Given that we have so many native features in Pie, what can someone do with root to improve battery life even further?
I need to say, the pixel3's battery life is so terrible.... I guess only 5 hours mix using.. I consider to refund it.. so so so so bad.
Undervolt for one. It helps a little.
km8j said:
Given that we have so many native features in Pie, what can someone do with root to improve battery life even further?
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I didnt notice any difference in battery life pre and post root at all.
only custom kernels will be able to take advantage of root and give us 10-15% better battery life
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Yessir, that plus what you do after rooting. If you don't do anything, it ain't going to help battery any. However, if you undervolt, disable unnecessary background tasks, install dark themes, etc, logically your battery life would improve.
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Couple questions;
Does rooting your phone = more drain on the batte? Seems like I got better battery life when it was bone stock.
Does themeing help with draining the battery?
Sorry if these are stupid questions but it seems like I had better battery life out the box on my phone. I'm running SYnergy r60 and it's themed with Eye Candy. I have been checking the things running in the background and it's doesn't seen like anything more is running then in stock. I have WiFi turned on at and work and get pretty good service in the building. But again it still seemed better stock.
gfausey211 said:
Couple questions;
Does rooting your phone = more drain on the batte? Seems like I got better battery life when it was bone stock.
Does themeing help with draining the battery?
Sorry if these are stupid questions but it seems like I had better battery life out the box on my phone. I'm running SYnergy r60 and it's themed with Eye Candy. I have been checking the things running in the background and it's doesn't seen like anything more is running then in stock. I have WiFi turned on at and work and get pretty good service in the building. But again it still seemed better stock.
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If you concerned about battery life then you should try "Clean Rom & Clean kernel". They based on stock rom and provide good performance and very good on battery life.
Different roms will have different effects on battery.
I am stock, stock recovery, bootloader still locked - but rooted.
As far as rooting alone, i'm seeing no difference in battery life.
Once you go flashing things, it's a whole new ballgame.
The problem with flashing roms/kernels is that you are continuously doing it. So every couple days you flash a new rom, or kernel, or new mod. So your phone never really has time to collaborate and settle in. Technically you're suppose to give a kernel and rom a couple days before judging battery. But we rarely do that. Plus files can get left behind from previous dirty flashes that can affect battery life. There's just a lot more ways that battery life can take a hit when flashing roms/kernels, but it can also get you significantly better battery life.
gfausey211 said:
Couple questions;
Does rooting your phone = more drain on the batte? Seems like I got better battery life when it was bone stock.
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Rooting itself makes no difference. Certain services and programs that require root could drain more battery but that is obviously optional.
gfausey211 said:
Does themeing help with draining the battery?
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It could hurt or help it but only to a small degree. Black uses the least power to display and white uses the most. Overall, it isn't something to stress over too much.
bobloblaw1 said:
Rooting itself makes no difference. Certain services and programs that require root could drain more battery but that is obviously optional.
It could hurt or help it but only to a small degree. Black uses the least power to display and white uses the most. Overall, it isn't something to stress over too much.
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Thanks for the info. I didn't think it would be a huge drain but wasn't sure.
Not sure if it's coincidence, but I reflashed r60 but didn't reflash Eye Candy and it seems the battery is doing much better.
I don't want this to turn into a "my ROM is better" thread by any means... but as a newer ROM flasher, I was wondering how much difference a different ROM would have on battery life? I'm lucky to make it 8 hours on my Skyrocket right now even idling... and while I like the ROM I'm on now (Embryo), it's almost unusable as a device this way for me.
Thoughts?
ROMs definitely have an effect on your battery life, as they govern what's running in the background and how the system operates. Some ROMs are optimized for battery life, and some are optimized for performance. The OP and ROM thread will usually tell you which is which.
That said, if you're only getting 8 hours of battery life on Embryo 5, there's something else going on. Check the link in my signature for information on hunting down and wiping out wakelocks, and consider underclocking/undervolting and changing the governor.
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I don't want this to turn into a "my ROM is better" thread by any means... but as a newer ROM flasher, I was wondering how much difference a different ROM would have on battery life? I'm lucky to make it 8 hours on my Skyrocket right now even idling... and while I like the ROM I'm on now (Embryo), it's almost unusable as a device this way for me.
Thoughts?
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you should check out the battery life help thread as it has almost every possible detail of enhance your phone battery performance. when im running embryo i always get around 22 hr with 2 hrs on screen so there something your missing. and every rom with have different battery performance not all because of the tweaks and rom enhancers but because of the user. a person who is surfing the web all day with little phone and text will easily drain battery. but a person who mainly running music social browsing talk text can easily get longer battery life.
No offense man but if embryo's rom is considered "unusable" then use another rom
I'm currently using stock MM rom and I'm not really pleased with the battery life so far. I can't last a day with a full charge and the battery drains somewhat fast. Call it placebo but I really think there's something not right. I tried doing a factory reset before but the results are still the same. Now my question is, would rooting and flashing a custom rom perhaps help alleviate the battery life situation by a bit. Maybe say some kernel has better battery performance or so? I don't want to root my phone just for the sake of testing it out. I hope someone could provide some real experiences with the performances of custom roms so far. Thanks!
Rooting didn't do much to mine. Not even using Greenify
Anyone noticed a slight improvement in the battery life of their V-10 after the stock Nougat update?
Yes but not a whole lot of improvement I still run out of battery near half my day. I need a 6,000 mAh battery
I've noticed a difference. Usually within an 8hr shift my phone would normally be between 20-30% but last night I still had 70% after the usual 8hrs.. I think it's a big improvement for my phone and battery.
