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I recently turned Google Now on and I think it's causing a huge battery drain - so I turned it off, rebooted, and my battery is still draining, hard. Used to be able to get at least 12-14 hours or longer and now it's hitting 10% after only about 8-9 hours.
Am I missing something to actually get Google Now to shut down completely? Or is there something else?
ldubs said:
I recently turned Google Now on and I think it's causing a huge battery drain - so I turned it off, rebooted, and my battery is still draining, hard. Used to be able to get at least 12-14 hours or longer and now it's hitting 10% after only about 8-9 hours.
Am I missing something to actually get Google Now to shut down completely? Or is there something else?
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Hello, if you're rooted you can freeze the application or delete it.
ldubs said:
I recently turned Google Now on and I think it's causing a huge battery drain - so I turned it off, rebooted, and my battery is still draining, hard. Used to be able to get at least 12-14 hours or longer and now it's hitting 10% after only about 8-9 hours.
Am I missing something to actually get Google Now to shut down completely? Or is there something else?
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have you checked what's actually draining your battery under "battery" in the settings menu?
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have you checked what's actually draining your battery under "battery" in the settings menu?
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Google Search. I don't necessarily want to delete/disable Google Now (and yes, I am rooted), actually kind of like it in some cases, but what I'm saying is that I turned it on, noticed a larger battery drain, turned it off, rebooted, and battery is still draining at same rate.
So what you're saying is it might not have anything to do with Google Now then. Maybe more so locations, but we'll never know until you dig a bit deeper and find out what's causing the drain.
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So what you're saying is it might not have anything to do with Google Now then. Maybe more so locations, but we'll never know until you dig a bit deeper and find out what's causing the drain.
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What? I said it was google search that was killing my battery. The only change I made from standard stock was turning on Google Now. then I noticed much steeper battery drain. So I turned google now off, and am still seeing very steep battery drain.
Just turning it off saves alot of battery and I hope google fixes it soon.
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Turn off location reporting and location history. Problem solved, and Google Now still works just fine.
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I would suggest to turn off the "keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" as well as "Scanning always available"
I noticed a very big difference in battery :good:
maxpower7 said:
Turn off location reporting and location history. Problem solved, and Google Now still works just fine.
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Exactly what Max said...
Just keep google now activated but turn off location reporting, its the #1 wakelock with google now
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Matrix_19 said:
Exactly what Max said...
Just keep google now activated but turn off location reporting, its the #1 wakelock with google now
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Not just the reporting, as I had the same thoughts you did. Turn off history as well.
I haven't had an issue since then.
Moe560 said:
I would suggest to turn off the "keep Wi-Fi on during sleep" as well as "Scanning always available"
I noticed a very big difference in battery :good:
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Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep is going to save you battery, unless you happen to do better with your data connection then your WiFi which would be contrary to most. Overnight I would typically lose 2-3x more battery on data then WiFi (3g/H) using that option.
Disabling scanning always available would account for your improved battery.
nearly was late for work because my phone died and i was using it as an alarm. what could have drained 50% battery in 6 hours and not show? wifi was off
while the graph is nice, better battery stats is what we need.
ihatelolcats said:
nearly was late for work because my phone died and i was using it as an alarm. what could have drained 50% battery in 6 hours and not show? wifi was off
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Poor mobile network signal
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Poor mobile network signal
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Except it's green meaning full signal all the way to death...
ihatelolcats said:
Except it's green meaning full signal all the way to death...
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what you didnt post is the page with what was using your battery by %. now how are we supposed to tell you what happened and what used your battery? this thread is pointless because you gave us no usable information. what i got from the info that you did post is that a UFO flew by you and drained your battery of its power. and the thing is, my guess will be just as good as any other guess.
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what you didnt post is the page with what was using your battery by %. now how are we supposed to tell you what happened and what used your battery? this thread is pointless because you gave us no usable information. what i got from the info that you did post is that a UFO flew by you and drained your battery of its power. and the thing is, my guess will be just as good as any other guess.
