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O+O - Disastrous battery life due to CM12?

Hey all !
I am back to O+O since 1 month as I was able to find a bamboo version.
Previously, last year, I owned a normal O+O running CM11 and I was really happy with battery life. I was wable to go trough my working day and then get a drink in the evening and keep battery life until morning.
With the Bamboo one I have now, it is impossible. I am around 10% of battery life near midnight. The only differences I see are :
- Bamboo cover (I don't think it is impacting battery life)
- The phone is 1 year old, perhaps the other owner did something wrong with the phone and ruined the battery
- CM12
I think the answer is in the version of CM ... Can you confirm me that ? Do you know if I can downgrade from 12 to 11 ?
My phone is used at work, not too much, I shutdown useless services and connection as LTE, Bluetooth, NFC, Location, ...
So that's really annoying I am already lowering my usage of this fabulous phone to be able to reach a full battery day and it is getting me sad
Thanks in advance for your help and toughs and excuse my poor english
Lag

fx.lagwagon said:
Hey all !
I am back to O+O since 1 month as I was able to find a bamboo version.
Previously, last year, I owned a normal O+O running CM11 and I was really happy with battery life. I was wable to go trough my working day and then get a drink in the evening and keep battery life until morning.
With the Bamboo one I have now, it is impossible. I am around 10% of battery life near midnight. The only differences I see are :
- Bamboo cover (I don't think it is impacting battery life)
- The phone is 1 year old, perhaps the other owner did something wrong with the phone and ruined the battery
- CM12
I think the answer is in the version of CM ... Can you confirm me that ? Do you know if I can downgrade from 12 to 11 ?
My phone is used at work, not too much, I shutdown useless services and connection as LTE, Bluetooth, NFC, Location, ...
So that's really annoying I am already lowering my usage of this fabulous phone to be able to reach a full battery day and it is getting me sad
Thanks in advance for your help and toughs and excuse my poor english
Lag
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I'm guessing its going to be due to CM12 which has poorer battery life across different devices compared to previous life on Kitkat. You can go back to kitkat or run both via multrom which is what I do. You can compare both and I clearly see that kitkat standby time is far better with probably an extra hour or 2 screen on time. Is your bootloader unlocked? If not your going to need to, to flash back to previous android versions.

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I'm guessing its going to be due to CM12 which has poorer battery life across different devices compared to previous life on Kitkat. You can go back to kitkat or run both via multrom which is what I do. You can compare both and I clearly see that kitkat standby time is far better with probably an extra hour or 2 screen on time. Is your bootloader unlocked? If not your going to need to, to flash back to previous android versions.
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I had also the feeling the issue is caused by CM12 and Jelly bean.
thanks for your idea of multirom, I am going to have a look at that tonight !

fx.lagwagon said:
I had also the feeling the issue is caused by CM12 and Jelly bean.
thanks for your idea of multirom, I am going to have a look at that tonight !
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Its definitely worth it, theres a guide to booting lollipop and kitkat roms alongside eachother in the thread below. Sounds tricky but once you get the right files together its fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guides-mmwolverines-opo-mods-tips-tricks-t3027926

gsmyth said:
Its definitely worth it, theres a guide to booting lollipop and kitkat roms alongside eachother in the thread below. Sounds tricky but once you get the right files together its fine.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guides-mmwolverines-opo-mods-tips-tricks-t3027926
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MultiRom is installed and updated, I am now checking your loink to get the right version of KitKat rom and I'll install it.
I'll come back here with my impressions asap.
Thanks !

real life review...5 months later...and rant

Hi guys. I have had the G4 XT1625 since September 2016. Bought it unlocked at best buy. The screen on my G3 shattered so I thought I would upgrade.
First off it was an upgrade in terms of speed and resolution. I would pretty much say it stops there. I have had every Moto G since first gen. My Verizon G is still up on the shelf as an emergency backup. Hated the second gen. Loved the G3. I expected the G4 to be a great improvement I was mistaken.
Here's where the rant starts.
My major issue straight up is the size. Why so large? It doesn't even fit in the cup holders in my car. But that's a personal opinion.
Next issue I have experienced is it's just straight up NOT reliable. I use my phone for everything, work and play. It gets so hot it bogs down. Random reboots and sometimes just doesn't do what I want it to do. Nothing on Android but it's just not as good as the G3 was.
The phone just has problems. Ghost touch is dumb. I had to get the battery replaced because it wouldn't hold a charge. Apparently according to support don't use the supplied turbo charger. WTF right? It comes back in a couple days for repair for the power button breaking. That's horrible after only a couple months. I feel like the phone isn't made for people who use it all the time.
So now I have a Galaxy S5 and it's good with more support on XDA. I appreciate everyone's opinions if you wish to comment but I am just giving my real life review.
Keep up the good work XDA.

