. But given that majority of the apps rely on GMS for notifications nowadays, it may be necessary for it to run in the background.

To sum up, I simply can't use this phone at it's full potential if I want respectable battery life.

It has to be a non-headache phone. But unfortunately it isn't. I wonder what makes pixel and one plus get such good battery life. You don't need to turn anything off on those phones.

Anyway, I'm just gonna crank up the phone to optimized mode. Let's see how many days I can bear with this ****.

PS: Went from 43 to 38 percent while creating this post. :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kannanX10:
Did u checked ur chip binning values by entering download mode?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] One Twelve:
How is it at medium ? ie 1.7Ghz

I don't know. If notifications make up an important portion of drain. For you to determine if its necessary

Didn't you say you were already running in optimised.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
I was talking about 1.7 only. Under medium power savings mode the frequency is limited to around 1.8GHz.

True. And I choose to use my device fully.

Sorry for the confusion. I meant I'm going back to normal mode, the one without any power saving.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] piku2008:
Well if you have got you mobile could you please let us know what was the procedure.........

- like did they ask for any extra documents.....

- Also are their any other speculations ?

Also if you can just post some pics or video regarding the packaging or box would like to see them ......
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ajai_dev:
With normal operations my normal S9 is giving 2hr 39min SOT after almost 2-3weeks of use and acording to gsam it uses up almost 14% per hour of VoLTE calling "Jio"
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Chirag22ster:
I was having poor battery. I just did a factory reset today and today's results are mind blowing.

I was mostly at home. Lots of downloading apps on playstore, playinf youtube videos, web browsing.

Have a look at the battery stats.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] kumar abhishek:
Saw the s9 ad today on tv. They are now giving 9000 cashback on paytm instead of 6000. Couldnt get a pic quickly. But its terrible to see samsung already discounting their flagship. Its a disaster considering the pre-order units didnt even recieve any special benefir this time around.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Chirag22ster:
Yes. I saw the ad too. Its 9000 on paytm
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Mr.Raviteja:
Anyone know how to get a stamp on images like oneplus does shot on oneplus
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
1. The service center guys r good at acting.

2. Many have zero tech knowledge.

*personal experience with them.

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I'm not quite sure if ur happiness is gonna last long. Battery life on this s9 plus is a pain, I got hold of this phone on 10th March for testing purpose. And then have been owning one since 16th. Formatting, factory resetting temporarily resolves the issue for a day or two. And then again it comes back with poor endurance. Even with light to moderate usage I need to charge it by 4 pm everyday after plugging it off at around 9 AM. Unless one starts to use it like a dumb phone(like disabling almost all highlighted features or rooting/getting rid of many stuff) the phone will remain as a pain I feel, as Samsung hasn't been good at "increasing battery life" via OTAs looking at all the track records of galaxy series.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Killer333:
What i've observed is, on wifi the battery life is decent and on mobile data (4G), its worse.

For better battery life, you might have to disable or limit some things:

Temporary solution: 4 - 4.5hrs SOT

Factory Reset

Consistent solution: This should give you atleast 4.5 to 5.5hrs SOT

1. Disable all the unnecessary apps & services by using 'BK Manager' or 'Package Disabler' app.

Or

2. Go into Power Saving modes, select the medium power saving mode, click on details.

Now, enable background data usage & speed limiter.

Resolution to FHD+, brightness to none.

Then apply it.

You can also do both for even better battery life.

Permanent Solution:

Root it, remove unnecesaary apps, flash custom kernel and if possible, decrease the clock speed to same as that of Qualcomm's.

Other than that, you can also wait for the OTAs for official fix by Samsung which is going to take months or may be never!

Try the above. If you are still not satisfied, then sell the device (if battery life is the priority / deal breaker)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
Nobody here believes that Exynos version is plagued by bad battery optimization. Everyone on YouTube seems to be praising the phone no matter what. For me everything else is fine except the bad, real bad battery life. Yesterday went from 52 percent charge to 12 percent with only 32 mins of screen on time. Wnat gives?

And for those of you who still believe there's nothing wrong with this device, have a look at this.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12615/improving-exynos-9810-galaxy-s9-part-1

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1. Doesn't help. And I use most of the Samsung apps. Samsung pay and S health primarily.

2 Done. Helped for a day or two. Not more. Plus the extreme lag.

3. Root? Nope. Lot of things break after rooting the device. Haven't really felt the need to do it after S6.

This phone would have been perfect had it even offered average battery life. But it drains like hell. I have tested it enough and there's no denying the battery life simply sucks.

Dilemma is, I'm ready to sell this phone but I have no clue what to buy next? No phone in the market ticks all the boxes right now. Wonder whether we are progressing ahead or retarding back.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Killer333:
I am currently using 1 & 2.

