Help Battery life draining fast

[azaria93]

Hi my battery life on my s6 has been draining fast I'm not even getting 3 hours of SoT time not really sure why. I've done what the battery sticky thread has said to do but still no improvement. Screen is on 25% most of the time.

 

[Crashdamage]

Everything looks normal except WiFi. Any idea what you could have been doing that made WiFi so high?

 

[azaria93]

Nothing other then staying connected and checking my fb and twitter

 

[Crashdamage]

Something is not right with your WiFi. With my Nexus 6 I'm on WiFi about 99% of the time, even do WiFi calling, and WiFi is typically <5%, often <2%.

I don't know why or how your WiFi is hogging so much power, but it must be the problem.

 

[azaria93]

Is there a way to mess with WiFi to see if anything changes?

 

[Crashdamage]

It must be constantly seeking a signal. Even that might not account for such a heavy power drain.

Does this happen only at home? Or?
Does the WiFi connect and run OK?

 

[azaria93]

The WiFi connects okay and I'm usually at campus or home when on WiFi (uni student )

 

[AndrizzleHD]

do you have Location on? Go to Settings > Privacy and Safety > Click Location. If you have this on is there any apps in the location requests section?

I had Weather Channel app in there and the location was marked as "High". I took that meaning the app was using my location like crazy so I uninstalled it. Call me crazy but I was desperate for better battery life.

BTW I still keep Location on. Battery is fine now.

 

[azaria93]

No I have location off and Bluetooth off also

 

[Deleted User]

Soon your battery won't even hold the charge that it does, then you'll have to repl... oh.

Last Samsung I'll ever buy.

 

[Gundillac]

I use my lg g3 on 0% screen brightness and

 

[sopio]

Nothing other then staying connected and checking my fb and twitter

Stupid question, but how often are you checking it?

Also, is sync activated? As well as smart stay and nfc?

My s6 lasts the whole work day until I get home. That's 10 hours+ and i tend to play with my phone including battery draining games like ingress.

And, uh, you do have power saving activated right?

 

[Jeff Allen]

I have the same battery drain issue. Before upgrading to the S6, I had the Note 3 for the past 2 years and had no battery problems at all. I'm using the S6 exactly the same way as I used the Note 3 ... it's basically in my pocket the whole time. I hardly ever text, make calls, or anything but my battery is 20% before lunch.

for the past two weeks, I've tried everything but I'm running out of time because Verizon only allows a 14-day window to evaluate a phone.

I went to Verizon the rep took my phone "backstage" for about 10 minutes and then came back to say I need to keep closing my apps ... they are the problem. Why didn't I need to do this for my Note 3? Since I left the Verizon store, my phone has rebooted on it's own 5 or 6 times.

I read the story above but I don't see any real answer. What is going on here?

 

[Jeff Allen]

was azaria93's question ever answered or did he give up and return the phone?

 

[azaria93]

I've been messing with it I've extended it a little now to over 4 hrs sot time, hoping to get more though

 

[Jeff Allen]

I've been messing with it I've extended it a little now to over 4 hrs sot time, hoping to get more though

Do you notice better performance when using the charger it came with?

 

[azaria93]

Do you notice better performance when using the charger it came with?

I've always used that, so I can't really say

 

[Jeff Allen]

Why do you tolerate such poor performance? why didn't you return the phone?

 

[Deleted User]

Because terrible battery life is a feature of the S6?

 

[stevez444]

I had no problems for 6 months and then my S6 started draining really fast. I did a factory reset and added back apps a few at a time to find the culprit. Turns out it was the WiFi at my office. We have 2 and the one I was using was causing my phone to constantly search and try to connect. I switched to the other WiFi network and I'm getting great battery life again. All of my previous apps are installed. If there are other WiFi networks where you are, give them a try and see if that helps.

 

[Jeff Allen]

Turns out it was the WiFi at my office.

Dude, the problem is ON YOUR PHONE, plain and simple. If other phones and devices were having problems with this wi-fi, they would repair or replace it.

 

[stevez444]

Thanks for the quick comment. Think about it for a second Jeff. If it's the phone, I'd be having the same issue with WiFi Network #2.

 

[Jeff Allen]

If it's the phone, I'd be having the same issue with WiFi Network #2.

I did think about it a sec but that is all

Hundreds, and possibly thousands, of people are complaining about their S6 having intermittent wi-fi connectivity*. Are there also hundreds of people complaining about that "faulty" wi-fi where you work?

Look, my S6 is only 3 weeks old and, like hundreds of other people, my S6 has (a) random, unsolicited, and frequent rebooting, (2) extreme heat when charging (3) horrible battery consumption by Android OS, (4) constant "location searching", (5) and shaky fingerprint recognition.

I trust any old router a thousand times more than the S6.

 

[Matthew Samples]

After reading this thread I believe it to be a hardware issue. Initially when I got my s6 (company provided) it worked fine, after the automatic updates from AT&T the phone started to drain down like crazy. Unplug it with a full charge and within a couple hours it is down to 60%. This wasn't the case before... I could have the phone unplugged nearly all day and make it home and not have to charge it. Now... i'm charging the darn thing by lunch or immediately after. POS! Thinking about going a different direction with this POS. The bad thing is I pushed to get an Android at work because I despise iphones and that is what 99.9% of the company users have. DAMN!!