Stuck at 120hz all the time when in dark mode? - OnePlus 8T Questions & Answers

So I've noticed that my brand new 8T battery life isn't very impressive. I found an article on gsm arena that said there is a bug that causes the device to stay at 120hz all the time when the device is using dark mode. Normally it should clock down the refresh rate when the device isn't being used.
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Now, let's talk about the refresh rate.
To save power, the display will normally dial back to 60Hz after you stop touching it. It does have its quirks though. If brightness is below 50%, or you have Dark mode ON, it will always keep a 120Hz refresh rate. Yet, some apps like Google Maps, YouTube or fullscreen video playback will always run at 60Hz.
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Anyway, I'm just wondering if anyone has noticed this same issue with bad battery and if so are you using dark mode?
UPDATE: I've noticed that the home screen will get stuck at 120hz if you use one of the active wallpapers. I recommend using a static wallpaper to allow the screen to go to 60hz. I've also verified that the settings app in dark mode gets stuck at 120hz. For best battery, set your system dark mode to off. Use a static home screen wallpaper and manually set dark mode for each of the other apps you use daily.
Thanks.

I think they made an error on saying that dark mode keeps 120 all the time. I just used a refresh rate app on dark mode and was able to change from 60 to 120 and it does not stay on 120 in dark mode...so not sure what to tell you???

jaseman said:
I think they made an error on saying that dark mode keeps 120 all the time. I just used a refresh rate app on dark mode and was able to change from 60 to 120 and it does not stay on 120 in dark mode...so not sure what to tell you???
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Thanks for checking. I just took their word for it. I think my problem is that I was assuming the battery would be way better than the Pixel 3 XL I upgraded from but it's just marginally better. I'm just hoping the battery optimization will start doing its thing the longer I use the phone.

It seems there is a mechanism that adjust the refresh rate by regarding a combination of background color and screen brightness.
I have an almost black homescreen, and no matter how high I set the screen brightness, it always stays at 120Hz.
But when using an app with a white background and set the display a little brighter, it switches to 60Hz after a few seconds.

DroidzforLife said:
So I've noticed that my brand new 8T battery life isn't very impressive. I found an article on gsm arena that said there is a bug that causes the device to stay at 120hz all the time when the device is using dark mode. Normally it should clock down the refresh rate when the device isn't being used.
Here is the quote from the article:
Anyway, I'm just wondering if anyone has noticed this same issue with bad battery and if so are you using dark mode?
Thanks.
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I'm using dark mode from the beginning and tried switching between 120hz and 60hz as I'm not getting that much impressive battery backup. The max i had got was like 6hrs of sot without AOD and ambient display off. Just a normal user. Some casual games, instagram, 90% times on wifi. And yesterday i got like 4hrs of sot at 60hz without AOD but with ambient display notifications on. On the other hand I'm glad we have a 65w which charges the device pretty fast.
I will try the light theme mode and check the battery life and update here.

I think it's forced 120hz unlike Samsung's adaptive. I left the counter enabled from dev options and never see it throttle down unless that's a bug. The description in display settings does say it will switch on its own but I never see that happening. Only time it shows 60hz is when going full screen landscape during videos or certain games that don't support it that's probably what it means by switching dynamically. Could also explain why we get worse battery life than s20fe users who have similar specs but are getting 9hr sot with 120hz. I've checked a few of their screenshots in the sot thread.
Anyone know more about it and can confirm?

@DroidzforLife I am coming from Mi 9T Pro. I had 6-7 hours SOT with my usage (gaming + social media). That was a 60Hz phone. With OP8T, even with a bigger battery, I get around 4 hours of SOT for the same usage. Note that I am constantly in dark mode, and 99% of the apps that I use have dark mode enabled. And it's constantly at 120Hz for me, by enabling the toggle, like @Anon1136 said.
The battery definitely is worse here. The only positive about it is that it charges insanely fast. That's all. My SOT slightly improved to around 5hours by flashing the Radioactive kernel.

