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Re: Battery mileage down to 1/4 in a year?

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Martin Schöön wrote:
> A year ago I got my first smart-phone at work, a Samsung S5 mini.
> Some of you may remember me asking for advice on apps for work.
> This post is not about what I opted for and how they worked. This
> is about battery life.
>
> At first battery life exceeded my expectations by a wide margin.
> I found I got four working days out of a charge -- I don't use
> the phone off duty and switch it to 'ultra energy save' mode
> when not at work. So I charged the phone twice a week.
>
> Four or five months later I realized I had lost one day: 3 days
> on a charge. At the time I could not recall a distinct change.
> I think it crept up on me gradually and I had not changed my
> use pattern. I still 'only' check emails, look at what's up next
> in my calendar, place and receive a few calls. I access www
> less than once a day and youtube has only been used once in
> a year. My computer and its 24" screen is much better at that.
> No social media.
>
> Then there was a major Android/Samsung system up-date and I was down
> to two days on a charge. There was a clear before/after experience
> this time.
>
> Now, a couple of months later, I get one day with some margin out
> of a charge. Nothing I do including un-installing apps I never use
> and reducing email syncing frequency to an hourly rate helps. In
> 'ultra energy save' mode the phone tells me it will last ten days
> when fully charge but it is 'dead' after two days. So, yes, I
> have re-booted the phone a couple of times.
>
> Is this a Samsung thing? Planned obsolescence? Bad luck with the
> battery of this particular device?
>
> I have a couple of other devices to compare with and none of them
> do this to me. My private 'smart phone' is a Nokia 700. It is
> one of the last or even the last model with a Symbian heritage OS.
> It is 4.5 years old now and despite Microsoft's effort in the last
> OS up-date it still has roughly the same battery endurance as
> when new.
>
> I also own an LG phone I got when hawing worked for 20 years
> for my employer (yes, I am that stupid). It is too big to
> pocket I think and being happy with my Nokia I have only used the
> LG as a wifi web surf thing at home. As far as I can judge
> there has been no major battery life reductions in the three years
> I have had this device.
>
> So what is the view of the jury? What's up with my Samsung's
> battery?
>
> /Martin
>

Look in Settings/Battery. That shows which apps are draining it.

Ed

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Battery mileage down to 1/4 in a year? Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2016-11-13 10:39 +0000
  Re: Battery mileage down to 1/4 in a year? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2016-11-13 11:10 +0000
  Re: Battery mileage down to 1/4 in a year? Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> - 2016-11-13 12:52 +0000
  Re: Battery mileage down to 1/4 in a year? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2016-11-13 14:37 +0100
  Re: Battery mileage down to 1/4 in a year? Piso Mojado <conserje@trapeador.net> - 2016-11-13 10:13 -0500
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  Re: Battery mileage down to 1/4 in a year? "(PeteCresswell)" <x@y.Invalid> - 2016-11-13 10:50 -0500
  Re: Battery mileage down to 1/4 in a year? Martin Schöön <martin.schoon@gmail.com> - 2016-11-18 21:31 +0000
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    Re: Battery mileage down to 1/4 in a year? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-11-21 18:18 +0000
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