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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] beta546:
Thought I'd post an update on my post form about 12 hours ago. As you can see in the screen, that's pretty impressive, mid level battery saver was turned on at %50 but with background data still enabled, and literally no noticeable difference in performance. I've been indoors for this whole run so brightness has been fairly low, but still bright enough to be at a comfortable level for reading. Basically I've spent most the time on these forums reading through every post in every thread for the development section so I know exactly what to expect from rooting and flashing custom ROMs and such. And I have never had a phone get anywhere near this SOT, and I don't know about you guys, but I think 12 hours screen on time in any scenario is phenomenal I am beyond impressed with this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] lemonade747:
No fb, no whatsapp, no youtube, no music, no camera, only a little bit msg and mail and almost use chrome for reading newspaper. What kind of person are you man? Retired guy?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alex989898:
Don't forget that Android battery stats show only the few items consuming the most.

For example, you will find attached screenshots that I post the other day (it was the only time I tried to empty my battery on this phone).

As you can see, Netflix was used for 1.5h but it still disappeared from Android battery stats in the end.

Edit : I repost my usage from this day

I get 11.75h of SoT with :

3.5h of YouTube

1.5h of Netflix

1.75h of streaming music through Deezer

2h of XDA

0.5h of Don't Starve (by the end, I was tired to wait and I needed my phone charged for this afternoon so I end up playing Don't Starve to kill the battery but it still wasn't fast enough, even with deezer playing in background so I give up and charged the phone)

The rest is around 0.75h of Samsung Internet Browser, around 0.75h of Chrome, a little bit of reddit, some texts messages and Facebook Messenger.

Brightness on Auto (I was at home or at work for most of the day so Brightness was certainly not too high), Wifi On, Data On, bluetooth, GPS and NFC off. AOD off too.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] lemonade747:
What version of Note9 are you using? Exynos or SD? And what is your resolution also?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] piscesjoey:
Got my Note 9 yesterday & this is currently on my first charge still with a mixture of on wifi & lte, & highly impressed is an understatement! Snapdragon version from Sprint.View attachment 4597466
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alex989898:
Exynos.

For my resolution, I'm not quite sure. Usually, I run at WQHD (because yesterday I find out my screen was set at FHD+ (I certainly changed it by mistake while playing with settings).

So, I will play safe and say FHD+ not to misguide you.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] beta546:
What the hell are you talking about?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
Considering this topic and others, exynos seems to be better than snapdragon in autonomy. Synthetic tests are simple tests, but everyday use is a whole new reality.

Back up my opinion exynos 9810 is a very good processor and they had all the time in the world to improve on Note9 vs. S9 . :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
Snapdragon users,take care.

Woman says Galaxy Note 9 burst into flames inside her purse.

https://nypost.com/2018/09/15/woman-says-galaxy-note-9-burst-into-flames-inside-her-purse/
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alex989898:
I doubt this has anything to do with the processor of the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
If the snapdragon is for the US, 99.99% is likely to be a snapdragon.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] AB__CD:
My best yet, most of it on mobile data.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] AB__CD:
Screenshot
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alex989898:
That's not what I mean. I want to say that if a phone catch fire, I won't blame the processor first.

It's more likely to be a battery defect, so, all Note 9 are concerned and not only those in the US.

Edit : But before searching for defect, let's see if the info is true and if the phone was the problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Where from the SoC came?

And this article looks like a joke having absolutely no evidence.

And on top, Samsung can't be this stupid to repeat such a blunder for the 3rd time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
But on Note8 snapdragon, when the battery was completely discharged and did not want to load. On Note8 with exynos I had no problem.

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Samsung is officially selling snapdragon in the US and Exynos in Europe. These are networks and operators. In Europe, in my country all I sell officially with manufacturer warranty 2 years just the exynos model. If I go with a snapdragon it does not get it on my warranty. Warranty is only for the product sold in that country. I would not take snapdragon in Europe if I have problems with the warranty and 4G receipt. May be a tourist, etc.

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I'd love to be a false alarm. Such things are not playable.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alex989898:
I understand what you are saying but that's not exactly the same problem.

The SoC being the problem when a phone explode is not the most plausible explanation.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
You realize that I do not have much data except that there is an area where snapdragon is officially sold. I only want a false alarm, but in my experience with snapdragon chipset, it gets warmer faster than exynos.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alex989898:
Again, I understand your concern but, because we have very few informations, we have to stick to the most plausible/simplest explanation.

If their is more case and all are localized in regions where the s845 is sold, then, it will be no doubt that this is the problem.

But from one case, you can't tell anything.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
SoC can't be blamed at first for a fire catching up the phone . If that was the case, several other phones with SD845 would have caught fire by now.

