[help] how to decrease battery use - General Topics

so i installed pixel experience on my phone a couple of days ago now the problem i am facing is that the phone is using a lot of battery for everything i can get 6 hours of phone on time while just changing apps,i can get about 5 while watching youtube vids i can get about 3 while gaming so how can i increase my battery life now in the pursuit of getting adaptive brightness working on that model they also dropped deep sleep support and btw the phone is about 4 years old with the original battery installed its an rmx 1801 and even the company has stopped producing battery for (no i cannot replace my phone well atleast till next year i am a child) so if anyone can find a battery for it please comment the link (i am from india)
and i hope everyone reading this has a good day

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Honor 6 Battery drop issue

Hi everyone
So, I recently encountered a battery issue with my Honor 6... Let me explain.
Device Details:
- Model: Honor 6 (H60-L04)
- OS: Stock Android 4.4.2 (EMUI 3.0)
- Never rooted or unlocked
I bought this device in June, at first everything was ok. For two months I used the best phone I could ever get for 299€, here in Italy.
Now, about a week ago, I started to notice some strange behavior of the battery. It was like suddenly the charge level dropped incredibly, leaving the device without energy pretty fast.
This morning was the worst. After an hour of standard usage (Wi-Fi ON, Social Apps, a couple of YouTube 1080p videos) the battery reached 89-90%. Before I go to sleep, as I usually do, I turned off my phone. Then, when I woke up and turned it back on, the battery level was 50%!!!
I know that this kind of behavior could be considered normal after a couple of years, for a Lithium battery, but I used this device only for TWO MONTHS! Do you have any idea if this is a common issue? Or maybe it's MY phone that is faulty. Hope you can help.
UPDATE: Day 2, same exact behavior. Turn off with 91% or something like that. Turned back on in the morning, battery level 49%
Suggest you head to the thread of extreme battery life by Vaisakh 7 and post the dumps per his OP (please google having trouble in copying link)
Pretty sure you will get an answer
Sent from my H60-L04 using XDA Free mobile app

S7 edge exynos drain on calls

Hi peeps did some googling and didnt really come up with any result about drain on making phonecalls.
have the s7edge exynos , have since the 1ste day it came out and have it arround 10 months , bought 2 of em , 1 for my wife and 1 for me.
in november and december last we had 2 minor updates but since then i m having real battery drain on making calls.
To know i do call an average of 6 to 7 hours a day but noticing a average drain of 10 to 12 % per hour wich i didnt had before the update, or all other samsung devices i ever had (note 2 and 3, s4, s3 etc)
useally i would loose only 20 to 30% on those 6 to 7 hours.
Further info is i mostly call with a bleutooth earpiece that mostly last for about 5 to 6h , is the bleutooth that is killing my battery ? who knows , but when i look battery stats it says "phonecalls" and on a day like that it says average of 75% battery usage :s , since i my wife has the same s7 edge, same updates etc, and it seemed that she has greater battery life, since her phone always lasted longer than mine, we switched phone for a day , to come to conclussion that it did just the same as mine , maybe a bit better then mine , her phone sat arround 65 to 70% drain on calling for the same amount of time. that could be justified since she doesnt use her phone as intensive as i do.
Dont know what those update were about since i dont follow tech and stuff as much as i used to do , have even derooted all my devices , specially as for the use of paying apps like paypal , mobile banking etc.
could be that those minor updates have do with kernel or stuff , that affect batterly life on calling ? it isnt the 1ste time that sammy brings an update that messes up our phone , like wifi and so on draining out batteries.
So by these are there ppl out there that are having the same drainage as both my s7edges do. looking for the ppl that cmakes calls for 6 to 8h a day
thnx
ps: excuse me if similar tread already excsists than mod you can remove this one
Yes ! You are not allone ...
maybe most people use their device for messaging or gaming ...
I have no idea what that could be ... I have a G935F which I have buyed 2 weeks ago ...
Even in the first calls I noticed that unusual battery drain in calls ...
8-10% per hour and the signal was good...
My device is still stock without root or any other modifications ...
zielscheibe said:
Yes ! You are not allone ...
maybe most people use their device for messaging or gaming ...
I have no idea what that could be ... I have a G935F which I have buyed 2 weeks ago ...
Even in the first calls I noticed that unusual battery drain in calls ...
8-10% per hour and the signal was good...
My device is still stock without root or any other modifications ...
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just tested today and posted screenshot with an samsung advisor i think on the samsung page on fb and will post here asswel you will see i have 9h of use of wich i called 7.5h and nothing else , in the past i have rooted all my devices but not the s7edge because of all the mobile paying apps that sometimes dont work because of root and you can see in my stats that calls go for 79% batrery drainage and after 9h i m left with 39% batterly life, imagine if i owuld still play some video clip , play a few games and use mobile data than my handset would flat in 9h or less
ive reverted to an earlier fw from august 2016. will see tommorrow what battery stats will do
I flashed a few custom roms the last days an the problem seems gone ...
also android system seems fixed ...
yesterday i had a call for 1 hour and 12 min and only lost 4 %.
For my experience i dont have any problems with dead phones in the past , so i dont need warranty...
and for most software problems this forum helped me out ...

