All Samsung Devices: How To Improve Battery Life - Guaranteed

[Zito Abroad]

So I have a Flip 3, and I love the phone, but the battery life wasn't an all day performer. I didn't return the phone because I was ok with topping up as trade off. This phone is just too darn slick and compact. Never going back to a big slab device.

So, after a few changes in the settings, the battery is now an all day battery for me. This settings change will work on any Samsung phone with a fingerprint reader.

Go into settings, biometrics and security, fingerprints.

Then turn off, Fingerprint always on. That's it. Samsung should have this as the default setting. It makes a massive difference.

One other setting you can change to really squeeze out more battery life, is, go into:
settings, battery and device care, then tap the menu button at the top right, automation, and turn on Adaptive power saving.
I haven't seen any hit to performance with this turned on.

You could also turn off 120Hz refresh, but I'm definitely not giving that up for a bit more battery.

So far the people I know that have made these changes, have said they have noticed a big difference.

I've always said, 5hrs of screen on time is all I need, and I have no problem getting that on a full charge now. Here's where I'm currently at after 14hrs off the charger.

Hope it works just as well for you.

 

[Bkdodger]

I'm giving it test run.. So if phone is off let's say unfolded.. It will need to wake to use fingerprints... If I flip it open from closed Flip 3 screen awakes so fingerprint works immediately... Thanks for sharing

 

[Zito Abroad]

I'm giving it test run.. So if phone is off let's say unfolded.. It will need to wake to use fingerprints... If I flip it open from closed Flip 3 screen awakes so fingerprint works immediately... Thanks for sharing

Exactly, and for anyone without a folding device, they can turn on raise to wake, tap the screen, or hit the power button. So simple.

 

[Breaking Good]

Thank you for sharing this information.

I've always said, 5hrs of screen on time is all I need..

I was going to comment on this. But then I realize that I stare at two 27" screens all day long. So I really can't.

(I guess I kind of did.)

 

[rogerandgina]

Do you have to enable fingerprint to disable always on?

 

[Zito Abroad]

Do you have to enable fingerprint to disable always on?

Yes, if fingerprint is not enabled, then "fingerprint always on," will not be an option to toggle on/off.