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I know I can look desperate, but this problem is driving me crazy.
My battery was good (but not perfect) in Android 6.0, but this latest update .224 is horrible! I have the same apps and the same use and with a maximum of 3 hours SoT! In one hour of normal use lose almost 10%!
Some people are having the same problem: http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...ues-32-2-A-0-224/td-p/1137290/highlight/false
I did not clean install of 6.0 to 6.0.1. I just did clean install of 5.1 to 6.0.
There are people who did clean install and are having the same problem.
Someone here is going through the same problem?
Hey, I had the exact same problem as you (UK Generic) and I did a clean install as well. I had to do a factory reset after installing and it took about 2 days for the battery drainage to settle down. Yesterday I got about 4 hours of SOT. I usually get around 2.5 days of battery which is similar to the previous firmware.
Try a factory reset.
To be honest, I'm getting the best battery life I ever had out of that smallish 2,900mAh battery + power-hungry Snapdragon 810, since .224
I still don't get the battery life I had out of my OnePlus One (that thing was a beast), but it's better. I get home after work with between 25% and 35% battery left now. With Lollipop and Marshmallow 6.0, pre 224, it would usually be between 15~20% (25% on good days), same usage pattern.
The Z5 is still not a very good phone in the battery life department, and probably neve will be, but it's better now.
One important thing though: I clean-installed .224
theprince1991 said:
Hey, I had the exact same problem as you (UK Generic) and I did a clean install as well. I had to do a factory reset after installing and it took about 2 days for the battery drainage to settle down. Yesterday I got about 4 hours of SOT. I usually get around 2.5 days of battery which is similar to the previous firmware.
Try a factory reset.
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Phazonclash said:
To be honest, I'm getting the best battery life I ever had out of that smallish 2,900mAh battery + power-hungry Snapdragon 810, since .224
I still don't get the battery life I had out of my OnePlus One (that thing was a beast), but it's better. I get home after work with between 25% and 35% battery left now. With Lollipop and Marshmallow 6.0, pre 224, it would usually be between 15~20% (25% on good days), same usage pattern.
The Z5 is still not a very good phone in the battery life department, and probably neve will be, but it's better now.
One important thing though: I clean-installed .224
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The funny thing is rebooted the device and now improved! Yesterday I got 4 SoT easy! I believe to be some kind of bug that was draining my battery! But anyway I will do a clean install!
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The funny thing is rebooted the device and now improved!
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Did you seriously post on a technology forum WITHOUT turning it off and on again first?!?!
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Did you seriously post on a technology forum WITHOUT turning it off and on again first?!?!
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I turned off once and giving reboot again, but had not resolved! The system android was 9% and then increased to 14% of battery usage. Is now 6%, ie normal.
I got 4 hours 40 minutes of SOT today, from 100 to 2%. This was mainly browsing and some videos over the span of 10 hours. If I'm lucky I can get 12 hours overall but with only 2-3h screen on time, as I don't use the phone as often.
I noticed something odd today - Wifi is now showing at he top of my usage details and it shows an entire span of Wifi usage (from 19 days ago, I think that is when the phone was updated). It has no impact on the battery life but it's just odd that "screen" doesnt show on the top anymore. I rebooted and the same thing occurs.
The battery usage screen really sucks now - you can't even see if the phone is "awake" or when there was wifi/mobile signal etc.
I got over 7hours with WiFi connected, Opera browser to read wattpad and my phone still had 27%. I've just unplugged my phone 2 hours ago and used it to surfing GG+ and Facebook, 20% for 2hour and 10mins usage. So it's good or bad? This result is a little better than my old Z2.
Same thing here. I usually have up plug in mid of the day just to make sure i have enough juice to survive the night. Around 3 hrs SOT only. Even with the auto sync off and wifi scanning off. Location service is off too. I don't see why the standard stamina mode has been removed that usually prolongs battery. I have doze installed for mobile data minimized but still around 3hrs or so
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FYLin21 said:
I got 4 hours 40 minutes of SOT today, from 100 to 2%. This was mainly browsing and some videos over the span of 10 hours. If I'm lucky I can get 12 hours overall but with only 2-3h screen on time, as I don't use the phone as often.
I noticed something odd today - Wifi is now showing at he top of my usage details and it shows an entire span of Wifi usage (from 19 days ago, I think that is when the phone was updated). It has no impact on the battery life but it's just odd that "screen" doesnt show on the top anymore. I rebooted and the same thing occurs.