Owners: How's the battery?

XZ Premium owners, how are you finding the battery? My Z2 and now Z5 have never guaranteed me a full day, and now that my Z5 is a bit older I'm charging twice daily. So I'm torn between the Z5P and the OP5, for all it's flaws -- is battery life better than the Z5? I'm particularly interested in dual-SIM, but I assume the battery life won't be all that different to the single-SIM handset.
My last Sony phone as a daily driver was my Z3. Battery was fine on that until I did anything that made the CPU go into meltdown.
On the XZ Premium, Sony and Qualcomm have got things nicely under control - which means the phone doesn't run too hot (which in itself plays havoc with the battery, and can make it near impossible to charge) - and the battery doesn't seem to take much of a hit even when playing video or taking photos.
My phone can still get hot when taking photos and give me the warning, but despite me using the phone heavily, the battery (given its size) works commendably. Especially if you enable any of the stamina modes
I could live with most of these modes enabled all the time, with the only issue being when using an on-screen keyboard (it missing characters pressed), and then the battery lasts even longer.
tl;dr - the battery is good and I'm very impressed. You should get a whole day of usage without fear, and with a good deal of screen-on-time.
I got this phone yesterday. My previous phone was the Z3 Compact which was the king of the battery life back then, but now i think the XZ Premium is better than the Z3c while i use certain apps and it consumes more battery only when i use the Camera, Photos app, Video app and Youtube. I haven't used Stamina Mode yet.
Mine battery life is good, my best was 31 hour running always under 4g with 4+ hours of screen on
I do a day and a half with every single charge at the moment
Thanks everyone.
@Katsigaros, could you let me know how you're getting on after a week or so? I don't plan to buy until the start of this month, so I'd be interested in progress.
@Tonyevol that's impressive for standby, but is 4 hours SOT good? I had the same response from a few people on Reddit, with 5 hours of SOT, but I though 6+ was kind of the norm these day, with good phones getting 7 or 8.
I am getting 5-6 hours SOT as of now. Over a month, I have seen marked improvement week on week. Once we get root/ twrp, we can disable some processes and programs that aren't required thereby maximizing the battery juice.
Little better than Galaxy S7 Edge which is my previous before. I am quite happy with battery.
dahamsta said:
Thanks everyone.
@Katsigaros, could you let me know how you're getting on after a week or so? I don't plan to buy until the start of this month, so I'd be interested in progress.
@Tonyevol that's impressive for standby, but is 4 hours SOT good? I had the same response from a few people on Reddit, with 5 hours of SOT, but I though 6+ was kind of the norm these day, with good phones getting 7 or 8.
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After the first time I used it i performed a full recharge from 1 to 100 % to calibrate the battery. I am watching a lot of videos and because of that the battery lasts me 1,5 - 2 days. If I am not watching videos I can get almost 3 days.
I will have a clearer view on battery life after one month but right now I am very satisfied with it.
It depends a lot about the way you would use it. For example I'm all days around without wifi connection avaible and of course 4g connection all the time working drains a lot of battery juice. Also having Facebook running all the time with instant messaging always on makes differences. Without using Facebook and limiting display luminosity would grant a much SOT