I am getting 5 to 5.5 SOT(Doesnt Matter) and I can easily pull through the day. This includes half the day on 4G and half the day on WiFi. And I enable the power saving mode only when im on mobile data. For wifi, i'll disable it. GPS is also always on.

On mobile data, my usage will be moderate and heavy on wifi.

I too use most of the samsung apps n services. I did not disable them. Here i am attaching the bloatware xml export.

Most of the members are in the same state. I too thought of the same and then decided to keep it.

LG G7/ 1+6 with notches & Pixel 3 are on the way. You can use this mobile till they are in the market.

I generally root my mobile after a year when my warranty expires.:angel:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
I'm sorry but I don't really like to compromise. If I'm paying for an all rounder phone, I want to use every bit of it.

If you are willing to go down the way you stated, go ahead. But I simply can't.

Hoping to jump onto iOS bandwagon now. Guess I've given Samsung enough chance. Been with them since S2 and Note 1.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Killer333:
OK Cool Mate.

You paid for it but, you wont use all of them everyday. No mobile is perfect and you've to make some customisation to meet your requirements.

Anyway, I understand that You've already decided. So, nothing is gonna stop you now. :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Killer333:
S9+ Battery and Performance test between SD845 and Exynose 9810 from GSMArena

Not sure what mobiles were given to Reviewers. Here is a S9+ Battery and Performance test between SD845 and Exynose 9810 from GSMArena:

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

Battery Life results are strange and different.

[IMG="SD845"]https://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/18/04/galaxy-s9-plus-exynos-vs-snapdragon/inline/-728/gsmarena_004.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG="Exynose"]https://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/18/04/galaxy-s9-plus-exynos-vs-snapdragon/inline/-728/gsmarena_005.jpg[/IMG]

Qualcomm's SD 845 has more efficient LTE modem which is making the difference I think.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
See. I know how to fine tune these devices. But the problem is, I've grown tired of tinkering all this **** up everytime I buy a new phone. Why should I run in power saving mode when the USP of this phone is Performance? How do you justify turning off SPay when I use it everyday?

I've already disabled a lot of crap I don't use and I don't mind doing that.

But if someone asks me to turn AoD off, sync off, notifications off, location off, enable power saving mode, I simple lose my mind. Why the hell did I pay for it? To cripple it later and use it as a dumb phone? Please, and this request goes to everybody, please stop teaching someone how to use their phone. You may love to compromise but everyone can't. Cheers :o
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jazzzzzzz:
Any body from india having this black crushing issue?

Am having it and asked samsung for a refund..!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] aj7400:
Can anyone here post a screenshot of battery usage ?

My s9 plus is killing the battery really quickly from last 2 days ,

It was fine before.

Android system is the major culprit.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] bluheart:
The answer is never available bro. Just enjoy the handset till next one comes to spoil the mood.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Chirag22ster:
What is this black crushing issue?

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What is this black crushing issue?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jazzzzzzz:
Check here https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=76161964#post76161964
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
Not every phone irks you like this one. S6 was the last phone I loathed so much and sold within 6 months. S7 edge was amazing. Didn't buy S8 and now up in arms with this 9 dude. :rolleyes:

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Not present on my unit at least.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
You r so right in this regard. A hefty amount to pay and then all those compromises and nuisance just to get some acceptable batterylife....!! A flagship right out of the box isn't supposed to be a developers device to tune in.

Two things I've been noticing on daily basis.

1. Battery life is poor, just half of what OnePlus 5T is giving.

2. There are some micro delays counting from apps opening to webpage openings, OP5T is faster even though it's having last year's SoC.

Did not expect it at all from Samsung with double the cost of 5T.

5T has other issues, but in those above mentioned points Exynos S9 Plus is lagging behind an older SoC.

I went with the s9 plus hoping to get the pixel 3 xl later this year but I doubt I can live that long with the s9 plus this way. Like you, I've been using every galaxy phones since birth but it's just not acceptable any more. Anandtech's lab test findings r so right it seems.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] denja12:
Burgundy red launched in india for the s8, maybe the s9 also?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
Someone who echoes my thoughts. And yes, one plus is way ahead in terms of UI fluidity. But I buy Samsung because of other reasons. Screen being the prime reason.

Some more salt to the wound.

https://m.androidcentral.com/samsungs-galaxy-s9-battery-issues-necessary-evil
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Those two are the first steps I took. No, those steps do not help. If did, there is nothing to mention about.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
Thanks. You saved me the pain of setting everything up agajn.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] rn9215:
They ask for the usual stuff (Aadhar, PAN number) while booking online and the delivery person insisted on only handing it to me in person, my father couldn't collect it when i was at work. Had to come home early to collect it, the guy also verifies your Aadhar details and takes photos of it.