The battery usage screen really sucks now - you can't even see if the phone is "awake" or when there was wifi/mobile signal etc.
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I get the same WiFi bug and it's currently showing 18 days! Did you clean install the update? OTA or via Xperia Companion?
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I get the same WiFi bug and it's currently showing 18 days! Did you clean install the update? OTA or via Xperia Companion?
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Which option do you see it?
With normal use, (browsing, social networks, videos, etc) I lose about 10% -15% per hour which I think is normal because I use it a lot. so it may last about 6 - 8 hours until it reaches 20% and I charge it immediately, I only drained the battery from 100% to 0% one time. Because I read somewhere full drains are not good for battery. Anyway if I play games, for example Need for Speed No Limits, I lose about 20% in an hour or so. so if I keep playing it will last only 4 hours aprox. maybe less. But there had been days where I almost don't use the phone and it lasts all day. So I really can't complain. But it certainly doesn't lasts 2 days as Sony said
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I get the same WiFi bug and it's currently showing 18 days! Did you clean install the update? OTA or via Xperia Companion?
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After charging to 100%, it's gone.
I updated with OTA this time around, and not a clean install.
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Which option do you see it?
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I upgraded via Xperia Companion from 164 not the clean install.
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FYLin21 said:
After charging to 100%, it's gone.
I updated with OTA this time around, and not a clean install.
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Same but via Xperia Companion. It doesn't bug me much but it is weird.
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Got the new update promise to fix batt, did you guys update?
Without any changes on usage type (I cannot say its regular on everyday, but I can say that there is no difference between last update and and previous one) battery performance on last update is about half of the previous one! Even if the stamina mode is activated, draining is very fast on my device (z5 compact). Draining on stamina mode is larger than normal usage on normal mode (prev version). In short, this problem is very very bad on my phone. I'm wondering when this issue will be solved or this is just happened on my device?
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But it certainly doesn't lasts 2 days as Sony said
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Have to keep it in your mind.
I did clean install of .224, wipe everything. Let the battery dies completely and recharged up to 100% without stopping. I had a significant improvement in battery life!
Hi,
Firmware Finder shows b585 for my phone (L29C636 dual sim), although system update doesn't show it.
3 files downloaded 1.updated 1.3 GB, 2.update data full public 425mb and 3.update full L29 442mb
How to flash it.
Is this firmware safe?
I will download it but not flashing with twrp or dload ... Anyone flash it?
Mate 8, L29C636B585. Noticing a larger than normal battery drain on the Nougat version of Huawei's EMUI. Not sure if this is and issue for Google or Huawei. I already uninstalled apps that I have constantly monitored to be BIG drainers. and I also tried to tweak mobile data access and many more to see which app is really killing my phone. Been at it for 3 weeks now, still on the hunt.
Anyone have a similar experience on their Mate 8? L29C636B858 variant.
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Mate 8, L29C636B585. Noticing a larger than normal battery drain on the Nougat version of Huawei's EMUI. Not sure if this is and issue for Google or Huawei. I already uninstalled apps that I have constantly monitored to be BIG drainers. and I also tried to tweak mobile data access and many more to see which app is really killing my phone. Been at it for 3 weeks now, still on the hunt.
Anyone have a similar experience on their Mate 8? L29C636B858 variant.
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On B585 now, I only get about 5-6 hours screen on time and barely get through one day with medium-high usage.
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On B858 now, I only get about 5-6 hours screen on time and barely get through one day with medium-high usage.
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B858?
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B858?
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typo. you typed it wrong too.
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typo. you typed it wrong too.
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K. my bad. I see it to be as L29C636B585?
I'm retesting.
I got mine from FF because I noticed that L29C636B563 was experiencing the same issue I am having today 4-5 weeks after the update (Official OTA from Huawei) arrived on my phone.
My issues probably started the week of 10 June to 18 June, well after I've had L29C636B563...
The following apps may or will rise up to the top of the list of battery suckers and they happen at random most of the time, mostly too just after taking the phone out from the charging state:
Google Play Services
Calendar
Chrome
Gmail
And other essential apps....
I'll have good battery and see that I still have 30% left, then after 30 minutes at the dinner table... I'd be surprised that my phone suddenly died. This is around 11pm at night.