theincognito said:
@DroidzforLife I am coming from Mi 9T Pro. I had 6-7 hours SOT with my usage (gaming + social media). That was a 60Hz phone. With OP8T, even with a bigger battery, I get around 4 hours of SOT for the same usage. Note that I am constantly in dark mode, and 99% of the apps that I use have dark mode enabled. And it's constantly at 120Hz for me, by enabling the toggle, like @Anon1136 said.
The battery definitely is worse here. The only positive about it is that it charges insanely fast. That's all. My SOT slightly improved to around 5hours by flashing the Radioactive kernel.
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Since posting I've switched to system light mode with manually set dark mode in as many apps as possible and the battery seems to have improved but still is not impressive. With my Pixel 3 XL I could get easily 6.5hrs of SOT. I guess we will have to sit back and enjoy our 65w charging for now. I'm just hoping that the adaptive battery stuff will greatly improve the battery life.
Oh and I switched to 60hz/Light Mode and the SOT didn't get much better...

DroidzforLife said:
Since posting I've switched to system light mode with manually set dark mode in as many apps as possible and the battery seems to have improved but still is not impressive. With my Pixel 3 XL I could get easily 6.5hrs of SOT. I guess we will have to sit back and enjoy our 65w charging for now. I'm just hoping that the adaptive battery stuff will greatly improve the battery life.
Oh and I switched to 60hz/Light Mode and the SOT didn't get much better...
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I hope so, too

DroidzforLife said:
Since posting I've switched to system light mode with manually set dark mode in as many apps as possible and the battery seems to have improved but still is not impressive. With my Pixel 3 XL I could get easily 6.5hrs of SOT. I guess we will have to sit back and enjoy our 65w charging for now. I'm just hoping that the adaptive battery stuff will greatly improve the battery life.
Oh and I switched to 60hz/Light Mode and the SOT didn't get much better...
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60hz only saved about 10-15% more battery when I tested not really worth it imo. The next update has power consumption and overheat fixes mentioned in the change log so maybe things will be better after. I hope everyone will get that update soon

Anon1136 said:
60hz only saved about 10-15% more battery when I tested not really worth it imo. The next update has power consumption and overheat fixes mentioned in the change log so maybe things will be better after. I hope everyone will get that update soon
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You mean 11.0.2.3 right? I am on that update. SOT slightly improved. No major changes.

theincognito said:
You mean 11.0.2.3 right? I am on that update. SOT slightly improved. No major changes.
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Oh. Well that sucks
My variant didn't get the update yet now I'm not that excited about it lol. Btw does everyone have 5g enabled? It was draining my battery like crazy the first few days now I just leave it on lte. Wanted to share some sot without it but it's not letting me upload for some reason. I can reach 9hr or close to it if I'm mostly on wifi with 120hz all the time, dark mode in most apps except for the ones that mess with text color, 4g, auto brightness around 40-50% light~medium usage as in videos browse text call (anything that isn't gaming or camera). Idle drain is not so great compared to my other phones even with minimal apps installed guessing it will be improved later
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Anon1136 said:
I think it's forced 120hz unlike Samsung's adaptive. I left the counter enabled from dev options and never see it throttle down unless that's a bug. The description in display settings does say it will switch on its own but I never see that happening. Only time it shows 60hz is when going full screen landscape during videos or certain games that don't support it that's probably what it means by switching dynamically. Could also explain why we get worse battery life than s20fe users who have similar specs but are getting 9hr sot with 120hz. I've checked a few of their screenshots in the sot thread.
Anyone know more about it and can confirm?
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When using a dark background you can set brightnes to max and it will stay at 120hz no matter what.
Try a white background and crank the screen brightness all the way up. Refresh rate will switch to 60hz almost instantly.

