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Frustrating Battery Situation. Let's figure it out! help??

I never had a good battery on this phone since I bought it (second hand)
my average SoT is about 2hrs for around 15h uptime daily
I formatted many times trying to fix it, changed roms, kernels, governors, interactive profiles. nothing worked
I thought it was the battery. so I changed it by myself and it's the same, or even worse than before (lol)
Yesterday I removed my google account to see if I have too many services running. and still have 25% active drain and 3% idle (ex kernel manager stats). too much
I don't know what to do now.
1) someone suggested me to watch wakelocks but I need help on that because I don't know how exactly and what look for
2) do you think that could actually be the device? is it possible that lg could accept it as defective? I don't think so. they should be able to repeat my issue, and we know that isn't possible since battery usage is very personal
3) do you have any configuration you suggest me to try.....? maybe I'm missing something
Thank you for your attention, I hope that this thread will be useful for everyone

Personally, that's just about right for me. I think I get about the same SOT if I had light usage. Usually though I get 3-3.5 hours SOT with around 12 hours off the charger. I top off for an hour on the charger once a day everyday and just got used to it. A lot of times if people have longer​ uptimes, doze was working overnight​.
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throcker said:
I never had a good battery on this phone since I bought it (second hand)
my average SoT is about 2hrs for around 15h uptime daily
I formatted many times trying to fix it, changed roms, kernels, governors, interactive profiles. nothing worked
I thought it was the battery. so I changed it by myself and it's the same, or even worse than before (lol)
Yesterday I removed my google account to see if I have too many services running. and still have 25% active drain and 3% idle (ex kernel manager stats). too much
I don't know what to do now.
1) someone suggested me to watch wakelocks but I need help on that because I don't know how exactly and what look for
2) do you think that could actually be the device? is it possible that lg could accept it as defective? I don't think so. they should be able to repeat my issue, and we know that isn't possible since battery usage is very personal
3) do you have any configuration you suggest me to try.....? maybe I'm missing something
Thank you for your attention, I hope that this thread will be useful for everyone
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Have you tried to flash it back to the stock nexus image? (Return it entirely to stock) That would be my first step in nailing down battery issues. It will completely wipe your device, but it rebuilds all the partitions and updates everything to the newest images. (Assuming you've downloaded the newest release from google). Then you can run it on pure stock for a few days and monitor it. My n5x isn't the greatest either with battery, and standby drain is brutal on nougat no matter how you configure it, but I usually get at least 4 hours of sot. It also depends what you have running. If you're using bluetooth and location services, google assistant ect, it follows the battery is going to drain much quicker. If you flash the stock image, you need adb and fastboot installed. There's lots of guides here on XDA.

@throcker, my advice: try a ROM, stock or PureNexusc, clean flashed, without GApps, any Sync off, GPS and mob data off. You should get 5-7h SOT.

EeZeEpEe said:
Personally, that's just about right for me. I think I get about the same SOT if I had light usage. Usually though I get 3-3.5 hours SOT with around 12 hours off the charger. I top off for an hour on the charger once a day everyday and just got used to it. A lot of times if people have longer​ uptimes, doze was working overnight​.
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3hrs would be great! but my drain is too much definitely
ScumDroid said:
Have you tried to flash it back to the stock nexus image? (Return it entirely to stock) That would be my first step in nailing down battery issues. It will completely wipe your device, but it rebuilds all the partitions and updates everything to the newest images. (Assuming you've downloaded the newest release from google). Then you can run it on pure stock for a few days and monitor it. My n5x isn't the greatest either with battery, and standby drain is brutal on nougat no matter how you configure it, but I usually get at least 4 hours of sot. It also depends what you have running. If you're using bluetooth and location services, google assistant ect, it follows the battery is going to drain much quicker. If you flash the stock image, you need adb and fastboot installed. There's lots of guides here on XDA.
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I wiped completely several times, downgrading to 6.0, updating via ota, flashing lastest image, with and without encryption
I use bluetooth (g watch)
I'm very experienced on flashing and stuff, tried everything by myself, this thread is a desperate thing
rp158 said:
@throcker, my advice: try a ROM, stock or PureNexusc, clean flashed, without GApps, any Sync off, GPS and mob data off. You should get 5-7h SOT.
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tried that too....
You all wanna know what's going on now?
battery 23%
Google play services 18%
whatsapp 11%
screen 10% (1,12h)
and I don't even have google account.

