Hi guys,
as we are approaching nearly 1.5 years since the Pixel 5 was released, I am curious what everyone's Battery Health is.
You can use Accubattery.
BatteryGuru also has it included in their app.
It will take a few charges to get an accurate reading.
I take pretty good care of my battery, by never going below 20% and only gone about 80% maybe 10 times.
I just got Accubattery on my device so I will update where I am in a little bit.
Well since I feel itt'll take a good 4-5 charges before any type of "accurate" measurement is shown, I decided to do a full charge and I'm very happy, I feel like this is at least 90% the capacity still. Right now BatteryGuru is showing 70% but I expect it to *hopefully* go up, since accubattery is showing 85%, but this is only after 1 charge.
Running Android 11 crDroid v7.15
I did 1 full charge (35% => 100%) with AccuBattery, says my battery health is 93% (3 718 mAh / 4 000).
Not bad I guess, for a 16 month old phone which I used to charge regardless to "efficiency rules".
I used stock rom, and rooted couple of months ago. And only recently switched to lineageos 18.1 and elementalx kernel so I can't tell if there's a difference.
I'll take a look at crDroid, but I can't help installing some google stock apps - force of habits.
If I see any significative change after some charging cycles I'll give an update.
Btw are you using a custom kernel?
AnyNameYouWish said:
I did 1 full charge (35% => 100%) with AccuBattery, says my battery health is 93% (3 718 mAh / 4 000).
Not bad I guess, for a 16 month old phone which I used to charge regardless to "efficiency rules".
I used stock rom, and rooted couple of months ago. And only recently switched to lineageos 18.1 and elementalx kernel so I can't tell if there's a difference.
I'll take a look at crDroid, but I can't help installing some google stock apps - force of habits.
If I see any significative change after some charging cycles I'll give an update.
Btw are you using a custom kernel?
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Thanks for posting my friend! That's a great starting point, I hope that it only gets better for you!
I'll upload images from what accubattery and batteryguru are currently showing, now that I have a few charges completed. I hope to see a higher health.. but it could always be worse. I remember my htc 10 bring at like 70% at this point in it's ownership.. though Android wasn't as up-to-date with battery adaptivities.
I used to use ElementalX but since lack of updates for Android 11 I've been pretty happy with crDroid stock kernel. (Though I have used the last update that was out and it ran quite nicely before I moved fully to crDroid. So I may give it a go and see what type of battery I am getting compared to crDroid stock).
CrDroid also comes with PixelGapps installed, which I personally love. So you'll get Pixel launcher, Camera and other Google apps/goodies .
I am not a very patient man, and a few minutes reading about this rom convinced me to try it asap !
Love it so far, I really like the stock experience with easy tweaks possibilities - I also already shared my gratitude and first issues in the main thread
I'll keep stock kernel for a few weeks and share accubattery and batteryguru screenshots here, before giving a try to elementalx kernel and see if there's a difference
This is all stock with root and some modules installed. I received my device in November of the year it was released
elong7681 said:
This is all stock with root and some modules installed. I received my device in November of the year it was released
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Dang! That's awesome health! You do anything special?
Mine is down to 87% for some reason.
andybones said:
Dang! That's awesome health! You do anything special?
Mine is down to 87% for some reason.
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Just kept my battery charged between 80% to 20%
90% here. Have the phone almost since launch and accubattery since then. Don't follow the 80% rule too much. I use to follow it religiously but then read a comment somewhere that by following it, you are at 80% health effectively so... it made sense.
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90% here. Have the phone almost since launch and accubattery since then. Don't follow the 80% rule too much. I use to follow it religiously but then read a comment somewhere that by following it, you are at 80% health effectively so... it made sense.
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So after few weeks I'm 90% on Accubattery and 85% on Batteryguru. I did noticed the stats were pulled down when I charged only to 80%, so I would tend to agree...
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I used to use ElementalX but since lack of updates for Android 11 I've been pretty happy with crDroid stock kernel. (Though I have used the last update that was out and it ran quite nicely before I moved fully to crDroid. So I may give it a go and see what type of battery I am getting compared to crDroid stock).
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I installed ElementalX a couple of days ago, I've let it just as it is out of the box, no personnal settings. It seems to be very efficient with battery usage but maybe too much because I don't receive whatsapp calling notifications anymore, only "missed call" once it's too late... gonna take a look on the official topic to check it out.
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So after few weeks I'm 90% on Accubattery and 85% on Batteryguru. I did noticed the stats were pulled down when I charged only to 80%, so I would tend to agree...
I installed ElementalX a couple of days ago, I've let it just as it is out of the box, no personnal settings. It seems to be very efficient with battery usage but maybe too much because I don't receive whatsapp calling notifications anymore, only "missed call" once it's too late... gonna take a look on the official topic to check it out.
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Thanks for posting!
I am at 90% myself actually, and noticed it actually went up from 88% to 90% when I charged it over 80% to 85%.
So maybe with all the new changes and upgrades to batteries, etc, charging to 100% is just fine?
I think it is the charging overnight for more than 8 hours can possibly be harmful.
I think I'll start charging to 90%.
Maybe try adding whatapp to battery optimization, is you haven't already to see if you start getting the notifications.
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So maybe with all the new changes and upgrades to batteries, etc, charging to 100% is just fine?
I think it is the charging overnight for more than 8 hours can possibly be harmful.
I think I'll start charging to 90%.
Maybe try adding whatapp to battery optimization, is you haven't already to see if you start getting the notifications.
