I am using a s8+ snapdragon 6+128.
I have noticed that my ram is getting less and less.
It was 3gb free all the time and now it's 2gb free.
With 774 reserved
I just deleted all non essential apps.
Is there any way that I can free more ram?
C4RL0S_TS4NG said:
I am using a s8+ snapdragon 6+128.
I have noticed that my ram is getting less and less.
It was 3gb free all the time and now it's 2gb free.
With 774 reserved
I just deleted all non essential apps.
Is there any way that I can free more ram?
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Is your phone running slow??
You rebooted your phone?
Why are you trying to get more free RAM?
In Android, in simple terms, free RAM is wasted RAM. Android keeps commonly used apps in RAM, so that they launch quickly when you open them or switch between them.
You shouldn't keep trying to clear RAM. Android works differently to Windows. The S8 manages RAM very well on it's own.
If you close apps to clear them from RAM, Android will just fill it back up with other apps again.
Let the phone manage RAM on it's own. There's no reason to interfere with it. Especially when you don't understand how it works
Hi
I have heard that more RAM in use = drain more battery, is that true? Also I have just reset my phone and now it's 2.7 GB free RAM. I am aware that user don't have to manage RAM anymore on higher version of Android. But I'm concerned about the battery life. Is it better if I use greenify? How much does RAM usage affect battery life? Also when is the official Android Oreo release date on s8+?
C4RL0S_TS4NG said:
Hi
I have heard that more RAM in use = drain more battery, is that true?
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Nope.
C4RL0S_TS4NG said:
Hi
Is it better if I use greenify?
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Nope.
The S8 has it's own built in power saving feature, the App Power Monitor. This puts apps to sleep if they aren't commonly used.
You do not need to use any other type of battery saving apps.
Are you getting bad battery life?
There's no official Oreo date yet. Probably January.
the_scotsman said:
Nope.
Nope.
The S8 has it's own built in power saving feature, the App Power Monitor. This puts apps to sleep if they aren't commonly used.
You do not need to use any other type of battery saving apps.
Are you getting bad battery life?
There's no official Oreo date yet. Probably January.
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Yes I'm getting bad battery life, I have switched off all extra feature and bixby, Google assistant voice wake up, with latest official update and least amount of apps installed. With no widgets and black wallpaper. I think that's hard core enough and I still charged 3 times today.
C4RL0S_TS4NG said:
Yes I'm getting bad battery life, I have switched off all extra feature and bixby, Google assistant voice wake up, with latest official update and least amount of apps installed. With no widgets and black wallpaper. I think that's hard core enough and I still charged 3 times today.
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Also I keep my better percentage between 30 to 85
C4RL0S_TS4NG said:
Yes I'm getting bad battery life, I have switched off all extra feature and bixby, Google assistant voice wake up, with latest official update and least amount of apps installed. With no widgets and black wallpaper. I think that's hard core enough and I still charged 3 times today.
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There's obviously something more serious going on there than bad memory management, or something as generic as that. Rather than just try random things, try to work out the cause systematically.
It could be a rogue app or something like that. What do the battery usage stats say? Settings > Device Maintenance > Battery ? Battery Usage.
What's showing as the top percentage items?
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There's obviously something more serious going on there than bad memory management, or something as generic as that. Rather than just try random things, try to work out the cause systematically.
It could be a rogue app or something like that. What do the battery usage stats say? Settings > Device Maintenance > Battery ? Battery Usage.
What's showing as the top percentage items?
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3% screen and 1%Android system and that's it
the_scotsman said:
There's obviously something more serious going on there than bad memory management, or something as generic as that. Rather than just try random things, try to work out the cause systematically.
It could be a rogue app or something like that. What do the battery usage stats say? Settings > Device Maintenance > Battery ? Battery Usage.
What's showing as the top percentage items?
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For further battery saving I just turned off Google location history
C4RL0S_TS4NG said:
3% screen and 1%Android system and that's it
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So you have 96% battery left?
partcyborg said:
So you have 96% battery left?
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No
C4RL0S_TS4NG said:
No
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How about a screenshot of your battery usage screen?
lynxblaine said:
How about a screenshot of your battery usage screen?
