I wanted to make this thread to see if fellow Pixel XL users could help me identify possible causes of my phone's heavy battery drain. I am not a heavy user of my phone and I was suspicious of the battery drain with my light use. I like to maximize battery life, so I turn off pretty much all notifications and have the screen at about 33% brightness. I don't have apps running in the background. I do have Wifi, Bluetooth, GPS High Accuracy, and "OK Google" constantly on. I ran PC Mark's Work 2.0 battery benchmark test on my Pixel XL yesterday due to my suspicions, and was disappointed to see the result of 4hr 23min (SOT). This seemed very poor for the PIxel XL. This was with the screen at about 33% and 100% charge. I decided to do a factory reset and try the battery benchmark test again with 33% brightness and 100% charge. Due to the factory reset, Wifi was on, but Bluetooth, GPS High Accuracy, and "OK Google" were all off and no additional apps were installed. To my surprise, I got a rating of 8hr 24min (SOT) on the battery benchmark after the factory reset. This is perfectly in line with the average time of other Pixel XL user’s battery benchmark (based on the app).
The question is, does anyone know of any particularly battery heavy apps that might be the culprit? It is hard for me to believe that Bluetooth, GPS High Accuracy, and "OK Google" being on would cause this massive difference. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated because I would like to be able to use the phone normally and not have to worry about poor battery life.
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Hello everyone! I just switched to my first Android device and am truly enjoying the experience. I can't believe I was using an iPhone for so long. I finished draining my battery for the first time and recharged it and am draining it again. My phone indicates that the screen is consuming around 66-70% of the battery drainage while everything else is quite low such as the Android OS taking up about 12%. Is this typical and does it improve over time? Thank you for your help.
this is normal but seems like that is pretty heavy use. if your phone was barely used then that is not normal.
I am going to further diagnose this. I have my brightness set to auto. I wasn't really using the phone that much. I flashed it to the yakju build and it is running 4.0.2. Is there anything I should do to test the phone?
what is your screen on time
I'm looking at
9h 56m on bettery
Android OS 33%
Phone Idle 30%
Cell Standby 22%
Screen 9% (on time 9m)
Wifi 5%
Google Services 2%
This is after the phone being nearly untouched most of the day, no calls or texts and nothing being done but checking my email once not too long ago. It's on Auto-brightness which sucks because it appears to be on the darkest setting but without that my battery seems to go from full charge to 50% in 1-2hours with moderate usage (Browsing the web, Checking email, Browsing Market, few phone calls and texts) and it sucks that I feel like I cant play with the phone because it'll be dead when I need it and without Auto-brightness the battery dies even quicker.
Almost feel like I need to be tethered to the charger.
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I'm looking at
9h 56m on bettery
Android OS 33%
Phone Idle 30%
Cell Standby 22%
Screen 9% (on time 9m)
Wifi 5%
Google Services 2%
This is after the phone being nearly untouched most of the day, no calls or texts and nothing being done but checking my email once not too long ago. It's on Auto-brightness which sucks because it appears to be on the darkest setting but without that my battery seems to go from full charge to 50% in 1-2hours with moderate usage (Browsing the web, Checking email, Browsing Market, few phone calls and texts) and it sucks that I feel like I cant play with the phone because it'll be dead when I need it and without Auto-brightness the battery dies even quicker.
Almost feel like I need to be tethered to the charger.
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you either have really bad signal and/or 4g and/or a process keeping the phone awake, in your case the high cell standby time suggests the first two
This seems common for the lte version. The gsm version gets very good battery life especially idle drain. Turn off lte is your best option.
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Hello everyone! I just switched to my first Android device and am truly enjoying the experience. I can't believe I was using an iPhone for so long. I finished draining my battery for the first time and recharged it and am draining it again. My phone indicates that the screen is consuming around 66-70% of the battery drainage while everything else is quite low such as the Android OS taking up about 12%. Is this typical and does it improve over time? Thank you for your help.
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Assuming you have the screen on a lot then yes. Those big beautiful screens are hard on a battery.
If you're on the LTE version using 3G only you will get around 3 hours screen on time MAX.
GSM version you will probably get 3-4 hours screen on time per charge.