Anyway, I decided to install L29C636B585 (v84268 FullOTA-MF). I think something went wrong with this firmware update because I did not experience the 9 or 10 MFs that was more apparent in (v84265 OTA-MF).
This was just last Monday I think. First install, my battery was still draining crazily. After the first update to L29C636B585 (v84268 FullOTA-MF). I just restored everything from my Google Account. I did this twice.
A few days ago, I decided to do a full clean install so I processed my third wipe but this time, I started clean. Nope. Something is wrong here! Battery is still draining like CRAZY!
So. around Wednesday this week. I wonder what L29C636B585 (v84265 OTA-MF) is all about. Each package downloaded is less tha 600MB, and after the 9th or 10th prompt, the total MF package size came to 4.5GB and it installed.
After that, I just rebooted.
I noticed that a lot of times (just a 2 day period here), the battery usage would start to steady itself after an initial drain my Google Play Services or some crazy system app. No, it is not an app I installed. Maybe an app that Google Updated like Google Play Service or the Google App (with the Google Assistant).
Prior to updating to Nougat 7.0, I was happy at L29C636B321, the best most stable EMUI for my Mate 8 yet.
Why does Google release Beta Software to unknowing Beta Testers??!?
Yesterday from 4pm to 10:20pm, my battery went from 77% to 62%, that's pretty low usage??! I was also up and about that time. What happened? That's 15% drain in 6 hrs and 20 mins. The battery drain is still not consistent. Not as consistent as my L29C636B321.
That one would have a steady drain, averaging between 3% to 4% on moderate use.
So now... what?? I just installed Doze (for android) again and maybe it will force Google Play Services to doze once in a while since that essential service is exempt from any battery power saving mode.
Uhm :cyclops:
childoftheworld said:
K. my bad. I see it to be as L29C636B585?
I'm retesting.
I got mine from FF because I noticed that L29C636B563 was experiencing the same issue I am having today 4-5 weeks after the update (Official OTA from Huawei) arrived on my phone.
My issues probably started the week of 10 June to 18 June, well after I've had L29C636B563...
The following apps may or will rise up to the top of the list of battery suckers and they happen at random most of the time, mostly too just after taking the phone out from the charging state:
Google Play Services
Calendar
Chrome
Gmail
And other essential apps....
I'll have good battery and see that I still have 30% left, then after 30 minutes at the dinner table... I'd be surprised that my phone suddenly died. This is around 11pm at night.
Anyway, I decided to install L29C636B585 (v84268 FullOTA-MF). I think something went wrong with this firmware update because I did not experience the 9 or 10 MFs that was more apparent in (v84265 OTA-MF).
This was just last Monday I think. First install, my battery was still draining crazily. After the first update to L29C636B585 (v84268 FullOTA-MF). I just restored everything from my Google Account. I did this twice.
A few days ago, I decided to do a full clean install so I processed my third wipe but this time, I started clean. Nope. Something is wrong here! Battery is still draining like CRAZY!
So. around Wednesday this week. I wonder what L29C636B585 (v84265 OTA-MF) is all about. Each package downloaded is less tha 600MB, and after the 9th or 10th prompt, the total MF package size came to 4.5GB and it installed.
After that, I just rebooted.
I noticed that a lot of times (just a 2 day period here), the battery usage would start to steady itself after an initial drain my Google Play Services or some crazy system app. No, it is not an app I installed. Maybe an app that Google Updated like Google Play Service or the Google App (with the Google Assistant).
Prior to updating to Nougat 7.0, I was happy at L29C636B321, the best most stable EMUI for my Mate 8 yet.
Why does Google release Beta Software to unknowing Beta Testers??!?
Yesterday from 4pm to 10:20pm, my battery went from 77% to 62%, that's pretty low usage??! I was also up and about that time. What happened? That's 15% drain in 6 hrs and 20 mins. The battery drain is still not consistent. Not as consistent as my L29C636B321.
That one would have a steady drain, averaging between 3% to 4% on moderate use.
So now... what?? I just installed Doze (for android) again and maybe it will force Google Play Services to doze once in a while since that essential service is exempt from any battery power saving mode.
Uhm :cyclops:
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Yes, mine is L29C636B585. While the 5-6 hours screen on time I get seemed low for this phone (could be normal battery wear?), I did not experience the crazy screen-off drain you reported. My battery usage list seem normal with android system being the biggest juice sucker.
