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[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] termdj:
I think with some optimization you could make it through from 8 till 11,depending on quality of signal and how much you use the camera. I'm a as at a spot earlier this morning with good quality 4g and my drain when not using the phone was 1% an hour. When my phone is idling when i sleep it looses .5% an hour
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] linom:
Thanks. 1% per hour seems reasonable on idle under 4G. One final help - if possible can you help check how much battery drain is there with camera use while recording 1080p video for 15 mins on 4G. My S10+ exynos drains 10% in 15 mins of video recording which is useless if I'm outside and record video for 30 minutes.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] termdj:
I will check quickly and let you know
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] termdj:
I did a 1080p 60 frames recoding and the battery dropped from 52% to 47% for a 15 minute recording
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] linom:
Thanks a ton for all your help! A 20% drain in an hour in 4g seems high but I wont be recording 1 hour long videos on all days. I hope Samsung pushes updates to optimize further. I'll wait until end of April before jumping on to buying this model or will wait now for S23, hoping it would be SD manufactured by TSMC and not Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] termdj:
Pleasure
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
22U's battery life(Snapdragon) has been a poor show for approx 72 hours now, got the unit almost 3 days back.

I strongly hope "morning DOES NOT show the day."😕
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] linom:
Thanks, do let me know how it does after a week or 10 days.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
I took longer time to avoid any miscalculation. Checked thoroughly for the last few weeks. Tested well with the "AVCJ" April build as well.

The battery endurance of S22 Ultra is lower than S21 Ultra. I used to get about 8 hrs(total runtime of about 24 hours and a little more sometimes) over Wi-Fi with 21U, whereas with S22U I'm getting approx 7 hours(total runtime of about 20 hrs) of SOT over Wi-Fi. Over mobile data(4G), I'm getting approx 5 hrs(some 15 hrs of total runtime) of SOT and with S21U I used to get approx 6 hrs(about 19 hrs of total runtime).

- All these while exactly on same settings & my usage pattern.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] dj24:
Did you notice any improvements even if it's slight from the March update to the April one? I'm still on the March one awaiting for the April build to make it to my region and battery life improvement is no 1 on my wish list..
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] linom:
Thanks Buddy, I bit the bullet and bought it over the weekend :). The battery learning phase is over and my 3rd day gives me a forecast of 5.5 hrs SOT on Wifi. No debloat but disabled all unnecessary stuff through the Apps menu, using WQHD and updated for the April 'AVCJ' patch. I've barely used the phone as was busy working. However it seems I can hit 7-8 hrs SOT easily if I use it extensively.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Post April update, it immediately felt like there was a sudden boost in batterylife(I didn't make any change anywhere) for a day or two, only to experience exactly the same batterylife that it used to provide before April update in the next consecutive days till date.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] karandevilocs:
it was higher than my S21ultra while still keeping it all cool under heavy tasks and game UNTIL i installed the latest APRIL update, I'm now re-optimzing everything from scratch to find out if it gets better or not,

SOT was around 7~8hrs for 24hr cycle and now it dropped to 5hrs in under 24hr and it gets noticeably warmer than before.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] ratchetrizzo:
i came from a note 9 and im telling you battery life compared to that is TERRIBLE.

I can get 3 days with my note 9 off the charger with normal use and with my S22U I *HAVE* to charge it every 18 hours no matter what because it's down to 5% by then and it's all the same apps, same bloatware disabled, and i have the screen refresh set to drop to 10-96

I hope this update that they just pushed to me today helps but if it wasn't for certain apps not working on 8.1 anymore (skullcandy buds for when Im at the gym, wont install on 8.1) I'd sell this and go back to the note 9, the stylus is bigger, on the correct side, doesn't require multiple keyboards to write stuff (i dont like the samsung keyboard, never did).

Just disappointed so far with this other than it being fast.. yeah fast and draining your battery
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Kubas_inko_CZ:
Even though I am coming from s9+, the battery life is just awful...

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[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] hand-filer:
Coming from an S20+ my battery life is significantly better. Consistantly getting 2 days between charges*.

*Debloated and no social media apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Sleepycat3:
I had an S20 Ultra. Screen on time is similar. Screen off time is much much better on the S22 Ultra.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] vlubosh:
From S21u to S22u, usage same, battery life same, everything is same just the corners not :)
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] iamnotkurtcobain:
S22U Exynos. Galaxy Watch connected 24/7, NO flight mode or battery saver.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
6 hours SOT over WiFi and 4.5 hours of SOT over mobile data in a total runtime of about 20 & 16 hours respectively has become the new norm in my S22U. This is not just much worse than S21U, but also poorer than several previous Samsung flagships.

I can make it last way longer with workarounds, but with similar usage pattern & settings it's been a bad show from S22U from the get go in my experience.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] carlitobahsoun:
watch this my dear friend.really samsung bad battery life
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] linom:
I believe the bad battery life is overhyped, at least for the SD version. It may not last as long as iPhone13PM but its hell of a productivity tool.

