A not so positive First Two Days with Galaxy S9

[lorenzo.themax92]

Hi all.
I buy the Galaxy S9 Plus, received two days ago.
Currently i have the January Firmware, no update here in Italy, that seems unstable right now.
Compared to my Oneplus 5t, sorry to say, but it is a bit laggier.

In those days, 2 times / 10 some application (Google maps - Twitter) have crashes or made the phone unusable (i have to force close Google maps three times yesterday).

Also, the battery is draining really fast, battery today drops with a medium usage to 10% after 2h of screen.

Hoping that the situation will be better with the new firmware.

 

[MaZaGnGy]

2 days for testing battery life not enough the device still learning how u use it
for crashing and unstable for sure updates will solve that

 

[CuBz90]

The device isn't even officially released yet. Give them time to release the update that we already know is being released (already has been in Germany).

Allow more time for battery. A new phone has to learn your usage patterns before the battery is properly optimised.

If you're getting a lot of app crashes there's something wrong. Try a factory reset. If that doesn't work, return it as its faulty.

 

[qwsdert4]

battery indeed drain very fast. I own a regular UK dual sim s9. compared to S8 which I previously own, sot is up to 1.5 hours shorter. basic operation heats up phone fast too.

 

[mix1987]

I have none of such problems. No crashes so far. Battery life is great. Maybe faulty unit?

 

[mix1987]

These are my battery figures so far.

 

[ben-fisher-bro]

I have had no crashes just yet. I managed about 4 hours SoT over an 18 hour day yesterday. Not amazing but better than my old 6P.

The device is lightning fast and keeps quite a bit in memory too!

 

[exocetdj]

Got the plus and had an ota yesterday. 1 fc of something I can't quite remember prior to update.

Been rock stable and battery excellent since then

 

[skivnit]

These are my battery figures so far.

Something wrong with your apps/configuration. Android system can't be the top drainer....

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Hi all.
I buy the Galaxy S9 Plus, received two days ago.
Currently i have the January Firmware, no update here in Italy, that seems unstable right now.
Compared to my Oneplus 5t, sorry to say, but it is a bit laggier.

In those days, 2 times / 10 some application (Google maps - Twitter) have crashes or made the phone unusable (i have to force close Google maps three times yesterday).

Also, the battery is draining really fast, battery today drops with a medium usage to 10% after 2h of screen.

Hoping that the situation will be better with the new firmware.

I can tell you one thing when users report 5-7hrs sot and you just get 2, you can't blame the phone something is wrong with the apps you have or with some syncing issue

 

[lorenzo.themax92]

Something wrong with your apps/configuration. Android system can't be the top drainer....

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I can tell you one thing when users report 5-7hrs sot and you just get 2, you can't blame the phone something is wrong with the apps you have or with some syncing issue

I will post in those days, some screenshot about my battery usage, so you can understand.
However, i will reset the phone tonight, so we can check if it's something wrong with my apps.

 

[Rapier]

It is the usage pattern that counts as well as the apps, theme and so on. Some might not use Facebook for ex that is known to heavily drain battery. Others might have dark/black themes that helps, or medium batery saving mode...there are hundreds of scenarios. One user that has his phone set on FHD+ resolution wil have the battery lasts longer than one that has it at WQHD. Some might have smartwatches and devices that require permanent BT on or high location settings. All these consume battery so just saying mine has that much SOT or it lasts that much time, means nothing.

For ex, in the print screens above mix197 had 13 hrs of standby with 2 hrs SOT...2 hrs of doing what? Cause there is no voice call (and he has VoLTE active that sucks battery), no navigation, no nothing. Read the Bible for 9 mins and browsed the internet for 20...and having 13 hrs of IDLE. That's a graphic showing night usage...probably lasted like this since he was sleeping and the phone too.