Very unhappy with Nougat 7.0 (EMUI 5.0) L29C636B563 and L29C636B585, both are BUGGED to death. The biggest being the BATTERY DRAIN
I wonder if these 2 posts have any bearing at all:
http://club.huawei.com/thread-12139207-1-1-3717.html (In Chinese)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh21H3qTbx4&feature=youtu.be
Basically remove (make Not Allowed):
GeofenceService
HwLBSService
In "Ignore Battery Optimization".
Wonder what these 2 services are for? What happens if you remove them from Battery Optimization, i.e., allow them to be optimized.
I bought my Pixel in Nov 2016. Battery lasted on average about 1 day & 10-20 minutes based on my personal usage. In the last few weeks, it barely lasts 24 hours. I haven't added any new apps. My battery usage info doesn't show anything unusual or an app consuming a lot of battery. I downloaded GSam Battery Monitor but that doesn't give details on app usage unless you are rooted which I am not.
Have others also experienced poor battery although the phone is not even a year old?
Any ideas on what it can be? I haven't changed my usage either (I only monitor it on weekdays since that usage is basically the same each day).
Just an example here: took off charger 52 mins ago and it's already at 89%.
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What software are you running? If you don't get the OTA for 8.0, I'd enroll in the Beta. This will prompt you to get the official release at this time. Once that's installed, I'd Factory Reset data and start from scratch.
Alternatively, you can uninstall apps one by one to see if there's an increase in performance/battery life. Also, maybe try wiping cache to see if that helps.
Yes mine went from 5-6 hours SOT to maybe 3 1/2 to 4. Horrible. I've flashed countless factory images. Never abkr to figure it out.
I wouldn't expect it's related to the age of the device necessarily. I only just got my Pixel a few weeks ago and it averages about 4 hours SOT over 24 hours with little left in the tank. It's got a small battery.
Mine is terrible on Oreo
You have to give the software about 2-3 days to learn your usage so that it can set everything for you, if you just installed Android Oreo, then, it's going to be at least a day or two before your battery corrects it self.
I have been on the Oreo dev preview, back to Nougat, now back on Oreo and the battery life just has gotten to be terrible. Factory wipes every time I load a new version on Android.
I get about 1.5 to 2 hrs SoT in a 12 hour period and it just about is dead. I have surrendered to the fact that I will just never had good battery life as long as I own an Android phone and I charge them any chance I get.
TabletConnect said:
I downloaded GSam Battery Monitor but that doesn't give details on app usage unless you are rooted which I am not.
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Personally I use Wakelock Detector on a rooted phone, but it may be possible to get information without root using ADB.
https://plus.google.com/+GeorgeTanner/posts/gT5f7XntmEu
The Wakelock Detector instructions for not having root are more thorough.
http://goo.gl/Yqdh2F
I am still on Android 7.1.2 running the latest update - NHG47Q (I think this is the latest). I have not tried the Oreo beta but would hope the battery life will improve since that is one of the new features.
I have heard that one should factory reset when going to a major update like 8.0. I just hate to reinstall everything (apps & settings) from scratch. (I am not rooted.)
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I have heard that one should factory reset when going to a major update like 8.0. I just hate to reinstall everything (apps & settings) from scratch. (I am not rooted.)
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Shouldn't have to do that... I've never bothered and it's not caused me any issues. I think people who suggest you do that are probably the same ones who suggest you wipe cache and dalvik cache all the time (burn).
The screen takes an awful lot of battery on this device.
My battery life was getting worse, and a factory reset a few days all fixed it.
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My battery life was getting worse, and a factory reset a few days all fixed it.
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The only issue with that is reinstalling all apps and settings.
Standby time is immensely better but lost an hour or so in sot
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The screen takes an awful lot of battery on this device.
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The screen uses the most power of almost any phone, the Pixel being no exception.
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My battery drains really fast after I upgraded to Oreo 8.1. 30 minutes of Youtube used up 20% of my battery. It used to be only 10%.