I've had my Note 3 for a month now, and I noticed that after 90% the battery starts to drain a bit faster.
For example, between 100 and 90%, it takes about 6-8 minutes to drain 1% while doing something simple like using Facebook, reading an article, instant messaging, texting, etc. This is on Wi-Fi.
But as the battery goes lower and lower, it drains faster.. by the time it's in the 30s or 40s, it takes only 3-5 minutes to drain 1% while doing the same general activities. This is also on Wi-Fi. Even idle drain is faster.
By the time it gets to 20%, it's a bit faster... didn't keep track though.
Most of the times I have charged it were like this: full charge -> full drain -> full charge -> full drain.. etc
I have also tried the popular Battery Calibration app. It didn't seem to have any effect.
It is rooted, and I have frozen some bloatware (mostly some Samsung & T-Mobile apps).
I have not tried a factory reset yet.
Is this happening to anyone else? Maybe my battery is defective?
I wouldn't full drain your battery often. Try to keep it above ~20% if you can. Draining it low like that wears out the battery much quicker. Trying not to charge it to 100% helps also but that is harder to do and need a kernel that can support setting max charge.
But yes I noticed that battery does seem to drain a little bit faster after about 90%. Not a big difference though. And you shouldn't sweat it. Battery chips and batteries tend to have different characteristics from phone to phone and battery to battery to battery. Even though it should be an exact science, exact science battery chips cost a lot more. My note2 took forever to get off 100% but once it hit 99% battery drain was very consistent. Less so in note 3 but more or less consistent. Don't sweat it. I would worry more about trying not to drain your battery so low if you can. Your battery will perform best and last much longer if you can keep it between 20-80% but that is OCD. Just let it do its thing. Early android phones were terrible mostly at being accurate and consistent.
sent from my sm-9005.
I recently got this phone, mainly because it's the most developer-friendly phone (once S-Off is achieved) which supports MirrorLink.
Although I've heard great things about this phone's battery life, I'm kind of disappointed with the battery being used up while I'm not using the phone. I'll go into more details.
I'm a very light user most of the time. I have had my phone on right now for 15h, 16m, and the screen's only been on for 14 minutes. The battery is at 82%
On my iPhone, I usually get home from work with 95%+ charge left. The amount of charge left on my iPhone varies basically with how much I used the phone, but with usage as light as mine, I barely use 5% a day. This phone, though, despite not being used, seems to drain at least 25% each day.
The major users according to battery stats are the phone radio and the android kernel.
My assumption is that the way Android handles push notifications is different from iOS, and that must be why my iPhone simply doesn't drain on standby. But does anyone have an M8 that behaves better on standby, with notifications on? Or does anyone know the exact reason for this 0.7~1.5% per hour battery drainage and a way to stop it?
Since I can usually charge the phone every night, it's not too big of an issue, but it does bother me that it drains regardless of usage. Any info would be greatly appreciated.
Hello all,
I bought a new Z play to replace my ageing phone, and I have mixed feelings about the battery life. The phone has received universal praise for its battery life, and while some of it is true in my case, I can't seem to get those high SoT numbers that everyone brags about.
It's very difficult for me to break the 6h SoT barrier, and I consider myself a light user: whatsapp, browsing, some reddit, and the occasional music (through headphones). I don't play any games, or perform heavy tasks. Also the phone is connected to WiFi 85% of the time, get decent signal, and the screen is set on auto-brightness.
Running latest version of the stock rom, and I performed factory reset + wiped cache + reset network settings countless times as per suggestions.
Attached some stats for 50% that I just took.
Is there something I'm missing?
Take it with a grain of salt, just because people brag about numbers does not mean they are real or obtainable by everyone. Battery life will vary for every user and phone. The time you have is in the acceptable range and I would not worry.
Yes, even I have never achieved the 8-9+ hrs of SOT that's I've seen in some threads. Based on my usage I get a minimum of 6.5hr SOT with the phone lasting a good 25-27 hours before I have to plug it back in.
Since the phone is new it might take a few cycles for the battery to truly show its stamina.