@throcker: GPlay-services means, you flashed GApps. They are busy in the background without account.

throcker said:
3hrs would be great! but my drain is too much definitely
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I'm sure you can hit 3 hours. Just don't expect 15 hours off the charger.
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What do you think...

rp158 said:
What do you think...
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That's an extreme exception. You're on the far right side of the bell curve in battery life. I bet I can't even let YouTube play for 8 hours straight to get that kind of SOT. LOL
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rp158 said:
What do you think...
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Damn! What ROM/Kernel/Settings/Apps/etc?

@crazyates: PureNexus, Franco (stock), no GApps

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@crazyates: PureNexus, Franco (stock), no GApps
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What features do you lose by doing this? I'm assuming you can't install apps, but can I still sync my contacts/gmail with my google account?

@crazyates: l sync contacts&calendar with PC by MyPhoneExplorer and mail with mailserver. Free apps from GPlay by apk-downloaders.com.

rp158 said:
@crazyates: l sync contacts&calendar with PC by MyPhoneExplorer and mail with mailserver. Free apps from GPlay by apk-downloaders.com.
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oh $#!T.
but...I'm really bounded with google services stuff, I sync my pc chrome, keep, docs, maps....
I think I'll give this a try, but there is no way I could run that setup as my daily.....

Same here and I don't really know what to do... Really frustrating and I don't even have BT, NFC and GPS toggled on!

Use BettetBatteryStats to check for wakelocks during the night to see if something is keeping the phone awake. Then I also recommend either unplugging the phone from the charger right before going to bed or setting a custom reference point to check how much the phone drains during idle. I had the problem that my phone was draining about 2.5%/h in idle even with nothing installed, airplane mode, everything off and so on. This turned out to be a hardware problem which could only be fixed by replacing the motherboard. So check if you have the same symptoms that I did.

Battery Question

Guys,
i need some help. Over the last two days, my battery has just gone. The attached screenshots are from earlier this morning. I'm really not sure what's causing this. I lost 11% in under an hour and my phone was telling me it has 4 hours of battery left. I haven't installed anything new in the last two days.
I've tried using better battery stats in the past. I'm not sure how these apps work. I noticed my cell service isn't that good but I'm at home, always on WiFi. Can someone point me in the right direction? This phone is not even two months old.
Thanks in advance.

I highly advise you to turn aeroplane mode on and enable WiFi calling if you have it. It saves so much battery! This is whilst your indoors of course. Keep your brightness below 40, disables location when you don't need, disable auto update and sync behavours, disable NFC and Bluetooth if not being used. Disable animations via developer menu.

Your screenshots don't seem to show how much battery Android OS is using and there's nothing battery draining in what you did include, so I don't know that anyone can really do a lot to help you beyond offering very general suggestions.
What Rom or version of Android are you running? If you are running stock did a monthly OTA update install recently? It is that time of the month.
It's possible you have a rogue app but there's nothing showing up in your screenshots. It's possible that Google, Facebook or some other app is getting sync errors. Where you would check for that would depend on what OS you are running.
You could contact Pixel Support but my guess is that they would have you try a factory reset, which might be your best course of action based on the limited information you have provided.
My battery percentage currently shows 61% 1 day and 7 hours left, so you definitely have something wrong.
I would personally start with a factory reset. You could also run the phone in safe mode for a while and see if the problem persists. If it doesn't then the issue is likely a third party app.

