Screen on time

[XDA_RealLifeReview]

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge before depleting the battery.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

 

[danny772]

exynos variant here
charged 100 % in the morning .. 25 % at 12 am .. 4 hours screen on time
i used very little gaming and a bit of gear vr to try it

but with such a huge battery .. im not impressed.

 

[johanbiff]

6h 3min SOT over 1day and 16h use. @11% left, Heavy use, Exynos

 

[Chris_84]

exynos variant here
charged 100 % in the morning .. 25 % at 12 am .. 4 hours screen on time
i used very little gaming and a bit of gear vr to try it

but with such a huge battery .. im not impressed.

Got the same variant and was pretty impressed. Yesterday I had it 20 hours running until 2 percent. Sounds not much but I had 7 hours screen on time. Think this is pretty good imo.

 

[danny772]

Got the same variant and was pretty impressed. Yesterday I had it 20 hours running until 2 percent. Sounds not much but I had 7 hours screen on time. Think this is pretty good imo.

today's story is 10 am to 12 45 am
100% to 20% with only 3 hours screen on time
Wifi or Data ( 3g/2g autoconnect) used
only messaging , a little bit of the camera and 5 mins of clash of clans used .

is this normal .. or should i contact samsung ?

 

[TeamSlayr]

So this was yesterday once i got home. Mainly browsing the web, reddiit, gaming som light games. Still 40% left! I'm just AMAZED by my battery, especially coming from a G3. I'm using the Exynos variant

 

[Chris_84]

today's story is 10 am to 12 45 am
100% to 20% with only 3 hours screen on time
Wifi or Data ( 3g/2g autoconnect) used
only messaging , a little bit of the camera and 5 mins of clash of clans used .

is this normal .. or should i contact samsung ?

This sounds not normal. It seems you got some apps running in the background and eating your battery. What apps are on your list at the top in settings?

 

[Ausboy 2011]

Exynos

 

[danny772]

This sounds not normal. It seems you got some apps running in the background and eating your battery. What apps are on your list at the top in settings?

This is todays .. hope it helps you to help me

 

[Travis Bickle]

This is todays .. hope it helps you to help me

Its most likely the Facebook app.

 

[donoboy97]

Take a look at this...

 

[dvoya]

just amazing sot (s7 edge, international variant)

 

[dvoya]

...

 

[danny772]

Its most likely the Facebook app.

I'll disable it and report back... Hopefully it helps

 

[nrfitchett4]

today's story is 10 am to 12 45 am
100% to 20% with only 3 hours screen on time
Wifi or Data ( 3g/2g autoconnect) used
only messaging , a little bit of the camera and 5 mins of clash of clans used .

is this normal .. or should i contact samsung ?

No LTE? Are you in bad signal area? Weak signal is killer of batteries.

 

[danny772]

No LTE? Are you in bad signal area? Weak signal is killer of batteries.

I don't find LTE is needed but I'm in a pretty good signal area most times.
You think I should go to a Samsung service center ?

 

[nrfitchett4]

I doubt a different device will be any different. Unless the phone is acting up, chances are it's an app or setting causing the trouble. Screen brightness, under location settings, make sure scan BTW and WiFi are turned off, those have been big ones for me in the past. Right now I'm testing adguard which runs VPN on your phone to block ads and it's hitting my battery pretty hard, but with fast charging and big battery, I'm living with it for now.

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Also, you might want to set data settings to default and let the phone pick the strongest signal.

 

[xcaliburpcs]

I don't find LTE is needed but I'm in a pretty good signal area most times.
You think I should go to a Samsung service center ?

Do a factory reset and clear cache from recovery a couple of times, i would recommend a reflash. I'm a sec at best buy.

 

[Fab49ers]

Temped to return it..

I've a UK version and I've been not really happy with battery life.
First thing, I disables AOD,but that didn't change anything.
I did a factory reset and I did set it up as fresh new without any App and/or Account.
So the phone has Wifi+LTE on and after 21h18m I've 36% left with 1h25m SoT done with Web Browsing.
The settings are standard, no sync, no AOD, Edge night mode.
Should I return the phone?

Thanks for advice

 

[uscool]

very impressed with the battery life, took it off charge yesterday around 9pm, been on all day on 4g, great 7 hours screen on time , this with auto brightness, 4 emails syncing