has anyone done a factory reset and got battery life improvement.?
Ya i did a factory reset and my battery life improved.
Is there a way to backup all apps and data first before factory reset?
With your Google account
Same here, phone was running like crap, hot, no battery life. Did a full reset and much improved. 2 days later and I am still reconstructing everything though. Damn I wish I had root just for back-up. (my google account did a poor job of returning all my apps.I had about a 25% failure rate.
Try Helium for root less data backup. It works pretty well vs. TB.
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Try Helium for root less data backup. It works pretty well vs. TB.
Sent from my SM-N910V
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That would be great if even 1% of us Verizon customers had root. No root. No easy restore.
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That would be great if even 1% of us Verizon customers had root. No root. No easy restore.
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Helium is like TB but doesn't require root.
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-javier- said:
has anyone done a factory reset and got battery life improvement.?
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You must have done something really bad in your previous life to get a bad battery life from an upgrade
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I was having issues with my battery as well. I did a hard reset using IDRIVE and G Cloud as my main backups as well as a full SD card backup to the computer. The battery life improved only a little bit. Lollipop really screwed over the battery. Normally at this hour I'd have 53% left. (17 hr day with about 2-3 hour SOT). Now I'm at 27% with the same 17hrs and 2-3 hrs of SOT...
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has anyone done a factory reset and got battery life improvement.?
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I'd suggest a batter pull before doing an FDR if battery life is your only concern. It might save you some reinstall time. It worked for me.
I just did a factory reset yesterday; not really worth the time. I got minimal battery life increase, but it could just be a placebo effect. I wasn't having terrible battery drain before I did the reset, though, so it could help others with major drain (cannot make it through a day when you could with KitKat, for example).
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WHAT?!?!!? That's awesome. I didn't know that and from the post I replied to, he said "helium for root" so I assumed it was needed. I'm all over that then! Thanks!
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What does clearing the battery stats actually do? Im wondering if that is why my battery life hasnt improved after flashing Rom, Kernals doing the battery conditioning. What does it do? Thanks for any input!
Kinda in a very simplified why, it erases the old settings of the battery of like how it charged, and its levels. if you had bad drainage on another rom and not clear it, it could just carry over, so clearing it once its fully charged after flashing a new rom can help.
Awesome I have dove into a lot of things but never actually did this! Duh may help alot going to try this out. Ill wipe all my caches, battery stats and reflash my same ROM and see if that help somethings out
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Awesome I have dove into a lot of things but never actually did this! Duh may help alot going to try this out. Ill wipe all my caches, battery stats and reflash my same ROM and see if that help somethings out
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You should only wipe the battery stats once its charged 100%, so that the battery levels can be as accurate as possible,
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You should only wipe the battery stats once its charged 100%, so that the battery levels can be as accurate as possible,
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Sweet thanks Ill wait till I swap battery and put my fresh on in then
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Sweet thanks Ill wait till I swap battery and put my fresh on in then
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Never a problem, and sounds good.
Iv'e tried this app it makes it really simple for me because I flash a lot. Just fully charge then from the app one click calibrate, no need to boot up.
If you wanted to read up a little first this link has the info, I think it's in the market too..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12699287#post12699287
Hi All,
so yesterday my phone updated to version 4.4.3, before this update the battery life on this one was nothing short of amazing (esp compared to my one x before) i could use it on and off all day and get home from work with 60ish % remaining.
since this update my phone seems to be eating battery like no tomorrow, it has only been off charge for 2 hours and i have not used it, just checked it and im down to 60% already...
yesterday afternoon i had to plug it in as it was in the red (14%)
has anyone else noticed this? is there an easy way to roll back without rooting? (warrentys and the like prevent me from rooting it)
Cheers
Daz
No way returning to the old version without unlocking/rooting it (with s-off its easy to return to 100% stock though)
But i would back up what you need and perform a factory reset. That is the first thing you can try to resolve the issue.