Experiencing battery drain on new phone

I bought my OP7 7 days ago , I have been experiencing poor battery life from day 1. SOT is around 3 to 4 hours , standby time is around 22 hours. If I leave the phone idle for an hour , the battery percentage drops 4 percent without any activity . I do remember receiving an OTA update on the first boot , I don't know if that was the culprit or I have been sold a lemon. I have waited for a week hoping that the battery life would improve after a few charge cycles but there has been no change.
Is everybody else facing the same issue , especially those who are on 9.5.x ?
I have to say that i do not experience any issues like that. The overnight drain is minimal, a few % over 8 - 9 hours, and overall the screen time is as expected (i daily play some extremely CPU heavy games for a couple of hours and i still get around 5 hours of screen).
I'm also experiencing the same issues. When phone idle abnormal battery drain.
Can you tell me if the phone with the cellular data turned off, uses data from your plan? Can you see that?
I had same issue with my phone so then I returned it to Amazon and I received replacement which is working fine and giving good battery backup.
ashwany.yadav said:
I had same issue with my phone so then I returned it to Amazon and I received replacement which is working fine and giving good battery backup.
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I made 2 returns, I'm now with the third phone and still had the same issue. I'm losing my mind how is that possible. And for sure is all new phones with different imei.
Every user has different usage profiles.
If your phone is rooted install Better Battery stats or FK to get detailed info about the rogue process that may be consuming more battery than it should.
Cheers
Teso79 said:
Every user has different usage profiles.
If your phone is rooted install Better Battery stats or FK to get detailed info about the rogue process that may be consuming more battery than it should.
Cheers
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I'm not a heavy usage user.
I'm not rooted but installed a similar app. I'll collect data and will post the screenshots.