I am,went from 5.5 on nougat to 4 on Oreo to 5 again on 8.1 dp1 and back to 4 on final.....sot of course. No change in usage
try getting rid of Back up to Google Drive took my SOT from 2hrs to 5 very odd
anyone else notice it? first off, I'd be at like 40 minutes screen on time before I'd drop to 99 percent... now, it drops immediately after unplugging, and that 40 min screen on time, I'll be at like 69 percent now. it's absolutely ridiculous. battery drains like crazy now, but nothing is running in the background that shouldn't be. everything is identical to pre 8.1 update. today I was at right under 60 min screen on time, at like 59 percent. I looked at old screenshots pre 8.1, and I'd be at like 2.5 hours screen on time at 59 percent. it's absolutely ridiculous that Google is purposely ruining the phone with each update in terms of battery life. I'm not the only one, either. it's on reddit as well. planned obsolescence? yep, I'm starting to think so.
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Man. Do you live off grid or something and can only charge every 2 days or something. If you want 3+ hours of SOT than you would have to be close to a charger anyways and that's with any phone. All these phones that have come out late 2016 early 2017 have the same battery set up...use your phone and charge it fast and use your phone some more.
My pixel 2 same as my Moto z2 force and my s8
jayochs said:
anyone else notice it? first off, I'd be at like 40 minutes screen on time before I'd drop to 99 percent... now, it drops immediately after unplugging, and that 40 min screen on time, I'll be at like 69 percent now. it's absolutely ridiculous. battery drains like crazy now, but nothing is running in the background that shouldn't be. everything is identical to pre 8.1 update. today I was at right under 60 min screen on time, at like 59 percent. I looked at old screenshots pre 8.1, and I'd be at like 2.5 hours screen on time at 59 percent. it's absolutely ridiculous that Google is purposely ruining the phone with each update in terms of battery life. I'm not the only one, either. it's on reddit as well. planned obsolescence? yep, I'm starting to think so.
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I really doubt it's any different than it was. It's more likely the battery wasn't reporting correctly in 8.0. When I was on 8.0 the battery would sit at 100% for at least an hour, maybe 2, all the while I was using the phone. Yes, since 8.1 it drops much faster when I first start using it after removing it from the charger but at the end of the day I still have pretty much the same battery percentage left as I did when I was on 8.0. It drops faster to begin with but in the end, it's the same as before. Rather than planned obsolescence, it's more likely they simply fixed something that wasn't working properly before. There's no way you can use one of these things for an hour or more and not have the battery drop below 100%. Just my two cents worth.
Can't complain. Forgot twice to plug it in at night, woke up both times with 45% left. At my regular use that is good. My previous S7 would have been down to <20%. BTW, this:
jayochs said:
it's absolutely ridiculous that Google is purposely ruining the phone with each update in terms of battery life.
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is just utter BS, maybe you should reinforce you aluminum hat...
I can't say my battery life has been bad or gotten worse with 8.1. If anything it got better. I didn't plug mine in last night, woke up with 38% left. That was about 20 hours since last charge. I don't think Google is purposely obsoleting their newest phones a couple months after release either.....
Edit: I should mention, I have my AOD always on, I have Now Playing enabled, double-tap-to wake is disabled, and I use one of the prepackaged Pixel 2 live wallpapers (Marvelous Marble). The only ting I really do thinking of the battery is turn the phone face down when I go to bed since that shuts off the display.
so i guess the fact that my screen on time has dropped by over an hour means I'm the one who's crazy, and the phone is perfectly fine.... riiiiiggghht.
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jayochs said:
it's absolutely ridiculous that Google is purposely ruining the phone with each update in terms of battery life. I'm not the only one, either. it's on reddit as well. planned obsolescence? yep, I'm starting to think so.
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so i guess the fact that my screen on time has dropped by over an hour means I'm the one who's crazy, and the phone is perfectly fine.... riiiiiggghht.
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I'm pretty sure this part of your post is the crazy part. Your battery drain is probably real. Have you confirmed it exists on a clean install without any apps installed or system configurations changed? Only then should you entertain that this is Google's fault. Even then, accusing them of doing it on purpose runs dangerously close to tinfoil hat territory.
I feel my battery life has gone down slightly going from 8.0 to 8.1. Though, I'm running all the bells and whistles this phone has to offer, along with tasker profiles. I also agree with the previous statement. Perhaps the system wasn't accurately measuring the battery life.
I did have horrible battery life for a bit when I was playing with a new kernel and dirty flashing some things to get Viper4Android working.
I have two Pixel 2 phones (non XL), and honestly they are amazing at battery compared to my HTC M8s (again two) . Are they perfect? No. Are they better than any phone I've ever had? Yes.
