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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
Android system activity consists of several background "usage" but not sure "what all". Being a light to moderate user I don't get it consuming much. But certainly it consumes significantly more when my occasional overall usage is high.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ashwinksa:
Samsung should patch it up :(
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] madvinegar:
Not too bad for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
"BRE5" weighing 426.25 MB OTA being pushed for Indian GS9+ Exynos users. Let the ROM "settle" in a week and check for any battery-life improvements(if at all).
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ashwinksa:
Updated hopefully they fix it :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] -sohail:
ive had bre5 which added volte and wifi calling (which aren't working) on my UK exynos s9+ about 1 week ago. battery life still terrible
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ErAndrea:
This is the battery life of my s9 + exynos ita

I only turned off auto sync and other thing of google

View attachment 4514404
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] arnes_king:
This is not good battery life, only 14 Hours total. I am getting over 6 Hours of SOT but with at last 24 Hours of usage.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] bassgenerator:
which things have you forbidden from Google and how? can you show the picture?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] madvinegar:
very true statement. This is where I stand as well. After applying a dark theme, I managed to get 7 hours of SOT over a 28 hour period.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ErAndrea:
For me it's not so bad.. i used instagram for two hours and other things, and with my old iPhone 7 plus, if I used it the same way, I did not arrive at 8.00pm.

Yeah, maybe with a dark theme i can reach better results, but for me now it's okay!

Arnes, how you reach 24 hours of usage? what u disable?

[MENTION=4472027]bassgenerator[/MENTION] I have disabled all notifications and histories from the google options. You can find them in the account and privacy section - google activity management.

Also, i have disabled the Google VR and the Samsung VR!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] arnes_king:
I have had horribly battery life, tried everything but nothing helped.

After that I did a flash via ODIN of the latest BTU, and did a factory reset and manual setup (no backup imports). Now my battery life is excellent, nothing disabled (besides location and sync, but with it it is also good). When I turn on power saving mode then it gets even better.

I tried also a dark theme, but I see no, and I mean, no difference at all.

When using power save mode I can get 8 hours of SOT.

[MENTION=7662355]ErAndrea[/MENTION] Normally now I get 24 hours (4-6 hours of SOT), I do not use my phone a lot so the SOT sometimes is just 6 hours. But when using it I get 6-8 hours SOT, with 24-48 hours total battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] bassgenerator:
since I bought S9+ March 2018 I never had to make a factory setting and almost always get this:

Exynos 256 GB

and of course I use all of Samsung's benefits even though it is partially banned by the Package disabler package.

https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=76568193&postcount=522
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] madvinegar:
Which apps do you disable?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] bassgenerator:
https://android.gadgethacks.com/how-to/safest-way-disable-all-bloatware-your-galaxy-s9-s9-0183427/
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] neflictus:
Exynos.

Power Save mode on.

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[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] itstock:
7th day with BRE5 in my S9+. User Interface became faster. Color banding improved. BATTERY LIFE SUCKS like before. Only after disabling several features it gives good batterylife.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] neflictus:
Exynos proving to be very good where battery life is concerned.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Sabertooth:
Mate, tnx 4 the post but request you to check it without powersaver on next time.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] vishnu8058:
delete
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] vishnu8058:
Battery life

This is the battery life I could get on my Exynos S9+ with the following settings:

AOD off

No Power saving mode

Sync & GPS only when required

Screen resolution set at WQHD+

90% of the time on Wifi, rest on LTE

Used 2 sims, with VoLTE on 1 sim
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Sabertooth:
Thnq for being truthful with the steps.

Do you have social media apps installed and wts d theme name?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] vishnu8058:
I have social media apps like fb, insta, twitter, whatsapp & telegram. I mostly use whatsapp and use rest of the apps once a day just to see the feeds/tweets/bdays.

The theme is called bodhisattva. The themer is one of the best and developed excellent themes for galaxy devices.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Sabertooth:
You dint seem to use any social media app stuff as per the screenshot in more than 1 day use though. Or is it not showing at all since negligibly used:confused: ?

Thanx for the theme info, will check this out as it looks great.

*Edited.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] vishnu8058:
I used a bit..but probably its negligible usage
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
Any usage below 1% is not shown in the default ""BATTERY USAGE" chart.

You need advanced battery usage checkers like GSam or BBS or such to see that.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] samitro:
So does BRE5 provide better battery life? Thx
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Sabertooth:
I don't see any better.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] LKS007:
i have the other version i think.. in this one the batter life is amazing and it can go 2 days without a hustle
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] SWEagle:
Hello. What version?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] patrik.sodoma:
images not showing inside the post

Hi guys,

And now tell me, where does mine battery percents go? :confused: :D

I am really not happy with this device battery life, as I am used to using my smartphone as a SMART, not checking every stamina settings on just to survive a day.