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Hi All,
so yesterday my phone updated to version 4.4.3, before this update the battery life on this one was nothing short of amazing (esp compared to my one x before) i could use it on and off all day and get home from work with 60ish % remaining.
since this update my phone seems to be eating battery like no tomorrow, it has only been off charge for 2 hours and i have not used it, just checked it and im down to 60% already...
yesterday afternoon i had to plug it in as it was in the red (14%)
has anyone else noticed this? is there an easy way to roll back without rooting? (warrentys and the like prevent me from rooting it)
Cheers
Daz
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Have you tried any of the standard things like wiping cache/factory reset?
You could install a battery monitor to see if there are any clues as to whats using up the battery:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gsamlabs.bbm
yes good point a factory reset would be the clear choice, will do that in a mo and see if that helps
Cheers
Daz
dazzler22 said:
yes good point a factory reset would be the clear choice, will do that in a mo and see if that helps
Cheers
Daz
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Just make sure any data you want is backed up first. You wont lose anything on your external sd card unless you chose to erase it, but you will lose your apps/accounts/settings. I would expect this should clear out anything causing issues, good luck.
I have exactly the same battery drain and the phone is always hot now so its doing something..
Let me know how the factory reset goes..
How did the reset go? I installed the update on Friday night and my phone has been running hot since then.
Just to update on this (sorry for the slow response!) finally managed to get round to a reset and that has solved the issue, battery life is now back up,
the battery monitor before the reset was just saying that the kernal was using most power.... never found out the cause though!
Cheers
Daz
dazzler22 said:
Hi All,
so yesterday my phone updated to version 4.4.3, before this update the battery life on this one was nothing short of amazing (esp compared to my one x before) i could use it on and off all day and get home from work with 60ish % remaining.
since this update my phone seems to be eating battery like no tomorrow, it has only been off charge for 2 hours and i have not used it, just checked it and im down to 60% already...
yesterday afternoon i had to plug it in as it was in the red (14%)
has anyone else noticed this? is there an easy way to roll back without rooting? (warrentys and the like prevent me from rooting it)
Cheers
Daz
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Are you still on stock EE rom mate?? i need a huge favour
dazzler22 said:
Just to update on this (sorry for the slow response!) finally managed to get round to a reset and that has solved the issue, battery life is now back up,
the battery monitor before the reset was just saying that the kernal was using most power.... never found out the cause though!
Cheers
Daz
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I have the same problem with 4.4.3.
How you have solved the issue?
Battery monitor apps, like my favorite Gsam, are pretty useless without root... To see the wakelocks.
Just an FYI. ?
Full reset resolved it for me.
Cheers
Daz
Hello everyone. I think my Butterfly 3 battery is dying. Does anyone know how to reset the battery gauge if this is possible? I've searched for a replacement battery all over the internet but with no luck. A link is also ok. Regards.
Try this: http://mobilespecs.net/phone/codes/HTC/HTC_J_Butterfly_HTV31.html
You Need Stock, STAT!
alexsdlc said:
Hello everyone. I think my Butterfly 3 battery is dying. Does anyone know how to reset the battery gauge if this is possible? I've searched for a replacement battery all over the internet but with no luck. A link is also ok. Regards.
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So I'm not trying to self promote... ok, maybe a little. What you need is a factory reset and perhaps a reversion to true factory software.
I had trouble with battery life with my japanese rom, and a lot more stuff was messed up too.
Follow my guide and feel free to ask any questions, this is the straight from the factory rom, ZERO bloatware, only cost is NFC. (Make sure you make backup with twrp and store on your PC)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/butterfly-3/development/stock-rom-stock-5-0-2-cure-t3356875
With stock it runs super efficiently with the standard power saver making this beast last the entire day no sweat.
Birkyjon said:
So I'm not trying to self promote... ok, maybe a little. What you need is a factory reset and perhaps a reversion to true factory software.
I had trouble with battery life with my japanese rom, and a lot more stuff was messed up too.