Question Poor Battery

Got the pro delivered today. Ive noticed battery life is quite poor. Dropping 5-10% every 30 mins or so. Battery usage seems to suggest the google app is using about 25% of the battery. Usage is nothing over the top. Coming from a pixel 5 with excellent battery
trevagreene said:
Got the pro delivered today. Ive noticed battery life is quite poor. Dropping 5-10% every 30 mins or so. Battery usage seems to suggest the google app is using about 25% of the battery. Usage is nothing over the top. Coming from a pixel 5 with excellent battery
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Dude it's your first setup and install. Give it a day or two. Normal. I have used the 7 and 7 pro now for 3 weeks which is great.
wildlime said:
Dude it's your first setup and install. Give it a day or two. Normal. I have used the 7 and 7 pro now for 3 weeks which is great.
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Yea. I agree. But drain seems very rapid. Just dropped 3% since i posted the question. Will wait a few days and report back
wildlime said:
Dude it's your first setup and install. Give it a day or two. Normal. I have used the 7 and 7 pro now for 3 weeks which is great.
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Hows the face unlock and fingerprint ? Fast and responsive or laggy ?
Iam waiting for my 7pro and iam affraid about problems from 6 series
saiiint said:
Hows the face unlock and fingerprint ? Fast and responsive or laggy ?
Iam waiting for my 7pro and iam affraid about problems from 6 series
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pixel 6 fp issues are mostly fixed now because of software updates
trevagreene said:
Got the pro delivered today. Ive noticed battery life is quite poor. Dropping 5-10% every 30 mins or so. Battery usage seems to suggest the google app is using about 25% of the battery. Usage is nothing over the top. Coming from a pixel 5 with excellent battery
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Just try to charge it fully and use it for a few more days, also for new phones there will always be updates for battery issues!
Been using both 7 series for 3 weeks. Fingerprint is perfect. Hardly use it with face unlock though
wildlime said:
Been using both 7 series for 3 weeks. Fingerprint is perfect. Hardly use it with face unlock though
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OK...let's have it...how in the world have you been using the phone(s) for the last three weeks?
It's a 5nm(or 4nm) Samsung fab made SOC, it's going to have poor efficiency.
jaseman said:
OK...let's have it...how in the world have you been using the phone(s) for the last three weeks?
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Because I work for a network in the UK. Only allowed to talk about them after launch
I'm not sure if others have issues with battery drain and I did see the article on display on the Pixel 7 Pro being a battery killer...but after using the phone for a few days now, I can confirm that the phone, software, all the fancy features are absolutely great but the battery sucks. This phone is a battery killer indeed. I'm monitoring with accubattery and trying greenify but no luck yet. I have even tried keeping the Smooth Display disabled/turned off (to prevent refresh rate being increased to 120 Hz) but the brain drain literally is insane. I am not an expert and I am not sure if more battery charge cycles, optimization through phone use etc will help over time either. I have tried restricting battery use for many apps as well and tried disabling background data for some apps - no luck on this one too. Hopefully the underlying cause can be fixed with some usual Google software patch magic...if not, it's going to a year of battery misery I guess. I'm curious to hear others experience and any suggestions. Thank you.
I am on the same page when it comes to battery... I have the 7 Pro and since 6PM last night it dropped to 38% with only 1h 45 min of SOT... That is never going to get close to even 3h of SOT.
It is on 1440p and 120hz but still, I don't think this is ok.
Mine is so much better than what my P6P was, yesterday i had 54% left after 17 hours off charge and playing with it given its a new toy, My P6P would have been down to 20%'ish.
I've lost 20% today (since 6.20am) but i have had Poweramp playing music for a couple of hours, i have been out and about taking photos and i made a 30 minute call.
MrBelter said:
Mine is so much better than what my P6P was, yesterday i had 54% left after 17 hours off charge and playing with it given its a new toy, My P6P would have been down to 20%'ish.
I've lost 20% today (since 6.20am) but i have had Poweramp playing music for a couple of hours, i have been out and about taking photos and i made a 30 minute call.
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Yeah, mine has been really good also. Really good idle drain and overnight it's in deep sleep around 97% of the time. Active drain has been good as well.
Mine seem to be be about on par with my P6P. Not great, but not horrible.
Compared to my poco f2 pro which only has a 4700mah battery the pixel 7 pro's battery life is pretty abysmal. I used to run twice the **** on that phone and it still didn't die as fast as the p7p. Hope a few firmware updates will get it to a better place. Turing off pick up and tap screen to wake made a little bit better but it's still abysmal imo.
For whatever it's worth, I've had mine (unlocked google / 512) since Thursday. Accubattery has been on since Friday when I rooted and started restoring apps . Just checking it and coming off a full charge overnight (trickle charge) it's estimating I have 11 hours of SOT, 62 hours screen off time. Since it was off the charger around 3 hours ago it's dropped 2% with 26 minutes of SOT.
To be fair I use my phone for email, texts, minor information/news gathering and music streaming and light photo/video recording without much running in the background so I'm not a high power user. YMMV
Weird. My experience is completely the opposite - 6 hours 23 minutes SOT with 21% remaining yesterday on my first full cycle when I put it back on charge. No complaints at all.
Did anyone with poor battery performance transfer apps to the new phone through cable? This has been bad for battery on new phones as ooposed to letting the new phone download the apps.....
crusht said:
Did anyone with poor battery performance transfer apps to the new phone through cable? This has been bad for battery on new phones as ooposed to letting the new phone download the apps.....
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The Pixel 7P and 6P I have here ran like total garbage when I transferred data between the two with a USB cable. A fresh install made both phones run great.

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