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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] s3fan:
My last check yesterday was 3 percent
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
Thanks, is that with WiFi data Bluetooth GPS etc off? How many hours standby did you lose 3% on?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] pjaysnowden:
The amazing battery life has a lot to do with the display too. It is a hugely more efficient panel.

Samsung gave the Galaxy S23 series a new energy-efficient AMOLED display

Samsung confirmed that it has fitted the Galaxy S23 line with a new type of AMOLED display that saves on power.

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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] s3fan:
All on. Wifi. Data. Location. Bluetooth. Performance mode.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
I'm so happy with this battery performance and am afraid to update OS when it comes out...Given the great track record of Samsung breaking things that don't need fixing, there's a high probability that the battery life will go for a toss
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] dezborders:
Had my s23 ultra since 7 Feb and consistently get just under 10 hours of SOT (most of my day is indoors on WiFi, with a 2 or 3 hours walk most afternoons in 4g)

I am running pretty.much on default settings for screen and battery - I just use my phone normally and forget about battery optimisation settings

This is the best battery.life EVER on a Samsung!
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] aureum:
After 2 weeks with the 23u and my standard use of it i have from 85% to 30% (i never go below 30%) 4h SoT

I think it is ok. I use performance mode, all location, Bluetooth with watch, some 5G, some WiFi etc.

I mostly read on phone, scrolling...
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
In offline mode and closing all the app before sleeping I loose 0%
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
Hmmm I need to change a setting then or something, I lose 2-3%
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
Have you done anything specific in battery settings? Any debloating? Is this with wqhd + 120hz? Standard mode or lite mode? What's your battery settings ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
Yes I did debloat, light batter profile and battery saving (it's more than powerfu enough).

Plus I have disabled all the nearby services for smarthings find the phone offline wifi quick share etc.

I don't like having the phone always sending radio signals around for no reason
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
Can you give a brief list of what you debloated?

Also, android system intelligence service, is that even a necessary app? Would cause any issues if I disabled/deleted it?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Fl1nt91:
Honestly I didn't track the changes, but I followed this guide

Samsung Galaxy One UI - Optimization Guide

THIS IS A SUGGESTED CONFIGURATION FOR SAMSUNG DEVICES I - RECOMMENDED SETTINGS To Start With - Backup everything to Google Cloud/Samsung Cloud and Copy files to PC - Factory Reset is RECOMMENDED (At least after every major update OneUI/Android) -...

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I wasn't even too much aggressive with debloating, maybe I'll go for a second round
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] EtherealRemnant:
You were 20 hours off the charger. I don't know what you're expecting, but to have like 45ish percent of your battery left after 20 hours off the charger is extremely good for an Android device regardless of your screen on time.

I decided I personally don't really care. I limited my charging to 85% and I'll charge it each day for an hour or so to top it off. It's great that when I'm out and about, I'm not worried about my battery. I had 5 hours of screen on including waiting for Uber yesterday and after 22 hours off the charger I went from 87% to 22%. *shrug*
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
I disabled some permissions for Google services that weren't needed & debloated some Google apps too. 2 days battery is more than enough but definitely some of your battery is being wasted unnecessarily
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] matty100147:
What did you debloat and disable if you don't mind me asking
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
In the "sharing" screenshots turn off all the nearby/scanning features they are useless IMO. The screenshot that shows the Google assistant , calendar sync etc the top 2 have been disabled and the remaining 4 have been debloated. On the other page make sure WiFi scanning are off and Bluetooth scanning are off . The ones on top like location accuracy etc I only use when I've activated GPS
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] cledee:
do you have always on display on, off or tap to turn on?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] matty100147:
thanka, ive followed all your suggestions and il see if i can get the google play services drain down
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] blackhawk:
Try temporarily disabling Google play Services, Google backup Transport, Playstore and Gmail are dependencies. A logging firewall can be useful in spotting battery hogs and blocking Playstore and other apps from doing unwanted activities.

Cloud apps are prime suspects.

Disable all carrier, Google and app feedback. Carefully go through all Google settings.

Software Update co.ws.dm (or whatever it's current incarnation is) another parasite that does firmware updates. Disabling it eliminates unwanted surprises and background resource usage; enable only when you want OTA upgrades.

Use this setting change to disable ads globally.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Paul_Deemer:
Okay so this is a new test with Light Performance Profile and I Disabled AOD. Other than that, same settings as the previous test. And I only gained one hour over Standard Performance Profile going from 100% to 15%.

Using WQHD, Adaptive Smoothness, Adaptive Brightness, Adaptive Battery, Light Performance Profile, 5G mobile Off and using LTE instead. Other than that it's all Stock. You can see all the apps I use daily on my Home Screen.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dinosaure42:
So you this with continuous use on LTE or WiFi?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Paul_Deemer:
WIFI
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] pinoypower:
Very happy with the battery life, a far cry from my Note 20 Ultra's 3.5-4-hr SOT.