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This is the new one, idk why it said 3% before
10 hours left on 52% charge seems pretty good to me
C4RL0S_TS4NG said:
This is the new one, idk why it said 3% before
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Whatever bilibili is is using tons of battery. Fix that and you have one of the better performing s8 batteries I've seen on xda
partcyborg said:
Whatever bilibili is is using tons of battery. Fix that and you have one of the better performing s8 batteries I've seen on xda
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That's a video player I used to watch anime all the time
C4RL0S_TS4NG said:
That's a video player I used to watch anime all the time
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So... You're watching movies all the time on battery, and you wonder why your battery isn't more than 20h long?
partcyborg said:
So... You're watching movies all the time on battery, and you wonder why your battery isn't more than 20h long?
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Not all the time I just watch 2 episode.
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Anybody knows what "Android OS", is? It top battery consumer with 22m of CPU taken.
Its runs the os of the phone. Lol I think.
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I understand that, but why would it eat so much battery? I had Infuse before and it never drained as much battery as Skyrocket and I never saw Android OS as top consumer. It would always be Display.
something is running in the background. Get an app called System panel and it will tell you the usage for every app, service or cache item and its CPU time. My biggest battery muncher is and always was the display
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something is running in the background. Get an app called System panel and it will tell you the usage for every app, service or cache item and its CPU time. My biggest battery muncher is and always was the display
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Free version of system panel would not cut it, right? Becouse there is no History tab availabel.
i would recommend trying to flash a new rom, ive noticed that in some roms the android os used up to 22% of my battery while others i only had like 8%, i also think i remember reading that on gingerbread the android os appears to drain more in battery use, have you tried googling it?
artisticcheese said:
Free version of system panel would not cut it, right? Becouse there is no History tab availabel.
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not sure, i bought the full version and for the modest price tag of 2$ you should too, it will help you manage your battery usage, its worth it.
I had battery saver installed and seemed to do great work but when uninstalled, my tablet's battery doesn't last more than 30 mins and it got much slower too. No virus was detected from CM though.
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I had battery saver installed and seemed to do great work but when uninstalled, my tablet's battery doesn't last more than 30 mins and it got much slower too. No virus was detected from CM though.
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It can be due to many reasons. Firstly, there can be many heavy ram consuming apps running in background. Try to close them. Keep the brightness of screen low. Keep Wifi and Other data connections off when not needed. You can also turn off auto-rotation. This will increase your battery backup to a considerable amount.
Incase, it doesn't makes much of a difference, you should buy a new battery !
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It can be due to many reasons. Firstly, there can be many heavy ram consuming apps running in background. Try to close them. Keep the brightness of screen low. Keep Wifi and Other data connections off when not needed. You can also turn off auto-rotation. This will increase your battery backup to a considerable amount.
Incase, it doesn't makes much of a difference, you should buy a new battery !
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This isnt a battery save issue. When it reaches like 92% it instantly goes to 56 and at about 51% it goes like 15% or less, or it may even go from 54% instantly to zero. How can i possibly change battery? Its a tablet. How can i open it? If taken for service will they accept it? Its rooted.
SlimShady08 said:
This isnt a battery save issue. When it reaches like 92% it instantly goes to 56 and at about 51% it goes like 15% or less, or it may even go from 54% instantly to zero. How can i possibly change battery? Its a tablet. How can i open it? If taken for service will they accept it? Its rooted.
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I'm sorry. I didn't read your question properly.
Keeping in mind what you're saying, it seems like a "Failing Battery" . Tablet batteries can be changed but you will have to unroot first or the people at service center won't accept your device. So, unroot first and then go to service center.
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I'm sorry. I didn't read your question properly.
Keeping in mind what you're saying, it seems like a "Failing Battery" . Tablet batteries can be changed but you will have to unroot first or the people at service center won't accept your device. So, unroot first and then go to service center.
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last question then i hit thanks . There is no way i can possibly fix it without getting a new battery?
SlimShady08 said:
last question then i hit thanks . There is no way i can possibly fix it without getting a new battery?
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Frankly speaking, No.I think you should get a new battery because a bad battery can be really-really dangerous !
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Thanks a lot, i will go as soon as possible
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Happy to help !
I'm seeing about 15-20% battery drain overnight, something which I have not seen since the pre-Marshmallow days. Is anyone having issues with battery drain overnight?
Nope, no issues with mine. Do you have a lot of protected apps?
may be using background data like whatsapp/facebook
No issues here - normally i charge overnight, the one night, i didn't, it lost almost nothing (at most 3%, i'm not sure...)
There's an app that runs in the background
I only have a handful of protected apps, and even for those I made them subject to optimization (Doze). It's very strange, but since I'm the only one that seems to have the issue I'll have to do some more digging. Thanks everyone!