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sorry but there was nothing out of the ordinary there so i didnt even think to screenshot it. by a large margin the screen used the most % battery. i thought it might have stuck on but that's not shown in the above shot
ihatelolcats said:
sorry but there was nothing out of the ordinary there so i didnt even think to screenshot it. by a large margin the screen used the most % battery. i thought it might have stuck on but that's not shown in the above shot
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right, not in the posted shot. could have been an app that decided not to go away and drain your battery instead.
simms22 said:
right, not in the posted shot. could have been an app that decided not to go away and drain your battery instead.
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+1 to this theory
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is that a known problem with the alarm app itself? stock rom
there just wasn't anything that stood out to me on the app battery use list
ihatelolcats said:
is that a known problem with the alarm app itself? stock rom
there just wasn't anything that stood out to me on the app battery use list
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stock alarm app, no. but you do have a lot of wakelocks. when the screen is shown off, your device should be asleep. your device shows a lot of activity when your screens off(ironically, not when the supposed battery drain happened though, so i cant say thats why it drained).
Do you have the horrid camera bug?
Do you use exchange at all? I've had a lot of phones (android mostly htc and iphones) hit bugs from exchange in push mode and burn through their battery really quickly constantly trying to sync and hitting an error.
I charge mine on my dresser next to my head, and also use it as an alarm, I'd recommend charging it over night
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Do you have the horrid camera bug?
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god i hope not. what is that?
i don't use exchange
davidcampbell said:
Do you use exchange at all? I've had a lot of phones (android mostly htc and iphones) hit bugs from exchange in push mode and burn through their battery really quickly constantly trying to sync and hitting an error.
I charge mine on my dresser next to my head, and also use it as an alarm, I'd recommend charging it over night
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i charge it every night, and its also by me every night, as its also my only alarm.
ihatelolcats said:
god i hope not. what is that?
i don't use exchange
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I'm guessing this http://www.androidcentral.com/googl...cpu-usage-bug-fix-coming-next-android-release
I found it by googling "Nexus 5 horrid camera bug" lol, first link
Stock apps have no such issue as till date.Except for apps that use internet /wifi consume a lot of battery. So switch of those frst or keep ur cell on flight mode. The battery consumption may be due to gplay service, account sync,gmaps etc. I don't own a nexus device but I have experienced this kind of behaviour with my phone sometimes with a hot back cover sometimes.Try using apps like greenify to control this prob(or switch of ur network @ night/use lower cpu values + governers like powersave/conservative)
Hello all!
I recently received my OnePlus One and have had it for about 5 days now. I love the phone, but I seem to be having a problem with my battery. I've only been able to squeeze about 3 hours from this phone. Coming from a Note 2 (which also has a 3100 mah battery) I was expecting to get about 6-7 hours of screen on time. Could I have a defective battery? My screen is only at about 25%-30% brightness most of the time.
I attached a screenshot of my battery life. Thanks!
GoTexan20 said:
Hello all!
I recently received my OnePlus One and have had it for about 5 days now. I love the phone, but I seem to be having a problem with my battery. I've only been able to squeeze about 3 hours from this phone. Coming from a Note 2 (which also has a 3100 mah battery) I was expecting to get about 6-7 hours of screen on time. Could I have a defective battery? My screen is only at about 25%-30% brightness most of the time.
I attached a screenshot of my battery life. Thanks!
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Can you post the complete battery graph, maybe wakelocks draining the battery... If not then seems like I also have the same problem. Not doing anything but it drained 11% of my battery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/anonymous-battery-drain-deep-sleep-t2841436
soralz said:
Can you post the complete battery graph, maybe wakelocks draining the battery... If not then seems like I also have the same problem. Not doing anything but it drained 11% of my battery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/anonymous-battery-drain-deep-sleep-t2841436
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I've charged my phone since this so I don't have the graph anymore. However, I notice that by battery drains 1-2% per hour on standby.
Your screenshot shows absolutely nothing. Your battery is not defective. You obviously have wakelocks that are preventing your phone from deep sleeping.
You need to show:
- Wakelocks (Partial Wakelocks, CPU, etc)
- Overall battery stats
I wouldn't be surprised if its Google Play Services.