My typical usage - getting 3,5 hours o SOT tops on better days, usually with Wi-Fi, 4G, GPS and BT on all day long (as I am used to from previous devices), typically 1-2 hours of calls (mainly via BT), some vids, emails, browsing - the usual stuff.

Am I right having terrible battery life or I am just horrible user :D Check those screenshots below because as I count percentages, I couldn´t get to 100% of total. Dunno - disappointed so far, but maybe it´s just me being used to Huawei Mate series with 4000mAH battery champs.

--dunno why but cant add screenschots here--
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
I would say "Both". Having said so, take some power saving measures sacrificing the least,

1. Use a black theme and wallpaper.

2 . Go to cloud and account settings and stop syncing whats not necessary to sync as per your requirements and remove accounts you do not find yourself using.

3. Uninstall apps you do not use at all.

4. Uninstall and Disable bloatwares.

5. Keep apps in always sleeping mode that you often don't use.

6. Keep display brightness to manual and not auto .

7. Go to improve accuracy in location settings and keep Wi-Fi scanning off.

8. Keep AOD off or use it in a specific time frame.

9. Keep "mobile data turned on" option in developer options and keep it off.

10 .Go to advanced features settings and keep features off that u don't require.

11. Keep gallery syncing off and uninstall google photos.

12 . Erase cache memory in recovery.

13. Use greenify app and grant permission in adb.

......

As you have come from Huawei 4000 mAh phones your disappointment is understandable.

..

If u r unable to charge till 100%, It is a calibration issue and do this :

1. Let the battery get drained to zero and shut down automatically.

2. See if it turns on (without charging) by pressing the power on key. Probably it won't but if it does , use and let it drain till shuts down automatically.

3. Now charge it fully without switching the phone on.

4. Turn it on , plug the charger and charge it again for the remaining charge to fill.

5. Use the phone and don't charge in between at all. Let the battery get drained to zero and shut down.

6. Repeat steps 3, 4 and 5.

7. Plug the charger, switch it on and charge till 100%. Its calibrated now.

After this, don't repeat this 100 to zero and zero to 100% charging 'coz it'll shorten the battery health.

...

As you haven't posted 10 useful posts yet, u haven't been able to attach screenshots yet. Like what [MENTION=4351374]shaggyskunk[/MENTION] says in another thread(look at the attached screenshot).
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] imkr1:
It's getting a bit better on BRE5...
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Chirag22ster:
I will add one more. Also keep notifications on only for the appsthat u need, like whatsapp, emails messaging etc.

U can easily get 24 hrs battery life with 6 hrs SOT.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] shaggyskunk:
Excellent summary! ?

Sent from my SM-G965W ??

---------- Post added at 04:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:11 PM ----------

Excellent summary ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] akshay9818:
s9+ exynos battery usage

This is my phone's battery usage. Almost 1 day on battery.. getting 5hrs + SOTView attachment 4523191
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] xp500:
I got way better battery life sense I stopped Facebook crap another stock apps
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Killer007TV:
could you describe it further mate? how did the idle drain differentiate etc
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] kartrikpal:
I'd agree to you as you believe in the stuffs you've been doing but still my Note 8 got good SOT only when it was completely rooted with stock ROM on it with removing all bloatware rather tired earlier disabling it.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
Yeah, but not eveyone would like to root for various reasons.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Kubas_inko_CZ:
My "first" day with the phone and I am not impresed.

I have exynos 64gb model (rooted) and I got like 2 hours of SoT before battery droped to 50%.

After that I turned the power saving mode on (limiting cpu and resolution set to FHD+) and now I am sitting at 26% with 4 hours of SoT. Not that much impressive (considering that my 2 years old S7 Edge can get around 6 hours of SoT with QHD and no CPU limitation...).
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] btblue:
So I've been experiencing a decline in my battery life. Would take my phone off charge around 6am and by around 6pm would have around 25%.

Yesterday I deleted the Facebook app and disabled it too (comes preinstalled). I'm currently on 53% and it's 5pm. I don't use the app that often, maybe once or twice a day, tops.

Definitely check your apps. Phone is providing me with the battery life I initially experienced, back to 6.5 hours SOT.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] xp500:
I don't want to loose camera functions
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] itstock:
FB sucks battery in every phone but I never had to remove it frm previous phones and still in my note8 giving good battery
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
Having let BRE5 settle down I'm now losing an hour of screen time. Was getting 14 hrs battery 6 hours screen, now getting 12hrs and 5 hours screen.

I've not changed anything. Very disappointed
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] cavags5:
My first s9 plus battery was worse than my s8 plus, but i change it for other, because sound problems and Bluetooth, but the second one have the same problem, bluetooth and the sound calls and notifications are lower than s8 plus, if the third s9 plus have the same problem i will give up.