Follow my guide and feel free to ask any questions, this is the straight from the factory rom, ZERO bloatware, only cost is NFC. (Make sure you make backup with twrp and store on your PC)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/butterfly-3/development/stock-rom-stock-5-0-2-cure-t3356875
With stock it runs super efficiently with the standard power saver making this beast last the entire day no sweat.
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I didn't. Simply the problem appeared after I installed the taiwanese rom. Now i received marshmallow and everything is ok.
By the way with the taiwanese rom everything works like a charm, text included, and bloatware can be uninstalled. You'll only lose nfc.
Hi, i bought one moto z play, almost 2 months ago, and the battery was excellent, you can see on airplane mode, idle, not using it, the phone lates more than 17 days, and had 23% of juice left, after that, i boight another one, both are used, but this one, only last 2 days on the same conditions, airplane mode, even safe mode, not using at all, just 2 days, drains like 2% per hour without even touching it at all, what can i do?
What does it matter what happens when you never use it? And why buy a second phone if you already have one that lasts great?
Just sell the second and start using it like normal people. Nobody can tell you why that difference is and it doesn't matter. They have to last under normal conditions, but what you are doing is pretty much waste of battery. Letting it lie around in airplane mode for days is simply stupid. Then you could just turn it off
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What does it matter what happens when you never use it? And why buy a second phone if you already have one that lasts great?
Just sell the second and start using it like normal people. Nobody can tell you why that difference is and it doesn't matter. They have to last under normal conditions, but what you are doing is pretty much waste of battery. Letting it lie around in airplane mode for days is simply stupid. Then you could just turn it off
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Seems like a reasonable test of baseline battery drain to me. I get less than 2% drain per hour with all my background stuff on with my MZP. My old S6 (notorious for bad battery) gets like 3% per day in airplane mode with no screen on time.
Just because his use case isn't your use case, doesn't mean what he's doing is stupid.
OP, I'd be inclined to think you have a hardware issue - you've eliminated all the normal software side stuff that typically is responsible for battery drain.
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Seems like a reasonable test of baseline battery drain to me. I get less than 2% drain per hour with all my background stuff on with my MZP. My old S6 (notorious for bad battery) gets like 3% per day in airplane mode with no screen on time.
Just because his use case isn't your use case, doesn't mean what he's doing is stupid.
OP, I'd be inclined to think you have a hardware issue - you've eliminated all the normal software side stuff that typically is responsible for battery drain.
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Exactly, it was just a test, obviusly under normal conditions the drain Is Worst, only 3 SoT and 9 hours of battery, if you compare the two phones, one drains 2% and the other 0.1% por hour, that it's not normal.
If is not hw issue, something is draining battery in background. Have you tried factory reset? Compare settings on both phones, wifi/bt scan, SIM is inside on both, sd card?
Anyway, try to make both phones exactly the same from hw and sw perspective. If you haven't already.
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Maybe put a CPU monitor app on both phones, let them both run in the same condition for the same time period, and see if the histories match? Not really sure how else to look, since you said safe mode didn't fix it.
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If is not hw issue, something is draining battery in background. Have you tried factory reset? Compare settings on both phones, wifi/bt scan, SIM is inside on both, sd card?
Anyway, try to make both phones exactly the same from hw and sw perspective. If you haven't already.
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the one with the problem has the december patch update, the good one, the november patch, thats the only difference on both. already tried factory reset, wipe cache, safe mode, even on safe mode, the 2% per hour draining persist.
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Maybe put a CPU monitor app on both phones, let them both run in the same condition for the same time period, and see if the histories match? Not really sure how else to look, since you said safe mode didn't fix it.
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gonna FDR both, charge them to 100% and let them dry for a couple of hours with the cpu monitor.
kmry said:
the one with the problem has the december patch update, the good one, the november patch, thats the only difference on both. already tried factory reset, wipe cache, safe mode, even on safe mode, the 2% per hour draining persist.
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You can try to upgrade good one to December patch to get the same batter life result
If there's no other difference, then looks like that is hw problem. But I'm still suspecting that you are missing something.