Unless some believable legitimate info shows up, that article gets no credit.

I get to use exynos models only and few old Exynos models had a record of getting very hot on CPU & GPU loads and Exynos S9 plus I used prior to the N9 was getting very hot out of nowhere in the beginning,

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s9-plus/help/samsung-s9-plus-overheating-t3765917/page4
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
I understand what you mean, but if such an event happened in Switzerland, you were thinking of the snapdragon version first or the exynos officially sold by local Samsung.

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Ok ,simple suppositions.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alex989898:
I would still think it's not SoC related but a simple battery defect.

Obviously, if the phone exploded in Switzerland, I would assume it's an Exynos model but I would still consider this irrelevant till other cases happened.

Just imagine we are playing a game with 4 cards numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4. Blindly, you pick a card. Let's assume that I bet you the card you picked is a 3 and I win. Will you think I'm a cheater ?

I have 1 chance out of 4 to guess the right card, so it's not surprising that I win.

Now, we play the same game but I win 5 times in a row. There is only 1 chance out of 1024 this happen. Now, if you become suspicious and call me cheater, I won't blame you haha.

It's the same thing for the Note 9. If there is a random defect across all Note 9 and US account for 25% of the Note 9 users, then there would be 1 chance out of 4 that the first device exploding would be a s845 model.

So you can be worried (I'm not) but not particularly for s845 users.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] eshipp31:
Tmobile note 9 512gb

Good battery life to me
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
That's very good. What's the battery Heath screen show?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] eshipp31:
Crazy

That's crazy thing it hasn't showed me any stats yet
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Limeybastard:
Post this one ..taView attachment 4597889
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] eshipp31:
Health

This right one no stats
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] salmanshah:
Wifi only, sync and everything off.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] carlitobahsoun:
4 hrs bluetooth...whatsapp..facebook..plus...tweet..news notification app.. sync off / location off / brightness middle manual....mix wifii and 4g View attachment 4599453View attachment 4599454
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] carlitobahsoun:
here another day same usage but bluetooth off View attachment 4599457View attachment 4599458
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] waseryeas:
Me too.:D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] AB__CD:
Pretty good, but not nearly as good as some of the others here.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] patomo09:
What settings do u use?

I have 2g mode only

Resolution to fhd+

Sync off.

I think that is not normal.

View attachment 4599963
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alex989898:
You seems to play a lot and to use WhatsApp voice calls a lot too so I'm not surprised ;)

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It depends of what you do with your phone.

I must say I see nothing wrong in your stats. Maybe Cell Standby is too high considering that you are on 2G but I don't think that's the problem.

But, yes, if you do nothing special with your phone, then your battery life is bad.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] patomo09:
Not used it for gaming yet or anything special.

What might be the problem?

Any tips or apps to help ?

Thank youView attachment 4599989
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] AB__CD:
Actually I don't use WhatsApp calls a lot. That's background usage from WhatsApp Web. But yes, I do like to play games on my N9.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alex989898:
You can try to install GSM Battery Monitor. It will give you a little bit more infos.

Also, the first thing to try is to reboot your phone.

Are you at 100% brightness by the way ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] eshipp31:
Stock

Stock settings
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] patomo09:
I have it on auto. Amost never goes to 100.

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I bought the phone just yesterday and charged it to full once.

Should i factory reset it?

And what is the best way to reset it? Through settings or recovery?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alex989898:
If you don't have much important datas, yes, you should try a factory reset.

You can do it through settings or recovery, it doesn't matter as far as I know. The reset I'm recovery is useful when the device can't boot.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] patomo09:
Thanks. Will try a reset later. Lost 1% of battery posting this.View attachment 4600109
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] patomo09:
Thanks. Will try a reset later. Lost 2% of battery posting this.View attachment 4600109
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] swiftden:
3rd day with my Note 9. Worse batt life than my Mi Mix 2S out of the box. Mi Mix 2S can get 6 hours easy. My Note 9 barely reaches 4 hours. Mine is the Exy 512GB version. So far, kinda diaappointed.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Cool Person:
Exynos sucks. I am glad I didn't sell my snapdragon nore 8 for this. What a big shame.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] swiftden:
Only consolation, Exynos here in PH have official warranty from Samsung. You'll never know.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] michelino159:
See that your snapdragon will not rush if you praise him much. ???

Besides 3.4 people with good snapdragon, nothing else.Leave me with your snapdragon to spoil my zen.???

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If he does not know to use an android phone he will always shake it does not work. That is, an android can not use it just by pulling it out of the box. You have to put a black theme on it, etc. ??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] eshipp31:
Another cycle

Good sot and standby time
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] a2kay:
Exynos or Snapdragon?