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Already tried that but thanks for suggestion
About battery, I'm far from being an expert but I think it's still good to charge up to a lower lever eg. 80-90%, in order to preserve battery health and loose less capacity at each cycle. However, in order to properly measure the battery's performance, you'll have to give it a full charge or the stats will be inaccurate, as @ribogushter mentionned.
I would suggest, wipe your Accubattery and/or Batteryguru stats and give your phone a full charge from 20 to 100% and see if it impacts your health score
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Already tried that but thanks for suggestion
About battery, I'm far from being an expert but I think it's still good to charge up to a lower lever eg. 80-90%, in order to preserve battery health and loose less capacity at each cycle. However, in order to properly measure the battery's performance, you'll have to give it a full charge or the stats will be inaccurate, as @ribogushter mentionned.
I would suggest, wipe your Accubattery and/or Batteryguru stats and give your phone a full charge from 20 to 100% and see if it impacts your health score
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Darn sorry, wish I knew what else for you to try.
I think I will keep my stats in accubattery as it gets better with time, but I will charge it to 100% and see if it drops, goes up, or just stays the same at 90% health.
Edit: both accubattery and battery guru dropped a bit after charging to 100%.. down from 90% to 88% accubattery, and 89% to 86% battery guru.
I think I will probably do 90% from here-after though, I still think charging all the way to 100% all the time isn't the best, but I really don't know anymore!
I'd like to read more about getting the only 80%, I mean it's just common sense that you get actually only 60% if you run from 80%-20%, but that is charge capacity, not battery health capacity.
I do wish Google/Android had some documentation on this. Even cApple at least has a battery capacity built into its settings, and I saw they have a setting that tells if say the screen was replaced was it done using official cApple products, very good idea actually.
Also how has ElementalX been running?
I decided to flash it and see how it compares to the stock kernel in crDroid_v7.17 (Android 11)
I always loved it when I used it, but it is a little out-dated, (over a year now) but I think it's still fine.
Proton kernel is also really good.
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Darn sorry, wish I knew what else for you to try.
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I think it was becase I enabled data saving, and since I put Whatsapp on the exception list the problem seems to be solved. Once again, the problem was between the chair and the screen ^^
andybones said:
I think I will keep my stats in accubattery as it gets better with time, but I will charge it to 100% and see if it drops, goes up, or just stays the same at 90% health.
Edit: both accubattery and battery guru dropped a bit after charging to 100%.. down from 90% to 88% accubattery, and 89% to 86% battery guru.
I think I will probably do 90% from here-after though, I still think charging all the way to 100% all the time isn't the best, but I really don't know anymore!
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As you said, we probably never will have a 100% effective method to quantify battery health until it's native to Android ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Also how has ElementalX been running?
I decided to flash it and see how it compares to the stock kernel in crDroid_v7.17 (Android 11)
I always loved it when I used it, but it is a little out-dated, (over a year now) but I think it's still fine.
Proton kernel is also really good.
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Really smooth, I'm not experiencing any lags or freeze, or any problem so far and battery life seems to have improved. As a pure rookie, I don't understand what would make a given kernel different or better than the other, so I tried the one that seemed to be the most popular but I noticed only afterward that it hadn't been updated for a while and that the developer is focusing on his apps (he mentioned it on some thread).
Proton kernel's latest update is also almost 1y old, I'll stick with ElementalX until next update or give a try to CleanSlate which seems to be the most active.
Btw, I guess you're using ACC? If so, which charging switch are you using?
Best way to measure your battery is to charge it with an USB tester such as UM24 or UM25 . You can see how much mAH your battery can absorb and calculate the health . Phone needs to be turned off and charged with a regular charger, not fast-charger .
I'm looking for a good benchmark for the battery , i tried Geekbench4 , PC Mark ..do you any other good ones ?
Not that I think it helps I am always on my PC and just charge through the usb-c.
charges pretty fast too, like 45 min.
I may invest into UM24 orUM 25, thanks @arcadekidflo
If you only use usb-c to usb-c you can get TC-66c , from the same company . If you also use regular chargers you can get UM-25c .
AnyNameYouWish said:
I think it was becase I enabled data saving, and since I put Whatsapp on the exception list the problem seems to be solved. Once again, the problem was between the chair and the screen ^^
As you said, we probably never will have a 100% effective method to quantify battery health until it's native to Android ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Really smooth, I'm not experiencing any lags or freeze, or any problem so far and battery life seems to have improved. As a pure rookie, I don't understand what would make a given kernel different or better than the other, so I tried the one that seemed to be the most popular but I noticed only afterward that it hadn't been updated for a while and that the developer is focusing on his apps (he mentioned it on some thread).
Proton kernel's latest update is also almost 1y old, I'll stick with ElementalX until next update or give a try to CleanSlate which seems to be the most active.
Btw, I guess you're using ACC? If so, which charging switch are you using?
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I accidentally charged to 100% again, and health went up in accubattery.
Maybe I will start fully charging..
Oh yea. One thing that helped for me for late notifications is to turn off "Adaptive Notifications"
-- It's been working for me.
some ROMs (such as crDroid) it turns it back back on after every reboot.
I just make a shortcut on my homescreen using Activity Launcher
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If you only use usb-c to usb-c you can get TC-66c , from the same company . If you also use regular chargers you can get UM-25c .
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Many thanks my friend! Very much appreciated.
Mine looks like it's around 94% - ordered it on release day, so about 1.5 years old now.