-Loom- said:
When using a dark background you can set brightnes to max and it will stay at 120hz no matter what.
Try a white background and crank the screen brightness all the way up. Refresh rate will switch to 60hz almost instantly.
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Just tried that but it stayed 120hz. Could it be because I'm on the t-mobile rom? 11.0.1.3
I had this bug where I would wake my screen and it'd be 60hz but still show 120 for some reason

tried light theme mode and not much change in battery backup
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rahulje9 said:
tried light theme mode and not much change in battery backup
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I agree. Disappointing... I went back to fully dark mode @ 120hz because I might as well enjoy what I like while my battery is draining extremely fast right?

rahulje9 said:
tried light theme mode and not much change in battery backup
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Kind of weird sot doesn't change much no matter which refresh rate or theme it's on. I'm getting similar sot on both light theme+120hz and 60hz+dark

Anon1136 said:
Kind of weird sot doesn't change much no matter which refresh rate or theme it's on. I'm getting similar sot on both light theme+120hz and 60hz+dark
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True, I had got 6+ hrs once and after that it was like 5 or below. Nothing changed in between

DroidzforLife said:
I agree. Disappointing... I went back to fully dark mode @ 120hz because I might as well enjoy what I like while my battery is draining extremely fast right?
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yes, at least it will look good.
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did someone try the latest update?
it is not showing for me but this article has a download link.
https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8t-oxygenos-11-0-2-3-update-optimizes-5g-power-consumption/

rahulje9 said:
yes, at least it will look good.
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did someone try the latest update?
it is not showing for me but this article has a download link.
https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8t-oxygenos-11-0-2-3-update-optimizes-5g-power-consumption/
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Yeah someone tried it a few posts above they said it didn't improve sot by much

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Battery life horrible? Try this!!

For all you guys who need the edge on battery, and dont need alot of screen brightness, like me, then try out this app on the play store called screen filter. (I am not affiliated with this in any way, I just like the way it works). What it does is apply a "film" over your screen going even lower than android screen brightness. Perfect for office setting (like me), at night when brightness is too much (laying in bed playing a game), or where bright lights might not be wanted (movie theater, work, etc...). I personally love it, I use it usually at 75% with the android brightness off, and everything is still visible, just that extra kick of brightness is gone. Sometimes I go down to 50%, but that gets me seeing my reflection just as well as the screen itself...
It also helps to keep out them creepers that try to look at your screen while sending private texts, pics, etc... Helps keep wandering eyes off of the fancy 4.8 super AMOLED display!
You can add widgets to custom brightness settings to suit yourself, I have 4 right on one of my screens that I use frequently!
I recommend this app to anyone and everyone!
It wont let me post links, but if you search "screen filter" it should be the first app. The logo has a white rectangle outlined in orange with a grey circle in the corner. Not too hard to find at all.
I'm almost positive that screen filter won't increase battery life. I think the phone basically "thinks" its still at a higher brightness than what you see, so it really doesn't improve battery life. I may be wrong though but I remember seeing that when I used it on my droid x.
kench33 said:
I'm almost positive that screen filter won't increase battery life. I think the phone basically "thinks" its still at a higher brightness than what you see, so it really doesn't improve battery life. I may be wrong though but I remember seeing that when I used it on my droid x.
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OLED pixels produce their own light (that is, without a separate backlight). Colors are made darker by dimming pixels. If the app makes what's being displayed on the screen darker, it should be helping battery life. The same reasoning applies to saving juice with dark backgrounds and inverted apps. It just only works on OLED screens and not backlit screen types.
Okay. I wasn't sure if I remembered correctly. Thanks!
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Lux Auto Brightness works a little better, in my opinion. It can go less than the screen's brightness without the filter look.
Hi guys,
A friends uses auto brightness, and only speaks ~ 20 minutes / day. A few browsing, reading e-mails, games, just got him at 2 days of usage. Not bad in my oppinion, but certainly they should have improved the battery.
To me it seems like the battery life is longer. My first week of use around 9 or so it would be in the red, but using it throughout the day, at 9 tonight it sits at 37%. Yes it will vary depending on use, but mine has been on battery 15h 30m and screen is only 18%. Cell standby is 30%, and chrome and facebook are each 11%. Everything else is quite small compared to those main apps used.
It seems to me it is helping, but it may not idk. I will continue to use it unless I run into a major issue with it.
gkrules said:
Lux Auto Brightness works a little better, in my opinion. It can go less than the screen's brightness without the filter look.
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+1 to Lux. Set your own brightness levels for various light levels. It can make the brightness very low, almost not visible.
TheLynxy said:
+1 to Lux. Set your own brightness levels for various light levels. It can make the brightness very low, almost not visible.
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Anyone have some good values for the automatic brightness settings? I just want to go dimmer across the board compared to stock but I'm confused with all the options so far lol
Alex_Hypnose said:
just got him at 2 days of usage. Not bad in my oppinion, but certainly they should have improved the battery.
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Lol two days of usage and you think the battery needs to be "improved"??
How good does it have to be before people don't complain about it??
jmorton10 said:
Lol two days of usage and you think the battery needs to be "improved"??
How good does it have to be before people don't complain about it??
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I would be happy to get 2 days of usage... I probably could get 1 and a quarter, but I charge mine every night to be safe. Really varies on how much I use it during the day. Some nights I plug it in with 10% others with 50%... I know its not the best for the battery, but I just plan on getting a new one when this one takes a crap. I have a feeling this phone will be around long enough that the option will still be available
XXchocolatetouchXX said:
but I charge mine every night to be safe. Really varies on how much I use it during the day. Some nights I plug it in with 10% others with 50%... I know its not the best for the battery
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That won't hurt the battery, I plug mine in every night also.
Thanks!
What I'd like
jmorton10 said:
Lol two days of usage and you think the battery needs to be "improved"??
How good does it have to be before people don't complain about it??
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What I would like is for my battery to last just *ONE* day. It doesn't do that. I don't mind charging it every night, but I'd prefer it last the day without me having to either charge it or switch batteries.
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nice find
nice find on this. i use inverted apps, and i like the way this works

Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the OnePlus 5 before depleting the battery.
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If you use the device without too much idle/commute you can get real pretty SOT on wifi.
Display at about 15-30% with auto brightness.
Chrome, YouTube, twitter, facebook, reddit, etc.
awesome lol
all wifi? can you post all battery details?
I only get 4 hours of screen on time with Greenify
Battery was good until yesterday, 8hrs SOT circa. Suddenly battery starts draining and can I barely reach 2,30 SOT. Any idea? No apps showed in battery page, the only app I downloaded yesterday was Textra SMS (Beta), but it's very strange that it can drains so much.
beautifulsun said:
Battery was good until yesterday, 8hrs SOT circa. Suddenly battery starts draining and can I barely reach 2,30 SOT. Any idea? No apps showed in battery page, the only app I downloaded yesterday was Textra SMS (Beta), but it's very strange that it can drains so much.
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did you download the 911 patch? if so there are users reporting drainage issues over on the official oneplus forums. reporting that they drain 20-30% overnight when the phone is in airplane mode.
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did you download the 911 patch? if so there are users reporting drainage issues over on the official oneplus forums. reporting that they drain 20-30% overnight when the phone is in airplane mode.
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Yes I'm on 4.5.6 (aka 911 patch), I also noticed overheating, CPU is constantly around 40°c..
beautifulsun said:
Yes I'm on 4.5.6 (aka 911 patch), I also noticed overheating, CPU is constantly around 40°c..
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im fairly certain Oneplus issued a statement eariler today in regards. i believe they said soemthing about a 4g LTE sim i nthe second sim card slot........ill go look and update this post.
http://pocketnow.com/2017/07/30/after-911-bugfix-oneplus-5-on-reliance-jio-eats-up-power-fast
I'm getting amazing battery life out of this thing. Regularly hit over 6hrs screen on time when I'm out and about, and at home on WiFi it's approaching 10hrs! That's with everything switched on and no battery saving measures applied
+1, battery life is pretty good. Using phone for around 4 - 5 hours SOT watching video, with WIFI,4g and bluetooth on - using bluetooth headset - and goes from around 94% to 66%....
Not too shabby in this day and age. I have other phones that, with that usage, would be in the 10 - 20% range after that usage.
Got my OP5 rooted and i want to install a dark theme + battery safer.
Did some research but the stuff on playstore has tons of negative feedback that it is crap and doesn't work.
So how do you do it?
I'm already using the systems own dark mode, but i want to utilize the maximum and use a dark theme that makes everything pure black.
I read in the S8 forums, that the phone automatically doesn't light up pixels that are black, is it the same for the OP5? Is a "turn off pixels" app even needed?
Thanks for any help.
Usually my screen reach over 6 hours on.
I always have the manual brightness.
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I got a close to 9 hour SOT, with mobile data, bluetooth continously on.
Completed the whole 5th season of person of interest on this phone with 12% juice still left. [emoji3][emoji3]
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3h 13m SOT with 68% remaining = about 10 hours SOT.
This is Running xXx's NoLimits ROM with no GApps active.
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DaSoul said:
Got my OP5 rooted and i want to install a dark theme + battery safer.
Did some research but the stuff on playstore has tons of negative feedback that it is crap and doesn't work.
So how do you do it?
I'm already using the systems own dark mode, but i want to utilize the maximum and use a dark theme that makes everything pure black.
I read in the S8 forums, that the phone automatically doesn't light up pixels that are black, is it the same for the OP5? Is a "turn off pixels" app even needed?
Thanks for any help.
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I suggest you to go for custom ROM like Resurrection Remix Unofficial. It is OMS so theming is so easy peasy. I had so much trouble with theming OOS. Lots of time I got stuck on bootloop which can't even substratum_rescue.zip solve. And RR also now has OOS camera, so I will highly suggest you go and try it. It is battery friendly as well. Especially when you use Lightning kernel + spectrum app with battery mode.
Hi there
Here's my first SOT :good:
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8h44m AWESOME !!!!
khalisz said:
Hi there
Here's my first SOT :good:
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8h44m AWESOME !!!!
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Which custom rom is it?
XDA_RealLifeReview said:
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awesome
DaSoul said:
Which custom rom is it?
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Stock rom