When I had my battery issues, I factory reset and just ran stock for a couple days. It turned out I had to RMA it due to a bad battery. Phone was dying between 20-60%. I would barely get 1 hr SOT

sefirosu0522 said:
Guys,
i need some help. Over the last two days, my battery has just gone. The attached screenshots are from earlier this morning. I'm really not sure what's causing this. I lost 11% in under an hour and my phone was telling me it has 4 hours of battery left. I haven't installed anything new in the last two days.
I've tried using better battery stats in the past. I'm not sure how these apps work. I noticed my cell service isn't that good but I'm at home, always on WiFi. Can someone point me in the right direction? This phone is not even two months old.
Thanks in advance.
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Your screen was on for the majority of that time. And that 4 hours left means at the current rate you're going you'll only get another 4 hours. That is nothing more than an estimate and it will change all throughout the day based on you're use. Try letting you're battery drain all the way to zero 3 times. This should calibrate the battery. Try monitoring it after that.
And a side note. Use you're web browser for Facebook. The Facebook app has been a known battery destroyer forever.

jhs39 said:
Your screenshots don't seem to show how much battery Android OS is using and there's nothing battery draining in what you did include, so I don't know that anyone can really do a lot to help you beyond offering very general suggestions.
What Rom or version of Android are you running? If you are running stock did a monthly OTA update install recently? It is that time of the month.
It's possible you have a rogue app but there's nothing showing up in your screenshots. It's possible that Google, Facebook or some other app is getting sync errors. Where you would check for that would depend on what OS you are running.
You could contact Pixel Support but my guess is that they would have you try a factory reset, which might be your best course of action based on the limited information you have provided.
My battery percentage currently shows 61% 1 day and 7 hours left, so you definitely have something wrong.
I would personally start with a factory reset. You could also run the phone in safe mode for a while and see if the problem persists. If it doesn't then the issue is likely a third party app.
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I:m running Pure Nexus ROM with the Elemental kernel.
Thanks for all the responses everyone. I will try to drain my battery and see if that helps.

I had this problem. I went in and disabled all of my Google apps. I then went back and re updated them in the Play store After that I did a restart and I haven't had one since. I also recommend not having a battery case as both the Mophie and ZeroLemon both caused huge wakelocks for me. Cheers. ?

Battery Drain

Ever since I updated to 8.1.0 with December security patch, I've noticed my battery draining faster than normal. I was getting 4-5 hours of SOT with around 45-50% battery left. This was after being off the charger for 12-16 hours. Now I'm getting about half the SOT at similar numbers. Anyone have any ideas?
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andrewjt19 said:
Ever since I updated to 8.1.0 with December security patch, I've noticed my battery draining faster than normal. I was getting 4-5 hours of SOT with around 45-50% battery left. This was after being off the charger for 12-16 hours. Now I'm getting about half the SOT at similar numbers. Anyone have any ideas?
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Excuse my stating the obvious, but you need to find what process or app is using the battery. You should be able to get a rough idea just using the new features under Settings>>Battery. It will identify which apps are using the most juice. Run the phone in Safe Mode to see if your battery life goes back to normal. It could also be a service like Google Play Service which sometimes wigs out and starts chewing battery. Are you rooted? If you need more detailed information there are battery drain apps available to help isolate the problem (BBS and GSam). These apps require root to give the best results.