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You can try to upgrade good one to December patch to get the same batter life result
If there's no other difference, then looks like that is hw problem. But I'm still suspecting that you are missing something.
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good joke, but im not gonna take that risk; cant think what i would be missing; i think ive tried everything except for a downgrade, but i read somewhere it cannot be done, the phone is on 7.1.1.
kmry said:
good joke, but im not gonna take that risk; cant think what i would be missing; i think ive tried everything except for a downgrade, but i read somewhere it cannot be done, the phone is on 7.1.1.
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Do not downgrade. It is doable but next upgrade (OTA) and you will end up with brick.
I've already asked you, both phones are with/without SIM/sd card?
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Do not downgrade. It is doable but next upgrade (OTA) and you will end up with brick.
I've already asked you, both phones are with/without SIM/sd card?
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both phones on airplane mode, without simcard, without sd card.
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both phones on airplane mode, without simcard, without sd card.
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Well, if both phones are the same from hw and sw perspective (except update on "bad one") then most probably cause is hw or update.
Do not try to downgrade, 8.0 is under SOAK (quite long already, but still has issues) and you may try it when is ready (don't flash leaked SOAK, please).
As said above, most likely is hw issue. Sorry for that.
camera app left running?
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Seems like a reasonable test of baseline battery drain to me. I get less than 2% drain per hour with all my background stuff on with my MZP. My old S6 (notorious for bad battery) gets like 3% per day in airplane mode with no screen on time.
Just because his use case isn't your use case, doesn't mean what he's doing is stupid.
OP, I'd be inclined to think you have a hardware issue - you've eliminated all the normal software side stuff that typically is responsible for battery drain.
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camera app left running?
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All apps were closed.
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All apps were closed.
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Your second pic says it's running. Sorry if I misinterpret.
I got my Pixel 2 XL on 10/24/2017. From the day I got it until the February update the battery life was incredible. I was getting up to 9 hours SOT and 40 hours off the charger. The February update resulted in a noticeable decrease in battery life. The March update made it even worse. I'm now getting up to 6 hours SOT over 24 hours off the charger. I got the April update yesterday morning and despite the release notes mentioning 4 different battery life "improvements" it hasn't improved. It's still only a day after the April update but it seems like it might have gotten even worse.
I'm considering doing a factor reset but it's really a pain in the ass. Backup data, reset, reinstall and configure apps, restore data, reload music, etc. From start to finish it's a several hour process.
My question is, has anyone else with decreased battery life done a factory reset? Does it actually fix the decrease in battery life caused by the February and March updates? If it will really make a difference I'll go ahead and spend the time but I'd hate to waste the time to have it be the same after I'm done.
jimv1983 said:
I got my Pixel 2 XL on 10/24/2017. From the day I got it until the February update the battery life was incredible. I was getting up to 9 hours SOT and 40 hours off the charger. The February update resulted in a noticeable decrease in battery life. The March update made it even worse. I'm now getting up to 6 hours SOT over 24 hours off the charger. I got the April update yesterday morning and despite the release notes mentioning 4 different battery life "improvements" it hasn't improved. It's still only a day after the April update but it seems like it might have gotten even worse.
I'm considering doing a factor reset but it's really a pain in the ass. Backup data, reset, reinstall and configure apps, restore data, reload music, etc. From start to finish it's a several hour process.
My question is, has anyone else with decreased battery life done a factory reset? Does it actually fix the decrease in battery life caused by the February and March updates? If it will really make a difference I'll go ahead and spend the time but I'd hate to waste the time to have it be the same after I'm done.
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I was hesitant to admit it but my battery probably isn't as good as it was the first 3 months. I never got the numbers you did but comparing old screenshots to what I get now, both SOT and off the charger numbers have declined.
I've been contemplating doing a factory reset sooner than usual. I usually wait for 1 year with my phone but I might do it at 6 months, end of April, just to see. Would be nice to see someone confirm it helps or debunk that it doesn't.