Stamina mode on vs stamina mode off

Has anyone tested stamina mode enabled all the time vs not running until 15% battery remaining.
I have heard conflicting information about this. As oreo has its own battery saving features this is the same as stamina mode. So end result is you don't gain any extra usage by having stamina mode enabled.
Has anyone tested this?
Good question. Would love to know people's thoughts.
I only managed to achieve these numbers thanks to stamina mode... I activate it before bed and turn it off once I'm awake.
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I only managed to achieve these numbers thanks to stamina mode... I activate it before bed and turn it off once I'm awake.
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What would happen if you kept stamina mode enabled 24 7
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What would happen if you kept stamina mode enabled 24 7
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If the stamina mode is on "Battery time preferred" the phone will feel a little laggy due to the reduced performance and that's not much fun.
It will also turn off some important features like the video enhancement features and I'd rather enjoy the phone than cut the performance short to save some juice.
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If the stamina mode is on "Battery time preferred" the phone will feel a little laggy due to the reduced performance and that's not much fun.
It will also turn off some important features like the video enhancement features and I'd rather enjoy the phone than cut the performance short to save some juice.
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I'm trying stamina mode on 24/7 and currently down to 68% with 3hrs and 18 mins screen on time.
Lets see where this ends up
dieselhazza said:
I'm trying stamina mode on 24/7 and currently down to 68% with 3hrs and 18 mins screen on time.
Lets see where this ends up
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That looks about right my friend. Keep in mind that using wifi will use less battery than mobile data. The brightness level, the strength of your reception, the type of content you watch (4k vs 1080p), browsing the internet or watching videos, having Bluetooth on, GPS on, all of these have an effect on the way your battery will perform.
Always deactivate the things you don't need and never allow your phone to get too hot. If you feel it getting a little to warm just disconnect the internet and leave the phone to cool off for a few minutes.
This should keep your battery healthy for a very long time. :good:
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That looks about right my friend. Keep in mind that using wifi will use less battery than mobile data. The brightness level, the strength of your reception, the type of content you watch (4k vs 1080p), browsing the internet or watching videos, having Bluetooth on, GPS on, all of these have an effect on the way your battery will perform.
Always deactivate the things you don't need and never allow your phone to get too hot. If you feel it getting a little to warm just disconnect the internet and leave the phone to cool off for a few minutes.
This should keep your battery healthy for a very long time. :good:
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Currently I'm on 50% with 5 hrs SOT which is pretty good. I think if I had a device with OLED screen then i would get much better results. However for a LCD panel this is pretty good. I'd be happy if I constantly got 6 hrs SOT with LTE usage.
I would like others input on this too. Also please share your experience, usage and thoughts

Question How to disable auto dark mode when the battery percentage falls below 20?