v12xke said:
Excuse my stating the obvious, but you need to find what process or app is using the battery. You should be able to get a rough idea just using the new features under Settings>>Battery. It will identify which apps are using the most juice. Run the phone in Safe Mode to see if your battery life goes back to normal. It could also be a service like Google Play Service which sometimes wigs out and starts chewing battery. Are you rooted? If you need more detailed information there are battery drain apps available to help isolate the problem (BBS and GSam). These apps require root to give the best results.
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Not rooted and currently locked. I've downloaded GSAM and have adb permissions and it simply says things like Chrome, RCS Phone and Play services. If you see from the photos below you can see what I'm talking about. Chrome currently isn't that bad, but yesterday and the past couple days it's been like 9% or more of the battery.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hFvQKO7q3pZTHFNb2
Sorry the screenshots were too large for uploading.
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andrewjt19 said:
Not rooted and currently locked. I've downloaded GSAM and have adb permissions and it simply says things like Chrome, RCS Phone and Play services. If you see from the photos below you can see what I'm talking about. Chrome currently isn't that bad, but yesterday and the past couple days it's been like 9% or more of the battery.
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Two things: I've never seen phone or kernel use that much battery. On one page phone usage is 33 seconds, yet it used 9% ? I think RCS is running the background all the time. See if you can toggle it to not run in the background under Settings>>Apps>. High kernel I'm guessing is a kernel wakelock or multiple. You've probably loaded app(s) that are creating the problem, but you need to find out which one is causing the wakelocks. There is a wakelock detector "lite" app that doesn't need root but I don't know how well it works. I know the root version works well. Lastly, on the first screenshot with the battery, scroll to the bottom of the page and see which apps are listed there. I'd be willing to bet if you ran the phone in Safe Mode, your battery drain would disappear, meaning your user apps are causing it.

v12xke said:
Two things: I've never seen phone or kernel use that much battery. On one page phone usage is 33 seconds, yet it used 9% ? I think RCS is running the background all the time. See if you can toggle it to not run in the background under Settings>>Apps>. High kernel I'm guessing is a kernel wakelock or multiple. You've probably loaded app(s) that are creating the problem, but you need to find out which one is causing the wakelocks. There is a wakelock detector "lite" app that doesn't need root but I don't know how well it works. I know the root version works well. Lastly, on the first screenshot with the battery, scroll to the bottom of the page and see which apps are listed there. I'd be willing to bet if you ran the phone in Safe Mode, your battery drain would disappear, meaning your user apps are causing it.
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https://photos.app.goo.gl/4v8seKwMJnceaVUG3
Well in safe mode my drain is gone so I'm not sure which app is doing it, but to directly answer your question about the RCS it is an overall app meaning it is related to several Google play services. I'll upload a photo of it. I have to reboot into normal mode.
Edit: I'm wrong about that it was the play services.. I'll have to start uninstalling the apps to determine which one is draining the battery I guess.

andrewjt19 said:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/4v8seKwMJnceaVUG3
Well in safe mode my drain is gone so I'm not sure which app is doing it, but to directly answer your question about the RCS it is an overall app meaning it is related to several Google play services. I'll upload a photo of it. I have to reboot into normal mode.
Edit: I'm wrong about that it was the play services.. I'll have to start uninstalling the apps to determine which one is draining the battery I guess.
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RCS can be a real battery hog, but I don't know why. I don't have RCS on AT&T. Do you use Messages as your primary SMS? Open Settings>>Advanced and see if you can toggle off "Enhanced Features". Open properties and check if it is using battery optimization. If it is not, set Messages to battery optimization. You can always turn these back on later if the battery drain remains.

My battery life has been restored to pretty much the same as it was with 8.0. I also noticed poor battery life after installing the 8.1 update, even though they changed the way battery life is estimated with this update (supposedly). Something just felt off, but now everything feels great! I am fairly certain what changed is installing the Greenify Magisk module and/or the Google play services doze module (this enables battery optimization on the Google play services app). Not sure which one really made the difference because I installed them at the same time. However, there is definitely a major difference!!

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My battery life has been restored to pretty much the same as it was with 8.0. I also noticed poor battery life after installing the 8.1 update, even though they changed the way battery life is estimated with this update (supposedly). Something just felt off, but now everything feels great! I am fairly certain what changed is installing the Greenify Magisk module and/or the Google play services doze module (this enables battery optimization on the Google play services app). Not sure which one really made the difference because I installed them at the same time. However, there is definitely a major difference!!
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Here's proof!!