I've not followed the 20% - 80% rule, most of the time just letting the phone charge fully over night.
Maybe the 20% - 80% doesn't really make any difference?
IMO it's pretty silly to only use a portion of your battery's indicated capacity. The nature of lithium ion batteries is such that both over and undercharging can cause damage, so manufacturers don't actually use 100%, or even 80%, of their full voltage potential. The battery circuitry itself, as well as the phone's power monitor, do a sufficient job of limiting charge and discharge, so its really not necessary to do it yourself. Use your phone as you normally would, but be aware that keeping it charged all the time may reduce battery life.
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Here are the settings I'm running on CM7 to get amazingly bananas battery life (with the display being on for about 5 hours!)..
1. Conservative governor: 245mhz - 1017mhz in CM7 settings
2. Install the 'BatteryCalibration' app from the market. This app caused the single biggest improvement for me after having flashed so many roms and never calibrating the battery. If you've calibrated it before though, I don't think it'll be very useful for you.
3. Install 'NoBars' from the market to automatically turn on airplane mode when you have no service. (This might be useless to some of you if you always have a signal; Very useful in NYC subway though)
4. Use a 2G toggle widget to have the phone only use the Edge connection when you only need it to receive calls/ texts and don't need the high speeds. I use the toggle widget in the CM7 notification bar. HUGE battery saver.
Give these a shot and let us know how they work for you
I've reached the end of my day and here are my final stats..
Mmy display has been on on over 5 hours now and I have 5% of the battery left. Seems more than good enough for me. Hopefully it will be for some of you too
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As you can see by my display being on over 3 hours, I used my phone a heck of a lot today and still have over a third of my battery left. Seems more than good enough for me. Hopefully it will be for some of you too
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Question: It's cool that your display was on for 3 hours, but what did you do as far as app usage??
If you did use your phone "a heck of a lot" wouldn't some apps like "internet" "maps" or something show up on the battery use %'s???
For example, currently, other than phone idle, cell standby, voice calls and android, there's also internet, mail, maps, and other apps that I used today alot.
Good observation. I have no idea how android chooses which apps to show on there, but I think it depends on the ROM? I remember on Iced Glacier cell standby would barely use 5% of the battery and on CM7 it uses >40% consistently. Idk.
Maybe what those apps used up here was nothing compared to the display, wifi and phone idle time.. Just a guess.. But I did use the browser and xda app and listened to music via the Rdio app running in the background several times throughout the day, and sent multiple texts and have had my wifi on for about 5 hours now. I can't really find a menu that would show these statistics except in the Spare Parts app, and here you go..
I got 17 hours just yesterday with 9% left with moderate to heavy use (texting, web browsing and ps1 emulation).
I didn't do anything besides use faux's kernel with the smartass govenor. I have the max speed overclocked to 1.8 as well...
Nice. I just got over flashing new kernels for a while since the stock CM7 one has everything functioning perfectly and new kernels would improve on something but mess up something else in my experience.
I can't seem to find a 2g toggle widget that works with Royal Glacier. (one touch, I've found a few that take you to settings) When I was running Royal Ginger I would always use the one that came in the notification bar.
Wifi status is also a good app to remind the forgetful to turn off wifi when they leave the Area.
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I've reached the end of my day and here are my final stats..
Mmy display has been on on over 5 hours now and I have 5% of the battery left. Seems more than good enough for me. Hopefully it will be for some of you too
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This is GREAT battery life... i wonder what word i'd use to describe mine.
i Pulled my Phone off the Charger this morning @ 7:20pm EST. Now it is 3:13 EST. and i've got ~50% left. So thats what like. 7 hours
neidlinger tap that 'screen on' tab and lets see how long your screen was actually on for?
Either way congrats, and it's good to see ppl are over the battery issues.
Aspeds2989 said:
neidlinger tap that 'screen on' tab and lets see how long your screen was actually on for?
Either way congrats, and it's good to see ppl are over the battery issues.
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since my last boot. 8:10AM when i loaded the new CM7. 1h 1m 59s.
Unless I'm missing something, the 'BatteryCalibration' app won't increase your battery life. It will just help to get a more accurate reading of your battery level.
I've played around with different roms and kernels. And yes, they do have a small effect on battery life, but not all that much.
Here's my tip for battery life. Get on ebay and buy one the of the cheap packages from Hong Kong with 3 batteries and a standalone charger. Like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/3x-New-1500mAh-Battery-Charger-HTC-Mytouch-4G-Merge-/290556738794?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item43a687fcea
I bought a similar package a few months ago and now I never have battery problems. Nor do I have to take a chance on wearing out my micro-usb jack like I've seen happen on a lot of other phones.
Maybe. All I know is my battery increased dramatically after running that app once.
I measure battery life by how many hours I am able to keep my display on before it dies rather than how long after it comes off the charger (like nedilinger does). My battery used to die after about 3 hours of the display being on. Now it consistently lasts 5 hours.
Anyway, I was just trying to let others know what I did to get a really good battery life on my phone thinking it might be helpful. Apparently that's not appreciated. Thanks tho.
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Unless I'm missing something, the 'BatteryCalibration' app won't increase your battery life. It will just help to get a more accurate reading of your battery level.
I've played around with different roms and kernels. And yes, they do have a small effect on battery life, but not all that much.
