S5 Battery
Hey anyone have the new S5 with stock OS running? If so, how's your battery life? Mine's complete shit right now and I'm not even using it very heavily.
S5 Battery
You can teach any phone to have a good battery life by letting its battery run out.
Just let your phone battery die then charge it. Keep doing that for more than a week and you should see results.
As for a specific answer, @Doc should know.
Just let your phone battery die then charge it. Keep doing that for more than a week and you should see results.
As for a specific answer, @Doc should know.
Originally Posted by Ferris Bueller
You can teach any phone to have a good battery life by letting its battery run out.
Just let your phone battery die then charge it. Keep doing that for more than a week and you should see results.
As for a specific answer, @Doc should know.
Just let your phone battery die then charge it. Keep doing that for more than a week and you should see results.
As for a specific answer, @Doc should know.
Had mine for about 4 days now, fully charged it twice. A full day of use will see it drop to around 30-40%, with constant downloading, gaming, streaming. Today I used it normally (checking it every half hour or so, played a game for half an hour, browsed reddit) and it is sitting at 76%. You might have a dud unit. I have the 4G/LTE version though.
Google is your friend... 
I always though that dropping battery to zero more than the first time reduces battery life time.
Originally Posted by Mokou-Sama
I always though that dropping battery to zero more than the first time reduces battery life time.
Originally Posted by Leossez
It's actually recommended that u let it run down to zero once per month and then do a full charge up to 100%, this way the battery life will last longer.
Originally Posted by Mokou-Sama
Will do. Thanks for the tip.
Off some useless stuff like Bluetooth to reduce battery life time.
Got mine at 1:30pm today, Quick charged it to 100% and it was off the charger by 3pm.
It's now 12:39am and it's at 68% with just general internet browsing, 4g usage and camera usage. Seems okay to me.
Will see how it goes over the coming days on a full charge.
It's now 12:39am and it's at 68% with just general internet browsing, 4g usage and camera usage. Seems okay to me.
Will see how it goes over the coming days on a full charge.
Originally Posted by Doc
Had mine for about 4 days now, fully charged it twice. A full day of use will see it drop to around 30-40%, with constant downloading, gaming, streaming. Today I used it normally (checking it every half hour or so, played a game for half an hour, browsed reddit) and it is sitting at 76%. You might have a dud unit. I have the 4G/LTE version though.
Originally Posted by Genesis
Got mine at 1:30pm today, Quick charged it to 100% and it was off the charger by 3pm.
It's now 12:39am and it's at 68% with just general internet browsing, 4g usage and camera usage. Seems okay to me.
Will see how it goes over the coming days on a full charge.
It's now 12:39am and it's at 68% with just general internet browsing, 4g usage and camera usage. Seems okay to me.
Will see how it goes over the coming days on a full charge.
I contacted Samsung a few days ago and they said this is apparently normal; however after reading your comments, I am starting to doubt that. What can I do to claim a warranty or can I just bring it back to my carrier for an exchange (with T-mobile in the US).
Originally Posted by user415141
I usually do a full charge every other day, depending if I use the phone that much. Normally, I have my WiFi and LTE on but I'm mostly using WiFi. The phone barely lasts a full 24 hours on a full charge with just simple web browsing. Ultra Power Saving mode actually kills my battery faster than just the normal OS running. And today, when I tested the phone, I was just browsing Wikipedia for about 25 minutes and I dropped about 10% on WiFi with the brightness to near minimum.
I contacted Samsung a few days ago and they said this is apparently normal; however after reading your comments, I am starting to doubt that. What can I do to claim a warranty or can I just bring it back to my carrier for an exchange (with T-mobile in the US).
Originally Posted by Doc
You would probably have more luck going back to your carrier, you'd have more consumer power by doing so, because you are a direct customer with T-Mobile not Samsung. Not to mention T-Mobile has a vested interest in its customer satisfaction rates considering it's latest business strat.
Battery is fine on my device. Had the phone off charge since 11am and I took this picture at 2am last night.
Could have lasted another whole day if it wanted to.
Could have lasted another whole day if it wanted to.