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Your screenshot shows absolutely nothing. Your battery is not defective. You obviously have wakelocks that are preventing your phone from deep sleeping.
You need to show:
- Wakelocks (Partial Wakelocks, CPU, etc)
- Overall battery stats
I wouldn't be surprised if its Google Play Services.
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I've attached more screenshots. Sorry, I'm new. What is a wake lock?
GoTexan20 said:
I've attached more screenshots. Sorry, I'm new. What is a wake lock?
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Well those screenshots don't really help now since you charged your phone. When you charge your phone your previous battery stats are dumped and new stats start to appear since you've unplugged.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/android-basics-101-understanding-wakelocks-xda-developer-tv/
In simplest terms, its a app on your phone that is preventing your phone from entering a deep sleep mode. So even though your screen is off, a app on your phone is keeping your phone awake as if the screen is on not allowing the phone to enter a deep sleep mode (very conservative on battery).
Can you download GSAM Battery Monitor and look at the info that gives you? And which ROM are you on?
Check if your "Ok Google" turned on, i had mine turned on and it was draining my battery as it was not letting my phone to sleep.
Google Search -> Menu -> Google Hotword detection
And yes Double Tap to Wake might also be another one .
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Can you download GSAM Battery Monitor and look at the info that gives you? And which ROM are you on?
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I have used BBS and GSAM before, but I think GSAM is better. However, in the latest update some of the menu options have changed names.
Could you explain what each one is for? I can see Kernel Wakelocks, which one is 'Partial Wakelocks' now? Should I be looking at any of the other tabs?
7ewis said:
I have used BBS and GSAM before, but I think GSAM is better. However, in the latest update some of the menu options have changed names.
Could you explain what each one is for? I can see Kernel Wakelocks, which one is 'Partial Wakelocks' now? Should I be looking at any of the other tabs?
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In Gsam, click the vacuum icon on the bottom left of the screen. This will tell you which apps are using the most battery. You can then click on an app from there and see what exactly it's doing. When your battery gets low, see what comes up as draining a lot of your battery and post back.
As to partial wakelocks, idk. Let's just see what is draining your battery.
I prefer Wakelock Detector. Gsam is not too bad though. I just prefer the simplicity of wakelock detector
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uzumapps.wakelockdetector
OK so I have let my phone run without charging all day and here are the stats. I could only get 3 hrs. of screen time...pretty crappy. Anyway, my brightness has been at about 60% and GPS in battery saving mode. Please help, as I love this phone, but would hate to get rid of it because of battery issues.
GoTexan20 said:
OK so I have let my phone run without charging all day and here are the stats. I could only get 3 hrs. of screen time...pretty crappy. Anyway, my brightness has been at about 60% and GPS in battery saving mode. Please help, as I love this phone, but would hate to get rid of it because of battery issues.
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I get almost close to 6 hours of screen ontime , but yes most of the stuff like GPS / NFS is turned off when im not using it ..
Like i mentioned did you try to turn off the " OK google " stuff , i had experience of it waking up device quite often and draining my battery, try turning them off ...
Other place to look out for what is walking up your device most of the time and deny them the access to wake up your phone , to hunt those apps , check
settings -> privacy -> privacy guard -> menu -> advanced -> device tab .
I found my facebook app / google play services was constantly waking up my device when on sleep , i denied "keep awake" to boost some more battery life ...
GoTexan20 said:
OK so I have let my phone run without charging all day and here are the stats. I could only get 3 hrs. of screen time...pretty crappy. Anyway, my brightness has been at about 60% and GPS in battery saving mode. Please help, as I love this phone, but would hate to get rid of it because of battery issues.
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Check on what's keeping your GPS on all the time. My GPS is left on, but when I'm looking at my battery stats for the past 24 hours and it's maybe 3 or 4 slivers where the GPS actually turned on for a moment when I used an app to find my location.