I had nearly the same bad experience with my zuk z1. Bad fp sensor, Bad digitizer, very bad support from manufacturer. Now I'm on g4 plus and totally happy.

Sounds like the OP bought a lemon. No such issues with mine, it's a great phone.
Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Love this phone, but have to be honest.. first one had DOA fingerprint reader. Hoping no trouble with this one, as always root. Super value, and my first with a FPR, which is really convenient.

I upgraded from a Nexus 5, I haven't noticed any such issues that the OP had, the only issue I had was trying to update to Nougat without unlocking my bootloader, but when the Fastboot flashable files were released I resolved that issue, compared to any other Moto G I've had, I've noticed huge improvements in both speed and reliability, I enjoy the larger screen and speed improvements even vs the Nexus 5, same amount of RAM between the two, only real difference I can see is the processor.

I am on stock rom and i get only 3-3.5 hr sot a day , on lineage os i got only 2 hr a day
i dont get how people say the battry life is great
if it werent for the turbo charger id kill myself
anyone feel me !?

Muzam said:
I am on stock rom and i get only 3-3.5 hr sot a day , on lineage os i got only 2 hr a day
i dont get how people say the battry life is great
if it werent for the turbo charger id kill myself
anyone feel me !?
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Single problem, can't confirm.

strongst said:
Single problem, can't confirm.
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Good stats , which rom ?
maybe its due to 4g!?

Muzam said:
Good stats , which rom ?
maybe its due to 4g!?
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LineageOS OMS 20170124, official build has not a modified kernel, so I can't reach 6h.
What do you mean with 4g?

strongst said:
LineageOS OMS 20170124, official build has not a modified kernel, so I can't reach 6h.
What do you mean with 4g?
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4g network (VOLTE)
i tried your rom , felt some choppiness in ui so installed the official lineage
where i had a bad standby drain

Muzam said:
4g network (VOLTE)
i tried your rom , felt some choppiness in ui so installed the official lineage
where i had a bad standby drain
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I set animations to 0 without any ui lag. I use Nova Launcher. I'm using 4g too, but not for volte calls(Germany isn't a volte friendly country )

strongst said:
I set animations to 0 without any ui lag. I use Nova Launcher. I'm using 4g too, but not for volte calls(Germany isn't a volte friendly country )
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I thought the default anim speed is 1
Or did you turn off the anim

Muzam said:
I thought the default anim speed is 1
Or did you turn off the anim
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Yeah I mean off, I don't have time to watch or wait for animations

I think the comments in the thread got off topic. I used the phone much more screen on time than most people. Upwards of 4-5 hours or more a day. On LTE and I commute. So for comparison most people don't push a phone like I do.
Moto decided to not repair my device. Actually gave me a new one. Side note on that...my old one had been bootloader unlocked and they replaced it instead of repair. Gave it to the GF since it's better than her old phone and she doesnt use it near as much as me.
So far GS5 has been working fine lasting longer than the G did and was the same price with more stuff.
Thank you everyone for your opinion.

daverobinson88 said:
I think the comments in the thread got off topic. I used the phone much more screen on time than most people. Upwards of 4-5 hours or more a day. On LTE and I commute. So for comparison most people don't push a phone like I do.
Moto decided to not repair my device. Actually gave me a new one. Side note on that...my old one had been bootloader unlocked and they replaced it instead of repair. Gave it to the GF since it's better than her old phone and she doesnt use it near as much as me.
So far GS5 has been working fine lasting longer than the G did and was the same price with more stuff.
Thank you everyone for your opinion.
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You're not the only one using the phone more the 5h sot https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4Zy8uoEfFKLZ0lKNTVYaVowRG8 you should have a look in the other rom threads too

strongst said:
You're not the only one using the phone more the 5h sot https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4Zy8uoEfFKLZ0lKNTVYaVowRG8 you should have a look in the other rom threads too
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There is a difference between screen on time and actively using it during that time. I have tried multiple Roms. Lineage was definitely the best but kept going back to stock because they just aren't stable enough to be used constantly in the business environment. I have also looked through multiple threads and articles. Seems common issues with the battery and overall issues with the phone itself.
I still stand by my review of Moto could have done a lot better with the device.

daverobinson88 said:
There is a difference between screen on time and actively using it during that time.
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Of course, I don't use it 7h permanent. It's also dependent what you're doing while screen on. Gaming sucks more then surfing for example. That should be clear. That's what most people don't understand. It's like driving a car and want to reach the nedc. Everybody gets different consumption values. And therefore you must be careful with comparing different devices, rom and software for sot. @1chrome said it today also.
Everybody should accept everybodys opinion. I do it too. Your review is OK, but keep in mind that it seems you're a minority with your mentiond problems on this device

This device can give me atleast 4hrs of sot based on my usage which is not good but not bad either, I feel more let down by "ghost touch" and that easily scratch able camera glass than the battery life. Apart from that this is a decent performer and I like how it looks, 3 things I love about this device is,
1. The display, it's awesome
2. The front firing speaker, it has more depth compared to any other speaker I have used and I love speakers that have more depth than noise.
3. The fingerprint scanner's position, it's really where it needs to be, again a personal preference.
Sent from my Moto G (4) using Tapatalk

Abysmal battery life.