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As has been said above, the battery no longer sticks at 100% for the first hour or so of screen on time, but that was always obviously nonsense anyway so a fair conclusion is that it's now better calibrated. But I've noticed no difference overall in battery life: yesterday was the first time I tried running for 2 days rather than charging overnight, and when I plugged it at night it had run for 41 hours with 6 and a quarter hours screen on and 7% remaining, so really not a problem there.
If you're having trouble with an update:
- Use BetterBatteryStats to figure out if any apps are acting up (or just top off the battery, use phone normally, and check Google's battery stats for Apps Using Battery, standby drain and screen on time)
- Clean flash the factory image, set up phone as new, go through charge cycle and check stats.
I'm not having any issues with battery on 8.1 (clean installed factory image). Easily get 4 - 6 hours SOT. As a matter of fact, my battery life is shockingly excellent for a smaller device like this.
Google is not making battery worse on purpose with their brand new flagship device.
I don't have any issues with the battery after the 8.1 update. It doesn't stay on 100% for a long time like it used to, but like everyone else is saying, that must have been buggy before. It isn't realistic for the battery to stick on 100% with 40 mins of SOT. Overall I don't see a reduction in battery life and I'm quite happy with the 8.1 update.
I was checking BBS and couldn't tell much. Do you still need to install it as a system app?
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If you're having trouble with an update:
- Use BetterBatteryStats to figure out if any apps are acting up (or just top off the battery, use phone normally, and check Google's battery stats for Apps Using Battery, standby drain and screen on time)
- Clean flash the factory image, set up phone as new, go through charge cycle and check stats.
I'm not having any issues with battery on 8.1 (clean installed factory image). Easily get 4 - 6 hours SOT. As a matter of fact, my battery life is shockingly excellent for a smaller device like this.
Google is not making battery worse on purpose with their brand new flagship device.
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I was checking BBS and couldn't tell much. Do you still need to install it as a system app?
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Not sure. I haven't used it for quite a while. The built in battery info works well enough for me, I haven't been having issues. It's good for checking wakelocks and some more advanced stuff but I think it needs a few cycles/days before it can analyze properly.
I think it's just the way oreo is. Ever since 8.0 it just drains the battery very aggressively. 8.1 the OS runs smoother, but battery drain is still high. Been the case though since 8.0 for me, nothing new.
I haven't clean flashed in over 6 months though. Just been on 7.1 and been rolling up the OTAs and chugging along. I found using Naptime by Franco helps a bit.
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I was checking BBS and couldn't tell much. Do you still need to install it as a system app?
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IMO battery life has never been great on the Pixel 2. It's the same on 8.1 as it was on 8.0 for me.
Right now I'm trending towards 6 hours SOT (3 hrs SOT at 50%), and I have been BT streaming audiobooks most of the day. I also watched Netflix for 30 min on full brighness. That's better than 8.0 for me, I was lucky to get 5 hrs SOT max.
I would say the calibration is more accurate now, it hung on 100% for too long, so it may appear to drain faster but so far in practice I've gained battery.
Battery life isn't as good as my OP5, but that has a big battery compared to the Pixel 2. I think for it's size it's doing a good job.
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I think it's just the way oreo is. Ever since 8.0 it just drains the battery very aggressively. 8.1 the OS runs smoother, but battery drain is still high. Been the case though since 8.0 for me, nothing new.
I haven't clean flashed in over 6 months though. Just been on 7.1 and been rolling up the OTAs and chugging along. I found using Naptime by Franco helps a bit.
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I guess you are talking about one of your other devices here, rather than the Pixel 2.
I am getting horrible battery life since going to 8.1
I installed the update the night of the 13th. The past 2 days my battery drains to 20% in about 8 hours. At that point whatever is causing it was stopped by the battery saver mode or the reboot I did when I discovered the phone was in battery saver mode.
Light use at work, staring at my phone is not a thing I have time for. No streaming, no surfing. Just checking texts and emails here and there. Prior to the update I'd get home 12 hours after I left the house and be around 75-80%. Not rooted, not unlocked. Bone stock.
Built in battery stats say 'system' is the culprit. Digging deeper I see Google Play Services app used 70% of my battery from about 7am to around 4 or 5pm this evening. I'd post a screen shot but I didn't to think of taking one before I plugged it in. I just installed BBS and will monitor it for a day.
