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[Tip] How to analyze you battery drain

Hello all,
Here is my 2 cents contribution to all the people that are wondering why their batteries are out in 10 hours!
I would like to share my tool, and maybe get help with my code if people are interested.
MARKET LINK: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.WazaBe.android.BatteryDrain
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The goal of my application is to show the battery drain in percent per hour.
This unit if for me the most important, I don't care about the charge level of my nexus.
So my analysis lead to:
5-10 % lost per hour when normal use.
more than 20% when on Youtube
about 1% (even less) during the night with wifi off.

Does it work on other devices running gingerbread??
Thanks for the app anyways!!
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Yes, should work on any device, this app is really basin in term of code.
Please do not quote my whole message, it will decrease the readability of the thread!
Thank for your interest!

profete162 said:
Yes, should work on any device, this app is really basin in term of code.
Please do not quote my whole message, it will decrease the readability of the thread!
Thank for your interest!
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Thanks!!
I edited my message, didnt realize how big yours was...jeje
I will try it on my sgs2
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I just updated the app and removed thhe stupid graphs to have something more easy to read:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.WazaBe.android.BatteryDrain

Great idea! My suggestion would be to add an option to show how long it takes to lose 1% for each %battery.

Great app, but it doesn't seem to work with Force GPU Rendering On

Great idea, and here are my suggestions:
Feature to show summary
Something like this:
Start logging: [datetime]
Time now: [datetime]
Duration: [?d ?h ?m]
Average drain: 1% per X minutes.
Common phone settings:
* Brightness: ?%
* Airplane mode: ON
* WiFi: ON ?%
* 3G Data: ON ?%
* NFC: ON
* Sync: ON (5 accounts ... ) <--- if possible to check/stats
* etc.
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When measuring WiFi/3G percentage, just check every 1% change whether it is OF or ON
The idea is to be able to make screenshot of this summary to compare with other user when discussing about battery drain.
You know, to make this tool as some kind of "standard" tool for battery drain measurement. That would be nice.

chowy993 said:
Great app, but it doesn't seem to work with Force GPU Rendering On
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Which device?
gogol said:
Great idea, and here are my suggestions:
(...).
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A lot of great suggestion, the main problem is to detect when wifi, 3G, Bluetooth, etc.. are ON during a lost of percent.. I will have to make a lot of approximations!
I will create a summary screen next week!

profete162 said:
Which device?
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I'm using a GSM Galaxy Nexus that is running stock 4.0.2 thats unrooted and has a locked bootloader.
I downloaded the app from the market and initilly it didn't work with GPU Rendering. Since then, I believe you pushed an update? Now the UI is blue rather than white (a good choice) and now it does work with GPU Rendering on

Great start, love to see where this one goes.

DLed it. Will try it now..
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As much as I hate to analyze my phone's behavior...
...I still understand that it is necessary to know what drains the battery.
So until we get better batteries in our phones, I applaud efforts like yours. TY.

knutars said:
...I still understand that it is necessary to know what drains the battery.
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Just to be clear, my app will never try to diagnose wich app is causing the drain, I don't want to make hasardous approximations...
My goal is to display the raw data in the most efficient way and to let the user make his own decisions and compare the drain with or without an app installed or some settings turned on off.
I will try to display only very accurate data only

Just a question...
Do you need a lot of explanation for the summary windows I just created?
I don't want to make a too complicated app and will now work on making the app nicer and more clear to understant, but I would like to know what id the most diffucult to understand from your side.
Thank a lot for your feedback.

profete162 said:
Just a question...
Do you need a lot of explanation for the summary windows I just created?
I don't want to make a too complicated app and will now work on making the app nicer and more clear to understant, but I would like to know what id the most diffucult to understand from your side.
Thank a lot for your feedback.
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I think those look good, just an easy way to see average drain. It would be quite cool if you could break it down with a couple of averages (kind of like you mentioned in your first post):
%drain during standby
%drain while in use
I like where your app is going so far. Keep up the good work!

+1 on this.
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%drain during standby
%drain while in use
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Galaxy Sii SKy
Hey,
Thanks for the information.
I will try it on my SKY Ice Cream Sandwich 7.2 custom ROM.
will post when I have several results.
Mike

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%drain during standby
%drain while in use
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I will of course implement that feature.
But you have to remember that the standby/in use detection will be quite approximative.
I need two consecutive points with screen OFF to start counting standby.
As you may turn on your screen during the interval, I don't like that for my computations... I can add some trigger, but I want my app to be nearly invisible regarding battery...
By the way, please wait one week or 2 and you will have something!

