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[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] metal450:
Well damn...that's really discouraging :(

I'm still super torn as to what to do. It seems like some people agree that the Exynos's S9 battery is horrible, but then others say it's actually better than the Snapdragon S9 (i.e. https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76068407&postcount=15). This article (https://www.anandtech.com/show/12615/improving-exynos-9810-galaxy-s9-part-1) claims it's just software issues & can be tuned to be significantly better. It also seems really surprising that SUCH a degradation would've made it past Samsung in the first place. Still, I'm scared that if I get it I'll end up being one of the people who can't make it through half a day on a charge, which would be awful. But then if I buy the S8 instead & this does get resolved, I'd have given up Project Treble, better fingerprint reader, better camera, better display, & better durability for nothing.

Grrrr... :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] chaos_envoys:
My latest battery usage on my Exynos S9.. was an ok for me..
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] mahipat:
impressive ! regular s9 right ?

mind sharing mods ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] chaos_envoys:
Yeah, regular s9, not the plus version..

my setting is

- fhd+

- developer options: mobile data turned off when on wifi

- screen brightness about 35% with auto on

- disabled facebook

- no AOD (doesnt use it that much)

- dark theme (but my wallpaper isn't though)

- apps are sleeping always except line messenger, whatsapp, google play games, spotify

Only that I think..

My usage today was even better

[IMG="s9 exynos"]https://preview.ibb.co/bOoKsH/Screenshot_20180406_234015_Settings.jpg[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] sprockettyz:
Can u share :

Dual or. Single. Sim?

How many percentage of the day is WiFi and 4g?

How many Google accounts synced?

Stock firmware and rom?

Also is Facebook running?

Thx!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] chaos_envoys:
Single sim, the other one is sd card..

15% cell signal, 85% wifi..

Only a single google account synced on contacts, calendar, gmail..

Stock firmware
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] sprockettyz:
Do you run Facebook?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] chaos_envoys:
Nope, I only used facebook on chrome
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] chaos_envoys:
Do you game a lot? Even when i'm at low reception area and the battery is drained because the low reception, i always get 5hrs SOT at minimum.. idk about your device, but mine performs solidly since the beginning though..
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] pigmich:
I was wondering why you cropped out the status bar? Have you enable the power saving feature to make this result?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] sprockettyz:
No gaming at all...

3 Google accounts synced with email, contacts, calendar.

Telegram

Whatsapp

Dual Sim, both on at the same time

Brave browser

Mainly use phone for surfing on brave browser (which is based on chrome), messaging (telegram and WhatsApp)

That's it!

So sad.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] chaos_envoys:
this, that dual sim is the culprit, if you can, try using a single sim, maybe the battery life will improve
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] rjhern:
I received the phone on Friday and played with it most of the day and it's noticeably poorer than the S7, but last night I unplugged it at 100% and went to sleep, waking up about 8 hours later the battery dropped only 6%. My S7 would drop 3%.

I think the S9 is like a spinning top, once you start it, takes a while to calm down, whereas if you leave it alone for hours it just stops.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] chaos_envoys:
So.. my latest battery life, mostly used on gaming the android port of 3ds' ace attourney..

[IMG="exynos regular s9"]https://preview.ibb.co/j5gRUx/Screenshot_20180411_000219_Settings.jpg[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] puet:
Yeah, same here, was planning to buy it but now I'm waiting.

I don't understand how is possible to have so many different result, of course is depending on how you use the phone, but still.

Is there some people confuse by the CPU version ? They got a SN845 believing is a exynos ??

And it dosen't seem to make enough noise to force Samsung move his ass quickly (if is true)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] xoneatom:
I'd like to say that I'm getting good battery but it's hard to quantify it because I started doing the whole, "only charging to 80%" to reduce life cycle uses and not letting it go below 25% - I've only charged to 100% maybe about 5 times. I have wifi, bluetooth, AOD (12hrs scheduled), GPS, 1080p, and Dolby always on and I rarely use power saving mode. I'm coming from an S7 so that's a big difference as well.