I'm using the poco x3 pro global (6/128 variant) and i noticed today that when the battery percentage falls below 20%, it automatically turns dark mode on even when I don't turn the battery saver and dark mode on. Is there any fix for it?
You really don't want to use the battery below 20%.
Because of the lesser voltage there's less mAh's available than at a higher %/voltage.
It's also more stressful on the battery to charge it from those low levels.
My cutoff is 40%
blackhawk said:
You really don't want to use the battery below 20%.
Because of the lesser voltage there's less mAh's available than at a higher %/voltage.
It's also more stressful on the battery to charge it from those low levels.
My cutoff is 40%
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Poco x3 pro doesn't have amoled screen. So, dark mode is useless there (instead dark mode on ips display takes more battery than standard mode , that's what I've heard in several places). That's why I'm asking for a way to disable it.
Orion_6 said:
Poco x3 pro doesn't have amoled screen. So, dark mode is useless there (instead dark mode on ips display takes more battery than standard mode , that's what I've heard in several places). That's why I'm asking for a way to disable it.
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That's true, I see your point. I find it disorienting when crap like that is forced down my throat (lol, my theme for today).
It be easier just to stay out of the dead zone though.
blackhawk said:
That's true, I see your point. I find it disorienting when crap like that is forced down my throat (lol, my theme for today).
It be easier just to stay out of the dead zone though.
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Guess waiting for custom ROMs is my only option then. And I've heard it's good to charge the phone when it's down to 20-30% and not above so that's what I'm doing. But yeah i won't let it get below 20%
Orion_6 said:
Guess waiting for custom ROMs is my only option then. And I've heard it's good to charge the phone when it's down to 20-30% and not above so that's what I'm doing. But yeah i won't let it get below 20%
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Li's have no memory like NiCads. The further you discharge or especially charge them, the more you stress them. Longer charge cycles cause more stress then shorter ones.
Somewhere in the 40-80% range is ideal...