I'm quite good with the standby/in use detection being approximated. I'm primarily interested in seeing a value indicating battery drain in standby for long periods of time (like overnight) versus during the day while I am frequently using the device.
Definitely looking forward to what you can cook up!

Something is draining my battery!

Hello guys, well, i use my phone like normal smartphone user.
Well, with regular usage in only last 4 hours the most 5.
As u can see below.
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brenopoubel said:
Hello guys, well, i use my phone like normal smartphone user.
Well, with regular usage in only last 4 hours the most 5.
As u can see below.
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That screen alone doesn't tell us enough...
What's the screen on time?
What's the bandwidth usage?
What's the GSM time?

Is it just me or does the battery levels at the end not match up with the battery icon at the top?
And what firmware are you using?
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theslugman said:
Is it just me or does the battery levels at the end not match up with the battery icon at the top?
And what firmware are you using?
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That's true, i don't know why it is different.
i'm using 1.29.401.11

farnsbarns said:
That screen alone doesn't tell us enough...
What's the screen on time?
What's the bandwidth usage?
What's the GSM time?
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Where can i get this informations that u're asking for?

If you keep your bluetooth on all the time may i suggest you turn it off till needed, this will drain unnecessary life from your battery.

No, i used bluetooth for last 5 minutes before that.

brenopoubel said:
Where can i get this informations that u're asking for?
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The screen you were on before the one you screen printed.

I would have to have my screen on for the whole time to get my battery to drain that quick, even then i think i would hit 5 hours

anoniemouse said:
I would have to have my screen on for the whole time to get my battery to drain that quick, even then i think i would hit 5 hours
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I can get 13 hours with 3+ hours screen time
I would remove all user apps then reinstall one by one to see if its that.
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farnsbarns said:
The screen you were on before the one you screen printed.
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If you click on each item it'll give you the detail needed to gauge how your battery is performing if you list the items I suggested, that'll be a good start.

treebill said:
I can get 13 hours with 3+ hours screen time
I would remove all user apps then reinstall one by one to see if its that.
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This could be a good idea, cause i installed all apps recovering by titanium backup, and these apps are coming from long time of my HTC Sensation, maybe i need to reinstall all apps ?

brenopoubel said:
This could be a good idea, cause i installed all apps recovering by titanium backup, and these apps are coming from long time of my HTC Sensation, maybe i need to reinstall all apps ?
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do you listen to alot of music? do you have facebook on or twitter? do you have everything in settings in sound on and etc? something is keeping your phone awake while you have your screen off. rogue apps and all. was you constantly on your phone for those 7hrs? kinda need a bit more info here buddy for us to help you

farnsbarns said:
If you click on each item it'll give you the detail needed to gauge how your battery is performing if you list the items I suggested, that'll be a good start.
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Here are the pictures have in consideration that since my first screenshot it has been charging(about 2 hours).

Goku80 said:
do you listen to alot of music? do you have facebook on or twitter? do you have everything in settings in sound on and etc? something is keeping your phone awake while you have your screen off. rogue apps and all. was you constantly on your phone for those 7hrs? kinda need a bit more info here buddy for us to help you
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No, i didn't played any music, any video, i have facebook only, but only the sync that is turned on is gmail(just email) and weather.

brenopoubel said:
No, i didn't played any music, any video, i have facebook only, but only the sync that is turned on is gmail(just email) and weather.
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see when you finish from facebook do you sign out or do you leave it on? and i know this may sound stupid do you have keypad tones on and lockscreen sounds on? if so untick them from settings and sound..
Simple guide to do mate. Go to my sig. Click on BetterBatteryStats thread. Download the app from that thread if you do not have it already. Fully charge your phone. Then as you go ahead and use it like normal when you come to near the end of the battery then post screenshots of your wakelocks and let us see what causes the battery to drain. that app will tell you what keeps your phone awake and what causes the drainage. that is all i can advice you with

Goku80 said:
see when you finish from facebook do you sign out or do you leave it on? and i know this may sound stupid do you have keypad tones on and lockscreen sounds on? if so untick them from settings and sound
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I keep facebook loged on, no lockscreen sounds, just keypad tones. This settings is set as default.

brenopoubel said:
I keep facebook loged on, no lockscreen sounds, just keypad tones. This settings is set as default.
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That is what causes the drainage in my opinion. Keypad tones and facebook. But to confirm it best to do what i said above.