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I was hesitant to admit it but my battery probably isn't as good as it was the first 3 months. I never got the numbers you did but comparing old screenshots to what I get now, both SOT and off the charger numbers have declined.
I've been contemplating doing a factory reset sooner than usual. I usually wait for 1 year with my phone but I might do it at 6 months, end of April, just to see. Would be nice to see someone confirm it helps or debunk that it doesn't.
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You mentioned that you usually wait a year before doing a factory reset. Has it had any impact on battery life when you've done it in the past?
Just for a reference here is an old screen shot I still have. It was taken in late November/early December. Off charger is only about 19 hours but with 9% battery left which would easily get to 40 hours in stand by back then.
Great question mate. I thought i was the only one have similar issue. I had great or say exceptional battery life in December update or earlier. But as more and more updates came battery life decreased. I had almost 9 hours SOT but now after underclocking, greenify , servicly etc it harldy reaches 5.5 hours SOT. Earlier i hardly needed to underclock or needed any help of battery saver apps. I wonder wat it could be hardware issue or software.
And to answer your question i clean wipe my phone before any new updates twice to make sure m not have any issues due to previous software. And yes i take all that pain to backup my data n then setup whole 35gb+ data again every month.
It's probably overkill, but I factory reset every month when I get the security update. Since I've been doing that, I have not had problems with battery, or anything else for that matter. Can't say for sure that's why, but I'm a believer.
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It's probably overkill, but I factory reset every month when I get the security update. Since I've been doing that, I have not had problems with battery, or anything else for that matter. Can't say for sure that's why, but I'm a believer.
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It might be overkill my friend, but I bet you don't have many issues with your device either ????
I'm not quite that diligent, but I'll do the full wipe and FR every 3 months to keep things clean. I don't have any issues either ??
I am on my second day of the April security patch and my battery life has gotten much worse. I got it launch day and I have always gotten 5-6 hours SoT for 18 hours off charge and still have 30% battery left. Yesterday I got 3.5 SoT for 18 hours and was at 4% when I plugged it in. I never had any adverse effect of battery life with the monthly patches until now. I havent factory reset since I bought the phone.
My battery life has gotten worse as well. It drains 10% hour just at idle. Mine was also incredible until the Feb-April updates. I'm considering doing a factory reset, or root it.
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You mentioned that you usually wait a year before doing a factory reset. Has it had any impact on battery life when you've done it in the past?
Just for a reference here is an old screen shot I still have. It was taken in late November/early December. Off charger is only about 19 hours but with 9% battery left which would easily get to 40 hours in stand by back then.
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Sometimes I wonder if it's just the degradation of the battery in general like what's happened with the iPhone 6's and even 7s. If I could get a replacement for $25 I'd do it in a heartbeat. I would certainly try a factory reset at this point, I might even do it one day when I have the wherewithal to reinstall everything. But if you do it then run full stock for a day or so adding only the apps that you desperately need to function. Then if the battery life improves dramatically slowly start adding all the junk back in and see what happens.
I'd be curious to know myself but as I said I'm not at that point yet. Close though. I'd also run Better Battery Stats and see what kind of partial wakelocks and alarms you are getting. My fitness band drains a lot especially when active so I've taken to plugging in for a half hour when I'm done with the workout to give it a bump. Love the fast charge.
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My battery life has gotten worse as well. It drains 10% hour just at idle. Mine was also incredible until the Feb-April updates. I'm considering doing a factory reset, or root it.
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Did you mean 1% / hour or 10? If it's 10% then you definitely need to reset or find out what is going on.
bobby janow said:
Sometimes I wonder if it's just the degradation of the battery in general like what's happened with the iPhone 6's and even 7s. If I could get a replacement for $25 I'd do it in a heartbeat. I would certainly try a factory reset at this point, I might even do it one day when I have the wherewithal to reinstall everything. But if you do it then run full stock for a day or so adding only the apps that you desperately need to function. Then if the battery life improves dramatically slowly start adding all the junk back in and see what happens.