Here's my tip for battery life. Get on ebay and buy one the of the cheap packages from Hong Kong with 3 batteries and a standalone charger. Like this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/3x-New-1500mAh-...738794?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item43a687fcea
I bought a similar package a few months ago and now I never have battery problems. Nor do I have to take a chance on wearing out my micro-usb jack like I've seen happen on a lot of other phones.
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How long does 1 of those batteries last?
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simple way to get awesome battery life without any extra steps is to install RoyalGlacier 1.6, that's all. A couple days ago I ran my phone for one and a half days before charging it again, and it still had 14% battery left. RG is pretty much a polished version of CM7, runs blazing fast and smooth.
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simple way to get awesome battery life without any extra steps is to install RoyalGlacier 1.6, that's all. A couple days ago I ran my phone for one and a half days before charging it again, and it still had 14% battery left. RG is pretty much a polished version of CM7, runs blazing fast and smooth.
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does the royal ginger gets the same battery result?
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does the royal ginger gets the same battery result?
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Better than what's reported under CM7. The battery life I posted above was on RG.
you say you don't sacrifice 4g but you admit you have a 2g/edge widget?
To me "not sacrificing 4g" means not ever turning it off, maybe i'm mistaken
I had battery issues, I'd have to charge it mid day else it would die. Juicedefender helped a bit (claimed to do 1.7x battery life) but I uninstalled it, rooted the phone, and uninstalled a bunch of stock apps
For some reason now my battery lasts a very very long time, don't know how or why that is. I also admit I don't use it as heavily as some people, but my habits have not changed and I did have to charge it mid day (like i said) even with little usage
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How long does 1 of those batteries last?
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Obviously, it's hard to say without describing how I use my phone, but I get probably 10-15 hours of medium-high usage. I probably get about 4-5 hours of talk time. I'd say the Chinese ebay batteries probably last 80-90% as long as the OEM battery. Quite decent considering the price.
My earlier thoughts about the BatteryCalibration app could be wrong. I don't really know all the details about how Android battery calibration works. I just assumed that it simply learns about all the bad spots in your battery so that your phone doesn't instantly jump from 80% to 30%. I also assumed that the phone would die when the battery had no power left, as opposed to when it says 0%, but maybe that's not the case. Regardless, if it helps you, more power to you and I appreciate you sharing the app. I didn't mean to come off as an unappreciative ****. If I did, sorry bout that.
I have a problem with my mi4c.
Everytime my phone touches the 30 % mark it shuts down.
After it is off I restart it and I can see ~25% and use it until shuts down at 0%.
Does anyone know how to solve the problem?
I'm running Resurrection Rom 5.7.4 with 2.00 OC kernel.
Also I'm using magisk.
I flashed the Rom etc. Around 3 days ago
first of all, flash some other rom to see if it persists
but frankly, most probably the battery is worn out, ie. if there's some stress and huge amount of power is being drawn, a dead battery won't be able to give proper voltage, the voltage drops and the system reads it as if battery level dropped to 0% level (the percentage is calculated from actual voltage, ie. ~4,35v = full, somewhere about 3,5v means 'empty') <-sorry for non-scientific description
btw. my battery shows similar symptoms - ie. it quickly drops from 100% to 85% and it happens that the phone shuts down if I try to run something demanding when batt level <20%. waiting for replacement to be delivered
I have the same issue
I just saw similar complaints in polish mi4c forums - I believe the batteries are either bad quality ones or rather they're designed to give too much output concerning their real size/capacity. How is that? just let electronics charge it waay over 4,2v - you "gain" some capacity and then you let it discharge to much less than 3,6v - you "gain" another couple of mAh. You can boast your slim battery has 3000mAh, but only for first 50-100 cycles (enogh for web tests to get good opinions and sell many phones) and then its capacity falls rapidly - because you're left with "real" battery capacity (I mean for voltages between 4,2 and 3,6v).
So, I personally believe the replacement battery will behave more or less the same because of the phone electronics it will be killed within similar period of time
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I just saw similar complaints in polish mi4c forums - I believe the batteries are either bad quality ones or rather they're designed to give too much output concerning their real size/capacity. How is that? just let electronics charge it waay over 4,2v - you "gain" some capacity and then you let it discharge to much less than 3,6v - you "gain" another couple of mAh. You can boast your slim battery has 3000mAh, but only for first 50-100 cycles (enogh for web tests to get good opinions and sell many phones) and then its capacity falls rapidly - because you're left with "real" battery capacity (I mean for voltages between 4,2 and 3,6v).
So, I personally believe the replacement battery will behave more or less the same because of the phone electronics it will be killed within similar period of time
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Could be.
But why does it shut off at 30 %?
If I restart it I can use the 25%.
Is the voltage drop at 30 % so high that it shuts off?
I don't know if it happens on Miui.
I only experienced it on cm13 /rr 5.7.4
I was curious to find how's the battery condition, installed that app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.hwangti.batterylog
it allows to see battery percentage, temp and current voltage when the percentage changes
so, my battery is already junk - there are numerous serious voltage drops like:
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98% - 4270mV
96% - [COLOR="Red"]4075mV[/COLOR]
95% - 4199mV
or from previous charge cycle:
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34% - 3715mV
33% - [COLOR="red"]3498mV[/COLOR]
31% - 3764mV
my new battery is on its way to destination country, curious to see how it'd look after replacement
right now, no wonder why it's shutting itself randomly
could you guys check your voltages and post here, too?
