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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] MKchrias:
Exynos
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Dynalife:
How you do this? Care to share some settings? I'm really confused whether to buy or not this note 20 ultra :confused:

Edit: nevermind he played his phone while on plug.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] sarobi:
I have N20 Ultra exynos, 10 days old. First charging and playing with the settings, I got a 5:50 SoT. From the second charge onwards around 3:50 - 4:20. I am very disapointed at the moment. I hope it will be better with some future updates.

One example: Note 10+ Pocketcast app for podcasts, 1h listening in car (screen off) via Blutooth battery drops around 4-5%, now with N20U around 12!
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] michelino159:
On exynos there is a problem but my opinion is that the battery does not have 4500mAh. I charged the phone three times and it is 100% at 4150mAh. I opened a topic.

https://xdaforums.com/galaxy-note-20-ultra/help/battery-note-20-ultra-5g-appear-to-t4154801
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] steelmm:
I am getting sot 7hrs. With power mode custom too fhd and the brightness setting turned down very low

Did you guys know that the lowest setting of brightness on the note 20 is like the songs xperia one mk 2 3/4 of brightness so the Samsung note 20 screen is very bright this method saves battery also makesure that you disable apps that you don't want from starting up ie Samsung ar and browsers.

I have installed greenify to close down most apps aswell this method has worked for me for years o. Other devices but now android 10 can do this aswell deepsleep apps I suggest that you experiment with both methods

Please Note all may wifi and Bluetooth is turned on all the time and I use android auto for the car watch YouTube Facebook ebay everything

Reduce you brightness also I have installed reduce rightness app you can turn this at night if you can't get my results

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] umx:
not sure why accu is saying my battery is not 4500, kinda bothersome
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Moirae:
The brightness is nuts compared to my old phone. A lot of times even the lowest setting isn't enough ?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] d4rkkn16ht:
Day One, (after charging from around 48% to 100%)

Unboxing & Data transferring process plus minor testing...

No setting is changed

it lasts around 10 hours of SOT

Day Two, First Full Cycle (15% to 100%) over night ordinary charge (YES Fast Charge is OFF)

Setting up the Phone, installing apps, testing a bit with several WA Call & Video call, play casual games, some YT, online shopping, Bluetooth always ON, WiFi + GSM (4G OFF), Adaptive Refresh Rate 120Hz, Adaptive Powersaving...

lt lasts for around 5 hours 26 minutes SOT with 15% battery left

Day Three, Second Full (14% to 100%) over night ordinary charge (YES Fast Charge is OFF)

Basically the same as Day Two

Day Four - Day Six

Basically testing on how to get more JUICE out of my Note 20 Ultra

Day Seven & Eight

Found out about 96Hz Adaptive Refresh Rate....installed it & activated it...

Now I get around than 6 hours of SOT with 29% of battery left[emoji322]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] philliphermant:
Which version Note 20 Ultra are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] d4rkkn16ht:
Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra SM-N985F/DS (Completely Stock)

A.K.A The Exynos version with 8 GB of RAM, 256 GB of internal Storage, Dual SIM capability & 4G only Note 20 Ultra...

Or you can say the worst version available...

But to think of it...it's still the best as it only costs less than USD 1200 and I got AKG USB C Earset + Galaxy Buds Live
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] d4rkkn16ht:
It's stated 4500mAh (typical)

It's difficult to get each individual battery with exact capacity...some get more some get less with the minimum capacity is 4370mAh.

So, if yours lower than 4370mAh, you should complain about it...other than that just accept it[emoji16]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Dynalife:
Thanks for the answer ???

Is it worth to buy? im not really a heavy user... But most of the review about exynos is that.. dont buy. Lol

Right now im using samsung s10 plus which my battery can last for 16-18hours a day and im still happy about it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] d4rkkn16ht:
It depends, if you want the latest tech & you have the money to spend then it's worth every penny....?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] butchieboy:
Lol I see that alot, peeps will throw phone on charger and say they got 9 almost 10 hours sot..[emoji1787]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ruebarb:
The 96hz also made a significant improvement, you need to send it by adb shell, not the app someone tried to make. I also turned off every useless feature, anything trying to run in the background, ie Bixyby. Any power wasting feature like display on,also running a black wallpaper, I went through the same crap with the S8 plus. Adaptive power mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cory.duffus:
L1 link link

How do I do the 96hz mod please
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] d4rkkn16ht:
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink/to...7&share_fid=3793&share_type=t&link_source=app

Note 20 Ultra has a secret 96hz display refresh rate - Here is how to enable it
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] cory.duffus:
Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] xORJSx:
100%, take off charge and can literally watch the battery go down, it had 10 minutes off the charger and i had 5 mins of SOT and its fell 5% and battery usage was only being used by Facebook :( I really hope they send an update out soon to fix all of this
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] jah:
One week later and daily charging I'm getting over 5hr SoT with 30% battery life remaining. I have the Ultra Exynos variant.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Mr. Orange 645:
Today, I started with 100%. After 2 hr 20 min screen time, I was down to 52% battery remaining. That's the worst I've seen so far.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ca12bon:
Okay so previously I rented the N20U using Galaxy2Go service in Korea, which allows you to rent a N20U for 3 days for free. Yesterday I actually purchased a N20U. So this is another round of battery testing.