I'd be curious to know myself but as I said I'm not at that point yet. Close though. I'd also run Better Battery Stats and see what kind of partial wakelocks and alarms you are getting. My fitness band drains a lot especially when active so I've taken to plugging in for a half hour when I'm done with the workout to give it a bump. Love the fast charge.
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Did you mean 1% / hour or 10? If it's 10% then you definitely need to reset or find out what is going on.
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I did mean 10% lol. I took off charger at 6:45 am ,its now 8:13 here and sitting at 88%. Just a few text is all I have done this am so far.
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I did mean 10% lol. I took off charger at 6:45 am ,its now 8:13 here and sitting at 88%. Just a few text is all I have done this am so far.
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That's terrible. My phone has been off charger for the same amount of time and it's sitting at 99%. Email, browsing etc. You should get BBS https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809 and try to figure out what is happening. Long OP but worth the effort.
PS. I'm on a Pixel 2 not the XL which has an even smaller battery than you do. I find that these devices (other than for root) are pretty much the same when it comes to things like this. Some have criticized me for cross posting but I really don't pay them much mind.
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That's terrible. My phone has been off charger for the same amount of time and it's sitting at 99%. Email, browsing etc. You should get BBS https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809 and try to figure out what is happening. Long OP but worth the effort.
PS. I'm on a Pixel 2 not the XL which has an even smaller battery than you do. I find that these devices (other than for root) are pretty much the same when it comes to things like this. Some have criticized me for cross posting but I really don't pay them much mind.
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My phone used to be like that before the Feb update. I haven't used BBS since I was rooted with the original XL. I'll give it a shot. Otherwise I'm going reset it. Just a pin the arse lol
bobby janow said:
Sometimes I wonder if it's just the degradation of the battery in general like what's happened with the iPhone 6's and even 7s. If I could get a replacement for $25 I'd do it in a heartbeat. I would certainly try a factory reset at this point, I might even do it one day when I have the wherewithal to reinstall everything. But if you do it then run full stock for a day or so adding only the apps that you desperately need to function. Then if the battery life improves dramatically slowly start adding all the junk back in and see what happens.
I'd be curious to know myself but as I said I'm not at that point yet. Close though. I'd also run Better Battery Stats and see what kind of partial wakelocks and alarms you are getting. My fitness band drains a lot especially when active so I've taken to plugging in for a half hour when I'm done with the workout to give it a bump. Love the fast charge.
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Batteries do degrade. That's just a fact. However, I don't think that's what's going on here. Battery degradation is something that happens gradually over a long period of time. It shouldn't be noticable after only 5 months even if you do things that accelerate it. Plus, since it is gradual it shouldn't result in a sudden overnight drop. Fine one day, do an update, much worse the next day.
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That's terrible. My phone has been off charger for the same amount of time and it's sitting at 99%. Email, browsing etc. You should get BBS https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179809 and try to figure out what is happening. Long OP but worth the effort.
PS. I'm on a Pixel 2 not the XL which has an even smaller battery than you do. I find that these devices (other than for root) are pretty much the same when it comes to things like this. Some have criticized me for cross posting but I really don't pay them much mind.
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Doesn't BBS require root? I'd like to use BBS but if it requires root I don't want to risk it.
jimv1983 said:
Batteries do degrade. That's just a fact. However, I don't think that's what's going on here. Battery degradation is something that happens gradually over a long period of time. It shouldn't be noticable after only 5 months even if you do things that accelerate it. Plus, since it is gradual it shouldn't result in a sudden overnight drop. Fine one day, do an update, much worse the next day.
Doesn't BBS require root? I'd like to use BBS but if it requires root I don't want to risk it.
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Yes, you are correct it should take longer than 5 months. On my OG Pixel that happened after a year and it was slight. I really noticed it when my GPS completely just crapped out and Verizon sent me a refurb / new one (couldn't tell it was in great condition). But after that the battery life was back to when I first got it. I hope it's not the update that did this.