I was on the road from 11 am (100% battery), with dual sims active and GPS active for a full 3 hours to get driving directions, playing music on Android Auto for 2 hours, took over 2 dozen pics and a couple of FHD videos for 15 mins, the battery was at 35% by 8 pm when I reached my destination. So I would say the battery easily lasts a day, maybe just not as long as some other phones.

Each use case may be different, but Samsung is known to push updates to gradually improve battery life and am sure the updates in the following months will only make the battery better.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] readymarc:
Agreed. We all went through this same problem with the s21 ultra. Updates will make it better.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] dalepl:
I also agree. This phone does last a day easily under normal use. If you do a lot of streaming or social media, of course it will drain the battery. Power is available everywhere (be it portable power or not). If you look at the forums for most new phones, this is the one thing (other than root) that seems to always dominate the threads. It should get better, but if not, maybe a change in habits or carry a portable power cell for high use times.

EU folks have been livid at the performance of the S22 (as they should be), but Samsung just sent out an update and many are now happy with the performance. Patience should solve many issues. If people are so displeased, then go to another phone. All you will get is a different brand with other issues.

I myself was on an S20+ and upgraded to the S22 Ultra do to the deal I got. I was happy with the S20+ and to tell you the truth, I have seen no issues with my S22 Ultra. I have a few apps I will disable, but I have been running the phone as is to see how it is and as I said, I am happy. I would have loved to have a micro SD slot, but I can live without it. As for headphone jack, never really missed it. Just switched to a wireless one and do not miss the wire dangling around.

I hope everyone gets what they want from the phone. I know I have. I also got one for the wife and she has no complaints (that was a big deal too). People seem to call it junk when they cannot get exactly what they want. No phone does everything right out of the box. Some have been better then others, but none have been perfect. Some will get a lemon device, but all the devices are lemons. Mostly just user expectations too high. Most would be much happier if they did not get the phones when they release, but wait 6 months to a year to get them.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Considering it has a 5000 mAh battery this isn't a lot of bang for the mAh. Especially when you consider in actual usage it's only marginally faster than the N10+ for most activities. The lag on the N9 is quit noticable in comparison but not with the N10+.

I'm not pleased at all with Samsung or Google Android at this point. Maybe these devices aren't properly optimized but the variable refresh rate display, 5G and scoped storage are definitely take their toll. The increased current draw means a hotter running phone.

I wonder how a N20U running Android 10 would do in comparison to the S22U, real world usage/SOT? How much is hardware vs OS version?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Setting.Out:
Nearly 5hrs sot, charging to 85% dropping to only 40% on WiFi with all services on, 1080p at 120hz... exynos
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Kubas_inko_CZ:
I wish I got something like that. Mine loses that same amount of battery for like 3h of sot...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Abaddon:
I still have my s21u SD from tmobile. my s22u lasts longer
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Did another comparison using S21U(Exynos) and S22U(Snapdragon). Both are similarly configured with similar settings, used by me. 100% "indoors" usages connected to the same Wi-Fi network.

8 hrs 38 mins SOT, 1 day 2 hrs total runtime - S21 Ultra.

5 hrs 43 mins SOT, 21 hrs 40 mins total runtime - S22 Ultra.

Difference is big.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] readymarc:
But you used chrome more on the exynos than the snap. I would say its not really fair comparison. Maybe you should use Facebook more on the Exynos and lets see the outcome.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Huh?

Chrome I used for 7 minutes less in the S21U(Exynos).

Facebook is a battery hog and I used it in the S21U(Exynos) way more(2 hours more) than I used in the S22U.

*Left screenshot - S21U(Exynos).

*Right screenshot - S22U(Snapdragon).
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] readymarc:
Damn. The Snap seriously needs to get its act together. Optimization is messy.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Worth looking at @ battery scores.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
A lot depends on configuration. Samsung's suck unless optimized. If the user loads a bunch of social media and other trash apps, well, you get what you install. If you use cloud*, you know big sister Google's and MS's solution for everything, you're battery life will suck. All of this has gotten to be a running joke for me... oh my, you know that's just not good🤣

*That silly little SD card slot is very useful. It saves sweat (maybe blood), sanity, bandwidth/battery and data if used properly as a data drive.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Goldsusanoo:
Anyone do this with Snapdragon version? Thank you
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Rubby1025:
I use Onedrive cloud storage and it has almost zero impact on my S22u battery life. My S22u is an absolute beast getting over 10hrs SOT and lightning fast. At home, I can xfer gigabytes of data in minutes on my network that is 500up/500down. I'm connected to my home wifi6 network wirh my S22u at anywhere from 1.2-2.4gbps depending on how close I'm to my router. Off my home network I get excellent mobile data transfer rates thanks to 5G (which does not cause a big hit on my battery life with T-Mobile in the DFW area). I have almost 500gig on Onedrive.

