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[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sstanton86:
Loving the battery on my note so far. Actually swapped my pixel 3xl for it. Same sort of usage, lots of browsing photos and social media. Pixel would end 5-5.5hrs. my note 9 today ended on just over 8hrs. Very pleased!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jpas1:
I downloaded better battery stats to try and find out more about what's going on, but I'm still a junior so I can't post my dump yet. Only getting 3-4 hours or SOT. Android system is consistently my highest drain. Any recommendations based on that?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] AndroidUser00110001:
I am getting roughly 7.5 hours of battery life on my Note 9. Came over from the S9+ and didn't think that battery life would be this much better. I was getting about 4.5-5 hours with S9+

Absolutely loving the Note 9. First few days with it...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] babyzone2:
Getting 7 hrs+ SOT, and lasts for more than a day with this kind of on screen time. I am impressived.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bat0nas:
If you're getting 3-4hrs of SOT - there's nothing you can do. Believe me.

Don't waste your time trying to find a silver bullet.

Guys getting more sot usually sits at home with full day of wifi or doesn't use 4G at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] frnkly:
Some of these stats are amazing....but when having to disable so many options that defeat the whole purpose of having them so why buy a phone(not just a samsung) only to then disable many features just for SOT..how many really do sit on the phone for 5-7.5 hrs per day.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sefrcoko:
That's not necessarily true. A lot depends on screen brightness, cell signal strength, installed apps, how they are configured, etc. There's actually a lot of room for variation.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] butchieboy:
What he said[emoji3516]

NOTE 9
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] galaxys:
^^what they said...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sasha4fierce:
Help me, i buyed before 3 days new, and im not confident from my battery. Is this normal or not? Turned on location and always on display.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sefrcoko:
It's not terrible but you could get more if you wanted. AOD, NFC, and location can be turned off unless absolutely needed, and apps like Facebook and Instagram are known to drain faster (e.g. see the usage for Tapatalk vs Facebook in your screenshots...similar time used, but double the drain on Facebook compared to Tapatalk). You could try different "lighter" apps for those, or just restrict background usage, etc. You could also try putting apps to sleep using the built in power management. Options, depending on your preferences... :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sasha4fierce:
THANK U MAN !

So if i turn off things like location aod nfc and smth like thag, ill have more battery? I use insta and facebook a lot !
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pratik_193:
1. Put all apps under always sleeping mode (setting - device maintainance - battery)

2. Use a dark theme

3. Use package disabler Pro to disable unwanted apps

4. Use apps like simple social Pro / friendly for Facebook for fb and insta, will save a lot of battery (disable fb and insta using package disabler Pro)

I did all these and now I get around 7 hours sot with more that 35 hours standby
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] sefrcoko:
Yes I would start by putting apps you don't use to sleep, and then turning off location, NFC, and AOD if you don't need them. You can also use a dark theme instead of a light/stock theme. Then test for a few days and see how much of a difference it makes for you. If you still need more battery, then maybe try other apps for facebook/Instagram (or limiting them) and test again.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nastrahl:
I didn't find that using alternative Facebook and Instagram client saved much battery in my end.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] babyzone2:
Phone lasted for 2 days without charging , 7 hour 38 mins SOT. So much better than my S8 plus.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] monoxl1:
I'm convinced my battery life is on average 8-12 hours depending usage because of Sprints terrible network. I can't wait to pay for my Note 9 and ghost Sprint.

Edit: Sprint does allow me to have two lines at the cost of one. Huge perk. 2 phones is severely underrated. Note 9 and iPhone 8+ are my Ebony & Ivory.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Limeybastard:
Battery life slightly lower with the latest ARJ9 update. Or it could be just the device is getting older. Gsam averages are slightly creeping lower of late since update. Used since August 22nd.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] michelino159:
I do not understand anything about the Note9 battery. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Galactus:
The answer is in your image, based on ONE charge. Need a lot more than that for it to be anywhere close to accurate.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] michelino159:
This aplication is not accurate.After 10 charge i see 3550mAh.Please!Uninstal.

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I'm only guided by the counter charge in Aida64. When it starts to drop, then I'll see. Now it's 3753mAh at a full load.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] manager77:
N960F with second beta pie..

It started discharge from 90% :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] michelino159:
Seems to be better Pie on battery than Oreo.✌

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I'm waiting for the final version.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] githinkumar:
note 9 battery life

my note 9 is only giving 3hr SOT, even though wifi, location, cellular data is turned on my usage is very moderate involving only call, WhatsApp, and emails.

file:///C:/Users/githi/OneDrive/Desktop/a45086ff-89be-4fdf-b90f-1586d81db633.jpg
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] michelino159:
I believe you. The Android must also be a little set, shut down what you do not use and others.