I am really excited for upgrading my x play to marshmallow 6.0 from lollipop but after using it a while i am facing very less battery backup on marshmallow as compared to lollipop I merely get 3 hours of Screen On time and the battery last for 15-16 hours on normal usage.Is anyone else facing this problem !!
if you are rooted , try amplify and greenify, it helps a lot. you could also try to edit doze settings to make the device sleep faster than google intended.
mine Sot was reduced after MM, so i started tweaking doze and installed Greenify+Amlipfy. Now i get approx 50min-1hr SOT per 10%. i am not a heavy user, i do lots of browsing and whatsapp on data and i get around 6 hours SOT from 100-40%..never have drained the whole battery ..i guess it'll go beyond 10hour.[as battery saver kicks in at 15%].
Himalaya saxena said:
I am really excited for upgrading my x play to marshmallow 6.0 from lollipop but after using it a while i am facing very less battery backup on marshmallow as compared to lollipop I merely get 3 hours of Screen On time and the battery last for 15-16 hours on normal usage.Is anyone else facing this problem !!
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Let the phone go through a few charging and discharging cycles to let phone stabilise.
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K.khiladi said:
Let the phone go through a few charging and discharging cycles to let phone stabilise.
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using it for more than a month:crying::crying::crying::crying:
bablu048 said:
if you are rooted , try amplify and greenify, it helps a lot. you could also try to edit doze settings to make the device sleep faster than google intended.
mine Sot was reduced after MM, so i started tweaking doze and installed Greenify+Amlipfy. Now i get approx 50min-1hr SOT per 10%. i am not a heavy user, i do lots of browsing and whatsapp on data and i get around 6 hours SOT from 100-40%..never have drained the whole battery ..i guess it'll go beyond 10hour.[as battery saver kicks in at 15%].
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that was awsome thinking to root now.
Himalaya saxena said:
that was awsome thinking to root now.
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could you post a screenshot of your current battery when its around 40-50%
bablu048 said:
could you post a screenshot of your current battery when its around 40-50%
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right now it is 73% and sot is 50 min !
Himalaya saxena said:
right now it is 73% and sot is 50 min !
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disable auto sync from accounts settings and locations....limit background data for Google play services..see if it helps. don't root now first try the existing optimizations.
bablu048 said:
disable auto sync from accounts settings and locations....limit background data for Google play services..see if it helps. don't root now first try the existing optimizations.
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done ! now waiting for the results.
Himalaya saxena said:
done ! now waiting for the results.
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if you need good battery then you have to cut down core functions according to your use.
I need the phone for whatapp and browsing so I turned off pretty much everything else like app auto-update I don't need Google to search every 30min if a new version is available, turned off NFC when I am not using.
@Himalaya saxena are you on stock rom or which one ? Check battery usage in System / Battery menu and report it. If you want people trying to help you please be more accurate and provide some detailed information and evidence.
bablu048 said:
if you need good battery then you have to cut down core functions according to your use.
I need the phone for whatapp and browsing so I turned off pretty much everything else like app auto-update I don't need Google to search every 30min if a new version is available, turned off NFC when I am not using.
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NFC only uses little power. I keep it on all the time and still manage to get 6-7 hours SOT for every full charge
bluetooth is using extremely small amount of battery, too
it has LE profiles, so no need to turn it off, if someone is wondering about that
It seems there are quite few people with battery issues around... My phone lasts around 16hrs too, with everything pretty much turned off and very moderate use. No games, no videos, no music, no Facebook, no IMs. Just some Chrome, phone calls etc. My 2 year old Nexus 5 would last just as much, which is kinda laughable, given battery, SoC and age difference...
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Himalaya saxena said:
using it for more than a month:crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Please upload the screenshot of your battery stats.
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K.khiladi said:
Please upload the screenshot of your battery stats.
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Phobos.87 said:
It seems there are quite few people with battery issues around... My phone lasts around 16hrs too, with everything pretty much turned off and very moderate use. No games, no videos, no music, no Facebook, no IMs. Just some Chrome, phone calls etc. My 2 year old Nexus 5 would last just as much, which is kinda laughable, given battery, SoC and age difference...
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@Himalaya saxena are you on stock rom or which one ? Check battery usage in System / Battery menu and report it. If you want people trying to help you please be more accurate and provide some detailed information and evidence.