I have the same problem. Battery drain the night. I sleep 6 hours and lost 20%. I instaled xposed, greenify and amplify but it was ineficient.
Have you K9 mail installed ? I had this issue using it, after uninstall, issue solved.
I have the battery draining issue under the night.
15-20% no whatsapp/facebook neither k9 mail installed.
Have turn off wifi and mobile data will see tomorrow if it improves.
Really big difference 4% under night with wifi and mobile data off. Have to find with app is eating the battery.
Probably,lot of protected apps...
Hi There, we recommend you check to see if any unused apps are still open on the device and to close out of them before going to sleep. You can also try turning off WiFi and Bluetooth if they are not being used while you are asleep. Another recommendation is to clear all your caches. These steps should help save on any unnecessary battery drainage. Thank you for your question! (NS)
ajaisreekumar said:
Probably,lot of protected apps...
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I agree with you, too many protected apps (maybe facebook)
PalakMi said:
I agree with you, too many protected apps (maybe facebook)
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Can protected apps cause drain?
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Can protected apps cause drain?
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Yes, since they can stay on background, unlike unprotected apps which get shutdown by EMUI when they are inactive for a while
i thinks its mainly beacuse of more cpu cores online while the device is in idle state.
venom007 said:
i thinks its mainly beacuse of more cpu cores online while the device is in idle state.
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Or maybe becasue some apps wake the cpu constantly so cpu (sleep)downtime is low.
gee2012 said:
Or maybe becasue some apps wake the cpu constantly so cpu (sleep)downtime is low.
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yeah, mainly honor made bloatwares and phone manager app
venom007 said:
yeah, mainly honor made bloatwares and phone manager app
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I uninstalled 90% of the preinstalled apps and games to preserve ram and battery.
gee2012 said:
I uninstalled 90% of the preinstalled apps and games to preserve ram and battery.
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same here,
Does it have a lot of bugs? How is the battery and etc?
For me, the battery life is crap, apart from that I'd say it's stable enough.
mr.jelly said:
For me, the battery life is crap, apart from that I'd say it's stable enough.
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On B316?
mr.jelly said:
For me, the battery life is crap, apart from that I'd say it's stable enough.
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How can you say that ? I get more SoT on Nougat, like 5-6 hours with like 30-40 minutes of gaming.
On marshmallow i get like 5 hours.
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Does it have a lot of bugs? How is the battery and etc?
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No bugs, everything looks fine for me, fast and fluid. I get more battery on Nougat then on Marshamallow.
Sheldd said:
How can you say that ? I get more SoT on Nougat, like 5-6 hours with like 30-40 minutes of gaming.
On marshmallow i get like 5 hours.
No bugs, everything looks fine for me, fast and fluid. I get more battery on Nougat then on Marshamallow.
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Thanks for reply
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On B316?
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B320
For me i miss some things on marshmallow like the smart power plan....battery life isn't so great for me whether on marshmallow or nougat :/ i don;t kno how you guys set up your phones but even after calibrating i notice a significant drain
Sheldd said:
How can you say that ? I get more SoT on Nougat, like 5-6 hours with like 30-40 minutes of gaming.
On marshmallow i get like 5 hours.
No bugs, everything looks fine for me, fast and fluid. I get more battery on Nougat then on Marshamallow.
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Had 5-6 on Marshmallow, on the Beta the battery is draining like crazy, usually have to charge twice a day with light usage. Factory reset didn't do nothing, same apps as before. Might do another factory reset or go back to Marshmallow after the holidays.
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Had 5-6 on Marshmallow, on the Beta the battery is draining like crazy, usually have to charge twice a day with light usage. Factory reset didn't do nothing, same apps as before. Might do another factory reset or go back to Marshmallow after the holidays.
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exactly the same issue....on marshmallow is a bit better cause of the extra power plans....i wonder if rooting and using greenify and amplify will help
trainpunk said:
exactly the same issue....on marshmallow is a bit better cause of the extra power plans....i wonder if rooting and using greenify and amplify will help
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I never messed with the power plans, just went with performance, haha!
Might help, give it a try, I haven't got time to mess around with anything now for a week or two.
mr.jelly said:
I never messed with the power plans, just went with performance, haha!
Might help, give it a try, I haven't got time to mess around with anything now for a week or two.
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Where did you find power plans in nougat ?
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Where did you find power plans in nougat ?