First time I charged to 100, at around 1am before I went to sleep. Woke up, and have been using the phone til now (3:05pm), with around 4hours 35mins SOT. Still have 18 percent juice. I think around 5 hours SOT is decent but nothing to write home about, especially compared to my p30 pro or MI note 9s or even my one plus 8. Still, having Samsung pay, pass, and a slew of other features is good enough.

Here are my device details:

Korean Snapdragon (you heard that right)

120hz display

FHD

Battery mode optimal with dark mode enabled

The SOT says over 5 hours because I charged the phone until 1am, however I used the phone a bit between 12am and 1am
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Ceza21:
Exynos uk variant
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Mr. Orange 645:
Well, after yesterday's horrible performance, today I'm at 50% battery with 4.5 hours screen on time. Not sure why such the large difference in battery drain day to day.

I'm at the same house, on the same WiFi network.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] steelmm:
Hello

I am now getting nearly 8hrs sot on the exynos version

All you need to do is suspend system hungry apps that use more power using one ui optimizer makesure you turn off location as all apps can use this and fine tune the os.

Also disable app you don't use like Samsung ar etc or their browser

Too be quite fair it's android and sometimes we forget this that each year Google makes improvements in which they do but remembering from the early days we had too suspend apps to save battery. Oh yes makesure that you have the min brightness always

This is what I have done and I am very happy with the purchase

Thankyou
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] steelmm:
Looks like guys you need to follow what I said to do with your apps only have running what you use daily disable app not in use and make sure location services only start when you use the app
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] boostnek9:
Ya you're suspending apps and turning phone features off. I'm not paying 1300 to turn features off. Of course you save battery turning those off but that's not the point of this thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] kradcliffe:
I don't have much standby drain, however as soon as I start using the phone with the screen on it drops quickly. I took it off charge at 11:55 and 30 minutes later I'm down to 90 percent. I've tried all the tweaking but as others have said you shouldn't have to do this on a flagship device. I'm really trying here but my head tells me to do a return within the 28 days.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] vishucodered:
I am getting only 3hrs:30mins to 4:00hrs SOT. how are you people getting these insane battery back up :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] xORJSx:
I'm exactly the same, of course we can get longer battery life by disabling apps and features but why would you want do to that on what is supposed to be a 'do it all' phone. Hopefully an update comes out to solve this within the 28 days before i return it :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] kradcliffe:
Agreed. If they don't put out a fix very soon I would suspect a huge number of returns as the battery life is unacceptable.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Venom0642:
Definitely outstanding battery life, went out camping for over a day in the mountains. And to think network was a little bad there and got close to 9hrs SOT, with 120hz which is the only thing I like, usually i been getting in my town where excellent network is strong i been getting there close to 11hrs SOT, so Definitely don't need a power brick, even thought i took one with me and didn't have to charge at all. Just made it home, time to charge the phone.

Model AT&T Note20 Ultra 5G 512GB Snapdragon.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ram4ufriends:
Return in 28 days? I thought return policy is 15 days, isn't it?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] kradcliffe:
28 days in UK
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] steelmm:
Explain ?

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Guys it's an android issue not a Samsung issue my battery is great just as good as other handsets out there as I had them all.

The point of this thread is too help and give advise to people who don't know what they are doing.