What I want to say is that don't bother to compare your new devices with others....eventualy compare it with your old devices since those had the same apps and usage pattern (mostly). And read how to improve on battery: use a dark theme, disable un-needed packages/bloatware...including but not limited to Gear VR, Gear S, Facebook, Bixby if you don;t use, ANT+ and so on...deactivate BT, or set the mobile data to turn off when on WiFi (is in dev settings as I recall and it's on by default to switch quicker from wifi to mobile data). All these will help you get some more battery

 

[skivnit]

It is the usage pattern that counts as well as the apps, theme and so on. Some might not use Facebook for ex that is known to heavily drain battery. Others might have dark/black themes that helps, or medium batery saving mode...there are hundreds of scenarios. One user that has his phone set on FHD+ resolution wil have the battery lasts longer than one that has it at WQHD. Some might have smartwatches and devices that require permanent BT on or high location settings. All these consume battery so just saying mine has that much SOT or it lasts that much time, means nothing.

For ex, in the print screens above mix197 had 13 hrs of standby with 2 hrs SOT...2 hrs of doing what? Cause there is no voice call (and he has VoLTE active that sucks battery), no navigation, no nothing. Read the Bible for 9 mins and browsed the internet for 20...and having 13 hrs of IDLE. That's a graphic showing night usage...probably lasted like this since he was sleeping and the phone too.

What I want to say is that don't bother to compare your new devices with others....eventualy compare it with your old devices since those had the same apps and usage pattern (mostly). And read how to improve on battery: use a dark theme, disable un-needed packages/bloatware...including but not limited to Gear VR, Gear S, Facebook, Bixby if you don;t use, ANT+ and so on...deactivate BT, or set the mobile data to turn off when on WiFi (is in dev settings as I recall and it's on by default to switch quicker from wifi to mobile data). All these will help you get some more battery

The only reason people try to compare is to know if theres a problem with their device. For the s9+ it is the case as some are reporting 6-7Hrs sot while others are reporting 2-3hrs

 

[Rapier]

I still believe that usage pattern and applications makes the difference. Such comparison should reflect something if same person was doing the tests. As this is not the case, results may vary by a large margin as I said. Besides that, the difference in hardware might be the binning (as it was the case with Note 8 or S8/S8+ devices). Could be that devices with higher SOT have higher values for nAsv too so that would mean they're much more power efficient and have higher performance too.

 

[skivnit]

I still believe that usage pattern and applications makes the difference. Such comparison should reflect something if same person was doing the tests. As this is not the case, results may vary by a large margin as I said. Besides that, the difference in hardware might be the binning (as it was the case with Note 8 or S8/S8+ devices). Could be that devices with higher SOT have higher values for nAsv too so that would mean they're much more power efficient and have higher performance too.

That's why i started a thread called chip bin and benchmarks

 

[lorenzo.themax92]

Ok, i think that maybe there are some serious problem.
Only 1h and 30 of screen on, and already at 57% of battery.

Something goes wrong.
See screenshot attached

 

[skivnit]

Yes android system is an aggregate of many things you need to install BBS or gsam

 

[3bs11]

Got the plus and had an ota yesterday. 1 fc of something I can't quite remember prior to update.

Been rock stable and battery excellent since then

How do you get such good battery life. I bearly get 3-4 SOT

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Something wrong with your apps/configuration. Android system can't be the top drainer....

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I can tell you one thing when users report 5-7hrs sot and you just get 2, you can't blame the phone something is wrong with the apps you have or with some syncing issue

My screen is usually on top then it's Android System. How do I figure out what's causing my bad battery life?

 

[skivnit]

How do you get such good battery life. I bearly get 3-4 SOT

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My screen is usually on top then it's Android System. How do I figure out what's causing my bad battery life?

Install betterbatteystats and grant it the permissions via adb

 

[3bs11]

Install betterbatteystats and grant it the permissions via adb

I just did that with gsam. Now what?

 

[skivnit]

I just did that with gsam. Now what?

Now you leave your phone for an hour or 2 untouched and see how it behaves. Look for partial wakelocks and alarms