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I was curious to find how's the battery condition, installed that app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.hwangti.batterylog
it allows to see battery percentage, temp and current voltage when the percentage changes
so, my battery is already junk - there are numerous serious voltage drops like:
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98% - 4270mV
96% - [COLOR="Red"]4075mV[/COLOR]
95% - 4199mV
or from previous charge cycle:
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34% - 3715mV
33% - [COLOR="red"]3498mV[/COLOR]
31% - 3764mV
my new battery is on its way to destination country, curious to see how it'd look after replacement
right now, no wonder why it's shutting itself randomly
could you guys check your voltages and post here, too?
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According to the log, i also find random drops (max ~200mV). However I dont think my battery has problem. Battery life is excellent too. Maybe thats normal for LiPO batteries.
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According to the log, i also find random drops (max ~200mV). However I dont think my battery has problem. Battery life is excellent too. Maybe thats normal for LiPO batteries.
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can you share what ROM you're using? I wondered if this can be somehow linked to rom and its internal readings and or interpretation
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can you share what ROM you're using? I wondered if this can be somehow linked to rom and its internal readings and or interpretation
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CM13 with kuma sources latest (20161006) build from emfox
thanks for the reply
will try to change the ROM to see if it persists
I've tried with xiaomi.eu stable ROM. I have the same values. I think that it is regular, since even in the play store's images you can see the same.
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Here, have my log (in attachment) from charged at 100% to completely discharged. There are a few drops here and there but it recovers quickly. I get around 5h 30m screen-on-time on TeamSuperluminal's CM13.
This is happening to me too (and to others on our italan facebook group).
I was posting this:"Guys i'm not able to solve this problem: i have a xioami mi4c (1 year old), and recently (every time) when i arrive under 20% of battery it suddenly shuts down. I already tried to turn it off multiple times and to charge it back to 100% without unplugging it but it doesn't work.
I don't know what to do; and when it should be without power (like you cannot turn it on) it shows something like 43% when connected to the charger."
When i saw this thread .
I always had miui but till last week i flashed cm13.1 TS.. i went to cm trying to solve heating issues and now the phone is really a lot less hot but i'm keeping with me those battery issues.. they're really annoying :/
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Here, have my log (in attachment) from charged at 100% to completely discharged. There are a few drops here and there but it recovers quickly. I get around 5h 30m screen-on-time on TeamSuperluminal's CM13.
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How can you reach so many hours?i play sometimes to pokemon go or clash royale and i usually reach 3h!
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Bazzu said:
How can you reach so many hours?i play sometimes to pokemon go or clash royale and i usually reach 3h!
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It's not the topic for that, but I rarely play games on the phone and mostly use it for text messaging. I also keep the screen brightness low (around 45 to 50%).
There seems to be quite a lot of variation between individual Mi4c's, so I guess some have better batteries or screens that spend less power; I've read up a lot on it and nobody's decided on an answer as of yet.
Aren't we in a troubleshooting thread ? this thing about variations between same model makes me really sad and angry..why the [email protected]%$ should be possible! I'm enjoying a lot my xiaomi but how can i trust again in the brand?
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Bazzu said:
Aren't we in a troubleshooting thread ? this thing about variations between same model makes me really sad and angry..why the [email protected]%$ should be possible! I'm enjoying a lot my xiaomi but how can i trust again in the brand?
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It's well known that manufacturers mix and match components to assemble even a single phone model. The most familiar case is Apple with the iPhone 6 and the A8 SoC, which had two flavors: TSMC and Samsung. But, what I've said is speculation and not fact.
I'm sure there are two variants of the Mi4c that use either a Sharp or an AUO screen, and it might be that the battery life is impacted by this or that there are two or more battery variants that are put into the Mi4c. No one ever collected enough data to be sure this is the definite cause of weaker battery life, though.
Same as everyone, I'd suggest buying the phone that gives you the most bang for your buck, be that Xiaomi or some other manufacturer. That's why I bought the Mi4c and I have only minor complaints, though the great community definitely helped
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It's well known that manufacturers mix and match components to assemble even a single phone model. The most familiar case is Apple with the iPhone 6 and the A8 SoC, which had two flavors: TSMC and Samsung. But, what I've said is speculation and not fact.
I'm sure there are two variants of the Mi4c that use either a Sharp or an AUO screen, and it might be that the battery life is impacted by this or that there are two or more battery variants that are put into the Mi4c. No one ever collected enough data to be sure this is the definite cause of weaker battery life, though.
Same as everyone, I'd suggest buying the phone that gives you the most bang for your buck, be that Xiaomi or some other manufacturer. That's why I bought the Mi4c and I have only minor complaints, though the great community definitely helped
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Yeah you're absolutely right :good:
I bought the mi4c for the same reason...but after all, i have to complain about its battery and touch (yeah i don't like it so much).
Anyway a new battery is coming; up to now it's working good but i don't trust so much of the hardware, so before the "shutting down threshold" grows, i'd like to be "safe".
(little ot: inside our italian forum someone suggested that redmi 3 pro is far better then mi4c ; what do you think ? ; if you prefer you can private message me)
redmi 3pro would be far better except for the camera depends on your needs - also, if you want to run custom roms, check if there are any stably ones beforehand
my battery arrived yesterday, changed yesterda, charged overnight and observing - still running battery log and so far the voltage drops are negligible compared to the original one like 0,02v instead of 0,2v. I'll give full report after full discharge cycle
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redmi 3pro would be far better except for the camera depends on your needs - also, if you want to run custom roms, check if there are any stably ones beforehand
my battery arrived yesterday, changed yesterda, charged overnight and observing - still running battery log and so far the voltage drops are negligible compared to the original one like 0,02v instead of 0,2v. I'll give full report after full discharge cycle
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Was the change easy to do?