Large Hadron said:
I guess you are talking about one of your other devices here, rather than the Pixel 2.
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I thought this was the 5x forum for some reason. Pixel 2 no issues. It was my 5x
Anyone experiencing poor battery life after this latest patch?
My mobile network battery is very high and I'm on wifi.
Ideas?
The latest patch as in the one that released today? If so, high usage is normal for a few days. If it's the update from last month, you might consider a factory reset and setting all your apps up from scratch. Time consuming for sure but gives you a clean slate with the battery.
EtherealRemnant said:
The latest patch as in the one that released today? If so, high usage is normal for a few days. If it's the update from last month, you might consider a factory reset and setting all your apps up from scratch. Time consuming for sure but gives you a clean slate with the battery.
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I concur with this assuming you're on the May update which only just was released. I'd be patient and report back after a few days at least.
EtherealRemnant said:
The latest patch as in the one that released today? If so, high usage is normal for a few days. If it's the update from last month, you might consider a factory reset and setting all your apps up from scratch. Time consuming for sure but gives you a clean slate with the battery.
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I just updated to the April patch due to a rooting error and reinstalled from scratch. Phone was fine prior to that.
Guess I'll just update to the newest one and see what happens? The strange thing is the high mobile network battery usage
stslimited84 said:
I just updated to the April patch due to a rooting error and reinstalled from scratch. Phone was fine prior to that.
Guess I'll just update to the newest one and see what happens? The strange thing is the high mobile network battery usage
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If you just set your phone up from scratch, you have to give it a few weeks to learn your usage patterns.
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If you just set your phone up from scratch, you have to give it a few weeks to learn your usage patterns.
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I understand. Reason I posted is this is new behavior that didn't happen previously combined with the culprit being mobile network battery drain. Appreciate your responses
stslimited84 said:
I understand. Reason I posted is this is new behavior that didn't happen previously combined with the culprit being mobile network battery drain. Appreciate your responses
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Yep, this is what I see too, I posted the pics in another forum and got a number of "that's odd" comments, where my overnight drain due to the mobile radio was crazy-high (this happened back in the Nov timeframe, fixed with the Jan update, and started again with March, pretty consistent, for me).
I typically charge in the AM, wirelessly, while I catch up on emails and such, so the phone had light use all day, and the bulk of the discharge was from 12A until around 9A, when it was not in-use.
We're located in a suburban area with very strong LTE and decent 5G towers all nearby, with (almost) always very low (e.g. "good") dBM signal values, for the mobile radio.
I flashed the April update as soon as it was released. I have also noticed that my battery life has been a bit worse on the April update.
Furthermore, I also root my phone. However, I always do a full wipe and fresh install with each update. So, I can confirm that there does indeed seem to be a potential battery drain issue on the April build. And as you have stated, I believe that it has something to do with the mobile data scanning. However, when I stay connected to WiFi, my battery doesn't drain as quickly as it does when I turn WiFi off.
Regardless, the May update has released today and so I'll likely be updating to that tonight to see whether or not this faster battery drain issue continues.
*Edit* - The May update - although only running on my device for around 12 hours - does seem to have improved that battery drain issue that was visible on the April factory image. However, this mobile data battery issue could very well be a result of Google pushing out all of these carrier service updates. Of which, they are presumably doing so in order to test the stock OS setup for their two new devices that will be launching within the next month: the Pixel 7A and the Pixel Phold. Therefore, if carrier service testing was the culprit of this issue, then I wouldn't be surprised if we see this issue pop up again due to further mobile data stability/reliability testing.
*Edit 2* - May update was installed for a few days. My battery life is MUCH better. It is essentially how it was prior to the April update.
pgrey2 said:
Yep, this is what I see too, I posted the pics in another forum and got a number of "that's odd" comments, where my overnight drain due to the mobile radio was crazy-high (this happened back in the Nov timeframe, fixed with the Jan update, and started again with March, pretty consistent, for me).
I typically charge in the AM, wirelessly, while I catch up on emails and such, so the phone had light use all day, and the bulk of the discharge was from 12A until around 9A, when it was not in-use.
We're located in a suburban area with very strong LTE and decent 5G towers all nearby, with (almost) always very low (e.g. "good") dBM signal values, for the mobile radio.