Compared with s8 plus its very disappointing.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
Good battery or bad battery, users should post SOT with full usage chart in the SOT thread. Thanx
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
Quick question, everyone relating sot to battery, but what about phone calls, do they use more or less battery than using screen ?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
Talktime/voicecalls impact ? Much lesser than the screen usage consumption. But then voicecalls usage shows in the usage chart and so post the same in SOT section.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
I've been moaning about 5hrs sot and 14hrs battery, when I've forgotten I also average 90 mins talk time, usually on speaker so screen is also on. So really it's very good

Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapata
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
And hence there shouldn't be issues posting usage chart.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
If I could on Tapatalk I would buy I can't, so will just have to offer opinions without a pic
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
This 12 hr/5 hr is bad. Since how long have you been into BRE5?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
3 weeks, but as I posted earlier I forgot to factor in sometimes 2 hours voice calls many of which i use speaker phone so screen is on

I'll try and post a screen print again
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
Well, such usage is a part of SOT and Voice calls usage summary in the chart. So you don't need to think of it as another aspect.:svetius:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
Well 5 hrs screen time plus 2 hrs talk time and battery lasts 12 hrs seems pretty good I'd say
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] denistina:):
My 9+ Exynos too have good battery life :)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ssj100:
I often also use speaker for phone calls and the screen turns off after 30 seconds automatically, which would mean it shouldn't contribute much to SOT. Do you notice that too?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
That talktime is when screen is on for you most of the time if I understood you right . So a portion of total screen on time includes your screen on time of calls. Hence, having shown voice calls and sot separately in usage chart, it doesn't seem like a very good batterylife if it dies in 12 hours. Anyways do post when you can:)
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
Well I seem to average 13 hours battery, which includes 5 hours screen and 90 to 120 mins talk time, with everything turned on, seems pretty good to me
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] force70:
Lol what does rooting have to do with the camera, its not a Sony device.

sent from my Exynos S9 plus, Pixel 2 XL or Note FE
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Sukhi:
I would say this is a great battery life. 90-120mins of calls (LTE/3G) roughly equate to 1:30hrs - 2hrs SOT (Mah used). So, if there would have been no calls, you would have easily achieved 7+ hrs of SOT.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
So, as requested a screen shot

I use a dual sim for work and personal, 9+ with WQHD and adaptive display set to 75% auto brightness off.

I don't turn anything off apart from AOD

For a work phone to last 7am until 7pm 2hrs talk and 5hrs screen is great imo

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rkyxjf7kb0nfdlk/Screenshot_20180620-195004_Settings.jpg?dl=0
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ssj100:
Seems like your "screen off" time isn't great, as the graph goes down in almost a straight line - it's as if you're doing the same thing for 12 hours straight. How many minutes/hours would you estimate that you're not using the phone actively over these 12 hours? That is, when the phone should be in idle/standby/doze etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
Not much, I'm an Area manager and I'm on it a lot. Maybe 3 hours whilst I'm driving doing other stuff.

I have several accounts syncing and all notifications on. I'm active on Twitter FB Instagram etc

But work emails sync all the time
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ssj100:
I see that makes sense. You're probably getting a lot of "alerts" from e-mails and other messages etc even when the phone is meant to be in idle (and being a manager, you're likely getting many more than the average person) - that is, the phone probably never gets a chance to "doze" properly? Sounds pretty good then - I suppose do you have any other phones to compare directly with?
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
No not really apart from last 2 phones , S7 and S8 both dual sim , battery has been similar across all 3 although S7 a bit longer . But I love working on the S9, it eats spreadsheets and email attachments and have to use a pic heavy app called IAuditor, the phone has very little lag, it's an utter joy to use as a work and personal phone combined.

But yes the phone will never be idle as I'm receiving emails and notifications all the time.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] mtm1401:
My understanding is that if you're on the move the phone does a lot of polling between different masts as it switches so will drain some power that way. Also I think movement interacts with doze in some way? I.e. a 'deep' dose only occurs when the phone is stationary but I may be wrong
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Davey Dual Sim:
Yes another factor is I work in a rural area with both SIMs and they are constantly working hard for a signal so all in all I think the phone holds up really well, my job means I through pretty much everything at at, i assume its pretty hard to use a phone harder than I do
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Chirag22ster:
June Firmware BRF5 has increased the battery drajn. Any solution for the same?

Have all the usual battery saving tricks enabled.

I get about 4 hrs sot with 16 hrs total stand by.

Earlier it used to b 6 hrs sot with 24 hrs total stand by.