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here is the screenshot .Ps: screen brightness is 40% all time
My friend is also having the same issue.People with this battery issue after update, Have anyone tried factory reset yet?
Did it help?
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Himalaya saxena said:
done ! now waiting for the results.
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by going into
settings > battery and then clicking the three dots on top right > battery optimisation
Check that are apps getting optimised.
Also one more thing, By going to
Security > apps with usage access (at bottom) > Turn off the usage access of the apps there (would be play store and play services)
Do click the three dots on top right and touch the show system and another app named "motocareint" would show up. Turn it's usage access off also.
After doing all this, charge your device to 100 percent and then use normally till it hits 10 percent. Then share your battery stats.
K.khiladi said:
by going into
settings > battery and then clicking the three dots on top right > battery optimisation
Check that are apps getting optimised.
Also one more thing, By going to
Security > apps with usage access (at bottom) > Turn off the usage access of the apps there (would be play store and play services)
Do click the three dots on top right and touch the show system and another app named "motocareint" would show up. Turn it's usage access off also.
After doing all this, charge your device to 100 percent and then use normally till it hits 10 percent. Then share your battery stats.
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thanks for the tweak will report it back
Here's another issue: Roughly one hour after unplugging, used it at home, within WiFi range. Only Chrome and Tapatalk, 45mins SOT. 9% battery missing, but only 3% showing up here.
Edit: With time, the gap between actual battery status, and per-app usage stats gets bigger and bigger. Here's @ 70%, with app usage only giving 19% altogether.
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As mentioned on the title, do you guys know what I should do? I'm on the latest stable update. I just got the phone couple of days ago.
I was thinking to do a factory reset and download each app manually instead of going through backup stuff? Idk if this will help.
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I was thinking to do a factory reset and download each app manually instead of going through backup stuff? Idk if this will help.
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I would turn on adaptive battery to begin with and get BBS to find out which app is draining the battery before you go through a factory reset. How is your standby time overnight? It should be around 0.5 - 0.8% / hour.
bobby janow said:
I would turn on adaptive battery to begin with and get BBS to find out which app is draining the battery before you go through a factory reset. How is your standby time overnight? It should be around 0.5 - 0.8% / hour.
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I get a lot worse than that but I'll do what you say then I'll update you later on
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Please update us as I'm having the same issue where the drain from a factory reset with fresh start is still 3%/hr, with ambient display off.
Dr-akbar said:
Please update us as I'm having the same issue where the drain from a factory reset with fresh start is still 3%/hr, with ambient display off.
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That should not be. Get better battery stats and figure out what is waking your device with screen off. Disable it or get the eff rid of it. It's probably one app so find it. I had some stupid app draining 1% per hour idle. Bye bye. You'll get it and then squash it.
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That should not be. Get better battery stats and figure out what is waking your device with screen off. Disable it or get the eff rid of it. It's probably one app so find it. I had some stupid app draining 1% per hour idle. Bye bye. You'll get it and then squash it.
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I'll try that but if I remember correctly, I did at some point download it and nothing was shown to be draining the battery or waking the device except for high usage by Google services as it always seems and couldn't narrow it down at that time.
I'll give it another shot and see.
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I'll try that but if I remember correctly, I did at some point download it and nothing was shown to be draining the battery or waking the device except for high usage by Google services as it always seems and couldn't narrow it down at that time.
I'll give it another shot and see.
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I look at alarms and partial wakelocks mostly. You'll find something errant other than the system services which everyone has. Shoot for 0.7% / hour max. I mean sometimes something goes awry and I have to reboot to clear it out. Do a reboot before unplugging at full charge then go 7 hours or so and see what you get unplugged. Screen on time is nonsense so don't pay attention to that. The battery isn't stellar but it is sufficient.
With pixel phones I've learn to live without root, customROMS, short battery life and lag here and there.
To love Android I have to accept or sacrifice those little things.
I'm enjoying the camera, regular updates and the size of my pixel 3.
If you are looking for best battery life, pixel is not an option.