Search on youtube battery optimization on note9.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bhat_vikas:
Could you please let us know the specific settings that you made to achieve this, since for some reason mine is not giving such figures.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Cristiano Matos:
Note 9 is a top device. Battery life is near to perfection. I'm easily getting 1 day and a half with 6 hours of screen on. I use a snapdragon version
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] high_voltage:
Even then it's only educated estimation and not totally accurate measured capacity (the phone doesn't have the needed hardware for that).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Techvir:
Even with exynos I easily get around 6 hrs screen on time and last more than a day... Something that I have never achieved with Note 8
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] reV17:
Loving these stats
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Limeybastard:
Back to Note 8 battery life since Pie upgrade. [emoji1787]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dancrow:
And is this good or bad?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Limeybastard:
I guess bad. I'm also not using any package disabling.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Shudder123:
I just got this phone. 128 Exynos. First proper discharge. Looks pretty decent. But hopefully will get better.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] pro4ever:
My first 24hrs with the note 9. Looking good.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] FtaWolf:
Well this was all i squeeze could get out RLJ on note 9.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I'm averaging between 7 and 8 hours of SOT. I've never made it to 8 hours, but I'm always at at least 50% at the end of the day with 4 hrs SOT give or take.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] a7medfx:
Anybody experiencing crappy battery life after One UI update?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] michelino159:
You know that this is how I said at first that the battery is dust on Pie but it's not really like this. If you make a reset and give it time to the system to teach you how to use the battery to become acceptable. and some problems will be solved. One over the other, Oreo will remain a thing of the past.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Nwpayton:
Any notice on battery between different firmware (J1, xaa unlocked or anything) ? Would kive to hear any results you noticed
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] K-alz:
I can hardly get my SOT right because I rarely let my phone go down to less than 20% and also never charge it above 80%. I do empty it then charge to 100% once a month to maintain the health of the battery. I'd say I get at least 8 hrs of SOT (that varies amongst users depending on the apps you use). I just can't be on the phone more than 4-5 hours a day. What I do is run vanced in the background for a lot of videos that i don't need to see, just hear them like podcasts while driving my work truck. Battery is enough to get me through the day no matter how much I use my phone and that's more than enough for me. SOT is just a stressful thought lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Should look like this.

I get 7hrs to 9hrs SOT since updated to Android Pie

AT&T Note9 512GB.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] amit020:
I'm getting ~3 hr SOT after playing COD for 1:30hr and playing youtube video for 1hr and in the end of the day my battery is 10%, and in my 2nd case without doing anything just 1-2 hr voice call and a couple of normal uses on my phone discharge to 15% at the end of the day, is this fine or there is any fault in my device?

I have Exynos variant
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Well your battery usage is expected to tank when you play a came such as COD Mobile. At that point it's more than Screen on Time that is having an impact here. Your processor and ram are being utilized more when playing games.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] amit020:
Even without playing a game and just normal uses, I'm never even getting 5hr of Sot.

Is this fine?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Whoa, in that case there's definitely an issue occurring there. I don't have the exynos version so I'm not versed in how well in functions in comparison to the US Note 9.

As a side note, I don't get 5 hours of SOT on my N960U, but I'm constantly on it so that's why I don't. I use mine for work in IT.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] inthedark22:
Around 6hrs every day. Phone is 4 months old.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bat0nas:
Yes.

Same here.

Normally 3h30min in average.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] amit020:
I hope they can fix this issue in the upcoming update.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] bat0nas:
I don't think so. I am using my note 9 right from the original release.

I was always getting 3-4 hours max depending on the usage (3hrs with gaming and lots of youtube or 4hrs with normal use) in a mixed environments (lte, wifi).

5hrs of SOT in my case achievable only on strong wifi the whole day with light usage (movies, web).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] amit020:
Thanks for your review, even I'm getting the same backup as per your usage. Actually, I got worried by seeing the review as many user were getting 7-8hr on average SOT and 2day battery life on normal uses.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Craz Basics:
I get like 3 hours SOT, opposed to 6.5 when I first got the phone. So that's awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] fun4357:
I get around 5-6 hours of SOT(Exynos)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Some of you expect way too much and fall for the hype train. Also, comparing battery life and usage to someone else's is rather pointless. None of you use your phones the exact same way in the exact same situations. Don't feel bad if you only 3-4 hours of SOT, it just means you only used the screen to 3-4 hours, and everything else are the battery. Power/energy doesn't dissipate into nothing, I just gets used somewhere else. So if you screen isn't using it, something else is.