Also, I hoping I'm not straying too far from the OP with this question but what are your guys's opinion on this charging to 80% habit? This is my first time doing it, I use my phone a lot and it's been concerning me a little of how often I'm charging my phone. Is what I'm doing correct or should I change/stop? Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] stevenl23:
Can you please use Samsung's scroll capture feature to take screenshots, honestly dont know how you are getting that battery life. Are you even doing anything on that phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Yes charging it to 80% and keeping it between 20%-80% conserve battery health
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] jadaress1:
I'm guessing bcause he or she is not letting the phone charge to 100 percent to reset the battery statistics... I could keep recharging my phone for days without letting it get to 100 percent and my battery stats would show hours and hours of use, but the usage is not from a single charge.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] eltoffer:
This is my best result, nothing special always on Wi-Fi but DATA is on too

P.s. My device is a snapdragon one, I'm really happy with this performance coming from a S8

Enviado desde mi SM-G9650 mediante Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Sachinfan:
Hi guys,

I believe a lot of you know how to customize/mod your phones better than me, but i believe the main culprit on all android phones are the services/apps running in the background. Syncing/location services/google news cards etc etc, which you didn't even ask for..:(

Yesterday only I was on my mom's phone and there were these google news cards displaying the traffic in our area and the weather......and i asked her "did you turn these on?" and she said "i don't even know how to do it.."

I believe restricting these services or notifications on social media apps should help a lot..
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] stevenl23:
exactly.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] mohmd.nagy:
That's mine

Samsung Galaxy S9+ Exynos version with so many disabled packages as shown
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] One Twelve:
One tip i've heard to improve SOT is to disable 'Android system' from running in the background.

So in the battery stats, click it and in the dialog that follows, disable android system from running in the background.

Post back if you notice it makes a difference. Those of you who find SOT abnormally low otherwise

If you reboot the phone that setting will be forgotten so you will have to redo it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] chaos_envoys:
is it safe to disable that setting?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] One Twelve:
It just means it won't work in the background and has shown benefits for some users with erratic SOT's. The side effects are yet to be determined nothing untoward reported so far

For exynos only btw. Snapdragon as i understand is fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] cahiatt:
This seems to be holding charge better than my Note5 ever did. I've only installed Package Disabler to turn off junk I don't want but otherwise stock. Screen brightness on auto, wifi on, LTE on, bluetooth on. This was at home pretty much all day.

I spent most of Thursday in an area with weak cell reception and it did great. My Note5 would have wasted the battery after six or seven hours out there with nearly no usage.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] LiNe1771:
You will only notice any impact on battery after 2 years or 3, i never did that method on my s7 for 2 years and it was fine anyway..

[MENTION=525073]cahiatt[/MENTION] how you installed package disabler? I can't permit owner app to it and BK disabler makes my phone to brick.. 2 weeks go the package disabler were working..
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] cahiatt:
There was a new one on the play store that worked for me. Package Disabler Pro by policedeveloper

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpremium
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] rlsimpson1981:
Battery life is terrible

Battery is actually worse than my 2 year old S7. Use it moderately at work, mainly for Facebook and Twitter and runs through 50% battery in 5 hours with about 2 hours screen on time, this is also with Medium Power Saving active. Have took a screenshot but unable to post it here due to being a new user. Really angry with how poor the battery is
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] kyooohei08:
Mine looks pretty consistent. With heavy use (I mean, with games) this is what I get.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] neeraj bhide:
I've had the S9 exynos for about 20 days. I use it in optimised mode with AoD off, location on, resolution to FHD+, 4G or WiFi. Apps that i mostly use include WhatsApp, Snapchat, Instagram, Netflix, outlook and phone calls. I don't game on my mobile. I'm consistently getting 2-3 hours of SoT which is quite disappointing.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iamnotkurtcobain:
Which Firmware?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] neeraj bhide:
Andriod 8.0.0
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iamnotkurtcobain:
Serious? Lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] neeraj bhide:
I know right! Do you think i should visit the Samsung service station?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] stevenl23:
No, current software version is 8.0.0. There are security updates and tweaks and stuff though. Got april security update yesterday
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] chaos_envoys:
My latest battery life on s9 exynos, really good for me

[IMG="s9 exynos"]https://preview.ibb.co/mCnkPH/Screenshot_20180430_093827_Settings.jpg[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] didoop:
Hello,

My s9+. After using it for more than 1 month. As you can see according to accu battery nearly 10 hours of sot. Most of the battery is messenger or chrome (chat heads disabled). Constant 4G on + volte + sometimes bluetooth and wifi. Ofc when playing pubg, max sot about 4 hours ...
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] que3jxp:
Canadians and Americans that are posting that you have great battery life on your S9, please note if you are using an Exynos model because if you are using a North American sourced S9, it is a snapdragon. The snapdragon phones are getting beast battery life. I have been blown away at the runtime that I get on my S9 (snapdragon). I don't have to charge my phone more than the once per day. I take it off the charger at about 8am and still have over 75% when I leave work at 5pm. The thing gets a small charge as I use it with my AA in my Civic but after that, no charge again till 10pm. I still regularly have more than 40% of my battery remaining.