I've had many of the old Notes with an SD card slot which I kept my life saved on. No more as with todays cloud storage solutions, my exposure is much less and my life is much easier. Embracing the new cloud technologies, wifi6 and 5G has been a much better path for me. Hence, I can certainly understand why Samsung did away with the the SD card slot.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Yeah cloud storage is certainly working well for the Samsung hackers🤣
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Bump!

Thread buried deep down over time, so bumping..
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] tobias14:
Maybe just slightly worse on S22U, but not really much of a difference (both phones being Exy)

Ss is from S22U
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
A bunch of system apps disabled using Adb app control + put unused apps into deep sleep manually in the first week itself when this 22U landed into my hands. I generally use one drive+g drive but didn't in the S22 Ultra because of underwhelming battery. With this, got some 30 mins more screen time than without, and overall endurance turned out to be still way lower than S21U in my usage without disabling any of those.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] jameslapc2:
I get pretty similar numbers to My S21U I had. With an average of about ten or so hours. Both Snap variants. My method is to keep battery saver on, turn off high refresh, keep it at 1080P because I don't see the difference, debloating it, and keeping 5G off because where I'm at T-Mobile LTE is constantly over 100 down. I can try getting some screenshots this weekend.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
That's disappointing but probably still not fully optimized. You basically have a N10+ with better cams, no expandable storage when turn off 5G and variable refresh rate. With a new battery an optimized N10+ can easily get 12 hr SOT.

Samsung's battery SOT went downhill starting with the N20U.

Jamming a bigger battery in the S21U and the S22U is far from an ideal solution.

The larger Li only contributes the already high thermal load with almost the same heat dissipating capacity as the N10+. Maybe Samsung will add cooling fins and a 6000 mAh battery next generation🤣
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
+ 20 gigs or more RAM in next gens, otherwise it may stutter.

Flagship yet throttling chipset on load+ Galaxy ecosystem+ loads of Samsung services+ Open source OS and apps... all contribute to un-optimization. OneUI is really good but has a lot to improve too.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Maybe add water cooling too🤣

Last night I tried to bog down my N10+'s ram, ran out of apps with only utilizing 7gbs of ram. Guess I need a lot more game apps🤣

Meh, Android/Snapdragon has gone down the dark MS/Intel path... we all know where that goes.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] jameslapc2:
I mean I turn on 5G for speed tests. But that's only because T-Mobile can push well over 500 in my area. After some testing today with 5G the battery is slightly worse than LTE only. I'll post my screenshot later tonight when it's closer to death.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
5G battery efficiency will vary. In some cases it will do better than 4G, in others not as well.

If I had 5G it be disabled, assuming that was possible.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] jameslapc2:
I've mostly kept it off due to tower maintenance that started in the area when I first got the phone. Since I've been going around town lately I've gotten to experiment more. And from experience 5G is a bit more efficient now. I should have my battery graph in the next couple hours or so.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] jameslapc2:
Here it is hitting 10 hours. If I wasn't tired I could likely take it to about 11 and a half hours SOT.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
If you got good signal, are doing large uploads or downloads (if the website supports the bandwidth) then 5G should yield the best results.

5G respond time should be snappier, what are your ping times 4 vs 5G?

In my case going with the N10+ with its first generation 5G modem was an easy decision to blow off. It's a pig🤣 If I remember correctly it was still a problem on the N20U as well. That model is where the battery life takes a huge hit.

Unfortunately jamming a bigger battery in the subsequent generations wasn't the solution I wanted to see. Form factor and thermal load issues suffer as a result. Samsung never recovered the sleek form factor of the N10+.

More energy efficiency could have made the difference.

It's funny that Samsung has abandoned and marginalized its power user base. Even to the point where they dropped the name Note.

The S22U appears to excel at gaming better than many of it's competitors gaming SOT scores.

I doubt that was their intent... a very niche market.

Samsung browser is streaming vids on the N10+ with about a 3600 mAh total battery capacity.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Wi-Fi 6 helps.

Aren't you using power saving?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] maor23:
I used to de-bloat my s22 ultra, but now I consider to return to original. I think that Samsung give us a great tool at settings to disable all apps we don't need them to run at background
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Adb is very much required to disable several bloated services.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] maor23:
there is ADB CONTROL but I think I don't need it.

The phone is very organized by itself.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] jameslapc2:
I mean I do yeah, but that's really the only way to tame the 8 Gen 1. I did the same thing on my S21U all the time, and same with my S21 Plus. When I'm using for heavier stuff like Dex or gaming I turn it off.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
It jitters in power saving mode across the board. The last time I did so was with the S9+. Didn't need to with its successors (keeping adaptive power saving on with S22U because tired of charging it frequently).