Here's mine for example, I don't get good life because I'm always playing music on speakers. Know what doesn't get account in battery life? The speakers.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
Yesterday, I got 8+ hours of SOT only because all I did was YouTube all day at home.

Lol, what the heck?! Xda app separated my posts.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zanr Zij:
Video and black theme are batt friend :).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lawtq:
How are you apps using so low battery? You only have 2 apps lol?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] @rbiter:
The screen is using most battery. I have excellent LTE reception in Greater Houston area so LTE is very efficient. I watched a lot of YouTube at work and even I am amazed at how little battery it sips per hours. My screenshot doesn't show all the apps because I was trying to show SOT and just the 3 most used apps. I don't know if I will use ADB to get better details from GSAM. Android has been so good lately I don't need another parasitic app sipping at my monstrous battery life. Everything has been controlled well. Much has been themed black. Still need to doy navbar but I've been sick. The people getting 5-6h that themed white still are getting good battery life too. Of you're getting less than 5h you must be using your phone at high brightness. I don't know why as most of Samsung's flagships utilize auto brightness well. The more you use it the more you train it too and you end up tweaking it minutely less.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lawtq:
Incredible. I can see you're very happy
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Very pleased with my battery life AT&T Note 9 512GB Snapdragon

Running On My Galaxy Note9 SM-N960U Wicked Venom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Monnq:
Sadly, my Note9 has poor battery life. My usage mostly relies on browsing web, listening to music, watching YouTube, some texting via Messenger (Lite version installed). Yesterday when I unplugged my phone with it being at 95%, in just 10-15 minutes of browsing web it dropped by 5-6%. I have auto brightness enabled, majority of apps has background refresh disabled and they are hibernated via Settings. Today, I left home with 90% charge (7 AM), when I was going back (9:30 AM) the battery has dropped by around 30%. All I did was surf some internet and read a PDF. Again, screen brightness wasn't put to maximum. As for comparison, with the same usage pattern, my iPhone X was able to pull around 5h of SoT in with mixed LTE/WiFi. While this phone is amazing feature-wise, I guess I will be returning my Note (thanks to consumer laws in my country) because this battery is major disappointment, and maybe gonna wait for new iPhones to drop and get one of the new Xs...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lawtq:
Exynos?

We need what version phones are please
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
What browser are you using and do you have any mods activated on it? If I use Samsung Internet with any mods running such as ad blockers, my battery tanks!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Monnq:
Yes, is Exynos

I have an AdBlock enabled on my Samsung Internet
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] @rbiter:
Seems exynos does not get as good battery life as snapdragon.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] @rbiter:
Here is my battery life today. A lot more mixed usage. About 1.25h of YouTube.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jstodda:
Day 1

Day 1 started with full charge. Added apps, lots of tweaking. Today Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. Some web browsing. Snapdragon T mobile variant. I'm at 11% as of his message. Haven't changed theme, keyboard or browser yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Monnq:
Could you elaborate on what have you tweaked? Will be grateful
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] jstodda:
I started with package disabler and took off a few things that run in the background (Bixby, a few Samsung cloud packages, etc). That's it so far. Haven't even really done the debloat yet.

I can't complain about 8 hours screen time during daylight hours. Especially on a stock non rooted phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] destz0r:
can pple please mention if they have SD or exynos
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lawtq:
I've given up on this happening lol
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Venom0642:
Just keeps getting better SOT Snapdragon AT&T Note9 512GB

Running On My Galaxy Note9 SM-N960U Wicked Venom
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Jammol:
As much as I understand your plea, it may help to put that in the OP or Thread title.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dominicstg2:
can you show me how to change nav bar to black?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] michelino159:
But does the battery really have 4000mAh or less? Has anyone tried a measurement? AccuBattery looks after 5 loading 3800mAh. Notes 8 out of 3300mAh shows me 3150mAh. How's the deal? Or in the production process one can have more than 4000mAh and another less. I do not understand.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] @rbiter:
I haven't done it yet. I need to install ADB and I've been sick so haven't been bothered. There is a dedicated thread for it. It only shows the commands. You will have to find a thread on how to install SDK. I don't think you can use the minimum ADB and fastboot though.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] themaximillian:
So this is what I got yesterday mainly on wifi.