This is not only a massive change for me from my S4 but even my wife who went from an LG G5 to an S9 is very impressed with the battery time. And her G5 was less than a year old so it is not a case of the battery being worn out in the G5.

So for all those Exynos owners out there, I really hope that Samsung fixes this if they even can.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] stevenl23:
:( Really do hope so
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iamnotkurtcobain:
Stock ARD4 Base with debloating. Pretty good I'd say ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Jackos:
I'm also having great battery life after ARD4 update. Reaching up to 8h SOT in contrary to 4,5h that I was having before.

Exynos dual-sim
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] kyooohei08:
Sorry but what is ARD4?

---------- Post added at 07:47 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:30 PM ----------

Sorry but what is ARD4?

EDIT: Found out it was a rom
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] ChongoDroid:
Unreal battery life. 960w flashed to 960U ARDA build and seeing anywhere from 5-6hrs screen on with 19+ hours up time with heavy use.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
Did you guys do a factory reset after flashing ARD4?

I get 5h around 5h of SOT, with AOD, Auto Birghtness, Dolby Atmos, Blue Light Filter, Edge Lightning, Wi-Fi calling, on Wi-Fi or Data always, Video Enhancer on, Game Mode on and High Performance profile.

Don't know if this is good or not, though. What are your settings?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] sl4y3r88:
How long SOT were u getting before you did the ARD4 update?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
I don't notice much of a difference, that's why I'm interested in what settings the others are using.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Jackos:
I didn't do a hard reset after the update. I'm also noticing better battery in using the device during the day, basically now I'm able to get throughout the day at work without charging and I'm a heavy user.

However please notice that I did debloat my device and I do not use official Facebook or LinkedIn app, instead I use third-party apps or lite versions.

Because of a lot of variables it does not make sense to compare battery life between users, however I did notice a very big improvement after the update. I really didn't change anything on my device since so this is the only explanation.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iamnotkurtcobain:
The Kernel on ARD4 is better.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
It seems that I didn't completely disable Bixby. The Bixby Global Actions and Bixby Services were draining the phone like crazy (41% since last charge!). Let's see how it goes now.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] iamnotkurtcobain:
Better I guess ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] :
There were no changes on the kernel. Just on the OS.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] feds1:
Byuing S9

Hello all, I would like to buy S9 (exynos, dual sim), currently I use S6. But I have worries about battery life after reading the forum or another reviews. Is the battery life/draining doing better after android/samsung updates? thanks for answer!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] stevenl23:
battery life will be better than s6, not great not poor battery life. i own a exynos variant. Well worth the update but if you can, wait for the s10 otherwise go ahead. its a great device
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] hosam_sy:
[IMG="s9"]https://www.photobox.co.uk/my/photo/full?photo_id=500876401846[/IMG]

before installing package disabler i was getting about 2.5 or 3.5 h sot at 10% now today i disable a lot of bloatware now 50% charging and i get 3.5 h sot

[IMG="s9."]https://ibb.co/fKHTuy[/IMG]
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] stevenl23:
What did you disable?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] stevenl23:
Wouldn't disabling all that prevent everyday functions from working? I've kept it safe for now as i have the app installed and have disabled bixby, svoice and just some random bloatware. What's your experience?

Importantly how's battery life
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Tel864:
That is an extreme list that disables many everyday functions so I guess it's what you want, a little more battery or a phone with most of its features killed off.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] hosam_sy:
everythink good
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] BackDaws:
Mines getting worse now, just had another main update and I can barely get 4h sot was getting 5-6 hours when I first got the phone.

Getting sick of it now tbf
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
Most people are getting a lot better battery life with the June update, I know I am

Maybe switch from Tesco branded firmware (If that's what you're running) to another like BTU or XEU

If already on another one, backup and reset
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] BackDaws:
I've just factory restarted again, something wasn't right, the phone felt sluggish as well, I shall report back and let you know how battery life is in a few days.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] BackDaws:
I've been thinking, does always on display get added to screen on time ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] stevenl23:
no it shouldn't otherwise it would be ridiculously high
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] BackDaws:
It was worth asking lol, thanks
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Social_Work:
I have the problem that the battery standby and the system standby drain the battery very hard. The most time the have the same drain as the screen on time battery use. Is this normal?

I have disabled a lot of Samsung bloatware. But only the normal list for the bloatware disabler pro from xda. Not like the list some post before. I think I disabled 90 apps of the 120 apps.

Have someone an idear for that!?