BBS does not need root. I've been running it for close to 2 years with no root on my 5X, Pixel and now the Pixel 2. There is a command in the OP I think it's in post #3 that has a command you enter in adb (no root $) that will give you all the statistics that root would give you. I believe its heading is something like: "If you don't have root..." If you can't find it let me know since I know it's a very long 3 or 4 OP posts.
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My phone used to be like that before the Feb update. I haven't used BBS since I was rooted with the original XL. I'll give it a shot. Otherwise I'm going reset it. Just a pin the arse lol
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Believe me I know. It's why I haven't done it so far.
The April update has severely impacted my battery life in a positive way. That said....I'd run in Safe Mode a day or 2 to see if that brings battery life back to par if I'm having issues before nuking with a factory reset.
I do a factory reset after any major update...and the April update was a major maintenance release so I did a reset. Before that, I did a reset in March (just because I had time off and was bored), and prior to that, I did a reset after I got my phone in December and it updated to 8.1 out of the box.
The April update seems to have improved my standby power draw a bit, that's about it. My battery life has been consistent since I bought it.
bobby janow said:
Yes, you are correct it should take longer than 5 months. On my OG Pixel that happened after a year and it was slight. I really noticed it when my GPS completely just crapped out and Verizon sent me a refurb / new one (couldn't tell it was in great condition). But after that the battery life was back to when I first got it. I hope it's not the update that did this.
BBS does not need root. I've been running it for close to 2 years with no root on my 5X, Pixel and now the Pixel 2. There is a command in the OP I think it's in post #3 that has a command you enter in adb (no root $) that will give you all the statistics that root would give you. I believe its heading is something like: "If you don't have root..." If you can't find it let me know since I know it's a very long 3 or 4 OP posts.
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Does the ADB method do anything to the phone that would cause a warranty or insurance claim to be denied if it was detected? That's the biggest thing that keeps me away from rooting.
AndrasLOHF said:
The April update has severely impacted my battery life in a positive way. That said....I'd run in Safe Mode a day or 2 to see if that brings battery life back to par if I'm having issues before nuking with a factory reset.
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I haven't tried safe mode in years but I remember it doing strange things to my phone. I don't even remember what it did since it was so long ago I just remember a hassel getting back to normal usage after going back to normal mode so I've been hesitant to do it again.
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Does the ADB method do anything to the phone that would cause a warranty or insurance claim to be denied if it was detected? That's the biggest thing that keeps me away from rooting.
I haven't tried safe mode in years but I remember it doing strange things to my phone. I don't even remember what it did since it was so long ago I just remember a hassel getting back to normal usage after going back to normal mode so I've been hesitant to do it again.
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Unlocking the bootloader doesn't not void your warranty. As far as root goes, if you fastboot a factory image, it'll completely wipe your phone and no one would be the wiser
jimv1983 said:
Does the ADB method do anything to the phone that would cause a warranty or insurance claim to be denied if it was detected? That's the biggest thing that keeps me away from rooting.
I haven't tried safe mode in years but I remember it doing strange things to my phone. I don't even remember what it did since it was so long ago I just remember a hassel getting back to normal usage after going back to normal mode so I've been hesitant to do it again.
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The adb method will do nothing that can be detected or cause a warranty issue. Just delete the BBS app. At this point or for your issue I'm not sure what root will give you other than agita. I'm not a fan of safe mode either. It always caused weird stuff to happen. You can read this and they kind of confirm that 3rd party apps might cause issues. I'd just do a factory reset if you can't see what is happening with BBS.
https://www.getdroidtips.com/boot-pixel-2-pixel-2-xl-safe-mode/
Interestingly enough I decided to factory reset after the April update. My battery life was awful today after the update and was already about to die. I had 31% battery according to the phone before the reset. After I factory reset the phone turned on and read 51% battery. Just find that a little odd. Will see if battery life improves now and report back.