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[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] lanisher:
Hey Sergio,

Coming from a OnePlus 6T that I had used since its launch in October 2018, I switched to the regular S20 5G with the Snapdragon processor just three days ago - also because I wanted a smaller and especially lighter phone and got disappointed by OnePlus' strategy of big phones and now big prices.

I can say that with 120hz on, screen brightness set to auto and AOD on via tap to wake, I'm constantly getting more screen on time than on the OnePlus 6t! I also deactivated some Samsung apps that I don't use via ADB (e.g. Bixby).

On the first day of usage I got around 5:30 hours SOT, on the second day 6:15 and now after the third day 6:45 hours. The S20 is definitely learning how you use your phone and saves battery accordingly.

I'm definitely happy that I switched to the S20. I first wanted to go for the S10e due to the perfect form factor, which I had already bought for my wife, but was concerned because of the smaller battery (even with the Snapdragon variant). It turns out that she has a consistant SOT between 5 and 6 hours, but now I don't want to miss the 120hz on my S20 :) You can even squeeze out a little more SOT on the S20 with the 96hz mod.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions.

Cheers and stay healthy
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] gavilan2010:
Airplane mode go from 11pm to 5am and not disturb bixby routine
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] lunarken:
Urs is sd set or exynos?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] SergioA:
Thanks lanisher!

Unfortunately here in Italy (and Europe) Samsung only sells the Exynos variants of all the S20 family and it seems that battery life is much worse than the Snapdragon ones (and is even more sensible to the switch from 60 Hz to 120 Hz): we can get some Snapdragon S20's via eBay (usually from Hong Kong) at higher prices and with no official warranty/support from Samsung Europe (with some limitations to 4G performances too, due to different frequencies...).

It's so frustrating to see Samsung going on each year with this attitude to make two differents models and always have their Exynos processors being beated by the Snapdragon ones: time to go Snapdragon far all of us :)
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] djoxie:
When I set airplane mode while I sleep, but with wifi + silent ON, I get ~2% battery drain.

I have Exynos 4g Ultra and I am really satisfied with it :)
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] monkeydeluffy:
Constantly get 8 hrs SOT. FHD+ on 120Hz, snapdragon 5G variant. Just close anything you don't need. This phone is very sensitive about how you interact with it. Too sensitive to my taste so I closed a bunch of 'smart' functions.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] tluley51:
I got excited when I started reading your post then got really sad.

My phone progression is the exact same. Got OnePlus 6T on release and had FANTASTIC battery life the whole time I had the phone. I figured going to the S20 (regular) would yield similar if not better battery life and boy was I wrong. I would take the 6T off charge at 6am every morning and it would last me till 10pm with 20-30% to spare and always 4.5 to 5 hours SoT. With the S20, I cant make it till 6pm with around 4 hours SoT without it needing a charge. When I go into the battery stats, nothing really sticks out to say "hey, stop doing this". I just do a lot of reddit'ing, web browsing and texting. Some light gaming. My usage is the exact same on each phone too. I have been terribly disappointed with the battery life on this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] lanisher:
Did you get the Exynos or the Snapdragon variant? Also, did you disable all of the unnecessary Samsung bloatware / services that you're not using? That also makes a huge difference in my opinion. Today is the 5th day that I'm using the S20 and after unplugging it from the charger at 7am this morning, I'm now (6.15pm) at 72% remaining battery with a little more than 2 hours of Screen on Time, which is great.

Therefore it's a fact that the S20 is not like a OnePlus 6t, which you can simply switch on and don't need to modify or tweak a lot of things in order to get a good battery life.

My problem was the form factor and weight of the new OnePlus phones, so the S20 was the more interesting choice - more "compact" and lighter, but a bigger battery compared to the 6t... plus the amazing screen. I read about all the reviewer's complaints about the Exynos version here in the EU, that's why I decided to order the Snapdragon SM-G9810 5G variant for 720 Euros.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] olafsand:
S20U, exynos and 96hz
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] olivierke74@gmail.com:
S20+ snapdragon,120hz,location on,bluetooth on.

Bixby 3g/2g when wifi on.

Dark theme

3rd cycle.

No fast charge.

View attachment 4999681

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G9860 met Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] madpete:
S20+

My Exynos S20+ with 96hz mod.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] eilex17:
Please share your configuration..
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] madpete:
Sure... not too much to tell...

Take the time to go through everything and turn off or disable anything you don't use (apps or settings), I have wi-fi, bluetooth, mobile data, sync, all turned on... and power plan at optimised.

96hz mod (this gives me about 1.5-2hrs more SOT than 120hz). Dark mode enabled wherever it's possible, so on system, and on any app that supports it.

One thing I would recommend, make use of Bixby routines... things like: If: Connected to Wi-fi (at home), Then: Turn off 5g, NFC, location, etc. That will get you a small amount extra at home, when out it will automatically turn back on.