My config:

black darkground

black theme

medium energy saving modus on (but everything disabled, only the app communications are allowed. And I think that gives me 1 hour more. Of course the medium energy saving is disabled with this settings but it helps I don't now why. )

most apps have an dark background

Package disabler pro plus (I post my XML file)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
If you're not using the phone much then idle/system will be the highest drain

Screen will always be the highest unless you never turn it on
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Did you get an S9 ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
Yea, had it a few months now
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
You change them every two years i see you here since the S5
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
lol yep, contract length is 24 months, S5 > S7 > S9, next likely S11
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Great dude i'm on the S7 edge ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
Loved my S7, wish I'd kept it tbh but the S9 is a nice upgrade
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
I had the flat variant which i sold and regretted, after around 3 months i came back again and bought today an S7 edge :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
offtopic

[hidden]My pain is that my S7 flat is still sitting in the shop Window with a £250 pricetag on it, I only got £150 for selling it lol[/hidden]
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] mariodiniz21:
My S9 has horrible battery life, 3:30 hours SOT max, it's too bad for the brands most expensive phone, I'm actually thinking about replacing it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Keep it as a media device :laugh:
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
lol yep, and GearVR, and the camera was amazing too, S9 camera is amazing but sometimes I wonder if the S7 was better under certain conditions, I still have all my photos to compare between them and sometimes the S7 wins

Anyway I think we derailed the battery thread enough now lol :D
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Yes man i got again the edge variant i'm so happy with it really phones these days are almost all the same and yeah we should stop the OT now i guess lol
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] herisson11:
I got 7h of SoT everyday on my snapdragon s9.

Black theme.

Black wallpaper on whatsapp (most used app on my phone).

Location always on but on battery saver mode.

On 4g all day long. i dont have wifi at home.

Sync off.

AoD ON.

Brightness at 40% most of the day.

I only charge at normal speed using official wireless charger.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] angelorodriguez:
try to use this settings:

- switch to fhd

- developer options: mobile data turned off when on wifi

- screen brightness about 35% with auto on

- disable facebook

- no AOD (doesnt use it that much)

- dark theme (but my wallpaper isn't though)

- apps are sleeping always except line messenger, whatsapp, google play games, spotify
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] darkvoid_66:
I really don't understand all the reports about battery life and SOT on the S9+ Exynos!

Reports of 4 hours or less SOT?!

I bought my phone 2 weeks ago, and I never got under 6 hours SOT!

I installed SoLdieR9312 G965FXXU2BRI1 ROM.

This is my settings:

- I use resolution WQHD+

- WiFi allways ON

- Always on display enabled except from 00:00 to 8:00 and when I'm using the phone or in my pocket

- 4G LTE always on

- Location high precision always on

- Bluetooth always on connected to my watch sending mails and all notifications

- Auto brightness

- No power saving options except that I have added lots of apps to make them allways sleep when I'm not using them (there are some battery drain apps)

- I use a black theme that may help a little

A normal 24H day for me, where I've played for almost 4 hours outdoor and still had 10%:

EDIT: I'm sorry I posted on the S9 forum and not the S9+, but even with the extra "500 mAh", I do not think there should be such a big difference. between both devices!
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
There is a big difference, in fact with the S7 Edge with the 3500mAh battery most people were getting around 7 hours SoT vs about 5 with the S7 flat's 3000mAh battery

But even still, I was getting over 6 hours SoT with my S9 flat when I first got it, sometimes closer to 7, I'm averaging around 4.5 hours now

Same thing happened with my S7, but after a factory reset I got that back again, seems the OS bogs down over time wasting battery life, more than likely due to updates

With my S5 I used to reset after every update and my battery life was always great
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
3600mah for the S7 Edge :o
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
:D Feels like so long ago lol
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] Soufiansky:
Time flies lol
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] stu83:
Hi there, I've had a few occasions when I'm using the phone to browse the internet, the battery is showing as around 15%, then suddenly the phone dies. Turning it back on, it's at 0%. Other times I do manage to see the battery go down gradually like normal until it dies.

Anyone else having the same issue whereby it suddenly dies when it's showing more than 10%? It's only 6 months old, so it cant be normal battery deterioration...
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] jamil aboudaher:
Actually I am noticing a huge android system battery consumption, disabling its background activity didn't make any difference. :(
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] mynickname:
My new battery never charges to more than 2850. My wife's battery bought at the same time usually reaches 3050 may. Only diff b/w phones is one is manufactured 3/2018 and my wife's 8/2018. Accubattery shows my battery has 96% capacity only. Any suggestions if I can ask Samsung to replace my battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S9  Guides, News, & Discussion] *Detection*:
You can ask but they won't change it on the basis of a 3rd party app they do not support