What are your settings
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] stiffis:
Then you are doing something wrong.. I have the exy 512GB too and get 6-8 SOT
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] swiftden:
I doubt it. Same usage as my Mi Mix 2S and S8 Plus. Same apps, same usage.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] destz0r:
getting 6-9 hours SOT on my exynos (depending if im on wifi home or 4G outside/atwork) with atleast 24hrs on each charge

AOD, wifi, data, bluetooth, highprecision location are ALWAYS on (but i put flight mode on while im sleeping at night)

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No, it doesn't.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] alex989898:
I wonder if one of those with really poor battery life on Exynos is willing to try to do some measuremens on there phone.

It will not be very scientific but it's just by curiosity.

MP if you're interested.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] eshipp31:
Snapdragon

Snapdragon and stock settings
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] fritzen:
Hello, someone can poat a screenshot of xpu-z?

Here is mine

https://ibb.co/iAO4Zz

https://ibb.co/h8t4Zz

Release date 2016?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] swiftden:
Finally, day 4 and seeing some improvements. Could easily reach 7-7.5 hours. Exy 8gb/512gb WQHD+, Perf Mode, BT On, Wifi On, Sync On. View attachment 4602239
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] rpankaj:
Able to get 6+ hours with exynos version. 1080p resolution , sync ON.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Sabertooth:
I'm yet to take the note 9,but had 2 s9 plus phones. G-9650 snapdragon Hong Kong & G-965F Exynos off ebay for custom ROM support and all that. Faster apps opening to superior battery life it was a big plus point for the snapdragon. Batterytime was bad in d G-965F in a way that I ended up flashing aosp based Resurrection Remix in the exynos model later courtesy to HighOnAndroid.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] karan2012:
Exynos 128gb

Quite happy with the battery
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] jxb25:
Are these results from moderate usage or heavy usage
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] jxb25:
This is what I got from heavy usage starting at 5am had to cut the phone off to change cases. I just started usinv the phone Saturday should I always have battery saver on
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Virgo_Guy:
Exynos. Taken on 16th & 24th Sept.

Settings, apps and measures same as my old post on "9th September" here + AOD on for specific time.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Ace9876:
Is anyone else using snapchat? It kills my battery wtf...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] AB__CD:
Use Snapchat Alpha.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] ErebusRaze:
I've had my phone for two days, so if there's a break in period for batteries, I'm still in that window. But yesterday charged my battery to 100% at 528pm when I left work. At midnight (with heavy use during this time), I had 35% left. Blew my mind coming from a Note 5 which would have been dead after 3 hours.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] mrtian:
Wait, do you already have the Note 9? Why is the battery "not great"? Give us your SOT results please
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Ace9876:
Did you see an improvement in battery life? I used it for a few hours, but there are too many missing features in the alpha version.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] imhotap:
Coming from Note 5, this is definitely massive improvement in battery life
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] order_66:
I get 2 days of moderate to heavy use out of one charge on my snapdragon note 9, you just have to use the battery settings and put apps on the always sleeping list unless you require notifications from them.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Schumi-GP:
Battery is very good.

Exynos 128Go, sync ON, wifi, 4G, FHD+
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] AB__CD:
Yes, significantly. Snapchat almost never shows up in battery usage anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] ntclick:
I have owned it for 8 days I think...you will get minimum 5 1/2 hrs sot on dual sim...fhd..mix wifi and 4g+...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] cavags5:
After testing all samsung phones, and having both note 8 and note 9 In a couple of days, for my daily usage, note 9 don't have that big improvement, from note 8 yes, but from s8plus or s9 plus is only a little bit better, of course note series have more features, but I expected more from a 4000mAh battery.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] hatsku:
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Hi ntclick,

I would like to know your version (Exynos or Snapdragon) ? Because i also use dual-sim and i can t reach 5h of SoT.

Also i get a massive 1,7% standby drain !

Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Matrix_Usman:
Getting 9 hour sot
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] crisaborn:
Thanks

This screen time is very Good or prettey Very Good :):):):):)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] qazianasmar3:
Nice information

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Sabertooth:
3500 mah of exynos s9 plus is like a 2800-3000 mah of few other brands' phones. Likewise 4000 mah of exynos note9 behaves like 3300-3500 mah. Personal experience .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] ErebusRaze:
I took the phone off the charger at 92% and have been laying in bed, listening to music and streaming for the last 4 hours. You can see the battery life (screen on time 4 hours). So theoretically, if I took it off at 100% after 4 hours of constant streaming, downloading, etc, I'd be at 50%. That's wild. My resolution is set to QHD and the brightness is on auto.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] cavags5:
yes you could say that, but note series give us more features, more battery drain, it last me same as s8plus s9plus, the best battery I had was from A6 plus, that is long battery, but is a middle range phone no features.

