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My battery life is so so, much better than my Nexus 5 for sure but I am lucky to get 3 hours of sot. For example I had my phone off the charger last night at 7:30pm, went out and did some texting and played some music on Spotify and I woke up this morning with 20%, not exactly stellar. Then again I've never gotten good battery life out of my phone's, and I have everything disabled that I don't need with package disabler pro.

 

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My battery life is so so, much better than my Nexus 5 for sure but I am lucky to get 3 hours of sot. For example I had my phone off the charger last night at 7:30pm, went out and did some texting and played some music on Spotify and I woke up this morning with 20%, not exactly stellar. Then again I've never gotten good battery life out of my phone's, and I have everything disabled that I don't need with package disabler pro.

 

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The note 5 has a standby time issue that drains the battery. I lose 20% when i sleep. Where is marshmallow??!!! But my on screen time is 4-5 hours.
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The note 5 has a standby time issue that drains the battery. I lose 20% when i sleep. Where is marshmallow??!!! But my on screen time is 4-5 hours.

mine has been HORRIBLE. Yesterday I was down to 84% after only 40 minutes and about 20 minutes screen time
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mine has been HORRIBLE. Yesterday I was down to 84% after only 40 minutes and about 20 minutes screen time

 

What the heck are you guys doing?  :)  I don't see that kind of drain.  Wipe out your cached data through settings->storage and then wipe the cache partition via recovery menu.  I do that weekly and I don't see anything like what you're describing.  If I just set my phone down and don't touch it for a while, it loses very little battery. 

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What the heck are you guys doing? :) I don't see that kind of drain. Wipe out your cached data through settings->storage and then wipe the cache partition via recovery menu. I do that weekly and I don't see anything like what you're describing. If I just set my phone down and don't touch it for a while, it loses very little battery.

I'm trying this and I'll report back! Thanks for the help
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What the heck are you guys doing? :) I don't see that kind of drain. Wipe out your cached data through settings->storage and then wipe the cache partition via recovery menu. I do that weekly and I don't see anything like what you're describing. If I just set my phone down and don't touch it for a while, it loses very little battery.

My cache data is only 300mb thats not much and I do clear mine twice a week. It still happens. I dont have the battery hog facebook app either on my phone.
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Just a sample of my normal drain here.  This is only 1 hour, but if I leave it for several hours (I know, who can possibly do that), it slows the rate to about 1-2% an hour.  So maybe overnight, I'd lose 20%?  Hard to say, never did that before. I don't limit anything, I have FB app installed and I have a lot of things syncing all the time.  This is on B26 LTE, which isn't strong here in my office. (the time left is based on my usage, which I use it a lot)

 

EDIT: I also have an Android Wear watch synced to this at all times. I know that makes the battery worse as well. 

 

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Just a sample of my normal drain here. This is only 1 hour, but if I leave it for several hours (I know, who can possibly do that), it slows the rate to about 1-2% an hour. So maybe overnight, I'd lose 20%? Hard to say, never did that before. I don't limit anything, I have FB app installed and I have a lot of things syncing all the time. This is on B26 LTE, which isn't strong here in my office. (the time left is based on my usage, which I use it a lot)

I'm curious, what is your screen brightness set at? That's my biggest drain.

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Screen brightness is my biggest drain, then Facebook, chrome, Android, and zui locker..

 

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I'm curious, what is your screen brightness set at? That's my biggest drain.

 

I always have it on auto brightness. This was a stand-by test though, where I wasn't touching the phone at all.  

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I always have it on auto brightness. This was a stand-by test though, where I wasn't touching the phone at all.

I have mine set at auto too.

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I always have it on auto brightness. This was a stand-by test though, where I wasn't touching the phone at all.

I am going to conduct my own stand by test over a 8 hour period where I wont touch my phone.
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Is the note 5 a good buy at this time of the year, do you guys recommend it?

 

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With the S7 and S7 edge making there debut you might want to look into one of them. But if they dont interest you then the Note 5 is a fine choice.
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Is the note 5 a good buy at this time of the year, do you guys recommend it?

 

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With the S7 and S7 edge making there debut you might want to look into one of them. But if they dont interest you then the Note 5 is a fine choice.

Agreed, I'd probably go S7 edge if I were in the market now. Waterproof, almost same screen size, and SD card access. All specs are bumped up. Plus 3700mAh battery.

 

Also that Galaxy for Life plan! For sure!

 

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Agreed, I'd probably go S7 edge if I were in the market now. Waterproof, almost same screen size, and SD card access. All specs are bumped up. Plus 3700mAh battery.

 

Also that Galaxy for Life plan! For sure!

 

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Brand new for 400, plus I want to wait for the note 6 and use my upgrade on that

 

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