Goku80 said:
see when you finish from facebook do you sign out or do you leave it on? and i know this may sound stupid do you have keypad tones on and lockscreen sounds on? if so untick them from settings and sound..
Simple guide to do mate. Go to my sig. Click on BetterBatteryStats thread. Download the app from that thread if you do not have it already. Fully charge your phone. Then as you go ahead and use it like normal when you come to near the end of the battery then post screenshots of your wakelocks and let us see what causes the battery to drain. that app will tell you what keeps your phone awake and what causes the drainage. that is all i can advice you with
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Sounds good, downloading now...
Thanks!

Verizon took out Battery Saver, here's Qualcomm's solution: Snapdragon™ BatteryGuru

I, and a few other users have noticed that Verizon decided to have HTC strip out their battery saver toggle on the Sense ROM (4.2.2) that ships on VZW's One.
Luckily, Qualcomm provides a standalone application which covers 90% of what the toggle does.
Snapdragon™ BatteryGuru
https://play.google.com/store/apps/developer?id=Xiam+Technologies+Limited,+a+Qualcomm+company
(personally, I haven't found the need to use it yet, but I figured it would help some people)

Thanks man, I was looking for that battery saver mode everywhere, but I guess this will do as well.

Thanks for this info. Anyone know if this is particular app will perform better from more generic battery extenders like Juice Defender?

According to the reviews all it does schedule syncing. Don't know how that is going to save battery...

Battery saver apps are a joke. The only thing I liked about power saver mode was that it cut the CPU frequency down and cut data off after a certain period of time. Other than that, if you need to save more just turn your brightness down, turn off bluetooth, use WiFi as much as possible, and use the phone less.

Syn Ack said:
Battery saver apps are a joke. The only thing I liked about power saver mode was that it cut the CPU frequency down and cut data off after a certain period of time. Other than that, if you need to save more just turn your brightness down, turn off bluetooth, use WiFi as much as possible, and use the phone less.
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for my personal use, I 100% agree.

andybones said:
for my personal use, I 100% agree.
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1+ lol

I normally agree - I realized the other day though, that I don't need background *push* email - but I'd like to have my phone "fetch" email every time I wake it up. Anyone know of anything like that?
(there is a manual setting, but it is when you *enter* the mail app, I'd like it to fetch every time I use the phone.)
-D

dweidman said:
I normally agree - I realized the other day though, that I don't need background *push* email - but I'd like to have my phone "fetch" email every time I wake it up. Anyone know of anything like that?
(there is a manual setting, but it is when you *enter* the mail app, I'd like it to fetch every time I use the phone.)
-D
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Think about how often you "actually" need to have your emails and set it to that. For me, my Yahoo emails I don't need it to check but once hourly. But Gmail is push automatically so I won't mess with that. My corporate email defaulted to push but I often don't need it to constantly update and annoy me so I'm contemplating on 30 min intervals. Setting your emails to longer intervals should reduce that "email stress" that most people seem to endure these days.

The app has low power mode controls.
You can turn off mobile data during inactivity.
Some other features.
It basically gives you battery saver control on any Snapdragon based device.

Lol you could always just use BoneStock ROM. Andy threw the battery saver apk from (can't remember dev's handle. sorry) back in it.

BreakingVZW said:
Lol you could always just use BoneStock ROM. Andy threw the battery saver apk from (can't remember dev's handle. sorry) back in it.
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It was actually an .XML edit.
but sane difference

andybones said:
It was actually an .XML edit.
but sane difference
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Yeah... That's what I said... XML :silly:

BreakingVZW said:
Lol you could always just use BoneStock ROM. Andy threw the battery saver apk from (can't remember dev's handle. sorry) back in it.
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What does that battery saver actually do on the phone?
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dspcap said:
What does that battery saver actually do on the phone?
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What does that battery saver actually do on the phone?
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It limits CPU, dims display and disables vibration feedback. Basically everything you can do yourself in stock and if you have a CPU app like SetCPU. Just a one click option that Verizon took out bc they hate battery life I guess idk.

Im running bonestock now, and the power saver has increased my battery life fairly significantly, i'll take that, because at first i wasnt impressed with the battery life, and i watched the ifixit tutorial on how to tear this phone apart to replace a battery, and i want nothing to do with that

lollipop issues fixed with one app....