I will try in FHD next week to see if is much difference.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Sabertooth:
I was getting much less in the s9+ comparing to the Note9. Better than the Note 8 in note 9 not by much but note 8 had a way smaller one.

FHD+/WQHD+ I run for weeks. It felt like it made a difference outdoors only , indoors felt same.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] cavags5:
My note 8 outdoors in FHD, only 4h sot, I will try in note 9 in FHD outdoors, could go to 6 to 7h.

its better, but I always used QHD in all phones, only note 8 is FHD because its very bad battery., but still very good performance, and feel better in hand and lighter. let's see what happens next year.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] FYL21:
I was suspecting the latest Exynos update is draining battery, as yesterday using only 3G and using the camera extensively (40 minutes) I just barely broke 5 hours SOT with 3% remaining over a span of ~ 14 hours. Occasional power saver used but still with QHD+ resolution.

Today I turned 4G on with no power saver, and only used the camera a little but but played a lot of games and watched YouTube, and got 6.5 hour SOT with 11% remaining.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] :
i average a 6 hr sot. My typical settings are always on wifi, sync on, gps high, nfc on, AOD on, and manually controlled screen brightness.

my max has been 8sot 25 hrs. It depends on screen brightness and AOD mostly.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Truth6199:
Average SOT ?

Okay. So I've been reading on this stuff for a few days before I posted and because I was testing my devices. A few things here before I get into this.

1. It's your battery, who cares what you get, we have chargers for a reason.

2. Everyone uses there phone differently, stop comparing.

3. This is being posted to help those lost souls.

Firstly, within your first couple of charges, you should.be topping up fully. This means charging to 100 UNTIL the device's LED light is green. Many have mentioned how quickly the battery drops after taking it off a charge and that their phone works better between 70 and 40 percent. Reason for this is that the battery reading is false on the Note 9 if not fully charged. The device is then trying to catch up with the actual battery life of your device. So please keep this in mind.

FullHD and QHD+ is actually a big difference. If you don't believe that. Watch a 4K video then a HD video and tell me if you could see a difference.

Video playback is generally better on Android devices and uses less power. If you do more of this, longer battery life. Go impress your friends.

For the general user, 5-6 hours of screen on time for 1080P is about right. You can get more out of your phone with either black themes and depending on what you do. This is over the course of a day.

For the general user, 5 hours of SOT is normal on QHD display. You can use more or less depending on what you do. This is over the course of the day.

Please understand, if you want 8-9 hours SOT, you can get it. Use it nonstop and limit some of the things that you're doing. I'm sure you'll get that and can share it here and be happy.

I'm using a T-Mobile Snapdragon 845 on Full HD 1080P (Most of the videos I watch are in this quality anyway). GPS is on battery saver. A lot of apps sleeping. Never on power saving , use high accuracy when driving, using Dolby sound and etc.

Was able to get two full days of battery with 5 or so hours of SOT.

Today, I used my phone more, at 50 percent and near 4 hours of SOT (watched a movie for nearly 2 hours during my trip to and from work today). On mixed 4GLTE and WiFi.

Check screenshots.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Callum4115:
This screen on time is truly like what many get in Note 8 . So commentators r appropriate, there is next to no or minimal battery life change when contrasted with N8 .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Sprov:
QHD+, auto brightness disabled, brightness 100% almost all the time, some tethering to my MacbookPro, only always 4G (not so good signal overall), sync and gps high precision all the time, AOD on, no power savings, 6GB of mobile data SM-N960FD exynos 512/8gb :angel:

Charged with cable and original charger from 15% to 100%, fast charging off

Hope this helps!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Sprov:
Full battery stats
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] dxdiag:
Which theme do you use?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Sprov:
Terpsichora v4, you can find it here on xda, tough I prefer the "night theme pie" from the same developer :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] dxdiag:
Thank you!

When I activate the theme, the notification headline is white on white background.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Sprov:
Of course it is! You have to use good lock 2018 for that ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] stefanmaximum2:
i get about 7+h on wifi , ~5+h on 4g and mix usage about ~6h exynos model
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Truth6199:
Please see attached screenshot for full testing of the Note 9. This is a follow up from yesterday.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] Sherlock H:
Snapdragon??
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] avengethis1:
Yes
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Real Life Review] onderkaan:
I am using 25 hours, it says i can use 5 hours. Its amazing!..