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Did you find any fixes? i updated to the May build and the issue is even WORSE. Phone idle for last two hours after full charge, down 12% already from mobile wifi data. Its literally sitting screen off burning 6% per hour
four hours of on time after full charge. 15% battery discharge - done by mobile network....ive been on wifi the whole time.
what gives?
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Did you find any fixes? i updated to the May build and the issue is even WORSE. Phone idle for last two hours after full charge, down 12% already from mobile wifi data. Its literally sitting screen off burning 6% per hour
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On the AndroidCentral forums a user referenced an actual Google support thread (which had been locked, interestingly), where they had supposedly been told, by support, to revert to 3G.
That's sort of tough to believe though, if you ask me, given the fact most carriers in Google's largest Pixel market sun-setted 3G some time ago (my carrier, TMo, did it last summer, not that I cared much, but I was tracking things).
I'd say they might have confused 3G/4G-LTE, except that they specifically called out moving from 5G/4G-LTE -> 3G, weird, eh?
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four hours of on time after full charge. 15% battery discharge - done by mobile network....ive been on wifi the whole time.
what gives?
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I would bet this is because the algorithmic calculation is done based on carrier-type use, which would involve pretty much any interrupts regarding phone/sms/rcs.
My guess anyway, I tried this too, one night, and saw a similar deal.
Whatever the cause may be, it's software related and it's very aggravating. Phone was fine a few days ago
I had the same problem with the April update. due to a change of contract i now only have lte, no more 5g. Since then the battery has held up like it used to.
I have to wonder what some people are doing to make their phones...or batteries...so awful?
I have the latest May, 2023 update installed. I happened to sideload the OTA instead of waiting but I do not think that makes any difference in the end. However, the very first thing I noticed was that everything seemed a little smoother??? (placebo effect??)
The very next thing I noticed was battery life...mine improved exponentially and it wasn't bad before the update!
For example I removed the phone off of the Google wireless charger around 5 AM, then I used it on Android Auto for a round trip of about 33 miles, and when I got home (four hours off the charger) I was STILL AT 100% Hand-of-God!
When I went to bed around 9:30 PM (yes, I'm getting old) the phone was at 90%...honest to GOD again!
Looked at the battery again around 6 AM and it was at 85%. The phone was on all night with DND activated, but everything else active.
I can only guess that one of two things are happening here...either some of you have installed crap-apps that have hosed your phones, or.....you have defective phones/batteries.
YMMV
I haven't noticed much of a change with the battery after applying the March update, purposely left the phone off the changer overnight with battery at 100% (12am) - looked at the phone at 6am and percentage was down to 97%.
Whatever the cause may be, it's software related and it's very aggravating. Phone was fine a few days
jaseman said:
I have to wonder what some people are doing to make their phones...or batteries...so awful?
I have the latest May, 2023 update installed. I happened to sideload the OTA instead of waiting but I do not think that makes any difference in the end. However, the very first thing I noticed was that everything seemed a little smoother??? (placebo effect??)
The very next thing I noticed was battery life...mine improved exponentially and it wasn't bad before the update!
For example I removed the phone off of the Google wireless charger around 5 AM, then I used it on Android Auto for a round trip of about 33 miles, and when I got home (four hours off the charger) I was STILL AT 100% Hand-of-God!
When I went to bed around 9:30 PM (yes, I'm getting old) the phone was at 90%...honest to GOD again!
Looked at the battery again around 6 AM and it was at 85%. The phone was on all night with DND activated, but everything else active.
I can only guess that one of two things are happening here...either some of you have installed crap-apps that have hosed your phones, or.....you have defective phones/batteries.
YMMV
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did you read the post or just decide it was user error b/c your battery life is fine right now?
There were multiple pictures posted of the mobile network battery drain which has been documented elsewhere and confirmed by another user in the thread.
Battery life was great until the April update then the mobile network drain started which hasn't been corrected by multiple updates and full wipes.
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I haven't noticed much of a change with the battery after applying the March update, purposely left the phone off the changer overnight with battery at 100% (12am) - looked at the phone at 6am and percentage was down to 97%.
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that's how mine was previously
May update. Great as usual. Avg 6-7hrs SoT (which am happy with, consider i have 8 running app services and near 24h vpn)
stslimited84 said:
Battery life was great....
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Well, I wouldn't go THAT far....