Okay I have a note 4 and ever since 5.0 and even 5.1 my phone with wifi on would lag .... chrome would load slow, some apps wouldn't load, app store would take minutes for everything to load, facebook, etc.....
I downloaded DNSet from app store set it to auto start and now my phone is 100% working no problems, this is after many cache wipes, factory resets....
Hope this helps someone if they are having problems like I have.

An app is worth a shot...I downloaded it, and have it set, so we will see how well it does...I notice a little bit of speed increase when opening up Web pages and apps. If this keeps up, thanks for the info.

I use package disabler. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ospolice.packagedisablerpro&hl=en

Thanks to you both! These apps rock!

Yeah, package disabler made this phone way quicker and improved battery life dramatically. Thank you for the suggestion.
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What apps are safe to disable?

ramharder said:
What apps are safe to disable?
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The app knows what is safe. You hit remove all bloatware and it does it for you. I had to turn back on my calendar and a few things, but its really easy.

Dnset made my browser easily 10x faster.

Yeah I just used the other app with DNSet and now my phone is like it was when I first bought it.

Just downloaded both of these and they've worked wonders! Only complain is that DNSet leaves the icon in my notification tray all the time.

Falchion17 said:
Just downloaded both of these and they've worked wonders! Only complain is that DNSet leaves the icon in my notification tray all the time.
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Long press the notification in the pull down, tap the little "i." Then uncheck "show notifications."
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spexwood said:
Long press the notification in the pull down, tap the little "i." Then uncheck "show notifications."
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Thanks, I just did this but priority notifications for it were already turned off:
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I've noticed that when on WiFi (on 5.1.1) that my battery drains at least twice as fast than when it's off. Could DNSet or Package Disabled apps mentioned here correct this problem?

Falchion17 said:
Thanks, I just did this but priority notifications for it were already turned off:
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HUUUUUGE screenshot, LOL. :D
That's odd. Normally there are 2 options: Set as Priority and Block. Block is missing and would've blocked all notifications from that app. So for some reason, the app designer decided that the notification is necessary and should never be removed :(
Sorry. I thought what I said would've helped. :([COLOR="Silver"]
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[/COLOR][QUOTE="jack man, post: 63423817, member: 2138845"]I've noticed that when on WiFi (on 5.1.1) that my battery drains at least twice as fast than when it's off. Could DNSet or Package Disabled apps mentioned here correct this problem?[/QUOTE]
I don't know about DNSet since I'm not actually using it, but Package Disabler might at least help increase battery life in other areas, causing the wifi drain to be less noticeable.
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I could not get DNSet to work, but I use package disabler and greenify. Really improved my battery life.

So after installing Package Disabler I can't save any screen writing I do. When I go to save it just says, "Screen Write has stopped". I've gone through the list of packages that are disabled and I've re-enabled everything that looked like it could be related to the S-Pen but no dice. Anyone else experienced this or have any ideas?

I use S NOTE all the time and no issues with Package Disabler. Try rebooting your phone after enabling packages possibly related.
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jack man said:
I've noticed that when on WiFi (on 5.1.1) that my battery drains at least twice as fast than when it's off. Could DNSet or Package Disabled apps mentioned here correct this problem?
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I have this same issue; not sure what's going on. Haven't been able to rectify it. Luckily the only time I'm on WiFi is when I'm home and can charge, but it is very annoying.

Package Disabler Pro app disable my Message app. Can't text anymore. Don't use Disable All Bloatware feature guys
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For spen - screen write has stopped
I had to reenable MyScript Resource Manager.

Not receiving notifcations/Receiving them late - Note 10+/Exynos

Hey guys.
I have been using this phone for a number of days, and it seems like ever since I activated a battery saving option which I can't seem to single out, I stopped receiving notification when the phone is locked and/or I'm receiving them with a delay. receiving
I'm also having a problem with things that requires the phone to have an active data/wi-f- connection when locked, like WhatsApp Web or Google photos backup.
There is no data/wi-fi saving or limiting option enabled. I specifically added gmail, whatsapp and other app that I wish to receive lock notifications from to the "Not optimized" list.
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This issue is old for like 2 years now.
Happening in my note 8, 9 and now 10.
Not a single solution that will work.