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Nowhere, meant on Marshmallow
trainpunk said:
For me i miss some things on marshmallow like the smart power plan....battery life isn't so great for me whether on marshmallow or nougat :/ i don;t kno how you guys set up your phones but even after calibrating i notice a significant drain
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It depends on number of apps you install , number of apps running in background . Time u keep you data connection open . all above will drain it battery faster so use minimal except basic apps
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gopinaidu77 said:
It depends on number of apps you install , number of apps running in background . Time u keep you data connection open . all above will drain it battery faster so use minimal except basic apps
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Figured all that already...always close all apps when the screen is off, never connect to wifi or data while the screen is off, smart power plan, reduce resolution, disable bloatware i don't use etc..... for sure i can have my phone without charging for 3 days but what is the point is my screen on time is 4hrs or maybe less in Nougat is even worse imo.... Even after emptying the battery charge to 100% and recalibrating twice
Also something irrelevant i noticed after downgrading back using another region update.app is that the theme store have more themes now that before they weren't there
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No power plans on Nougat. It's something like this, for performance you dont need to do anything.
The batttery saver is in Phone Manager, then you have the option to lower the resolution which i dont think it works because nothing changing when i turn it on and the Ultra saver.
I noticed more standby battery drain in EMUI5.0 (B320) than EMUI4.1. I believe Android OS uses more power than before (I don't remember how much it uses in 4.1, but it uses a lot in 5.0).
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No power plans on Nougat. It's something like this, for performance you dont need to do anything.
The batttery saver is in Phone Manager, then you have the option to lower the resolution which i dont think it works because nothing changing when i turn it on and the Ultra saver.
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the smart power plan is missing though!!! which i find it important cause sometimes you don't need neither perfomance nor battery save
trainpunk said:
the smart power plan is missing though!!! which i find it important cause sometimes you don't need neither perfomance nor battery save
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I think the smart power plan is the same thing as battery saver
Sheldd said:
No power plans on Nougat. It's something like this, for performance you dont need to do anything.
The batttery saver is in Phone Manager, then you have the option to lower the resolution which i dont think it works because nothing changing when i turn it on and the Ultra saver.
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Changing the resolution won't change anything in view . but look here , in order to display a video with 1080p resolution you are using much CPU power where as when u watching the same video at 480p resolution , it requires much juice . only thing u miss is display quality which is negligible.
Wow battery drain is epic i turn everything off and went to sleep with 60% and i wake up with my phone dead..
Go to Settings - Utilities -OnePlus Labratory and disable SmartBoost. My battery life went back to normal.
How strong is this noticeable?
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How strong is this noticeable?
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Now with 30% left i have 5 hours Sot. Before disabling i barely had 4 hours at same 30% of battery.
I'm gonna test
Let's see my friend
I do this same and it helps a little. I have 1 hour more sot.
Yes, but smart boost keeps apps in RAM as it should. If you turn it off then you may complain about apps being closed in the background. So it's a trade off based on what you want most.
I always throw the apps out.
Man i only turned this off in the morning and im already seeing an improvement, 3.5hr SOT at 60% battery.
jaseman said:
Yes, but smart boost keeps apps in RAM as it should. If you turn it off then you may complain about apps being closed in the background. So it's a trade off based on what you want most.
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Maybe so, but if its in OnePlus Labratory, that means its in beta or alpha and not fully tested.
jaseman said:
Yes, but smart boost keeps apps in RAM as it should. If you turn it off then you may complain about apps being closed in the background. So it's a trade off based on what you want most.
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Lock te apps then you won't have that problem
klucik47 said:
Maybe so, but if its in OnePlus Labratory, that means its in beta or alpha and not fully tested.
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Do you have any real credibility to base these claims off of. This Utility is really nice, and I don't believe you.
What OS, modules, apps are you running.... This to me is hearsay.
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Do you have any real credibility to base these claims off of. This Utility is really nice, and I don't believe you.
What OS, modules, apps are you running.... This to me is hearsay.
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Just try yourself and post back your results.
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Just try yourself and post back your results.
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Why would I disable something I know for a fact works really nice (good looks to 1+ devs who made the utility), based on something someone who says it improves their battery life (which I don't get because this phone has legit really good SoT+battery life)?
You probably have something else wrong
I'm getting reduced deep sleep percentage since the 9.0.5 update. My phone used to sleep 88-95% of my screen off time. Now it can be between 62-75% but my sot is still only 6.5-8% drain per hour of sot.
I dirty flashed and I'm sure it just needs a factory reset but I don't have it in me to set this phone up again when I'm upgrading to the OnePlus 7 pro in a week. Disabling the labs isn't doing much for the screen off time (deep sleep)