But most of it is just common sense stuff I do to every phone I have ?

I do wonder though if all Exynos 990 are created equally, because I've read guys saying their phone get hot just watching YouTube... My phone does not get warm in general use, so did I get a good one? Or them a bad one? I ran it through some benchmarks and it got warm, but that's pretty normal. I think we all need more info on this ?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] eilex17:
Ok thanks :fingers-crossed:
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] VRaju:
Rest all your config aside. I doubt your power mode will be on Medium power saving.

My s20, when put to Medium power saving. i dont face heating issue, battery is good.........

but have to sacrifice a lot. which do'not serve the purpose of getting this phone.

With optimized power not matter what i squeeze. device become hot with reduced performance.

I have observed, if adaptive power saving is turn on, some time it will switch to power saving mode, but yet will run on 96hz, where the phone performance will improve.

Overall its 100% issue with expose cpu, causing all these.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] tluley51:
Thanks for taking the time to respond. I have the Snapdragon model. What specifically did you disable? I tried to disable 5g but I dont have the option to edit my APN (Visible is my provider)

Your thoughts are the exact same as mine. The OP you can just out of the box start using and get great battery. I havent done much tweaking to this phone which is probably the reason I am not getting good battery life, but if anyone can suggest what to disable, I will gladly do it. Really all I want is 120z and always on display turned on, bluetooth always on (for my car and bluetooth speakers), GPS always on and other than that, I use wifi when at work and home and do some light gaming and that's really it.

EDIT: attached my typical day. As you can see, not that great...
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] madpete:
I've already said, my power mode is set on Optimised, adaptive is turned off.... My phone does NOT get warm in my daily use, only under benchmarks.

This is why I wonder if everyone's 990 is the same, or if there are good ones and bad ones.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] lanisher:
Hey.

I have copied in the list of my disabled apps / processes blow (sorry, as I'm a new active user here, I can't attach pictures yet).

I used CCSWE App Manager to list all processes, then went through them and disabled what I don't want or need via ADB commands on my PC. Nothing uninstalled, just disabled! In case I will need some of the apps one day, I can simply reactivate them without having to reset my phone. Didn't experience any issues or force closes after disabling these apps. The phone just runs fast and smooth.

I also manually added all apps that don't need to run and sync in the background to "sleeping apps" or "deep sleeping apps" under Battery -> Power Management.

My other settings: GPS on, Wifi on, Wifi Calling on, Auto Rotate on, Dark Mode on, 120hz on (also tried the 96hz option, but wanted to stay with 120hz. But you can try 96hz to save around 6% battery per charge), AOD tap to show, Power Mode set to Optimised. That's about it.

As already mentioned, I'm more than happy with the phone and battery life now. Yesterday I had to recharge it at 4pm after unplugging it from the charger at 7am the day before and got to a total of 7:15 screen on time.

Just let me know if you need more details, I'm happy to help :)

AR Packages:

com.samsung.android.ardrawing

com.samsung.android.aremoji

com.samsung.android.aremojieditor

com.sec.android.mimage.avatarstickers

com.samsung.android.arzone

Bixby Stuff:

com.samsung.android.bixby.service

com.samsung.android.visionintelligence

com.samsung.android.bixby.agent

com.samsung.android.bixby.agent.dummy

com.samsung.android.bixbyvision.framework

com.samsung.android.bixby.wakeup

Other packages:

com.android.bookmarkprovider

flipboard.boxer.app

com.samsung.android.calendar

com.samsung.android.livestickers

com.facebook.services

com.samsung.android.game.gamehome

com.sec.android.emergencylauncher

com.samsung.android.app.ledbackcover

com.sec.android.cover.ledcover

com.samsung.android.service.livedrawing

com.microsoft.skydrive

com.samsung.android.service.peoplestripe

com.samsung.android.scloud

com.samsung.android.app.spage

com.samsung.android.app.sbrowseredge

com.samsung.android.honeyboard (Samsung Keyboard - MAKE SURE TO INSTALL GBOARD BEFORE DISABLING THIS!!)

com.samsung.android.kidsinstaller

com.sec.spp.push

com.samsung.android.svoiceime

com.sec.android.easyMover.Agent

com.samsung.android.beaconmanager

com.swiftkey.swiftkeyconfigurator

com.touchtype.swiftkey

com.samsung.android.app.watchmanagerstub

There's a explanation available for all the Samsung processes here
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] shiv.maneyapanda:
Do deep sleeping apps get updates on the playstore? Since it's disabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] kirilorius:
Deep sleep and disable are different. Yes, deep sleep apps get updates. They just dont run in the background.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] tomhouf:
This is amazing battery life !

Is your variant an Exynos ?