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Here's proof!!
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In my experience that's really good.
Before 8.1 I noticed about 11% per hour during screen on use and about 0.33% per hour while on stand by in my pocket or a little bit better if it's just sitting on my night stand not moving while I'm sleeping (I think doze is more extreme in that situation) which seems to match what you are getting. Based on that screen shot I think that's like 8 hours screen on time over like 35 hours for a full charge. I've done a little bit better but not much. That's excellent battery life.
Since 8.1 it has dropped. Best now is maybe 7 to MAYBE 7.5 hours over maybe 26-28 hours. In my experience battery life always drops after an update but this case is far from the worst. I remember when my Nexus 5 updated from KitKat to Lollipop. The battery drop was awful and to make matters worse the battery life of the Nexus 5 was pretty bad to begin with.

js042507 said:
Here's proof!!
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Which font is that?

MarwanTamer said:
Which font is that?
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Default. I didn't change the system font.

js042507 said:
Here's proof!!
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What are your settings for Greenify
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Prattham said:
What are your settings for Greenify
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Here...

So in my last reply I thought I was wrong about RCS Phone app being a conglomerate of several apps in the phone. For some reason I couldn't find the information I needed at that time. I wiped my phone and started over after posting this thread. I was trying to isolate the misbehaving app. I thought it might have been greenify actually, but no the drain has returned to a lesser extent though. Here's some photos of this RCS app from GSAM.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/rvw077mBfNULbsRE3
I'm not sure what is causing the drain at this point. I've installed Better Battery Stats to locate the wakelocks so I can ignore them through ADB.
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andrewjt19 said:
So in my last reply I thought I was wrong about RCS Phone app being a conglomerate of several apps in the phone. For some reason I couldn't find the information I needed at that time. I wiped my phone and started over after posting this thread. I was trying to isolate the misbehaving app. I thought it might have been greenify actually, but no the drain has returned to a lesser extent though. Here's some photos of this RCS app from GSAM.
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Have you tried disabling RCS ? (Post #6). BBS is good for idle drain, active drain not so much. It's best run overnight without touching the phone for 8 hours or so. Pick the phone up in the morning and create/save a log file as quickly as possible. Post the log to the BBS thread if you need help deciphering.

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Have you tried disabling RCS ? (Post #6). BBS is good for idle drain, active drain not so much. It's best run overnight without touching the phone for 8 hours or so. Pick the phone up in the morning and create/save a log file as quickly as possible. Post the log to the BBS thread if you need help deciphering.
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I cannot disable it since it is comprised of multiple apps. You can see it in the pics on my last post.
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Force November OTA update

Hi guys, since my phone can't find any update, how can I force an update on this pixel 2 XL? Just got it and I never had a pixel before..
Can I install just the OTA via fastboot?
Or do I have to wait?
My phone is not unlocked and I want to try some updates because my battery life is pretty poor (5 hours SOT vs 8 hours of many of you from XDA)

As long as you have the oct update you will get it eventually. It appears they are cumulative now.

nor did I receive any updates in the last 4 days. I was angry and forced through the sideload. the second time in two months. sad and frustrating

Even I faced the same issue but if you opted for Android Beta program then opt out. You will get the update the very next second.

Just sideload the update via adb. Easy to do no need to wait.

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Hi guys, since my phone can't find any update, how can I force an update on this pixel 2 XL? Just got it and I never had a pixel before..
Can I install just the OTA via fastboot?
Or do I have to wait?
My phone is not unlocked and I want to try some updates because my battery life is pretty poor (5 hours SOT vs 8 hours of many of you from XDA)
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Yes, https://developers.google.com/android/ota - instructions at top of download page. Be sure your Android ADB Tools are setup.
Basically, you get phone into fastboot, then Recovery with volume up, power press. Choose Apply Update from OTA. From DOS Command Window
started in Android folder, type: adb sideload ota.zip
Reboot system after done. This will not wipe your phone.