I don't care so much about camera..i absolutely prefer battery and a smooth system, for casual gaming and browsing
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Use only MIUI 8 from Xiaomi.eu
Any other rom has various problems.
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
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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:
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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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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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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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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.
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I thought this was the 5x forum for some reason. Pixel 2 no issues. It was my 5x
Hi everyone !
I haven't seen this info anywhere on XDA, at least on this forum, but i think everyone should know this.
Not trying to take credit in any way, because OP made a terrific job at researching and testing, just wanna spread the knowledge.
Basically : Charging your phone at night or leaving it charging even while at 100% for a few hours will have a big impact on how it behaves and how your battery holds up.
Quick explaination : Since Nougat, you don't get the App Optimization screen anymore on the first boot.
That's because Google has delayed it, and it triggers only in specific conditions : When the device is idle, fully charged, and still plugged in.
This optimzation allows to build the ART cache, which speeds up the system and apps, saving CPU power because it avoids using the JIT (Just In Time) compiler, thus, saving battery juice.
This also means wiping cache isn't going to help with your battery life, quite the opposite.
You'll see he made a test with other users, and the results are quite clear.
Here is a link to the post with detailled explaination and testing, thanks a lot to anupritaisno1 for all this info :
https://forums.oneplus.com/threads/...-and-battery-calibration-myths-busted.993896/
Forced the building through "cmd package bg-dexopt job" on my own OP6 running Pixel Experience, took like 15mn. SOT improved quite a lot.
Interesting read, thanks
What if you charge it at night while the phone is OFF?
Thank you for sharing this :laugh:
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What if you charge it at night while the phone is OFF?
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Read the thread linked in OP.
The system works harder when you charge your phone while it's off.
Very interesting read. Basically debunks majority of the stuff people preach to maximize phone performance and battery.
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What if you charge it at night while the phone is OFF?
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If the phone is OFF it can't trigger the optimization task, this won't be beneficial.
In the article he actually made a test about this, you should read it !
Interesting, but... who claimed that clearing the cache helps with the *battery*?
Also, what happened to the old adage "never leave your phone plugged in" because it causes battery wear?
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Interesting, but... who claimed that clearing the cache helps with the *battery*?
Also, what happened to the old adage "never leave your phone plugged in" because it causes battery wear?
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A lot of people claim this, that you should clear the cache after an update, without clear reason why. At least we have a reason not to.
And this old adage is indeed old, like the "Fully discharge it for calibration". We're not in 2002 anymore. Modern technology had the nice idea to remember to stop the charge, and use Lithium batteries haha !
Leaving it plugged at 100% is not causing any wear. The post mentions a response from an electrical engineer, saying the battery is in fact on stand by and the phone is running off the charger only.
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Debunked here
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A lot of people claim this, that you should clear the cache after an update, without clear reason why. At least we have a reason not to.
And this old adage is indeed old, like the "Fully discharge it for calibration". We're not in 2002 anymore. Modern technology had the nice idea to remember to stop the charge, and use Lithium batteries haha !
Leaving it plugged at 100% is not causing any wear. The post mentions a response from an electrical engineer, saying the battery is in fact on stand by and the phone is running off the charger only.
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That's just one way to read it. Leaving it plugged in does not, indeed, mean that it keeps trying to charge. But once it goes down, it will charge up again. Also, supposedly, the fuller the battery is when charging, the higher the temperature and hence, the wear. Cannot attest to that, that's just how the argument goes.
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Debunked here
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Yes, but that's irrelevant. Totally different issue, I was not talking about calibration.
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That's just one way to read it. Leaving it plugged in does not, indeed, mean that it keeps trying to charge. But once it goes down, it will charge up again. Also, supposedly, the fuller the battery is when charging, the higher the temperature and hence, the wear. Cannot attest to that, that's just how the argument goes.
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Indeed. But from the looks of it, and what i've read in other places, it waits for it to drop a bit. If the battery is not used, it won't fall to 99% in a night, and won't be charged again until you unplug it. Kinda like when your phone is off. It's gonna be a long time before the battery goes down on it's own.
Interesting, gotta try it.
Still, does the <50, >70% not apply in terms of battery wear? I mean, even for straight-forward charges?
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Interesting, gotta try it.
Still, does the <50, >70% not apply in terms of battery wear? I mean, even for straight-forward charges?
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I'd say yes, it still applies. It's a different topic ! Everithing said here is related to software and charging control, when this is more related to battery chemistry. But you're right, it's still true.
To sum it up :
- Charging above 70 or 80% and discharging under 30% (Thoses are the values i read about) is indeed not the best thing for your battery health on the long term.
- BUT, the superior battery life your phone will get with these app optimizations easily counter-balances it. If the phones lasts twice longer, it means 2 times less chaging cycles required, when you think about it (Ofc not accurate, but you see what i mean)
Best thing you can do, if you really want to get the best of both worlds, is staying in between those ideal values, and triggering the optimization manually via the Linux Terminal Emulator
Although, i don't think i'm not personally going to bother, i'll just charge my phone, use it, and charge it again in the evening.
Two days after triggering dexopt manually, without flashing or changing anything, using the phone the same way, i went from 16h idle/2h SOT at the end of the day with 50% remaining to 20h idle/2h15 of SOT with 70% remaining, that's quite a drastic improvement.