Could you please share your settings ?

Are you using apps to improve your battery life ?

Thx
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Ajith Prabhu:
Accu battery is optimistic

These are the predictions on accu battery
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] olivierke74@gmail.com:
Snapdragon s20+ ,only wifi,no location,bluetooth on,dark theme,120hz

Verstuurd vanaf mijn SM-G9860 met Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] rohorubo:
S20+...around 6.30 SOT with Wlan, 5G, 120Hz on, Exynos modell:
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] earthdan:
Hi folks, currently mulling over the purchase of the s20 or the s20+. I like the concept of the bigger battery in the s20+, but struggling with my like of smaller phones, hence i'm really leaning towards the s20. I've read up on lots of battery life reviews and for sure the s20 will last a lot longer than my original pixel! However, one combo I haven't seen explored/reviewed towards s20 SOT is the medium power saving mode, 60hz and FHD or even lower. For that matter would be interesting to see the extreme power saving mode if that's at all useable. Anybody willing to test these combos for me (and the rest of the XDA community!)? S20+ testers welcome too!

And yes I know there are some who might say don't buy this phone if planning on running in power save mode all the time.....but this is more about satisfying curiosity, not to mention these modes are pretty useful to customize usage!

Dan
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] mistermidas:
I swear, the longer I have this phone, the better the battery gets.

S20+ , US SD version, 96hz, FHD, dark mode full-time, location, BT, and WiFi on full-time, Auto brightness, Optimized mode for battery. Basically get almost 2 days on a single charge. Of course being on WiFi full-time because of Corona virus helps...but regardless my battery life is amazing ??
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] russellcausier:
Snapdragon though!as far as I'm aware I've not heard of any faults with the Snapdragon models seems to be a cracking phone with that version, more than I'd get on my ultra exynos!Samsung really screwed us again!!
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] mrteyssere:
There got to be something wrong. Coming from my Huawei p30 (not pro) to this S20, and the battery life is TERRIBLE. Usually with my p30 i had 20-40% battery left at the end of the day with no charging. With my S20 I started at 100% this morning. Charged from 30% to 68% in the middle of the day. A few hours later i charged again, from 20% to 40% and now im at 13%.. Thats a total of 145%, and theres still a few hours left of my day! What is going on?!

Im using QHD with 60Hz btw.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Bxrider117:
I know some people have complained about the battery life on the s20. I have the plus version and I know that you need to give the Snapdragon version time to learn your habits which usually takes about 3-5 days.

I was running the Verizon software and I recently changed to the unlocked software version. It has been about 3 days and this is my battery life today. I know that it is going to improve. This is at 120 hertz.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] knobbs:
After reading through this thread and my own personal experience with S204g Exynos, I don't think so. My phone with a factory reset and only GSAM installed would drain 2.5% an hour on standby with all bloatware I don't use disabled. I would use the browser for 10-15m and phone would hit 40C. I have sent it back to get repaired last week so will see if they say there is anything wrong with it or not. I so so wish I could just get the SD model rather than ****ty Exynos.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] apidelu:
maybe u use the phone frequently a day. my situation is 100 to 30 from 6pm to 5 pm the next day and charge the phone about an hour.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Pradeepnishanth:
S20 ultra exynos battery life improvements

After getting the advice of some members decided to disable digital well-being and some bloatware using package disabler from playstore and battery life has improved a bit. Getting a hour or more battery life now..
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] masihian:
Hey Lanisher

I read your previous posts and found that you are in Deutschland like me and have also heard complaints about the Exynos version and the battery drain issue. That's why I chose the Snapdragon version.:good:

I would be very grateful if you could share your experience with me on how you bought it in Deutschland .:)
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] dguillaume:
S20 4G Exyonys 980F

I get around 3 1/2 hours. It's awful!

David
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] murk.br:
Hey Folks, I´m new here. Just with my galaxy s20 (exynos) for 6 days now. I´m not really impressed about it´s battery life. I'm a little puzzled by the consumption of whatsapp on my cell phone. I installed the apps all from scratch. Whatsapp is the app that consumes the most battery. It was never like that on my other cell phones. What could be happening? anyone else facing the same problem?

https://imgur.com/a/NINPD5r
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Xebeck:
First run_ 11 hours 45 mins sot.

S20 Plus

Exynos

60/FHD

Ran full 26 hours before dying
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] westeight:
SOT seems pretty damn good if this is to be believed:
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] djoxie:
Which model and processor?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] westeight:
S20 Ultra 512GB Exynos (UK) - SM-G988B/DS .