I wouldn't be in such a rush to get the latest ota. My battery life is not as good as before after flashing. 2 days now and it's noticeably worse.
I also have an issue with notification badges not clearing until I press clear all

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Yes, https://developers.google.com/android/ota - instructions at top of download page. Be sure your Android ADB Tools are setup.
Basically, you get phone into fastboot, then Recovery with volume up, power press. Choose Apply Update from OTA. From DOS Command Window
started in Android folder, type: adb sideload ota.zip
Reboot system after done. This will not wipe your phone.
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Oh thanks, I'll do it in some hours.

twistedh said:
I wouldn't be in such a rush to get the latest ota. My battery life is not as good as before after flashing. 2 days now and it's noticeably worse.
I also have an issue with notification badges not clearing until I press clear all
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Really? I read someone got a battery improvement with this update.. mine is pretty bad as for now, I'm with 5 hours SOT and it dies..
Other impressions?

_sbrego_ said:
Really? I read someone got a battery improvement with this update.. mine is pretty bad as for now, I'm with 5 hours SOT and it dies..
Other impressions?
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Not sure if it's because it takes another few days for the adaptive battery to re-assess my use but with similar usage and screen on time, I have 15% less battery than this time yesterday. Might not seem much but it bugs me.
Otherwise it seems fine, have an issue with night mode being permanently on, but that is fixed by turning dark mode off in messages.
My notification icons sticking is also annoying. Maybe I need to reset

twistedh said:
Not sure if it's because it takes another few days for the adaptive battery to re-assess my use but with similar usage and screen on time, I have 15% less battery than this time yesterday. Might not seem much but it bugs me.
Otherwise it seems fine, have an issue with night mode being permanently on, but that is fixed by turning dark mode off in messages.
My notification icons sticking is also annoying. Maybe I need to reset
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Guess I'll wait for some other feedbacks then

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Guess I'll wait for some other feedbacks then
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I don't have any issues with the November update. Yesterday I had 28% left with 1 day and 9 hours on battery and 6.5 hours screen on time. WiFi, mobile data, YouTube, XDA, Twitter, some Facebook and browsing using Chrome. I think it's pretty good. If dark mode in messages is on then yes, the "system dark mode" is set back after a reboot, but it doesn't bother me.

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I don't have any issues with the November update. Yesterday I had 28% left with 1 day and 9 hours on battery and 6.5 hours screen on time. WiFi, mobile data, YouTube, XDA, Twitter, some Facebook and browsing using Chrome. I think it's pretty good. If dark mode in messages is on then yes, the "system dark mode" is set back after a reboot, but it doesn't bother me.
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How did you achieve that?! What am I missing? I'm stuck with 5.5 hours and it's dead.. no AOD and nothing too bad for the battery.
Even Gsam didn't find out anything and said it was my display with 87%.. I dont know..

I wasn't getting it for the last couple of updates.
Clear Google Play Services, reboot - check for update
VIOLA!
*your mileage may vary*

_sbrego_ said:
How did you achieve that?! What am I missing? I'm stuck with 5.5 hours and it's dead.. no AOD and nothing too bad for the battery.
Even Gsam didn't find out anything and said it was my display with 87%.. I dont know..
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I have to admit I only have this phone since June, so it's still "new" and the battery is probably still running on 200% ?. I'm using a rooted stock ROM and ExKernel. Since I got the phone I'm have brilliant battery life. It will probably get worse as the battery ages though... ?

I also had to sideload it manually for some reason. Everything is fine so far (even the battery life) except for some icons that are now using a white background circle and this is very annoying. Is there a way to bring back my "old" icons ?
Note: Only some icons have that problem.

Try enrolling for the Android beta program,i didn't receive my Oct. update and tried this method..worked like a charm .

Jaswanth 141 said:
Try enrolling for the Android beta program,i didn't receive my Oct. update and tried this method..worked like a charm .
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I think you'd mean un-enrolling from the beta program, got this tip elsewhere and update dropped in in minutes.
I must say since the Nov update the memory management is terrible, even launcher gets killed when I'm browsing the web or watching YT. I also encountered a hot phone and fast battery drain once, but that was gone after a reboot (didn't see it again in ~2d).
Google has to fix this memory issue fast for p2 & p3, 4GB should enough, (not an apple fanboy but look how they manage with just half of it)

I got the update, but strangely my charge time is loooooooong. It gets better after a few minutes, but still I get the bug anyway.