But ofcourse, it's your choice how you use it.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Global power management never did work right.

Deal with the power hogs on a case by case basis. Add to that try disabling 5G* when not needed and fixing the refresh rate at 60hz* FHD+ and manual brightness control.

*may make a significant difference or not... experiment.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Village_Idiot:
Based on this poll over 50% are getting the same or better battery life than the S21 Ultra.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Village_Idiot:
23.3%+27.2%=50.5%

That means over 50% of people who responded to this poll is getting better or the same battery life as the S21 Ultra.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Inconclusive and premature.

The same means a wash.

It's disappointing.

&

"The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra has a large 5,000 mAh battery and managed 10 hours and 18 minutes over T-Mobile's network with the 60Hz mode turned on. But this falls falls short of the 11 hours and 25 minutes we saw from the S21 Ultra, which has spot on our best phone battery life page." https://www.tomsguide.com/face-off/samsung-galaxy-s22-ultra-vs-galaxy-s21-ultra
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Village_Idiot:
Over 50% (50.5%) of respondents say that their battery life is either better than or about the same as the S21 Ultra.

Less than half, 44.2%, say that their battery life is worse than the S22 Ultra.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
And 7.8% aren't sure.

However those who actually did side by side tests on the S21U vs S22U are sure.

It's no wash, the battery life took a hit with the S22U...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Oops, here's another wash that again slightly favored the S21U. And Apple beat both with a smaller battery by a lot.

Samsung S22 Ultra vs. iPhone 13 Pro Max Battery Life Comparison - iPhone Hacks | #1 iPhone, iPad, iOS Blog

Apple's iPhone 13 Pro Max boasts terrific battery life. On the other hand, Samsung claims to have made several optimizations to eke out the most battery life

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[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] V0latyle:
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[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Over 70% (44+27.5) of total respondents say that S22 Ultra's batterylife is worse than or about the same as the S21 Ultra, wherein 44% itself accounts for "Lower than S21U" votes. Less than one fourth, i.e. 22.9% say that they are getting more than S21 Ultra.

I can remove the option "getting similar batterylife" to keep mass hysteria at bay😀 but the poll is very much self explanatory as it is.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Jostian:
In terms of standby drain, for me the biggest idle drain is having data on (LTE/3g/2g) 15% over night, if I change it to only 3g/2g idle drain over night is 3%. Something about LTE and VoLTE pinging towers continuously.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
Try temporarily disabling Google play Services at night and see if this helps. Gmail, Google backup and Playstore are some of its dependencies.

Any cloud apps are suspect...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] peacey8:
The calculation depends on what you want to know. Most people buying a new phone want to know if the battery will last "as long or longer" than their previous phone because they're fine with the phone being as good or better. No body asks if the battery can last "less or as long" as their previous phone because then you're mixing a category you're fine with (as good as) with one you're not (lasts less). So the particular metric most people are interested in is "as good or better" which as the poll suggests preliminarily, is 22.7+28.2 = 50.9%.

50% isn't very conclusive with such a small sample size and a wide margin of error, but at the least we can say that half the people responding think the phone's battery is as good or better, and half think it isn't. No need to make any more assumptions than that.

Of course if you are someone that wants to know if this phone's battery performance is worse or as good as S21 because you think being as good is also a negative result, then it is 70%.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Nobody would like to get a phone that lasts less than their earlier one, only exception would be if the earlier one lasted way longer than their requirement, so a little less could still be accepted. Also, no phone lasts as long as the predecessor or successor, it's either less or more, that's physics. If you look at the poll, again, it clearly suggests the S21U is better in terms of batterylife. The poll also helps people decide whether to upgrade or not if batterylife is a major deciding factor.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] alan_uk84:
I get over 12 hours sot by just watching YouTube non stop 🤣🤣
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Sasaiber:
Please tell me which regular applications need to be removed for better power consumption ?
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] vlubosh:
Amazing for just for yt 😆 for other usage not so amazing, i have Max 5h now, maybe because of usage in very Sunny conditions.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] rockky:
Pretty good eventually. 6-9 SOT DAILY
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] Virgo_Guy:
Post "AVF9" July build, getting about 4 and half hr of SOT in about 22 hours total over 100% Wi-Fi in medium usage pattern.
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] pratik_193:
You know the culprit!
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] blackhawk:
wolf! That's a hungry critter...
[Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra] linom:
Something definitely off with your phone. Maybe its FB drain. I have dual Sims running as a test and on 4G with WQHD+ & location on....am at 2.5hrs SOT at 62% after nearly 12 hours. I am at a single location though today and not on the road.

I'd suggest you clear cache and repair apps in recovery. Also, I have enabled 'Suspend apps in execution' under developer options, if that helps somehow (haven't really seen much difference though).