Coming from a full reset the day before.

Oh, Exynos model btw.

Skickat från min SM-N960F via Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Zappapp:
This is somewhat similar to what most r getting - 6.30 hours SOT over 12 to 24 hours ( depending on what they do on the mobile ).

So, it is max. 1.30 hours SOT over N8.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] rey_1178:
I wonder about this too. My note 8 when new showed more than the spec 3300. For awhile it was at 3412 mAh and I remember being ok with it's battery life. When I sold it the battery was down to 3056mAh which is why I got rid of it. So far my note 9 is showing 3878mAh and will be disappointing if this doesn't get better. It was the main reason why I upgraded. I want every drop of what the battery is supposed to be.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] michelino159:
I agree with you but I have a theory. Samsung batteries do not have the chip like Apple to report the situation properly. Here are the wrong apps evaluations. On Note 8, you could access the fg_fullcapnow file from sys / class / power supply / batery. Now on Note9 you can not let it, and PhoneInfo no longer sees the battery health rate. However, it was a fluctuating assessment, from 95% dropped to 92 % and then rising to 95% of you do not understand anything. But now that information is missing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] @rbiter:
Not me. This is the lowest I have let my battery drop to, 17%. Wanted to see how long it would take me to get 10h SOT over more than 24h on 1 charge.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] MKchrias:
What % screen brightness do you use?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] krypto1300:
Much better than my S9+
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] @rbiter:
Auto. It gets some use in the sun but the majority of time it is fluctuating between 25-50% brightness. If I had young eyes still I would lower my brightness.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] mosleem:
Some apps are notorious for draining the battery in the background. Very important to check whats running in the background and its footprint on battery usage.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] dominicstg2:
I have adb installed I'll look it up
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Majed aka Soul Guy:
I honestly have no clue what I've done wrong.

I restored my backup from my Note 8, finished setting up the phone and since I've bought the phone a few days ago, my battery has been terrible.

As shown in the pic, I have nothing unusual going on with my apps but battery and SOT is awful.

I feel silly when Googling this as every article raves about the battery life on the Note 9.

Seriously guys, any help will be highly appreciated.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] lawtq:
Something deffo wrong with your phone. Look at your android drain. Screen should always be the most drain. I hate the Samsung battery usage details, not detailed enough. Try gsam, something is causing the excess drain, if all fails a reset is in order. Those are terrible stars. Wow
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] @rbiter:
My last 2 phones were Note4 and V20. I've been rocking the same setup for about 4-5 years. For the Note9 I started over. Could be why I am getting such great battery life. Have not taken the OTA yet. I have been using it a lot.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Kourkis:
AccuBattery gives me 3,841 mAh, so a battery health of 96%, based on 10 sessions.

It would be great to understand if this is due to AccuBattery not having all the info it needs to output the right data, or if the battery is indeed lower capacity than advertised.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] michelino159:
Mine,96% with 3855mAh.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Dpk1:
I'm pretty happy with battery on my Note 9 (exynos, 512/8). I am getting 6.5+ hours screen on time and about 1.5 days of standby time on moderate use with 4g LTE on all the time, chrome browsing, some youtube, music over bluetooth, whatsapp, gmail, paytm, voice calls, texts, camera use etc on all stock (default) Samsung firmware. A few apps like Facebook disabled. Auto brightness on, qhd+ screen resolution, location on, auto sync disabled and default white theme.

I could only manage 5 hours screen on time and 1 days standby on my note 8 on similar (4g data only) usage.

Can't find a way to disable Bixby button though (as on my note 8) without using any third party app.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] Majed aka Soul Guy:
Install bxActions from the Play Store and thank me later :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] njweb:
Getting great battery life so far with my Note 9.

I did set Power saving to 'Medium' which reduces brightness by just 10% and puts background apps to sleep when not in use for X hours.

I unplugged my Note 9 from my charger around 8 AM. Now at 3:19 PM it is still at 89%. I haven't used the phone much today but still impressive compared to my prior Note phone (intentionally got a Note 4 and not 5 or 6 at the time due to removable battery).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Guides, News, & Discussion] AndyCr15:
Maybe I should try medium. At the moment I'm getting 4 to 6% drain per hour, regardless of if I'm using it or not. It's gotten better, it was around 7% the first few days. Just done a factory reset, but early indication is it's still 4-6 ph.

With medium set, would you still get Whatsapp messages for example?