General New Battery Test Result

U.S. Unlocked 512gb - Snap Dragon Stock Settings - FHD
The Biggest Boost to the Battery Life came from Removing the Facebook App and accessing it thru the browser instead. Still have Facebook Messenger installed. Adaptive Battery ON, Processing Speed Optimized and FHD Resolution with Motion Smoothness at Adaptive.
Another upshot with accessing FB via browser is you don't get all the ads. Which is why the FB app uses so much battery.
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Hahahah I was thinking about creating a thread about that to share our experiences and tweaks.
I feel that aodnotify (and always on display that is required for aodnotify) is taking too much battery. Do you guys use this app?
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Another upshot with accessing FB via browser is you don't get all the ads. Which is why the FB app uses so much battery.
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Weird that you brought it up. I deleted the Facebook app and started using it on the browser for that very reason. There was this Dr. Ad with a banana pic and no matter what I tried I couldn't get it to go away. It kept coming back and was annoying I couldn't control it. Then after I deleted the Facebook app I noticed the battery life was way better so I did another test and hence this thread was born.
ffp. said:
Hahahah I was thinking about creating a thread about that to share our experiences and tweaks.
I feel that aodnotify (and always on display that is required for aodnotify) is taking too much battery. Do you guys use this app?
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Well lets collaborate on that here? Anyway no I don't use the AOD Notify. Is that the app that makes the flashy light around the camera hole when you get a notification?
What I do is use (always on) but set to only show when notifications come in. So the screen is blank until I get a text or email then it shows up on always on display and then when I read it then it goes blank screen again. That works for me.
Paul_Deemer said:
Well lets collaborate on that here? Anyway no I don't use the AOD Notify. Is that the app that makes the flashy light around the camera hole when you get a notification?
What I do is use (always on) but set to only show when notifications come in. So the screen is blank until I get a text or email then it shows up on always on display and then when I read it then it goes blank screen again. That works for me.
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Absolutely, we van use this thread! =)
Yes, it's an app to blink in several ways. I use the one that a circle around the front camera hole (eco blink). The issue with aod is that you can't see if there's a notification just by taking a quick look to the camera hole without taking the phone from your pocket, right?
You need to look the whole screen to see the notifications. Aod also let you change colors according to app, so just by looking I can identify a WhatsApp message or a missed call.
ffp. said:
Absolutely, we van use this thread! =)
Yes, it's an app to blink in several ways. I use the one that a circle around the front camera hole (eco blink). The issue with aod is that you can't see if there's a notification just by taking a quick look to the camera hole without taking the phone from your pocket, right?
You need to look the whole screen to see the notifications. Aod also let you change colors according to app, so just by looking I can identify a WhatsApp message or a missed call.
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If that thing flashing the whole time in your pocket until you see it then yeah I would think that would be a big battery drain. I only have one social media app and that Facebook. Then I got the basic Phone App, IP Relay App (Because I am Deaf) Text Messages App and Facebook Messenger App. Because I am now using Facebook on the browser and don't have any other social media apps that probably has a lot to do with why my battery life is 10 hours SOT and 14 hours Off. I guess it like Virgo_Guy and the others said about Social media apps being battery hogs. Also WQHD Resolution eats up battery and makes phone run hotter especially when you out in the summer heat. I noticed mine was getting a little hot the other day and switched down to FHD Resolution and it got cooler.
Paul_Deemer said:
Also WQHD Resolution eats up battery and makes phone run hotter especially when you out in the summer heat. I noticed mine was getting a little hot the other day and switched down to FHD Resolution and it got cooler.
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Fyi I'm running WQHD+ and my phone never runs hot. I get 10hr SOT also. Btw my screen is set to natural mode @ 60hz.
Rubby1025 said:
Fyi I'm running WQHD+ and my phone never runs hot. I get 10hr SOT also. Btw my screen is set to natural mode @ 60hz.
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Well I was in a hot car when it was doing that. When your bright sun light, it's 95 degrees outside and the screen is in WQHD and at full brightness so you can see the screen it will get hot. Other than that circumstance no it doesn't get hot but it does drain the battery faster. It's a fact of life. The higher the resolution the more the drain. Mines on adaptive.
Paul_Deemer said:
Well I was in a hot car when it was doing that. When your bright sun light, it's 95 degrees outside and the screen is in WQHD and at full brightness so you can see the screen it will get hot. Other than that circumstance no it doesn't get hot but it does drain the battery faster. It's a fact of life. The higher the resolution the more the drain. Mines on adaptive.
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Ok, I'll agree with you there. I'm in Texas and the heat/sun is insufferable so if I'm going to look at my phone outside I'm finding some shade 1st!
I still can't understand how you all get 6, 7 or 10 hours of SOT.
I went through all the guides and disabled every nonsense, configured bixby routines to go to power saving in certain situations etc.. And still at the end of the day I'm close to zero battery with just 3-4 hours of SOT at best.
Are you just watching youtube the whole day connected to wifi or what? No LTE? No BT? No Location? Low brightnes? No games? No camera?
And I'm not blaming S22 Ultra. That happened to every Galaxy Note I had in the past (no more than 3-4hrs of SOT).
bat0nas said:
I still can't understand how you all get 6, 7 or 10 hours of SOT.
I went through all the guides and disabled every nonsense, configured bixby routines to go to power saving in certain situations etc.. And still at the end of the day I'm close to zero battery with just 3-4 hours of SOT at best.
Are you just watching youtube the whole day connected to wifi or what? No LTE? No BT? No Location? Low brightnes? No games? No camera?
And I'm not blaming S22 Ultra. That happened to every Galaxy Note I had in the past (no more than 3-4hrs of SOT).
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What are you saying? If there's a will, then there's a way. Have a strong will and you will soon get earth shattering SOTs.
Virgo_Guy said:
What are you saying? If there's a will, then there's a way. Have a strong will and you will soon get earth shattering SOTs.
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Haha.. ok Sounds good
Anyway.. whats the secret of 6+ hrs of SOT?
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I still can't understand how you all get 6, 7 or 10 hours of SOT.
I went through all the guides and disabled every nonsense, configured bixby routines to go to power saving in certain situations etc.. And still at the end of the day I'm close to zero battery with just 3-4 hours of SOT at best.
Are you just watching youtube the whole day connected to wifi or what? No LTE? No BT? No Location? Low brightnes? No games? No camera?
And I'm not blaming S22 Ultra. That happened to every Galaxy Note I had in the past (no more than 3-4hrs of SOT).
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I used LTE and 5G for mobile. Had it on all day. But was mostly at home or work and streaming over WiFi connections. Processing Speed is set to Optimized and using Adaptive Battery. Power saving is off. But I'm not a gamer so the settings in Game Launcher are still at standard optimization and Alternative Game Performance Management is disabled. So pretty much the stock Settings. I also only have one social media app and I access that (Facebook) thru the browser although Messenger App is still installed. I think social media apps cause a big drain on the phone. The other thing I have is the Resolution set to FHD instead of WQHD.
Also don't have my Netflix, HBOmax, Hulu, Disney+, Paramount+ installed on Phone as I watch those on my Galaxy Tab 7+ or the TV.
So basically I am just using the phone For Texting, YouTube, Browser, Camera etc. Things that don't use a lot of power such as Gaming, Social Media etc. If your a heavy gamer and got 5 or 6 social media apps on your phone your results are going to be drastically different especially if you got the Exynos version.
If you have Facebook installed that's a huge battery drain cause of all the ads. Try uninstalling some of your social media apps that can be accessed thru the browser and see how that goes. And when you not gaming try settings of optimized and standard instead of maximum.
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Those are really incredible SoT you got there. Mine is about 8h.
It is enough, but we always want more hahaha. How are your sleeping apps config? Do you put everything in deep sleep?
I noticed there are apps. like Find My Mobile, that always appears on the list when I use Device care. Do you do something about those background apps?
@bat0nas I'm doing almost nothing... I keep Bt and location on, 120 Hz screen. The only thing that I'm doing to get more battery is using "Put unused apps to sleep" setting, which I don't even know how much battery it saves. Oh, and adaptative battery.
EDIT: Paul_Deemer , my settings are basically the same as yours. But I stay a LOT more in LTE than wifi, since I'm working presentially and only turn on wi-fi at night when I got home. I dont use social media other than Whatsapp and Instagram. I don't game often. If I do game or use too much camera one day it will probably not last that long.
The aodNotify app and aod consumes about 1,5-2% each every day. It's 3-5% total, which isn't much, but could be better.
Location is on for me but I turned Bluetooth off when it's not needed like when phone is connected to the car. Rest of time it's off. Don't see Find my Mobile using power and it not disabled so maybe the auto settings putting it to sleep I dunno. Considering how much Mobile time your using during the day with no WiFi available like me at work and that you have two social media apps installed and are occasionally gaming I think you SOT is about as good as it gonna get. I wouldn't be unhappy with your SOT based on your usage patterns.
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Location is on for me but I turned Bluetooth off when it's not needed like when phone is connected to the car. Rest of time it's off. Don't see Find my Mobile using power and it not disabled so maybe the auto settings putting it to sleep I dunno. Considering how much Mobile time your using during the day with no WiFi available like me at work and that you have two social media apps installed and are occasionally gaming I think you SOT is about as good as it gonna get. I wouldn't be unhappy with your SOT based on your usage patterns.
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Well, I seldom game, and when I do is for about 20-30min tops. However i do stay at LTE for almost the whole day. Is there much difference between using LTE and Wifi?
If you count discord and telegram as social media, then I have 4, lol. But I don't use them as much as Whatsapp and Instagram. Indeed, Find My Mobile isn't in the usage list.
I'd like to know how much battery is consumed when screen is off, but I'm not sure settings can do that. Do I need an app for that?
I saw this little quote on the web and it fits with what people are saying about 5g being a battery hog. Not using any special apps for battery management . There are plenty available though. Just do a search on Google.
You may notice that your phone's battery drains faster than usual while you are connected to a 5G network. This is a limitation of the current 5G networks, and will be improved as the networks expand.
Oh one other important thing to note. When I did that test above that was with Protect Battery Off. Meaning it went from a Full 100% Charge down to 10%. I now have it back to Protect Battery which means it only charging to 85%. So naturally you gonna lose a bunch of time with it not charging to the full 100%.

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