I'm having the same problem. Never had it before

Follow these steps! I found my Zedge app that controls my custom notifications in the 'Sleeping Apps' container. Once I removed the app, all my notifications started working again.

discothan said:
Follow these steps! I found my Zedge app that controls my custom notifications in the 'Sleeping Apps' container. Once I removed the app, all my notifications started working again.
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You posted a link to fantasy football, might want to check it and edit your post.

discothan said:
Follow these steps! I found my Zedge app that controls my custom notifications in the 'Sleeping Apps' container. Once I removed the app, all my notifications started working again.
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I have Zedge installed but I didn't give it notification access. Your link is wrong :silly:

I had a similar issue with delayed notifications on my S10+ and turning off Adaptive battery helped. You can also try that and pls do post back if it helps. Thanks.

Having the same issues here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-10+/help/apps-updating-phone-t3962558

It looks like disabling Adaptive Battery helped a bit, but it is still not perfect. In addition, I don't understand why adding the specific apps to the "Not Optimized" list does not affect anything.

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You posted a link to fantasy football, might want to check it and edit your post.
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I have Zedge installed but I didn't give it notification access. Your link is wrong :silly:
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SteveyJack said:
Having the same issues here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-10+/help/apps-updating-phone-t3962558
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Sorry about that errant link to Fantasy Football.
Here is the link to follow to remove Apps that Adaptive Battery settings put in 'jail' so they won't ever run in the background.
Promise its not Fantasy Football but steps to help fix notifications/slowness

I don't think it's anything to do with adaptive battery.
If you go into the developer menu and down to the bottom there is an option standby apps. Once in there you'll see apps listed, if they're set to ACTIVE they are allowed to do what they like. Even with full battery optimisation set Gmail is always ACTIVE and is still having issues. I think it's actually an issue with the phone going into some kind of standby mode. Sometimes it does and therefore notifications are off and sometimes it doesn't and everything is fine.

I tried everything mentioned here and it seems to work for about one day and then the delay was back (especially in WhatsApp).

SteveyJack said:
I don't think it's anything to do with adaptive battery.
If you go into the developer menu and down to the bottom there is an option standby apps. Once in there you'll see apps listed, if they're set to ACTIVE they are allowed to do what they like. Even with full battery optimisation set Gmail is always ACTIVE and is still having issues. I think it's actually an issue with the phone going into some kind of standby mode. Sometimes it does and therefore notifications are off and sometimes it doesn't and everything is fine.
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Further to this, it doesn't seem to be an issue when the device is charging so presumably thats keeping something alive.

This thread has been inactive for weeks but I think this problem still exists. A Google search for "lockscreen notification delay" brings up a number of reports from various Samsung, Oneplus and other Android users - but still no single solution.
For a while I did not even think I had the problem because it does not appear unless your phone is inactive for about 10-15 minutes.
The problem appears to have something to do with changes to Optimize Battery Settings not sticking.
I found a workaround but it has to be done everytime the phone is rebooted.
- Under Optimize Battery Usage make sure that Whatsapp,Gmail or whatever notification app is being delayed is NOT Optimized
- Use the ADB command "adb shell dumpsys deviceidle disable". This has to be done from a computer with the phone connected to it. Or if you have root you can run it directly from the phone using Terminal Emulator.
Somebody from the Oneplus forums has also created a Magisk Module that appears to work on Samsung phones. You can find it in post #65 here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/how-to/guide-notification-fix-100-t3865551/page7
Is this the only way to fix this or has somebody found a better way?

At first, when I downloaded, installed, put the accounts, and all pertinent stuff, I observed this problem, no mails and no whatsapps until waking the device, or worst, had to enter the apps, but, I found the above solutions/steps, and, everything is working fine since Sept 13th, no delays, all working fine, even battery life is really good

I've got the issue only when activating moderate power save.
I set none app in the optimise wishlist.

Nastrahl said:
I've got the issue only when activating moderate power save.
I set none app in the optimise wishlist.
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The moderate power save also caused issues with late notifications on my device. I've only turned it on to test it but even after putting back to optimised and/or high mode did not rectify the issue. Somehow, few days later, I've managed to correct it but I've done so many changes that I've no idea how or what fixed it.

I had this issue on my S10 + to particularly with whatsapp! Messages would come in delayed or i just wouldnt get the notification for some reason! I never figured it out unfortunately but thankfully it seems to be ok on my note 10 + which is strange because i literally have this device set up EXACTLY the same as my S10 + in terms of settings etc ! If i remember correctly however, My S10+ didnt have this issue at the beginning!