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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dinosaure42:
Yeah makes sense you'd definitely lose a couple of hours using LTE/5G but that's still damn impressive I'm running Work 3.0 Battery Life benchmark on mine rn I will tell y'all the results I get (not using it for an entire day is not easy lmfao)
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dinosaure42:
Yeah fr, was getting the same on my S21 Ultra Exynos let's say I was very disappointed I like to go travel and I need my phone to last me the whole day especially cuz of 5G and stuff cuz I like to go to 5G areas and test it there and this S23 Ultra doesn't disappoint I still have like 40-50% at the end of the day with 4G/5G only
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Paul_Deemer:
Turn off 5G and use LTE and it will save you a bunch on battery. Chrome causes a big drain and there is a problem with Samsung's keyboard that causing a big drain also but that should get fixed in a patch.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] s3fan:
Light mode. 5g off. No Bluetooth. Location on and everything else max. Most of time in very poor cell area but wifi calling
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dinosaure42:
Don't worry I have a Bixby routine whenever I'm home on WiFi it automatically switches both of my sims to 3G/2G
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] EtherealRemnant:
You can't even turn off 5G on a lot of carriers now. Not without some extra futzing around with 3rd party apps anyway (and it seems to reset itself whenever the phone reboots).
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dinosaure42:
It's sad that some carriers still lock phones here in Europe it's strictly prohibited to lock phones so even if you buy a phone along with a plan it won't be locked, I find it ridiculous there should really be a law in America and in other places where they're locked stopping them doing so. Otherwise you can always try this app that I really like "4G LTE Switcher 2" it opens some kind of secret menu and there you can switch anything off from 5G all the way to 2G and also force 4G/5G which was needed for me because I have a roaming sim and some networks were kicking me out and by doing that I was able to get 5G on those networks which is amazing haha
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
I'm with EE, on my rog phone I can turn off 5g in the settings. However, at home I switch to 2g as I'm using WiFi. Out and about I use 4g only.

On the Samsung you can't switch to 2g unfortunately, that option is now gone. As you said, you have to use a 3rd party app to do it.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] EtherealRemnant:
Yes I use the app "Force LTE Only (4G/5G)" but it's annoying that it doesn't stick. It's fine though. 5G networks are pretty good here and the battery drain of this phone on 5G is nothing compared to what it was on my Pixel 7 Pro.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
Yep it's a hidden menu, you used to be able to access it on older samsunvs by typing specific numbers on the phone dialer but they stopped that. I can use a dialer code on my rog phone 6 to access the hidden menu though but I guess Asus will stop that too when 5g becomes dominant
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] EtherealRemnant:
OnePlus blocks that menu as well now which is how I found the app I now use.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] matty100147:
After 24hrs following these steps Google play services is now 10th on my battery list today, compared to it always being first, thanks a lot for the tips, the difference is night and day, currently on 3hr30mins SOT today with 70% remaining, will do me another full day before a charge
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
You're welcome & I'm glad it worked for you !! Enjoy your much better battery life ☺️
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Paul_Deemer:
Well seems to work on T-Mobile. The option is there you just choose one.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
Interesting, in the UK some networks have limited bands.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
Here's an interesting discovery I've made. I don't know if it's a placebo or not...I disabled VoLTE and the battery life improved massively. Can someone please confirm if they experienced the same? The standby is just ridiculous with VoLTE disabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] EtherealRemnant:
Neither of my SIMs supports it.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Dinosaure42:
It's possible but I honestly can't tell you because my first sim the one I use to call with doesn't have VoLTE or VoWiFi
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
Here are my stats...
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
Google play services bettery drain
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
Which app do you use to debloat and disable?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
Adb to debloat, disable you can do it within the phone
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Keos214:
This s23 ultra is incredible very nice batery comming from xiaomi 12 pro with only 3h or maybe 4h SOT the difference is massive

7h50 minute and look screenshot with youtube vanced details cause i use for music when i work is very incredible

I use 5g 120 hz wifi at home auto brightness

What do you think i can do better or is fine ?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] lawtq:
I'm not getting the same battery as I used to get here. Going back to this previous software to try again

Edit:

WiFi calling may be the culprit it seems. Turned it off and battery is like in the pics again. Still testing though. Or it could be the release software that's restored my great battery.

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Samsung Galaxy S23 users report battery drain, fast charging and WiFi issues

Samsung is very actively distributing its Galaxy S23 devices to the users who have registered at the preorder offer, and the company has almost shipped devices quite appreciating and the customers who have already received the device have also received the new update at the same time the form of...