Ooh can you share more?I tried googling about triggering the optimization but came up empty...
Yes, that's logic in that, if optimization is so dramatic!
PS I meant 80, not 70, just as you mentioned.
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Ooh can you share more?I tried googling about triggering the optimization but came up empty...
Yes, that's logic in that, if optimization is so dramatic!
PS I meant 80, not 70, just as you mentioned.
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Yes, it's hard to get an info about this, wierd.
Run any terminal app on you phone, type "su" to ask for root permission, then enter "cmd package bg-dexopt-job" (without quotes).
It will run for a certain amount of time (between 10mn and more than an hour, depending of the number of apps you have installed).
When you get the shell back (A line appears under the last one to enter another command), it means it's complete.
If you wanna be sure, run it again, it will finish very fast, because the cache will be up to date (It still checks it, so it's not an instant completion).
Do it plugged in the charger, but with like 30% charge, maybe on USB so it doesn't get to 100% too fast, to avoid the awkward situation where it overlaps with the actual automatic background process doing the same thing haha
The phone can heat up a bit because the CPU is working quite a bit.
You can also run the command through an ADB shell on a PC, if you're not rooted.
Or just leave it charging during a night for once, works too
Best way seems to let if charge for the night regularly though (Quote from the OP) :
"I just say overnight because the device being idle is a condition for the optimisation to begin
Also the optimisation is profile guided. If you were to AOT compile your entire base system it would take 4-5 GB off your storage and that is just the base system we haven't even considered the apps you'll install. Since optimisation generates huge optimisation files it is more sensible to only compile what is slow for JIT to do at runtime. This might seem weird but it takes the cache size down to less than 1 GB on most devices
In other words every time you use your phone the runtime sees what is slow and queues it up for optimisation the next time the condition is satisfied"
Wow. This should be pinned somewhere!
I'll do it in the terminal just for fun, but will also leave it (for my first time ever) overnight too.
Thanks, man!
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Wow. This should be pinned somewhere!
I'll do it in the terminal just for fun, but will also leave it (for my first time ever) overnight too.
Thanks, man!
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I think everyone should read this yes, even if it's just for the sake of knowing how things really work.
And i can confirm again, my battery life is so much better ...
A few days ago, going to work, listenting to Spotify on my motorcycle for 20mn, and checking my mails for 2m got me to 96% battery.
Yesterday, and today, same routine, an an hour after that i'm still at 100% ... That's very impressive.
Really interesting.
Sadly the command does nothing on my device.
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Really interesting.
Sadly the command does nothing on my device.
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Are you sure ? It doesn't display anything, that's true. But you'll know it's over when the shell returns.
Or you can juste leave your phone plugged for a night or two, same result.
My battery goes from 100% to ~97% within minutes without using it after unplugging the phone from the charger when charging overnight.
Why is that and how can I get rid of it? It occurs since a few days on custom rom as well as on oos now again.
Hi everyone!!
I'd like to get some advice about my issue that I've been having for a while...
My battery drain is what you may see in my attachments. Please tell me some good advice to reduce this drain or whether it is normal functioning either...
In conclusion, I'd like to know if it might be convenient to replace the battery and, furthermore, whether there are larger batteries with more autonomy.
My phone is 2 years and half old but to be honest I use it intensively with its battery-case (manufacturer: Newdery).
Thanks!!!
Sorry for late reply, just saw this.
You get 6 hours of battery life with 14% screen on time? That doesn't sound to correct.
My suggestion would be to install the app: AccuBattery. I swear by it - it is very good I think. It will watch your apps much better than the stock android battery monitor. It will also tell you your battery health, the mAh left out of the total of 4000. If you have a very low amount left (capacity wise) then you may want to get a new battery. But make sure to do several charges before taking it as accurate. Use the app for several days, even the little "notes" in the app will tell you this - it's to "acclimate" to your use and give you more accurate statistics.
Hopefully this helps - 6 hours is definitely not good.
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Sorry for late reply, just saw this.
You get 6 hours of battery life with 14% screen on time? That doesn't sound to correct.
My suggestion would be to install the app: AccuBattery. I swear by it - it is very good I think. It will watch your apps much better than the stock android battery monitor. It will also tell you your battery health, the mAh left out of the total of 4000. If you have a very low amount left (capacity wise) then you may want to get a new battery. But make sure to do several charges before taking it as accurate. Use the app for several days, even the little "notes" in the app will tell you this - it's to "acclimate" to your use and give you more accurate statistics.
Hopefully this helps - 6 hours is definitely not good.
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Hi!!
Thank you very much for your reply!
I forgot it but I already had Accubattery installed on my phone.
In fact, in attachment you have the battery wear data from April 2021 till now..
I hope that I shared you useful data to analyse the issue.
What do you think? What should I take from the app?
I thought that the new Android version 11 is the cause of battery drain as another phone (Xiaomi Redmi Note 10) suffers from it after the upgrade to Android 11..
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Hi!!
Thank you very much for your reply!
I forgot it but I already had Accubattery installed on my phone.
In fact, in attachment you have the battery wear data from April 2021 till now..
I hope that I shared you useful data to analyse the issue.
What do you think? What should I take from the app?
I thought that the new Android version 11 is the cause of battery drain as another phone (Xiaomi Redmi Note 10) suffers from it after the upgrade to Android 11..