GHOSTWARRIOR117 said:
Yes but not a whole lot of improvement I still run out of battery near half my day. I need a 6,000 mAh battery
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That's a bulky battery, do you know if any of the 3800mAh batteries any good?
Double0EK said:
I've noticed a difference. Usually within an 8hr shift my phone would normally be between 20-30% but last night I still had 70% after the usual 8hrs.. I think it's a big improvement for my phone and battery.
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Not bad....Mine has improved from 20- 30% hours to 50-60% after 8 hours after my shift at work...decent but not as good as my V20
GHOSTWARRIOR117 said:
Yes but not a whole lot of improvement I still run out of battery near half my day. I need a 6,000 mAh battery
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Are you using the stock, unrooted ROM?
I am using stock rom but the screen uses about 60-80% of battery life I am a very heavy user watching YouTube for hours and gaming so to be expected of any phone batteries life
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I have not tried any other batteries other than the stock ones I use a otter box case so. Most none oem batteries won't fit
Yep gaming and high screen usage will definitely kill the OEM V10 battery....
So I'm on the update I have ran it oem stock, rooted with magisk, and with root and test build of xposed, oem stock has a nice battery improvement, but with root/magisk moduals, and xposed I think MM 6.0 Had better battery life. I think this will change after the official release of Xposed for N 7.0
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So I'm on the update I have ran it oem stock, rooted with magisk, and with root and test build of xposed, oem stock has a nice battery improvement, but with root/magisk moduals, and xposed I think MM 6.0 Had better battery life. I think this will change after the official release of Xposed for N 7.0
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I never rooted my V10, is the battery life on those ROMS you mentioned better than the stock ROM?
I've noticed great improvement since I have the perfect environment for Nougat's doze. Flat on a surface, screen off for a period of time. I went from 5-15 end of day to 70ish. Those who have the phone in their pocket, or are more active may want to pair with greenify's option to make doze more aggressive to see better battery life.
Root has a small drain but, N 7.0 is awesome and even with magisk root installed its better than stock MM 6.0. If you ever went to using xposed then MM 6.0 with Xposed still wins in terms of running a modified system. MM only wins because its able to run a official build of xposed... I can't tell someone to get root If they don't know it well, but the new N 7.0 is a good update that adds batterylife
I've rooted several phones and tablets in the past, I haven't bothered to root my V10, been happy using the stock ROM
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I never rooted my V10, is the battery life on those ROMS you mentioned better than the stock ROM?
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By rooting your phone, you get the ability to change stuff deeper into the phones software, which means that you can install apps that will do the trick for you. Some of them require Root access and some require even deeper changes to your device software by using xposed framework. By using such software you can stretch your battery life by too much. I remember i managed to get my One Plus One to drain just 0.3% (thats 13 days battery life without using the screen ofc) per hour, but it cost me some slow sync of apps like gmail, facebook, messenger, whats up etc. Thats because i forced these apps to check for updates once every 5-6 hours or so. So you don't have to use a custom ROM in order to get root or xposed framework.
So I use my phone like all day screen on time is like 9h.... I'm running the 10000mah huge battery that has the large. .7inch thick case it's on amazon. But any way my system hasn't been great on battery life since I use tones of apps and mods ect ect.... I am only posting this to say a few things. I don't like the unofficial xposed framework all that much on N 7.0 I love the update though my battery life is unstable at best. If you are going full out mod crazy like I am use battery saver ware it turns on immediately and run it all day. Some days I go all-day at work and still have 70% battery left by 6pm other days I run it down to 50% by 6pm... Without battery saver on though it's not good battery life. Right now I'm on Nougat with magisk 13.3 viper audio xposed v24 and tones of mods... With all the add-on stuff I am thinking something is using very low optimization.... MM was a little more stable and predictable if you are happy with stock roms then the nougat update plus running battery saver on full time should give really good results
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Yes man, in short the battery life of this device is completely, as you mentioned, "unstable".
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So I use my phone like all day screen on time is like 9h.... I'm running the 10000mah huge battery that has the large. .7inch thick case it's on amazon. But any way my system hasn't been great on battery life since I use tones of apps and mods ect ect.... I am only posting this to say a few things. I don't like the unofficial xposed framework all that much on N 7.0 I love the update though my battery life is unstable at best. If you are going full out mod crazy like I am use battery saver ware it turns on immediately and run it all day. Some days I go all-day at work and still have 70% battery left by 6pm other days I run it down to 50% by 6pm... Without battery saver on though it's not good battery life. Right now I'm on Nougat with magisk 13.3 viper audio xposed v24 and tones of mods... With all the add-on stuff I am thinking something is using very low optimization.... MM was a little more stable and predictable if you are happy with stock roms then the nougat update plus running battery saver on full time should give really good results
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Looking at the short feature lists there's nothing I really want, the only thing I'd bother with installing a kernel for is better battery life. Has anyone noticed better battery life after installing one of the kernels in the dev section?
You have aggressive doze available to activate in the stock firmware. There is also one important WiFi setting in developer options also in the stock firmware. With these and a few other tweaks I can get 48h of standby and 6h of SOT at the same time. Quite happy with this.
can you tell where these 2 options are exactly
I've been running ElementalX for a day or two, my battery life seems improved.
I tried the wifi tweak in developer settings, but it seemed to break some apps.
perhaps it's best to make this a poll?
Yeah where is "aggressive doze"?
I would also be interested to know about battery life on other kernels.
which wifi setting in dev options are you reffering too?
just flashed frankenkernel so ill know soon
Please see the stand-by drain real life review thread.
Wtf, why did you activated votes, a poll would have been much better...