* The Official Samsung Galaxy S6/Edge Thread *

estebanrey · 21 Apr 2015 at 10:31

nightrider1470 said:
Great phone. Super poor battery

I disagree. Firstly, and admittedly weakly, coming from a 2 year old S4 with the original battery my S6 is miles better. With my S4 by the time I got back from work at 6 I'd be on 30% and the "low battery" warning would come on just before bed. With my S6 I still have around 70% charge left when I get back from work and have only seen it drop below 50% once so far before putting back on charge before bed.

Secondly, and more objectively people only seem to rate batteries on how long they hold a charge when in fact speed of charging is just as important and more so in some cases.

It's all very well having a battery that last 3 days but if it takes 4 hours to charge then you're screwed when you realise your battery is nearly dead an hour before going out. I can now use my phone as a GPS to get to my friend's house in London and put it on a half hour charge before going out when I get there and viola, full battery again.

1kiwi said:
Where do you get Nova from? This will be my first Andriod phone. Is there a nice list of recommended apps, settings, hints and tips I can look at?

Play Store....

kona786 · 21 Apr 2015 at 10:40

I disagree there IMO. You won't always have access to a fast charger. Proper stamina always wins. There's no excuse for mediocre battery life now.

estebanrey · 21 Apr 2015 at 11:58

kona786 said:
I disagree there IMO. You won't always have access to a fast charger. Proper stamina always wins. There's no excuse for mediocre battery life now.

What do define as "mediocre" battery life? As I said my S6 still has half the power left at the end of the day, is that considered poor now?

Malt_Vinegar · 21 Apr 2015 at 12:02

I have a fast charger for my Note 4 edge both at home, and in my car. That with a standard charger on my desk at work, I have never run out of battery! I am rarely below 50% mostly it never drops below 80% during the week

I dont know about the S6, but provided it can last more than a day with heavy use, its not an issue.

Belloni · 21 Apr 2015 at 12:09

Belloni said:
I'm having a problem with a battery drain and if I can't fix it I'll have to get a new phone. On each app it says "mobile radio active" is constantly on. I've factory reset both normally and via TWRP but it's still there.

Anyone have an idea?

kona786 · 21 Apr 2015 at 12:14

estebanrey said:
What do define as "mediocre" battery life? As I said my S6 still has half the power left at the end of the day, is that considered poor now?

I didn't say poor did i? It's average.

4hrs average SOT is mediorce. That is what many reviewers achieved.

As long as your happy with it, that's all that matters.

ARS Technica:

smokedog · 21 Apr 2015 at 12:36

kona786 said:
I disagree there IMO. You won't always have access to a fast charger. Proper stamina always wins. There's no excuse for mediocre battery life now.

I agree, thats why I didn't get an Nexus 6. The Samsung S6 out performers the N6 on the battery stakes.

I easily get 12 hrs standby and 4hrs on screen with heavy usage.

kona786 · 21 Apr 2015 at 12:52

smokedog said:
I agree, thats why I didn't get an Nexus 6. The Samsung S6 out performers the N6 on the battery stakes.

I can't see your logic there. Both have similar stamina. I get 4-5hrs SOT out of the Nexus.

Cyrus · 21 Apr 2015 at 13:02

kona786 said:
I didn't say poor did i? It's average.

4hrs average SOT is mediorce. That is what many reviewers achieved.

As long as your happy with it, that's all that matters.

ARS Technica:

s5 beats everything else :eek:

Scottland · 21 Apr 2015 at 14:31

S6 ordered, should be here tomorrow. Got a reasonable deal in the end, although back onto EE with a data cap @ 4gb - no more AYCE data

james.miller · 21 Apr 2015 at 15:00

Scottland said:
S6 ordered, should be here tomorrow. Got a reasonable deal in the end, although back onto EE with a data cap @ 4gb - no more AYCE data

sod that!

dbmzk1 · 21 Apr 2015 at 15:32

Just got off the phone with EE as it's upgrade time... S6 coming tomorrow for free, £33.50/m with 10gb extra data. Couldn't be bothered haggling more so just went with it, not too bad I guess.

Now to buy some accessories! What's a good screen protector?

Alexrose1uk · 21 Apr 2015 at 15:41

Honestly, I can't see the point in spending all this money on a really fancy phone, and then being heavily restricted in data. A decent 4G signal could burn through that 4GB very quickly.
@dbmzk1
That's not a bad deal at all, although still happier without a data cap!

Scottland · 21 Apr 2015 at 15:44

james.miller said:
sod that!

I use about 3-4gb most months, so should be fine. EE support WiFi calling which is useful as I get naff signal at home on all networks.

Alexrose1uk said:
Honestly, I can't see the point in spending all this money on a really fancy phone, and then being heavily restricted in data. A decent 4G signal could burn through that 4GB very quickly.

Depends on usage, I don't watch anything other than the occasional YouTube video when out and about - so not really an issue for me. Most other things don't burn through that much data, so it's really an issue (for me).

Blackmamba27 · 21 Apr 2015 at 17:37

dbmzk1 said:
Just got off the phone with EE as it's upgrade time... S6 coming tomorrow for free, £33.50/m with 10gb extra data. Couldn't be bothered haggling more so just went with it, not too bad I guess.

Now to buy some accessories! What's a good screen protector?

i'd be looking at something along the lines of that tomorrow when I can upgrade with EE!

wouldn't they go lower??

1kiwi · 21 Apr 2015 at 20:52

Sweey said:
My black wireless charger turned up from Amazon today. Now I'm just waiting for the phone - which will hopefully be defect free, arrived at the end of this week as scheduled and won't fall from my hands to the ground.

You can start from this thread (not a nice list but it works): http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18571592

Nova Launcher is available via the Play Store - there are free and paid versions. This is the web link to the free version: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=en_GB

Thanks for your advice. What would be your top 5 apps?

scudstrike · 21 Apr 2015 at 21:03

just got a 120 euro refund from amazon.de happy days!

smokedog · 21 Apr 2015 at 21:05

Think about it carefully before you root. Samsung pay will not work and I don't think unrooting can make it work once Knox is tripped.

http://www.sammobile.com/2015/04/21...ge-dont-or-youll-lose-this-important-feature/

Belloni · 21 Apr 2015 at 21:27

Finally fixed my battery drain issue due to rooting. There's an issue with cf-root which means the phone never enters deep sleep. Fix: flash stock recovery and hey presto! Goes to sleep like a baby!

nightrider1470 · 21 Apr 2015 at 21:30

So will every charger work with this phone with fast charging

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