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No prob
Could you take an [extended/full] screenshot of the "Discharge" tab? That will show more info about which app is draining more. Also those numbers change I believe on every charge so you'd have to just keep an eye on which app is always at the top of the section under "Foreground App Battery Usage > Battery Usage" section. Hopefully it isn't just "system" or something, hopefully it is an app that you can remove/freeze.
And what does it say for Battery Capacity above the "Battery Wear" chart?
And speaking of the wear chart, you'll want to stop charging all the way to 100%, it looks like you're putting over 1 cycle of wear on the battery very often which will degrade the battery quicker. The 'Charging" tab explains this even allowing you to set a reminder to unplug at a certain charge level (it tells you the higher you charge the more wear you put on the battery - unfortunately that's how batteries work).
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Could you take an [extended/full] screenshot of the "Discharge" tab? That will show more info about which app is draining more. Also those numbers change I believe on every charge so you'd have to just keep an eye on which app is always at the top of the section under "Foreground App Battery Usage > Battery Usage" section. Hopefully it isn't just "system" or something, hopefully it is an app that you can remove/freeze.
And what does it say for Battery Capacity above the "Battery Wear" chart?
And speaking of the wear chart, you'll want to stop charging all the way to 100%, it looks like you're putting over 1 cycle of wear on the battery very often which will degrade the battery quicker. The 'Charging" tab explains this even allowing you to set a reminder to unplug at a certain charge level (it tells you the higher you charge the more wear you put on the battery - unfortunately that's how batteries work).
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Hi, thank you for your reply!!
I'm sorry for my late replies..
In the attachments you have what you asked me.
It seems that Facebook drains the battery a lot despite the fact that I don't use it much.
The battery wear seems to be almost one fifth of total capacity for a capacity of about 3200mhA.
I'd like to have something better...
I have set at 83% the alert to reduce the wear of the battery but I wonder how it could work fine when the phone is turned off..
No problem
So, I'm not exactly sure how you use your phone but it looks like the screen-on at 23%/hr looks pretty bad but then also it says combined time was 102 hours? I believe that means how long it's been off the charger. If that's the case you can't get any better battery life than that, that is really really good.
You mention facebook doing a lot of draining. Try researching a good app freezing option on the app store. I only did a quick search but this one came up: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.catchingnow.icebox but read the reviews (I did a quick scan and it looks like it might work as intended) and look around maybe there is a better one. But the point of this is, to freeze any apps in that list (the accubattery foreground apps) you barely use and it will prevent them from running in the background. This will definitely give you better battery life.
And I don't see the deep sleep statistic, is that around 90hrs along with the screen off time? It should be more than the screen off time at least, because if it is then it is deep sleeping correctly (no rouge apps causing it to not deep sleep), but if it's less than the screen off time, then something (maybe facebook) is keeping the phone awake even with the screen off, causing extra battery drain.
And 83% charge is pretty good, maybe even 75% might be better, I think from 0 to 75 it's like .3 or .4 wear but it's like with these batteries once you start going over 75% it jumps in wear dramatically. And if the phone is off (turned off completely you mean?) then the battery won't gain any wear because it won't be in use at all.
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No problem
So, I'm not exactly sure how you use your phone but it looks like the screen-on at 23%/hr looks pretty bad but then also it says combined time was 102 hours? I believe that means how long it's been off the charger. If that's the case you can't get any better battery life than that, that is really really good.
You mention facebook doing a lot of draining. Try researching a good app freezing option on the app store. I only did a quick search but this one came up: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.catchingnow.icebox but read the reviews (I did a quick scan and it looks like it might work as intended) and look around maybe there is a better one. But the point of this is, to freeze any apps in that list (the accubattery foreground apps) you barely use and it will prevent them from running in the background. This will definitely give you better battery life.
And I don't see the deep sleep statistic, is that around 90hrs along with the screen off time? It should be more than the screen off time at least, because if it is then it is deep sleeping correctly (no rouge apps causing it to not deep sleep), but if it's less than the screen off time, then something (maybe facebook) is keeping the phone awake even with the screen off, causing extra battery drain.
And 83% charge is pretty good, maybe even 75% might be better, I think from 0 to 75 it's like .3 or .4 wear but it's like with these batteries once you start going over 75% it jumps in wear dramatically. And if the phone is off (turned off completely you mean?) then the battery won't gain any wear because it won't be in use at all.
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I noticed that I didn't make all the screenshots, but now I've just done them with regards to this new discharge cycle and you have the deep sleep statistics for a better analysis - they are in attachments.
I asked here for a longer battery lasting and instead I set it as 75% as the maximum percentage value of charge that reduces my autonomy but saves the battery.
However, yesterday I noticed that the charging wasn't deactivated when the phone reached 80% of charge (is the value that was set yesterday). Oughtn't Accubattery deactivate the charging?
The statistics you mentioned in your previous post appear to me a bit awkward even though they are related to many sessions in the last 7 days.
I use my phone with my phone case-battery (Newdery manufacturer) and until few months ago it could charge the phone up to about 80 % when I couldn't charge my phone through its charger. I need the charge to last a day, almost 20 hrs…
I noticed that the phone started to wear - the last few months - when I noticed that I couldn't have the phone working till the late evening and I tried to charge it fully before I left my house...
However, it is clear what I need for my use and habits, thus, new reliable battery-case suggestions would be a good hint for me...
In the end, I don't know what to do about apps that manage the apps freezing because I don't know how Android allows it and if it is worth it..