And the packing is different, there are 2 boxes, one bigger airtel branded box and inside that is the phone in sealed samsung box. I was worried it might be a single sim version as airtel is selling it, but it was dual sim only.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] piku2008:
Thanks for fulfilling my request .

Could you post few pic of airtel packaging ......

:good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
A bit off topic but relevant in our country. How's the heat management as per you? Satisfactory? Mine does feel a bit warm every now and then, even when it's inside pocket. With regular usage too it feels a tad warm.

With summer on it's way, I'm really worried about the future.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
I wanted to bring this concern as well, haven't seen any1 talking about it atleast in XDA.

It's the same case with mine. As I use the OnePlus 5t and used a pixel 2 xl earlier, I immediately felt that isn't the case with the other two, that the s9 plus gets somewhat warm without any reason where it shouldn't be at all.

-Without playing games or watching any video or any graphics intensive tasks the s9+ gets warm like for no logical reasons whatsoever.

-In pocket it gets little warm sometimes automatically.

-While just using the browser, or doing anything on the phone not relating at all to the internet also it gets warm out of nowhere.

*factory resetting didn't help.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
You literally explained every situation I face. Also, I've noticed it stays cool when I'm at work or at home. May be the ambient temperature in our country is to blame for this. But then why don't other phones don't get warm under same usage scenarios?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
I highly suspect the thermals and badly tuned schedutil governor that together screwing the Exynos as Anandtech has so well explained.

People r celebrating bcoz they got a so called "upgraded version" named as S9/S9 plus. But those who are technically sound and have used other flagships and even the last year's s8 series can very well understand that the Exynos s9 duos are some kind of "experimental versions" with hair thin upgrade over the predecessors.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
What's worse, I'm now experiencing color bending issues as well. :confused:

I saw the thread and passed thinking it might not be an issue. But today I saw a post on a forum stating that this thing is real on every S9. The guy asked to watch "The man in the high castle" available at Amazon prime video. And you know what, there's that black crush for you. Try it yourself.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
After your msg, I tried the same on my s9+ and yes, the "black crush" issue is very much present.

Just to confirm if at all its due to Amazon's compression or such, I played the same on the 5T side by side and No, it's not there.

Wondering its due to poorly calibrated panel on the s9 plus or a firmware thing! If the former then it's sad.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Very well said.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
Though ur question was for another person, I can very well share my experience as well.

Below r the pictures of the s7 edge I used and s9 plus I'm currently using.

With exactly same settings(-Bixby on the s7 edge) and almost same usage pattern I used to get about 5 and half hrs of SOT from the s7 edge and now getting around 4 hrs of SOT from the s9 plus.

With many "tweaks" & disabling stuff, it used to be around 7 hrs with the s7 edge and around 5 and half hrs with the s9 plus.

Pixel 2 xl and OP5T easily outperform them in those areas as per my experience.

Edit: In addition, on day to day usage, it amazes me at how "swiftly" the pixel 2 xl and OP5T perform with older SoCs in comparison to the s9 plus. I'm so experienced with touchwhiz & Samsung experience, but this time its the odd Exynos SoC as well that's adding up.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] jadoein:
I mailed Vodafone, they said only c9pro and j7 are supporting volte software for Vodafone at the moment. Really frustating :mad:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] SiriNote4:
Hello all. Bought S9+ 128gb (coral blue) for 68900. A great phone to start with. I also snapped a spigen crystal clear case for it bought from Amazon. I am not able to find a suitable tempered glass screen protector which fits perfectly and alsocase friendly to my spigen case.

Did try couple of them in local stores,but not good enough. Any links or suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Killer333:
100% True. Well Said. Agree with you on that.

And did you sell your device and bought iPhoneX ? or waiting for Note 9 ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Killer333:
OMG. This guy is getting 11hrs SOT on SD845 S9+. Yeah Of-course, he disabled a lot of settings.

Here is the thread
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] v_square:
No other phone in the market now excites me enough. So yes, waiting for the next wave.

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Anyone can achieve that provided all you want is bragging rights. We want real world usage scenarios where a person doesn't choke his phone. Where no feature is turned off, except a few like wifi scanning. Where a person goes to work/school/office daily and uses the phone in all sort of circumstances.

I can watch 4 movies in a row at minimum brightness and get over 10 hours of screen on time. But is that SoT applicable in daily usage? No.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] Virgo_Guy:
2017 and 18 (so far) have been difficult getting a top notch daily driver without "unavoidable issues".
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Guides, News, & Discussion] ingeniousambivert:
I have a problem , whenever I download a new app or install from a third party source the icon doesnt appear on homescreen it takes a reboot to appear. How to fix this ? Its really annoying. I have the latest security patches and updates installed.