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 Note 7 before depleting the battery.

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

 

[HeavenlyFall]

Got 6 hours sot on my first usage starting at 90%, wifi only - internet/youtube/light gaming

Not impressive but decent, not as terrible as I thought sd820 was going to be aside from it being hot

 

[DudeThatsErin]

Could be better but with all of the battery saving features you get, I don't have any issues with how long the battery lasts with the screen on.

 

[twelvematic]

You can also change the resolution to FHD. It will increase the SOT and FPS while playing videogames Great new feature :good:

 

[EarlZ]

Got 6 hours sot on my first usage starting at 90%, wifi only - internet/youtube/light gaming

Not impressive but decent, not as terrible as I thought sd820 was going to be aside from it being hot

What SOT is impressive for you and what phone is that ?

 

[HeavenlyFall]

What SOT is impressive for you and what phone is that ?

6 hours of heavy usage with LTE would be very impressive, S7E exynos can pull off 6-7 hours in that regard.

6 hours with wifi and light usage is pretty typical even for mid range phones, my 7 years old iphone can pull off similar results in airplane mode.

 

[NAiLs00]

What SOT is impressive for you and what phone is that ?

No ****, eh? I am beyond happy with the SOT with this phone... hell, the battery period. My POS LG G3 couldn't go more than 3.5 hours SOT with light to moderate usage.

 

[matsuyamakaze]

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[matsuyamakaze]

20 hours 30minutes on phone charged 100percent at 1 am it's now 908pm 23 percent battery left. 4hourd 43 minutes sot I'm impressed.

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[Malik828]

6 hours of heavy usage with LTE would be very impressive, S7E exynos can pull off 6-7 hours in that regard.

6 hours with wifi and light usage is pretty typical even for mid range phones, my 7 years old iphone can pull off similar results in airplane mode.

U are saying iphone 3gs was capable of 6 hours of usage

 

[matsuyamakaze]

Lol standby or airplane mide note 7 would last a week. Easy.

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[er.g.anand90]

Mine clocked 8 hrs with wifi, you tube, moderate gaming and online music.

 

[imatts]

I've managed about 17hrs SOT on my Note 5 once*


*Attatched to a battery pack lol

 

[Psiryu]

Snapdragon model note 7. Had 6 hours 30 minutes of screen on time, 3 more hours of standby, WiFi, Bluetooth, WiFi calling, and AOD all active, location set to battery saving, none of the power saving features active, spent lots of time in Firefox and Facebook messenger, watched a full movie from SD card at 100% brightness, sketched in autodesk sketchbook with the s pen for maybe an hour, and I still have 35% remaining. Been at full bars of reception all day, though, so no drain from low signal. Either way, I'm impressed. Especially coming from my HTC one m9, haha. And the phone stayed pretty cool all day, especially compared to the m9.

 

[JuliusCes]

Hi, I'm looking at around 5 hours of SOT.

I believe I am experiencing severe battery drain on my phone. My phone doesn't last a complete day without needing a recharge.
Here are some quick stats.
- My phone has been on for 6h20m. Screen on for 2h17mn. Battery left is 58%. Although, I've turned on MAX power saving mode for about 1 hour or two today to ensure that my phone can last throughout the day.
- I usually have screen brightness at 50% or lower.
- According to the device maintenance app, and depending on past usage I have enough juice for another 6h50mn. That would lead to screen time of about 4 to 5 hours.
- I'm using dark themes whenever possible to reduce screen battery consumption.
- I've played a game for about 10 to 20 minutes today
- I've noticed that when my screen is on, every couple of minutes (maybe 5 minutes at the most) my battery percentage will drop by 1%.
- I mainly use my phone for gReader (RSS Reader with dark theme modee), WhatsApp (with black wallpaper) and the Economist.
- The top 3 items that have consumed my battery so far are: Screen (33%), Android OS (21%), Andoroid System (16%)
- I'm using two SIMs on my phone
- Believed to be Exynos. Bought it from the Middle East
- Always on Dispaly has 4 clocks on at all times. Probably using more battery.

Am I a heavy user hence why my battery is running out quickly. Or are there certainly issues with the battery?

Thanks for your feedback

 

[dsedapr]

I feel as if I'm getting horrible battery life as well. Been hard to tell being that I have horrible signal at work, if it doesn't improve with real world usage this weekend I'm going to phone att for a replacement.

 

[jasenko]

SOT is a useless measure on it's own, doesn't tell anything about the battery life. I doubt you can get 6h SOT and that your phone can last until the end of the day. Yesterday I got about 4h SOT and around 14h uptime before I plugged it in again. Can't say that I am unhappy with that.

 

[HeavenlyFall]

5 hours of playing Deemo and have 14% remaining, probably going to refund it for a S7E with exynos instead or keep it and sell it before S8 launches

Wifi only, brightness was around 30% auto. Not a gpu intensive game at all so not as impressive as it sounds. I believe the S7E exynos did 5 hours of pokemon go with max brightness.

 

[guthrien]

I'm getting great battery. Better than my Nexus 6P, which I didn't expect. Seemed to run hot day 2, not day 3. Not...sure why. Love the power options, normally I hate to touch power saving.

 

[jasenko]

SOT is a useless measure on it's own, doesn't tell anything about the battery life. I doubt you can get 6h SOT and that your phone can last until the end of the day. Yesterday I got about 4h SOT and around 14h uptime before I plugged it in again. Can't say that I am unhappy with that.

Quoting myself here. Day 4 with the phone, 4:10 SOT with 18 h of on-battery time. Battery went down to 4%. Just a normal use, few videos, lots of music played (Deezer and Pandora), about 30m of Pokemon Go, news, etc. Once again, not unhappy with the results. I would prefer if I have another 5-10% left to account for the unexpected. Otherwise, all good.