r/S25Ultra

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I've had my S25 Ultra for almost a year now, and the battery life has become absolutely horrendous.

I'm barely getting 3–4 hours of screen-on time, and the phone lasts only around 9 hours total, including standby. This is with normal day-to-day usage (browsing, messaging, social media, emails), not gaming or heavy video recording.

I've tried pretty much every troubleshooting step I could find:

• Put unnecessary apps into Sleep/Deep Sleep.
• Turned off Always On Display.
• Turned off Battery Protection.
• Checked battery usage for obvious rogue apps.
• Updated to One UI 8.5.
• Cleared cache after updates.
• Device Care says the battery health is Good.

Despite all that, nothing has improved.

At this point, I feel like something is draining the battery in the background, but I just can't figure out what it is. It's honestly driving me nuts.

How do I actually identify the culprit? Is there a way to see what's causing excessive drain beyond the basic battery usage page? Are there any Samsung diagnostics, ADB commands, or third-party apps that can pinpoint the issue?

Could this be:

• A rogue system service?
• Poor cellular signal?
• Google Play Services?
• A corrupted app after updating to One UI 8.5?
• A hardware issue, even though Device Care reports the battery health as Good?

If you've had this happen, what was the actual cause, and how did you fix it?

I'm happy to post screenshots of my battery usage, app list, or any diagnostic screens if that helps. I just want to get to the bottom of this because 3–4 hours of SOT and only ~9 hours total battery life on an S25 Ultra is nowhere near normal.

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I got my new S25U. I am not so expert in camera but i love it when i see a great shot and want to take same.

Today at low light room setup point and shoot i saw apple iphone 17 cleared overperformed my phone and it raw nature the colour proceassing looks great compared to mine. I am bit dissapointed right now. So how to use the camera properly and to its full capacity.

Tempered glass with no issues of fingerprint scanner?

Is there a easy way to check for missing or duplicate photos in the apps?

I want my google fotos in my samsung gallery without it being dubble if possible

All of my apps use Google photos, Google photos only has 15gb of storage where my phone has 256gb. I want to use my phone gallery when sending or uploading photos but can't figure out how make it use gallery not google photos.

I am planning to buy s25 ultra.

Right now I am getting it at 84k or 81k effectively considering cashback.

Should i go for it or wait for bbd sale in September.

Last year s24 ultra dropped to 72k in September bbd sale,can i expect similar drop this year?

EDIT: Currency is in INR, looking to buy in india

Estoy en un dilema. Estoy por comprar un nuevo dispositivo y las opciones están entre Pixel 10 pro Xl. S24 ultra. iPhone 16 pro Max.

Realmente el Google pixel me fascina su diseño y sus cámaras según review es una locura, pero también he visto comentarios negativos en el apartado del procesador y que muchas veces se recalienta.
No busco un cel para jugar sino más bien para contenido multimedia y de vez en cuando jugar un poco CR o COD

Por otra parte está el iPhone 16 pro Max que conozco bien de lo que va ya que mi novia tiene un 15 pro Max y la verdad está bastante bien

Luego el S24 ultra es como la vieja confiable y se que es potente.

Actualmente tengo un viejo iPhone 11

Mi pregunta es, realmente es malo el pixel ? Cuál creen que me conviene más o cuál comprarían ustedes ? Gracias .

Precios de los celulares:

Pixel: 800$
iPhone : 800$
Samsung: 700$

I used to like samsung a lot back in the day and till 2024 i used to own a samsung budget phone the samsung m21 then switched to iphone 14,rn using iphone 15pro.
I was considering the s25 ultra but i checked its camera in a nearby store,iphone camera crushes it in terms of the pleasing to the eye photo and in the video as well as selfie. samsung photos look so not pleasing and dull especially the selfie camera. Additionally my friend used to own s23 and after software updates the camera quality in his phone is complete trash, worse than a $200 phone.

I was planning one more thing if i get the s25 ultra by any chance i will not update the software for a long time like 5 years because i don’t want my camera quality to degrade after paying a good sum on a phone and i want to use it for 4-6 years.

I prefer the iPhone photos personally.

Please share your opinions on the s25 ultra camera

Edit: Why so much hate, I just pointed out my points and people here are defending samsung like that Samsung is owned by their father, as a consumer i want best and i don’t want to settle down for anything less if i am spending $1000 on a phone

I have 105 cycles during my first 191 days of use, which I think is very decent and will preserve the battery fairly well. It don't use it in extreme heat or other poor conditions, so I wonder how possible is to use this beast for the next decade (even with the original battery)

Edit: my idea also come from my old A5, which is roughly 9 years old and still runs. I hope the quality difference between these 2 phones will make my S25U last the same and have a better performance

I purchased on this 25 ultra from swappa and the seller swears that he bought it from Verizon wireless however when the phone turns on there is no Verizon wireless boot-up screen and in about phone The model name is SM-S938U1

Is there any method to checking to see if this truly is a Verizon phone or an unlocked version?

Hello guys, I live in Jordan and I bought a 2nd (or idk how many hands were before me) s25 ultra

The buyer didn't tell me it was locked and in my surprise it was

I'm trying my best not crash out and I wanna know if there is a way to unlock it before returning it to the buyer because I think I got scammed

I bought it for 600jd (idk how much usd is that) but it's almost the same price as any 2nd hand s25 ultra

I bought it because it's the only black one available

So guys any recommendations on how to unlock it?

What if it was stolen or I can't reach out to the original owner

Or the owner didn't fully pay the phone

I'm so confused because I never had an issue like that or any one my friend or family

So please help me out on how I can unlock it because non of my Sim cards is working