Excessive idle drain

So for the past 2 days my idle drain has been well over 2% with it currently sitting at about 4%. This is confirmed using ex manager. Previously my idle drain was less than 1%. Usually hovering at about 0.8%.
I find this very curious. Upon inspecting what's using battery I see nothing out of the ordinary. I cannot use bbs as I am not unlocked or rooted. My usage had been consistent, I have not installed any new apps. I don't get it.
Anyone experiencing anything similar? I guess if not and it's not some new temporary google play services thing my next step would be a factory reset.
Thane a million for your input.
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I would start by rebooting into safe mode to see if this is reproducible. If not, then its a user app causing it. Did you add or update any lately? What build are you on and how did you get to it? As cool as I think the OTA process is I never fully trust it and always end up going back and "clean flashing" the OTA later.
Now, to be fair, this is the longest Ive ever been on stock in my life so ymmv.

ctfrommn said:
I would start by rebooting into safe mode to see if this is reproducible. If not, then its a user app causing it. Did you add or update any lately? What build are you on and how did you get to it? As cool as I think the OTA process is I never fully trust it and always end up going back and "clean flashing" the OTA later.
Now, to be fair, this is the longest Ive ever been on stock in my life so ymmv.
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I will give that a go. Thanks got the advise.
I have taken app updates as they become available. Not sure. Probably 15-20 apps have updated in the heat few days.
I am in the latest ota. I was on beta and updated to stable when it became available and then another update within the last week or so. Never saw a changeling for that one since it mirrored the Android 10 stable update.
I feel you on not running stock. This is the first device I have not felt the need to screw with. Usually that's step one. Unlock and root access. Saw you are working on a rom. I may give that a go when you get it up and running. I've run your stuff before. Solid.
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ctfrommn said:
I would start by rebooting into safe mode to see if this is reproducible. If not, then its a user app causing it. Did you add or update any lately? What build are you on and how did you get to it? As cool as I think the OTA process is I never fully trust it and always end up going back and "clean flashing" the OTA later.
Now, to be fair, this is the longest Ive ever been on stock in my life so ymmv.
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Yea more times than not it's an app causing an issue.

Do you have always on display enabled? I found leaving that enabled definitely brings my idle way higher than I'd like it to go. With it off my idle is about 0.30%/hr on it can get up to like 5%/hr.
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Skittles9823 said:
Do you have always on display enabled? I found leaving that enabled definitely brings my idle way higher than I'd like it to go. With it off my idle is about 0.30%/hr on it can get up to like 5%/hr.
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Yeah I've had that on though. It doesn't explain the discrepancy. I did a factory reset and am back to standard idle drain if about 0.7-0.8%. Thanks for the suggestion. I really appreciate it
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Hi,
which apps do you use to check the drain in percentage?

I found that 4G standby (even without data switched off) started to drain faster when I travel. For example 6-7% during my 45 mins commute to work.
Strange is that battery usage app shown .. nothing that ate 7%, actually showing ... nothing.
No idea if this ia due to latest android but for sure I get less screen time 10 out of 11 hours.
Is it needful to download the image and flash or factory reset will do similar job?

TodNex said:
I found that 4G standby (even without data switched off) started to drain faster when I travel. For example 6-7% during my 45 mins commute to work.
Strange is that battery usage app shown .. nothing that ate 7%, actually showing ... nothing.
No idea if this ia due to latest android but for sure I get less screen time 10 out of 11 hours.
Is it needful to download the image and flash or factory reset will do similar job?
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I just used the factory reset option and it fixed my issue. Make sure you backup all your data. After that Google has made resetting the device extremely easy. Back in the day I had to jump thorough a ton more hoops when setting up. Now data is backed up as are password and login credentials. You'll be back up and running within 20 minutes. Good luck.
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