Thanks people have a great day
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] boostnek9:
I had terrible battery life and figured out by reading my logcat that smart stay that I turned on was trying to open my camera over and over. I disabled it and my standby drain went away and my battery life is great now. It's disabled by default so may not be an issue for you. just sharing.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] butchieboy:
I have been averaging about 6hrs. I use black wallpaper, disable any bloat, of the apps that I do have i have them set to be put to sleep. I still run 120Hz. I don't turn off much of anything else, I'm going to use the phone not set it on a 1hr30min movie so the screen stays on. Battery will be different for everyone. Signal comes into play. 10 ...11 hrs screen time not sure if thats possible. I have seen some post screen shots of these amazing sot but noticed they had device on charger..lol. I think if you are not getting atleast 5hrs then I would be concerned. But these Holygrail screen times who knows.[emoji481]
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] robalm:
Show a sceenshot from samsung own "battery usage". There is no way you get that SOT on a single charge (if your not watching videos the hole time).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] vishucodered:
And the other thing I have noticed is that the moment the phone reaches 5% battery, it abruptly turns off
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] behemot24:
Mine too, it goes from 5 to 1% in less than a minute.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] doctor78SI:
This happens also on mine N10+ and wife's 9.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Venom0642:
Are you all on Snapdragon or Exynos, i know Exynos is really bad for most of the people using that model, now if you're on Snapdragon i suggest check to see what app is draining your battery, cause i don't have what you guy's got even in Android Central lot's are getting outstanding battery life 8 to 9 to 10hrs SOT for Snapdragon only, Exynos isn't since that's a battery drainer for most people.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] doctor78SI:
We have Exynos versions. Don't get me wrong. i absolutely love our Notes and had zero issues. Sure having SD would probably mean a little more SOT bit for my usage Exynos is more than I need. Atm I have OnePlus 8 Pro and I do not share the same enthusiasm as others do. Oxygen OS is a work in progress IMO and its not as polished as One UI. I often notice it stutters and also some apps don't work as good. Also the screen is easily scratchable. I am considering to return it and get N20U.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Venom0642:
Sorry to hear that i definitely understand you, wish i could help. Anyways gotta go wife will kill me if i don't pick her up from work.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] lilstyle974:
I have Europe Exynos version it's been 4 days now and I tried my first full day on a charge. Unplug the phone yesterday at 23:00. I woke up at 6h30 and battery was 97% so no big drain. Btw wifi and data is off when I sleep and all aps closed.

From 6h30 to 7h30 connected to wifi receiving all notification from facebook,messenger,twitter etc

From 7h30 to 19h30 connected to data (4g) and my Bluetooth smartwatch. Some texting, web browsing, social apps and 5 minutes of 1080p 60fps vid.

From 21h to 23h youtube with wifi, BT and data off.

I'am now at 13% battery left and 5h SOT.

I run 120hz with the "optimized" power setting.

Will definitly not last a full day of my heaviest use because today I had a lot of work and the phone stayed in my pocket lol.

I put as much detail as possible to help you have an idea.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] doctor78SI:
Well I have 6:30 on my OnePlus 8 pro so your time is pretty decent I would say.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] butchieboy:
By your screen shot you had your device on charger twice
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] K0wneD:
I am easily getting 6.5+ hours SOT everyday from my Snapdragon phone:cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Ceza21:
My second test with screen set to 60hz and 2 active sim...
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] boostnek9:
Google Play services has 20h background and over 7% battery. I'd be confident in saying you may have an issue there. Possibly clear cache to help it out
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] vishucodered:
Hey all!!

Thanks for the quick responses and replies,

It's really a saddening feeling to see that many of you guys are facing what I am facing since last week i.e from the time of purchase,

My only question to you folks is what next ?

I am facing 2 problems

1. Getting a screen on time of only 3hrs30mins to 4hrs

2. Phone abruptly switches off after it reaches 5% battery life

I am from India , what would be the options left for me ?

Will they replace the battery ?

Can I return the phone and exchange for a new one ?

None of my above concerns matter if Exynos version is bad and whatever I have mentioned above comes under normalcy according to Samsung

I called the technical helpline here and they give pathetic and illiterate suggestions like switch of your bluetooth, Dolby Atmos and wifi calling to increase your battery life. Took it to the nearby service centre and they told we have updated it to the latest patchfile and it should work better from now on.

Any tips from you folks to increase the battery life ?

Is there such a thing as an average screen on time an Exynos version should get ?

Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] behemot24:
Here's what visibly worked for mine: disable real time e-mail synchronisation. Just set it on manual or only every 4 hours or so.

I have also disabled VoLTE calls and 5G (not sure if this matters for all mobile networks but it's worth to try).
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] JohnHunter84:
Phone

Totally agree with you.If you want to have phone with good battery, don't buy this one.

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I have the same question:eek:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Venom0642:
Still getting Outstanding battery life SOT 2HRS 55MIN about to hit 3HRS At 70% with 120hz.

And the 4G LTE Speedtest in one part of my home town is great .
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] JohnHunter84:
the same
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] K0wneD:
When you guys are measuring SOT is it from 100-20 or 100-0 battery level?
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Commandermadi:
Howdy people,

So I happen to use the Note 20 ultra LTE version with exynos 990 and 8GB RAM. Battery life is definitely worse than note 10 plus that I had previously. It is actually worse to the extent that I really felt it immediately.

I didn't count the first two charging sessions but here are my stats from the third charge session:

- Third charging session: Dropped from 100% to 16% with a 4h 12m Screen on time.

- Fourth charging session: Dropped from 100% to 15% with a terrible 3h 47m Screen on time.

PS: Im using the screen with 50% brightness all the time and 120hz too, didn't switch to 60hz at all.

Also, I noticed some people posting their screen on time numbers from the battery settings. Actually the battery settings will show the screen on time for the entire day regardless of how many times I charged the phone so the numbers there are deceptive. Im using AccuBattery to calculate the screen on time after each charge cycle.