I have run out of ideas. I have uninstalled apps, repaired the OS, done everything I can think of. The battery life of this phone is the worst I have ever experienced in a phone. I can barely get a day out of this phone (2hrs 30 SOT). I'm at my wit's end. Is it just my device or do others experience this. And does anyone have any idea what I can do?

Unfortunately Sony doesn't pack much into their batteries and software does take a toll. I had a Huawei P9 and P10 Plus and I would get a solid day of heavy use, with my XZ I can't make it to early evening with comparable usage. I prefer Sony handsets to all others, but I have to agree with you in that battery life is crap.

enrique71 said:
Unfortunately Sony doesn't pack much into their batteries and software does take a toll. I had a Huawei P9 and P10 Plus and I would get a solid day of heavy use, with my XZ I can't make it to early evening with comparable usage. I prefer Sony handsets to all others, but I have to agree with you in that battery life is crap.
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Yeah, but it wasn't always like this. I used the Z2 and it had great battery life and I also used a Z3 dual and it's battery life was even better. Compared to those 2, the XZ's battery life is shockingly bad. I used to get 6-7 hrs SOT on my Z3, 2 hrs is a struggle on this phone.

Check for phone idle battery drain it nukes my battery since 7.1

dante2086 said:
I have run out of ideas. I have uninstalled apps, repaired the OS, done everything I can think of. The battery life of this phone is the worst I have ever experienced in a phone. I can barely get a day out of this phone (2hrs 30 SOT). I'm at my wit's end. Is it just my device or do others experience this. And does anyone have any idea what I can do?
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After the last update (1st August release) my phone runs 5 h sot with no problem - 2 days of usage.

lukem99626 said:
Check for phone idle battery drain it nukes my battery since 7.1
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The phone idle battery drain has been high since 7.1 for me as well. I thought it was an app. But I uninstalled every app that might cause that, and yet...

Przemmo73 said:
After the last update (1st August release) my phone runs 5 h sot with no problem - 2 days of usage.
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What's the build number for that update?

dante2086 said:
What's the build number for that update?
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41.2.A.7.53

Przemmo73 said:
41.2.A.7.53
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Still on .35, I'll wait for the update and see if it helps.

dante2086 said:
Still on .35, I'll wait for the update and see if it helps.
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Make sure you do a factory reset after the update.
You will thank me for it later.
Also if you want to seriously see major peeofmance and battery improvement, you need to root and installtlal duality dra4.
People are achieving 5-10hour sot with 24-48hours usage.
The experience in this rom is night and day compared to stock.
Stock ROM is complete turd.
I'm giving you this information from my first hand experience. You need this rom, else you will continue to be disappointed I know this.
Why do I know, well I've been with Sony for 5years and haven't rooted for the passed 2 years until now. It's a must to root this phone else it's merely mediocre.
However the choice is yours

dillalade said:
Make sure you do a factory reset after the update.
You will thank me for it later.
Also if you want to seriously see major peeofmance and battery improvement, you need to root and installtlal duality dra4.
People are achieving 5-10hour sot with 24-48hours usage.
The experience in this rom is night and day compared to stock.
Stock ROM is complete turd.
I'm giving you this information from my first hand experience. You need this rom, else you will continue to be disappointed I know this.
Why do I know, well I've been with Sony for 5years and haven't rooted for the passed 2 years until now. It's a must to root this phone else it's merely mediocre.
+1 ...man this is all thru... i have same xperience with Sony devices...i had xperia z,z2,z5 and now xz and since z5 everything is going down...less battery life...same speakers since z2...very bad loudspeaker its so low that even a low budget phone beats it.. also OVERHEATING badlly...but the design of the phone is way better then any competition atleast for me...and also xz is very durbale phone it fellt 5 times already on concrete also 2 times fell directly on the screen and nothing is broken yet...screen has only 2 little scratches and of course all corners are beaten up a little bit hehehe over all very durable trust me...this new plastic that they use is so good...and at the end i really must say that rootin is a must for this phone cuz since i got it i had constant problems with stock rom, specialy with ram usage it gave me lags all the time but now i use custom rom and xz is flying like it should.
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Install wakelock detector or betterbatterystats and check what's draining your battery. This phone should easily achieve 1 day battery life. I'm getting 3,5-4 of Ingress (AR game that uses GPS+Mobile Data+screen on - so it's hard to drain more)m and about 5sot with normal use

What's your ideal s7 OS/root status?