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[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] DrRazee95:
guys is it normal that my s23u tends to heat up easily? tends to be lukewarm near camera side
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Paul_Deemer:
What are you doing when it heats up?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] DrRazee95:
1h and passes of youtube and sometimes telegram, whts and sometimes instagram
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Klaudas:
I'm using youtube vanced for 2-3 hours straight watching 1440p 60fps videos and using facebook, facebook messenger constantly. No heat at all. It's only warm but from my hands not applications on the phone. Check your background activity
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] tobias14:
So, I disabled find my mobile and awake time is quite less now.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
Great 👍 but it is still very very high. I'm on 2days and 12 hours off charge, only have 12 minutes wake up time
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] tobias14:
Must be something with my setup. I found this screenshot from my Vivo X80 Pro which I had before S23U and awake time is even higher.

Could be related to Galaxy Watch 4 / Watch 4 manager...

Anyhow, I'm extremely satisfied with my S23U battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] hill67:
Awesome battery life. Love it.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
If you look back on this thread I've listed many tweaks to bring your wake time down, give them a go
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] jonycell:
Good morning, I did everything that is indicated and commented here, I eliminated things, I took permissions and in principle everything from 10 to the battery. Yesterday after loading 7am I arrived at night with 78% super satisfied. today when i wake up i lose 10% at night with wifi+bluetooth+gps. I go into whatsapp and I see that it was doing the synchronization and it was like it was hanging, it went to battery and it tells me that the last use of the app was 8 hours, it stayed there wanting to do the backup and that consumed my battery at night. now change it to weekly. we will see the behavior tonight to see if it really was that or not.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] oVeRdOsE.:
I got my 1st 0% battery overnight. can't tell what it was, but I did 3 thing

- OTA update

- Notification calendar ( app that let the calendar notif ON until you swipe it)

- No signal zone.

Tonight ill put it on plane mode to see if it was the on/off nosignal/edge.

How you guys get the app-scker from gsam? rooted? paid? I dont have any info on mine
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Thanos88:
How long was your overnight standby ?

For Gsam, enable adb permissions, it's free, use pc or laptop
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] s4androiduser:
does anyone have a list of packages safe to remove from s23u
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] hand-filer:
I use ADB AppControl and use the debloat tool at the safe level to start. From there I slowly pick and choose a few apps at a time to remove. If I mess up it's easy to backtrack and fix things.

There is no specific list that works for everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] bodomfan:
Adaptive refresh, light mode, nfc, Bluetooth, location off, power save mode turned on at 15%
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] EtherealRemnant:
Suddenly today my phone has stupid bad standby drain. To the tune of 3%/hr. Same strong signal as always, same WiFi network, same apps I was using...

GSam will no longer work for me and the wakelock detection on Battery Guru has never worked on the Samsung even with the adb permissions. Nothing unusual shows up in the battery screen so I don't know what to do to solve it...
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] tomy159:
Not bad for busy working day 😂
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] DrRazee95:
guys doing small tasks on the phone, it seems a little warm in the hands. Putting gsam I notice a 32° degree sometimes even 33 when I surf the internet as is possible
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Paul_Deemer:
Recommended operating temps for phones is 32° to 95° F or 0° to 35° C.

Right now just surfing this forum my temps are. CPU 16°C Battery Temp 25°C.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Paul_Deemer:
After I ran 3D Mark Extreme tests Battery temp went from 25°C to 34°C. So if you just surfing the web you shouldn't be at 33°C. How hot is it where you are? What's the ambient room temperature?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
This post might be a little off-topic but I think we must stop obsessing over the SOTs. I see screenshots with 10 hrs+ SOT. While this is impressive, you must realize that you spent most of your waking hours looking at the phone than yourself and/or people around you! This is scary!

Yes, SOT's are good to show off but it's not a metric of the phone's battery life or its performance. I know there will be participants here ready to pull out the flame gun by showing my own battery life post a few posts earlier! But, hear me out, the S23U is a very capable device that's intelligent enough to extract the max juice out of the battery. We can all hit record SOTs on this device by simply opening an ebook reader and reading a book or at least pretending to read it - open the app 8am, leave the phone and come back after 12 hours...believe me, your battery % (assuming you started at 100) would be around 60% with 12 hours SOT. I'm saying this based on my experience when I experimented with my old S21U. We should be more concerned with rogue battery drains than with endurance.

Please take some time off...please don't miss out on the good things in life in the pursuit of getting the highest SOT...it's a humble request!

P.S. Let the flaming begin!
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] lawtq:
You're right. The addiction is just not good for any of us, these things are detrimental to our lives.

Screen on time is part of battery life, obviously. It's not everything but we can judge if we see it with the other data like how long off charge, idle drain and apps used. All that info is important 🔥 flame over lol
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
Comrades, can someone explain what is this wakelock?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] DrRazee95:
hello and thanks for the answer!