Tried doing factory reset but didnt work. Cleared cache as well.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Sabertooth:
Not sure 'bout sot but drain in idle definitely increased wid th G-965F.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] -Vulture-:
Im on BRG6 here in germany and i can also report increased battery drain. During my normal usage day to day after unplugging (100%) the phone showed nearly 60h of runtime left, now it's 45h.

The strange thing for me is that it's not the stand by drain und that has gotten worse (still 3-5% over night, depends on how long the night is), it discharges quicker while actively using it.

I have to monitor this, It's just a feeling currently.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
I'm also noticing faster batterydrain post BRG6 in both active and idle modes. Bit early to get the OS "settle" , but this applies to every update and this time it looks to be draining faster.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Archmag3:
Seems fine to me, please check attached screenshots, is it fine ? AOD is on
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ssj100:
Looks good, similar to my experience - you should get close or above 7 hours in both screenshots. And with AOD disabled, you'd probably push 8 hours. However, I assume you haven't performed any prolonged heavy tasks (eg. gaming, GPS navigation on high accuracy) during these use periods.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] mariodiniz21:
I always get 3:30 hours SOT max, I wouldn't buy the S9 again because of the battery life alone.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] JT-on:
G965F/DS, June update, AOD off. No other tweaks.

I've been happy with the battery life so far. I suspect I'm not as heavy of a user as some here, but I'm still surprised there's such a huge variance between us.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] djoxie:
How many % left here? It is hidden on your notif. bar.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] JT-on:
Oops sorry, I did hide that. You can sort of see in the graph's axis, I was around 20%. You can tell it's above 15% because the battery icon isn't red filled.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ssj100:
Looks about right with AOD off and no heavy use. I posted something similar in the SOT thread, except I was down below 10% and with a bit less SOT than 5 hours - AOD really uses a lot of battery over time (eg. 60 hours in your screenshot), obviously. I also have no idea why there's such a huge variation in reported SOT - it's something I raised many times, but still haven't figured out yet.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] -Vulture-:
Ok, for my device everything is back to normal after some charge/discharge cycles. After 30h of normal usage i still have 55% left. Seems like the update needed to settle itself a bit.:good:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] MadalinGabe7:
I just bought the SGS9+ one month ago.It's running on stock android with 1 June 2018 security patch and the last stats of battery looks like this.

h t tp s://imgur.com/YArQx3r

I think isn't very good but for me it's enough.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] bassgenerator:
repair link bro:))

https://imgur.com/YArQx3r
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Virgo_Guy:
A random one. Dual sim Exynos.

Post 2 weeks after OTA-July.

Measures:

No gallery syncing, no game playing, nearby device Scanning off, edge lighting off, black theme & wallpaper, 100 % connected to Wi-Fi.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] monteiro-ribas:
can confirm battery life is really bad
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Asseel:
What other things from google ??
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ErAndrea:
It' not realy important. Turn off sync, gps and pull over all app in sleep mode in the section device maintenance and you save a lot of battery!
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] liggerz87:
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View attachment 4569113 this is mine I have the Samsung soc can't spell the name lol also on o2 in UK
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] btblue:
Hmm.... My battery life appears to be getting worse. I did notice after the last update. May do a factory reset, cache etc.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] madnav:
Might as well keep it in air plane mode when not using device :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] INFERNO997:
No problems here with the latest update. It is a medium usage with an hour of gaming.

Usually I have 7-8h sot in the end of every day, except if I go heavy with gps and going out in the sunny day with 100% brightness (then I have 4-5h sot). And lets not forget that if you are out on the sun, every phone tends to heat and when it is hot, the battery discharges quicker.

Personally I don't have any problems with the battery performance and overall stability of the device.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] ticalo:
Have had mine since launch, and the battery is still bad. Really really bad. Can't understand how Samsung can get away with this.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] Oniska:
They can always optimize the firmware if they wanted
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] btblue:
So, I set the power saving mode to medium and the results speak for themselves...

Before and after.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] btblue:
Posting again as can't see the screen shots in my original post. Amazing change in battery life.

Managed 1 day and 14 hours which included 5 hours and 40 minutes screen on time.
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] MadalinGabe7:
Hi again

I post again an update. My S9+ looks pretty good at battery stamina ( 4 me). With Wi-Fi and Gps ON on entire day, a lot of gaming and social apps. That's the result when I put my phone on charging.(1 august patch)

Battery Stats:
[Samsung Galaxy S9+ Questions & Answers] MoccaBullFlower:
Gents, this is my battery stats. What do you think? I can't compare to anything. I had iPhone 6. Let me know if this is good or not. Thank you

I cannot seem to be able to upload pics "bad request"

Anyways, in 12h 1';

Screen 40% -8h27'

Duo 15% 0h 50'

Android system 15%

Android OS 6%

Device idle 5%

3% left of battery