I have read alot of posts saying that it will take some time to improve so I will update my stats with the next sessions, see if anything improved.

My regards.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Venom0642:
That is why i use GSam Battery Monitor Pro that will actually show you if the phone was charged and the real SOT ,So like my SOT there's no charge there at all Since Device Care Resets after 24Hrs,

I'm on Snapdragon AT&T and lots on Android Central is getting battery life SOT from 8 to 9hrs like me, Also that's mostly people getting it on Snapdragon, Now for Exynos lots over there are getting terrible battery life,

So all has to do with Exynos, Me i have my Brightness set at 90 to 93% manually , also i don't use edge panel so have that disabled and i have all AT&T Bloatware disabled since i don't

use any of them except mY AT&T app account, also have a few Samsung bloatware disabled since i don't use them either that way none of them run in the background, i do lot's of

browsing on Samsung Browser lots of text, XDA Labs, Youtube, few phone calls ,Also do Bluetooth on Youtube to hear music and use spotify sometimes, Use Instagram a lot and

Twitter, Telegram and always on Android Central site alot and a few more apps can't remember , also when driving use bluetooth for youtube to listen on my system car, Everyone won't get same SOT since we all use our phones different.

P.S Always on 120hz
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Venom0642:
Here's Device Care compared to GSam Monitor Pro.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Commandermadi:
Thank you for the info. Snapdragon has always been more power efficient than exynos processors but I am a long time Note owner and I have to say the battery life discrepancy between exynos and Snapdragon was not really a huge deal for me on all the previous note devices that I owned (all were exynos btw) except for the note 20 ultra. I think it has to do with exynos epic failure to handle a 120 hz refresh rate. Lets hope the SOT improves over time. I just need it to go through the entire day like my older note devices did, smh.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] kradcliffe:
At least we get 28 days for returns in the UK. Let's hope Samsung send out a battery optimization and camera fix before then. I really like the phone but the battery life is really really bad.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Venom0642:
Most likely you might be right Exynos just can't handle the 120hz, It's the only thing i can think of.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] butchieboy:
This is what I get. I usually only charge to 85%. And normally don't let drop below 20%View attachment 5090937
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Venom0642:
Well I'm done doing battery life test all i can say on 120hz battery life is outstanding, i will now stop posting my battery life lol :silly:
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Vyshakh_88:
These are the stats from my phone. App usage takes most of the juice and when I dig deeper, found that its mostly by the android system.

Can someone please take a look at this and let me know if any of these can be disabled?

Thanks in advance :)
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] ca12bon:
N20U - Snapdragon

Brightness manual at around 45%

120HZ, fhd

Dark Mode enabled, ADB commands used to get rid of bloatware

[edit: for some very strange reason, Imgur URL links aren't working, so please copy pasta below URLs into your browser... will try to get it fixed ASAP]

https://imgur.com/OwRvrlm

https://imgur.com/MOYlPQA

https://imgur.com/TWpLITz

https://imgur.com/gDJ16Bk

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Damn bro, how is that even possible!? I got just over 4 hours today before I had to put my phone on the charger :(
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Pag0n:
You went camping for a day and used your phone for 9 hours? :D
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] d4rkkn16ht:
This is my phone usage after 2 weeks of usage & I'm satisfied with the result [emoji16]

...and YES this is the Exynos Version

SM-N985F/DS a.k.a 4G version with Dual SIM support & only 8 GB of RAM

Additional info about the Screenshots:

Bluetooth is always ON

GSM is always ON...but the DATA is not always ON as I turn it off occasionally

WiFi is always ON

Screen Refresh Rate is set to 96Hz Adaptive

Power Saving is set to Adaptive

NFC is OFF

Link to Windows is always ON

Location, Edge Lighting & S-Pen Air Action is always ON

Brightness is Auto

On the Apps usage screenshot, there are 3.5 pages in total of Apps Usage but I only took the first page[emoji16]

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[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] CoolPyr0:
Please can you Teach me how to Down Usage for Andriod System and Kernel OS because i got Andriod System usage about 20% and Kernel OS About 11% and its Drian the battery Alot

iam using Exynos Version of Note
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] sarobi:
N20U exynos - it must be something with 120 Hz !?, namely the last two days, after two weeks at 120 Hz, I'm at 60 Hz and the battery is really good, if not very good. I’m going back to 120 Hz for a few days to see whether the battery just needed time to calibrate or is there really such a difference between 60 Hz and 120 Hz.
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] Aridon:
120hz destroys battery life.

I switched today to 60hz my battery life is noticeably better. Very large difference
[Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra Real Life Review] sugarcos:
Hello,

Anybody has any ideea what is cameraservice_proxy?

I get only 3-4h SOT with over 60% usage from apps (24% android system) where this is in top