What's your screen on time on your S5 in 2017 ?

Benjamin2557

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Hello,

I am wondering if I am the only one to get between 3 and 4 hours of screen on time for one charge ? I'm using my original battery of 2800 mA (almost 4 years old now).
How much are you getting guys ?

I have nemesis reborn v4 ROM with phoenix kernel v13 but I got a similar battery life with the stock MM ROM.

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Benjamin2557

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Hello,

I am wondering if I am the only one to get between 3 and 4 hours of screen on time for one charge ? I'm using my original battery of 2800 mA (almost 4 years old now).
How much are you getting guys ?

I have nemesis reborn v4 ROM with phoenix kernel v13 but I got a similar battery life with the stock MM ROM.

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Today I have for example 3 hours and 40 minutes of SOT.

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Benjamin2557

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Mostly about 4h 30min to 5h SOT in daily use. My record is 6h 30min (xXx NoLimits Rom + Boeffla Kernel).
What kind of usage did you have with the phone to get such a screen of time (I mean 6 and a half) ?
I believe if I get less than 4 hours is that my battery is too old...

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I'm running Xtreme Dynamic Kat (4.4.2) with every battery improvement I can think of (Xposed Amplify etc). Light social media use with some email, chrome, and less than an hour of Spotify, and I get at best 4 hours SoT. It usually would project out to about 3:15 hrs. on most days I would guess.

My "android system" and "screen" usage typically have about the same percentage at the end of the day. I try to keep my screen dimmed and use as many dark themes as possible. It blows my mind these people who say they can get 5 hours or more. I can't imagine what that's like or how to get there. Makes me want to get a new phone :(
 
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Here is what I get with nemesis reborn v4 with phoenix kernel (the battery life looks the same on stock MM ROM).
I'm trying also to understand how some people are getting more than 6 hours ! I have greenify + amplify + xposed 87.1 flashed on my ROM.

And without all these kind of stuff, I have less than 4 hours anyway...
Maybe some ROMS like lineage or cyanogenmod helps.
For the health of the battery, some applications like ampere meter or Ampère says that my battery health is good.Screenshot_20171030-190232.jpgScreenshot_20171030-190239.jpgScreenshot_20171030-190259.jpgScreenshot_20171031-160343.jpgScreenshot_20171031-160329.jpgScreenshot_20171031-160309.jpg

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Benjamin2557

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I'm running Xtreme Dynamic Kat (4.4.2) with every battery improvement I can think of (Xposed Amplify etc). Light social media use with some email, chrome, and less than an hour of Spotify, and I get at best 4 hours SoT. It usually would project out to about 3:15 hrs. on most days I would guess.

My "android system" and "screen" usage typically have about the same percentage at the end of the day. I try to keep my screen dimmed and use as many dark themes as possible. It blows my mind these people who say they can get 5 hours or more. I can't imagine what that's like or how to get there. Makes me want to get a new phone :(
You seem to have the same battery life as me but I'm running marshmallow 6.0.1 with nemesis reborn v4. My android system use to consume 8% of my battery per a charge and my screen 26%.
I can only say that your android system doesn't seem very normal. For this problem, try to boot into recovery mode and swipe cache and make a factory reset. I saw that this method helped some people.

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I'm running Xtreme Dynamic Kat (4.4.2) with every battery improvement I can think of (Xposed Amplify etc). Light social media use with some email, chrome, and less than an hour of Spotify, and I get at best 4 hours SoT. It usually would project out to about 3:15 hrs. on most days I would guess.

My "android system" and "screen" usage typically have about the same percentage at the end of the day. I try to keep my screen dimmed and use as many dark themes as possible. It blows my mind these people who say they can get 5 hours or more. I can't imagine what that's like or how to get there. Makes me want to get a new phone :(
I had the same feeling when my S2 was barely hitting 2 hours when other people had like 3 or even 4 hours :(
I found screenshot from my S5:

Unfortunately i don't have screenshot of my best time :(
 

Benjamin2557

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I had the same feeling when my S2 was barely hitting 2 hours when other people had like 3 or even 4 hours :(
I found screenshot from my S5:

Unfortunately i don't have screenshot of my best time :(
It's impressive ! I get 3 1/2 - 4 hours instead of 6 hours of SOT. Did you use stock rom 6.0.1 and stock kernel 3.4.0 ?

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It's impressive ! I get 3 1/2 - 4 hours instead of 6 hours of SOT. Did you use stock rom 6.0.1 and stock kernel 3.4.0 ?

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As I mentioned above. I use xXx NoLimits Rom (which is basically stock 6.0.1 deoxydated with small tweaks) + Boeffla Kernel. I have Xposed installed, but I don't use Greenify, Amplify or PowerNap.
 

Benjamin2557

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As I mentioned above. I use xXx NoLimits Rom (which is basically stock 6.0.1 deoxydated with small tweaks) + Boeffla Kernel. I have Xposed installed, but I don't use Greenify, Amplify or PowerNap.
Ok I'll try it to see how much I can get with mine.

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Just thought I'd provide an update. Still running Xtreme Dynamic Kat 4.4.2 on my G900A. Replaced the battery with a OEM style 2800mAh one from Anker and it has given me about 50-80% more screen on time and overall battery life. It seriously has made a difference compared to my original 2.5 year old OEM battery. I still get high Android System usage, however I believe that is directly correlated to my use patterns (lots of Spotify streaming and Hulu casting with the screen off). If I stick to web based activities I can get 6 hours of screen on time now. Incredible!
 
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Benjamin2557

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Just thought I'd provide an update. Still running Xtreme Dynamic Kat 4.4.2 on my G900A. Replaced the battery with a OEM style 2800mAh one from Anker and it has given me about 50-80% more screen on time and overall battery life. It seriously has made a difference compared to my original 2.5 year old OEM battery. I still get high Android System usage, however I believe that is directly correlated to my use patterns (lots of Spotify streaming and Hulu casting with the screen off). If I stick to web based activities I can get 6 hours of screen on time now. Incredible!
Hi, thanks for your answer. If your android system consume more than your screen, I suggest you to do a wipe cache and remove your Dalvik cache with a custom recovery.

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Hey fellow S5ers :) I don't really take notes of how many hours of SOT I get per day but I'm sure that I can get double that or even more if I turn off 4G and WiFi. Not to mention that my battery is already 1+ years old so if i change it I'd get a lot more. Try to live without any kind of Internet for one day and you'll see insane numbers :D Just having the Internet switched on without even using it drains too much battery but i can't live offline xd
 
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