My s23 ultra battery drains too fast

[muneerwebdev]

Everyone says this phone lasts for 7-9 hr on hardcore gaming amd 1.5-2 days of normal use, but my s23 ultra drops a percentage every 4-5 mins. I am not even a gamer, i mostly use the phone for texting and watching videos. I went to service center to get this checked and they run some test using a device and told me that my phone is perfectly fine and what I am getting on my phone is normal. I'm bit confused on what to believe

[-Robot-]

You have to understand what is normal use for you maybe not the same for others. I too have seen people post 4 days of battery, I cant get more than a 24 hours.

But I am a heavy user with 1000s of emails a day and odd game, Spotify and videos.

[MrJCharming]

I had a similar issue. Now I'm getting 6 hours screen on. 1 day 19hrs off.

Some of the things I had to limit, vibration, screen dropped down to full HD plus, no 5g. There are loads more I could do but I'm happy with where my battery is at.

[MrJCharming]

7 hours screen on time by using dark mode. I have increased my brightness as always found dark mode a tad offensive on the eyes.

[MrJCharming]

Happy 😊

[Joeeye]

Here's an interesting fact I found. I always use a fixed brightness and with 15% brightness, I get less SoT than at 30% brightness on a full charge.

As for those numbers you quoted, I know of no one claiming 8h whilst hard-core gaming. I'm a gamer but I play mostly medium taxing games and I find at best around 7.5 up to 10h SoT possible with my use. This is however a no compromise setup (dark mode, fixed brightness, NFC and BT, 5G WQHD+, 120Hz, normal mode) so there's plenty of room to tweak better battery life.

[MrJCharming]

That brightness trick is the best tip I have been given this year. Suddenly getting loads more battery.

[muneerwebdev]

So you are getting 7 hrs screen on time in one full charge?

[MrJCharming]

Yep I am, currently at 6hrs 40mins with 19% remaining

[MrJCharming]

Few questions for you.

Did you use smart switch to restore?

What set up are you currently using? 120hz, dark mode......