If the phone is in a cool place, it tends to heat up little or nothing around 29 degrees. But since my apartment has heating in the house, could that be the problem? now currently being on YT and answering here on the forum the tel measures 31° so I think it's normal given the heat in my house! lol
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] zorbakun:
Guys, How long does it take for your S23 Ultra to charge from less than 5% to 100% using Samsung Official 45W charger? Also does anyone know any app which can check and monitor charging WATTS while charging the phone?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] lawtq:
Some YouTube videos will show you charge time.

Accubattery, gsam, battery guru. They'll all show you charging wattage.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Paul_Deemer:
Why would you run your battery down that far? That's just going to decrease the life of your battery in the long run if you keep doing that. Everyone will tell you different numbers but for me the sweet spot is 85% - 25%. I have the 45 watt Samsung Charger. I'll run it down to 25% today and charge it to 100% and let you know how long it took. Samsung basically tells you it's better to charge often like when you get to 40-50% but that's a little unrealistic.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] illetyus:
Can anyone comment on my Wakelock details? Is this fine?

My main "Battery Drainer" is Android system but this does not show in Samsung's own battery details.

This is from Gsam.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] m3ath:
1440p

60hz

High use of the camera

Performance profile

Light

Wifi and 4g data
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
Have you rooted? Or, are you just using the battery monitor component of the app? If you have rooted, you are a brave soul!
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
Everything is normal. Android system drain will be the top on everyone's GSAM window.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] m3ath:
no using for battery monitor
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Paul_Deemer:
I ain't running my battery down to 5% but in a test just now from 20% - 100% the charge time with the Official Samsung 45 watt charger was 56 min.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Bobthahog:
I get really good screen on time too and mine is set to 120 Hertz refresh rate but I do have the app called Galaxy MaxHZ and I have my refresh rate set to 96 Hertz as the highest because you really can't tell the difference between 96 and 120. I do have some apps and sleep and just a few in deep sleep. I still also use greenify for the aggressive doze and doze on the go. It now works with shizuku manager which allows doze on the go and puts apps in hibernation mode immediately. Almost like root. Also using hex theming app so my phone is pretty much totally blacked out. Just now put my device on light mode today. Before today it had been on standard and I have been getting eight to 11 hours SOT. Not super heavy use but medium use. Location is always on. And here is a screenshot from a few days ago.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] arsenalfan001:
I'm a light user and I'm pretty happy with what I'm getting.

Just updated to the latest security patch though and will have to see if this kind of efficiency is achievable going forward.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
It's too early to say the battery will be this good going forward...Having used Samsung phones for while, I'd say we'd have better luck at the roulette than consistent battery life with every incremental update.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] Ornisense:
This device is a BEAST! Regular office day i used to go to sleep with s20+ 5% left.. This phone had 51% last night.. Am i crazy or the battery? I play games and listen to Spotify all 2hours transportation time from work to home train.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
There seems to be a reddit thread for this:

https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS20FE/comments/112hn0l

Anyone here has this issue? Is this something to do with the wifi router?
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
I can confirm this drain is associated with WiFi.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
This is not related to WiFi either. I think I need odin flash to get rid of this stupid drain.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] EtherealRemnant:
60% usage in close to 24 hours is pretty decent considering that I had my Galaxy Watch 4 Classic paired the whole time (I'm not willing to pay to have it have its own mobile data and I don't like the battery drain when it's on WiFi so the watch makes heavy use of my phone's Bluetooth), had 3 hours of VLC playing while I was sleeping (screen off, video played as audio), and I haven't disabled any phone features. If GSam didn't stop working after I gave it permissions I would try to hunt down some wakelocks for some better battery but really, less than an hour a day on the charger to get a full 24 hours of usage is perfectly fine with me.

In fact, this was from when I went to the dentist the other day. Was doing some 5G speed tests and everything.

If I have to be out of the house doing things, I'll just charge to 100% like I did that day.

Extremely pleased to have a phone that has a 5G modem that doesn't waste double digits of battery when in use. In fact I actually compared LTE vs 5G standby and it's negligible with this device. There's just no reason to turn it off anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] peterg21:
I see you are using Battery Guru. Did you not sort out the GSAM Battery Monitor pro issue? I had this problem once and had to uninstall and reinstall again, including, I think redoing the ADB permissions. Working fine now.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] EtherealRemnant:
I ended up uninstalling it after seeing others say that it stopped working again after giving permissions. Maybe I'll try it again soon but for now, I'm not complaining about the battery at all. It more than meets my needs.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] peterg21:
Fair enough. I was noting your posts on the Pixel 7 Pro and you were, partly, responsible for my deciding to not go with the 7 Pro.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] EtherealRemnant:
I have no regrets with my switch, that's for sure. This phone is a dream. Coming from someone who used to say he would never buy Samsung again, that's quite the endorsement I think lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra] amirage:
Is battery guru the same as accubattery or is it better?