I've gotten my paws on a snapdragon s7 on marshmallow that's been sitting in a drawer - looking through various forums there's all sorts of regret doing upgrades, but they're all written at the time the updates rolled out. Wishing they stayed stock because root killed their battery, oreo absolutely wrecking performance, and so on - but no mention if the problem was ever fixed in the future.
So if you were to do it over again, how would you do it and why? I have a pretty okay s7 that does 7 hours of youtube with 90% battery and it'd be a shame if I either upgraded too far or not enough.

tairavis said:
I've gotten my paws on a snapdragon s7 on marshmallow that's been sitting in a drawer - looking through various forums there's all sorts of regret doing upgrades, but they're all written at the time the updates rolled out. Wishing they stayed stock because root killed their battery, oreo absolutely wrecking performance, and so on - but no mention if the problem was ever fixed in the future.
So if you were to do it over again, how would you do it and why? I have a pretty okay s7 that does 7 hours of youtube with 90% battery and it'd be a shame if I either upgraded too far or not enough.
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Snapdragons are the Devil, here endeth the lesson

OneUI 4 for US Unlocked S10e

February has arrived and we are still waiting.
When can we expect to receive the Android 12 OneUI 4 update ?

Hi, i think another month has to pass. Since we got December security patches maybe we will get january once with oneui4 too

Already February na ?

No Android 12 update so far... Has someone tried flashing U firmware on U1 model?

SparvieroPro said:
No Android 12 update so far... Has someone tried flashing U firmware on U1 model?
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Its been 2 months since the last update i received ... Im on the december patch and growing increasingly impatient

raddy said:
February has arrived and we are still waiting.
When can we expect to receive the Android 12 OneUI 4 update ?
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It has arrived today!

01dg said:
It has arrived today!
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Hey i just checked and got it too. Have you updated it yet? impressions?

SparvieroPro said:
Hey i just checked and got it too. Have you updated it yet? impressions?
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Well... I really enjoy the protect battery feature because i can charge my phone overnight without worrying about damaging the battery. Also , i experienced a bit better battery life .. even if im starting my day with 85%. The extra 4gb vram makes a difference for me as the phone feels snappier. For the rest , no issues at all!

A bit too early for me to review it but it seems just prettier in respect to design, i have 6gb ram and noticed a little more ram usage ( around 500 mb more ) and in the following days i will be able to notice battery usage thanks to "Ampere" app too. A shame that "protect battery" feature can only set limit to 85 instead of giving users choice

So these are some little things i noticed so far.
- battery lowest drain dropped to 50mA from ~70mA, still not perfect but an improvement.
-ui colors are not set automatically and there is no option to do it but to change it manually, this is an android12 related feature and hope it will improve in the future.
-clock widget changes theme without considering your theme setting, bad for aesthetics.
-Not a good text color management on homescreen, using light or dark wallpapers can still lead to notification bar text being unreadable.
-when you open an app and its logo appears for fractions of second background is white even when in dark mode.

01dg said:
Well... I really enjoy the protect battery feature because i can charge my phone overnight without worrying about damaging the battery.
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Long overdue. But that's the one thing I really miss without root (battery limiter).
I wish they gave us more options than just 85%. Running a few tests, this can use roughly 35-40% of one cycle if left plugged in all day. That's compared to pre-protect feature where leaving the phone plugged in 3-4 hours (and therefore charging 100% for a few hours) would hit about 90% of one cycle.
However, if you could limit the charge to 55-60% (because I'm usually not away from a charging source for more than a few hours), then the charge cycle would be even further limited to only 10-15% per day. In other words, maybe more than 2X extended battery life as the current 85% option will yield.

Not sure what's up with mine. Not only do I not have the Android 12 update, mine is still on July 1 2021 patch. Phone says it's up to date. I have contacted Samsung 3 times and been told every time that my inqiriy is elevated but they never get back to me! Any suggestions?

marleyfan61 said:
Not sure what's up with mine. Not only do I not have the Android 12 update, mine is still on July 1 2021 patch. Phone says it's up to date. I have contacted Samsung 3 times and been told every time that my inqiriy is elevated but they never get back to me! Any suggestions?
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That's really strange since months have passed and i got a security patch udpate after android 12. There should be a way to manually install the firmware if i recall correcty, have you tried?

SparvieroPro said:
That's really strange since months have passed and i got a security patch udpate after android 12. There should be a way to manually install the firmware if i recall correcty, have you tried?
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No I haven't tried to sideload an update. It's my wife's phone so I don't want to mess with it cuz if I brick it I'd be sleeping alone. But I shouldn't have to sideload anyway, it should be receiving updates and it's not and Samsung has been less than helpful.
The other reason is that I no longer have a pc, only a chromebook, and running adb from a chromebook is a pain.