Rooted with Magisk and running ATD5 (BTU) Firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] westeight:
Still going strong:
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] RFD_Yesstyle:
AccuBattery pro says my battery capacity (est/design) is 4855mah

Anyone the same? WHy not 5000?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] pant0n:
Dont belive you
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] westeight:
Lasted 34 hours on a single charge - including 7 hours SOT:
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Reuben_skelz92:
the predictions on accubattery are always wrong and too much
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Reuben_skelz92:
snapdragon s20 plus
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] westeight:
9 hours is amazing :highfive:

Just updated to the ATE6 firmware and charged from 1% to 100%, then restored some apps. Hoping the new firmware will be even more efficient .

Let's see:
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] djoxie:
This is fine but there is also use from previous charge, so it is not that accurate.

If you want more accurate stats per charge cycle, use gsam battery stats
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Reuben_skelz92:
I'm well aware of that but its still impressive . I use accubattery
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] westeight:
ATE6 seems to improve battery life ... so far so good.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Sleepycat3:
You are going to have to clear that average battery life value to see what ATE6 gives you.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Darkat70:
ATE6 Update Seems a little better, although I have only had the phone for a week . But i do see a slight improvement.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] djoxie:
Model? Chipset?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Darkat70:
Exynos S20 Ultra
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Xode:
Not bad, and how about this .... perfect conditions..View attachment 5025873

S20U-Exynos
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Darkat70:
Nice, thats impressive.

Does the adaptive power saving actually save or use more battery? I usually keep it switched off.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Xode:
Nope,120Hz,Medium power and that's it..

S20U-Exynos
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] freezingpoint:
Does the medium power saving screw up the messenger apps and email syncs? I use optimised to avoid any issues with background usage.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Xode:
I don't think so, i've even turned off background usage on most app but email & messenger sync and everything else is working properly..

S20U-Exynos
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] westeight:
Definite improvement on ATE6:
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] james_007:
Regular s20 exynos

Can somebody compare this usage with yours regular S20 with exynos. Is my App usage to high? I use phone with 120Hz, wi fi always on, mobile data not used, gps off, bt off, always on is set to Tap to show, sync on for 1 account only to sync gmail, rais to wake and other stuff are turned off.

Im on latest ate6 update, done factory reset after update and clean setup without any restore.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] ok4n93:
I have the Same Android System usage even though with a lot of adjustments but it doesnt work Out so gar. S20 exynos 120hz as yours.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Nimz69:
Absolutely horrendous battery life on my regular S20 (Exynos)

Just over a week old - used Smartswitch to bring over everything from my S10

120hz - 2 Hours SOT

60hz - 3 Hours SOT

-Optimized mode

-Location Turned off

-Facebook set to deep sleep

-Brightness set to auto

-Dark Mode on with a black wallpaper

- On WiFi most of the day (only use mobile data when travelling between home and work)

- Connected to my Galaxy watch

Just received the ATE6 update today, so will see if that makes any difference
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] djoxie:
Do factory settings and set it up from scratch, without smartswitch, that is the solution. It needs to give you 4-5hr of SOT on 120Hz
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Nimz69:
How does 1 setup from scratch without losing info?
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] djoxie:
Some apps store info on cloud, some on google drive, everything else you do manually
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] golffreaksi:
How did you manage to get 0.1% on Google Play Services. I tend to get 4% to 7%.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] flipsonic:
I feel that I'm getting decent/good SOT averaging just over 5 hours SOT and 14 hours total battery time from 100% to 10% with my S20+ (Exynos)

Optimised mode

120hz FHD+

AOD on

Dark mode

40% brightness. Adjusted manually where needed

Connected to WiFi for most of the day

Bluetooth connected to Galaxy Buds+ every now and then

Most used apps (in order) - Almost always using Chrome, YouTube between 1 and two hours, Constantly checking Instagram/Twitter/Facebook throughout the day.

I haven't used Google maps as I haven't been driving much. And I haven't used the camera as much as I would like to though and I only play 1 or two games like Words with Friends.

Yesterday I decided to try 96hz at FHD+ and managed to get 6 hours SOT. I didn't use Bluetooth and was connected to WiFi all day and night.

Might try 96hz with Medium power mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] emremutlu:
Got my S20+ Exynos for a week now. Absolutely terrible battery performance.

Clean installed

Wifi always on

Aod on

BT on

Location on

96hz screen

No Social Media App

No Camera use

Any solution?

Btw cannot use ccswe or package disabler. Both says failed to validate product key about knox.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] psykoly:
How can the android system be so high? Unbelievable

MI 8 cihazımdan Tapatalk kullanılarak gönderildi
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] Nimz69:
Pathetic

https://imgur.com/OOhrQrS
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] DMessi1107:
I get brilliant SOT on my S20+ (Exynos) with 120hz enabled all the time. 8 hours is brilliant and I was playing for 4 hours on it.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Real Life Re] lakicamm:
SOT should be measured from 100% battery to some % without charging in between... Your screenshot show sot for whole day, but you were recharging.