Those answer are definitely right. It all varies on the users. . Also please makes sure you have bluetooth and wifi scanning off. (Location> Scanning > Bluetooth & Wifi Scanning) Another factor is apps. Get rid of facebook and facebook messenger. Apps that use GCM eat battery like a range rover eats gas. I've hit 8--10 hr of SOT before. Let your phone get use to your daily activities. I believe it'll optimize itself over time.
It's normal.
I was also getting earlier 5-6 hrs SOT(When the device was new) but not I'm getting 8-9 hrs SOT.
So as your phone is new it might take few cycles for the battery to show its full stamina!
Cheers!!
Thanks for the replies and for putting my mind at ease.
Bluetooth and wifi scanning are off (forgot to mention that).
Anyway, I understand. Those insane SoT of 10+ are best case scenarios with careful use of the device. Still happy with my current capacity (anything which lasts until the next morning is great).
And yep, the phone manual (who reads those anymore), did mention the battery taking a few cycles before reaching its capacity.
Now, for a different issue. If I'd like to disable turbocharging/quickcharging my phone, would a USB C to A cable coupled with any charger (including the quickcharging ones) do the trick? Based on my understanding, the cable limits the chargining power, so any regular (quality) C to A cable should restore normal charging speeds even when using a fast charging charger. In case you're wondering why I'd like to do that, it's because the phone gets way too hot for my liking when using the Moto turbocharger and I'd like to reserve that for when necessary.
Well, guyz do have a point.
The screenshots are showing you have almost 3hrs SoT after day and a half. This is normal.
Those >10 hrs of SoT aren't achieved with careful usage. Coming from my experience, I got 10.5 hrs SoT with 10% battery left, BUT, in one day. My Moto can last up to 3 day with one charge, but in those 3 days I'll have maybe 4hrs SoT. So, in average, my Moto lasts up to 2 days with 6/7hrs SoT (I mostly use FB, Messenger, WhatsApp, Viber, YT, Instagram, stock 6.0.1). It simply depends how you use it. That big, almost 11hrs SoT, I could only achieve on weekends, coz otherwise I don't have the time to stare in my phone so much.
On that other thing, Moto does get pretty hot while charging. And you're right, the cable does limit the charging power so it will probably work.
I was one of those users getting 10h SoT early on. But I was doing that inside a 24h usage window. Your 50% stats have you stretched out to like almost 3 days off charger. Idle time vs. screen on time is ALWAYS a trade-off.
I look at battery drain in terms of drain rate at idle, and drain rate with screen on. Early on I was seeing 6% drain per hour of screen on, and 1-1.5% per hour screen off. So basically 5 hours of idle time costs you 1 hour screen on. Those were my numbers on the original MM build. My battery life has gotten worse with every software update. I have NOT done a factory reset, mostly because I don't want the hassle and I still get a day off normal use with plenty of battery to spare. But I usually see 18h off charger and 3-4h SoT in a normal day, and that leaves me at 40-50% when I plug in.
Looking at your stats, if screen on costs you 6% per hour, you have 17% worth of screen on drain. That leaves 33% idle drain over 38 hours, or sightly less than 1% per hour idle. Seems pretty darn good to me.
Your cell signal is definitely not helping your battery life. Switch to 2g when on wifi, your signal bar should be full and it'll probably help your battery life.
Enjoy the fact that this phone lets you keep BT/WiFi scanning/Facebook/etc. on without having to worry whether or not you're going to make it a full day. I use all that stuff, have multiple live widgets updating, brightness at least half way, T-Mobile Digits running, and still make it a full day. Additionally, it's great to know that if you do have to make it 2-3 days with minimal usage because you don't have a charger handy, you can. However, I'm willing to bet that 99% of users are able to charge their phone daily. To those users, I say enjoy all the features and don't worry about it.
Really depends on the screen brightness...I can hit those number with my screen brightness turned down a good bit...probably around 30 percent and auto sync off...if i have brightness anywhere above 60 percent then battery life drops a good amount...still well enough to get me through a 12 hour work day but there is a difference
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Basically, got this phone from Amazon UK when they had black Friday deals.
Got the phone, used it... battery was going down really fast. tried to update etc, factory reset. I have the goodix fingerprint sensor and my cpu usage is always at the max. android system, gfmanager etc is draining my battery really fast! I'm lucky to get 4 hours SOT.
Anyone else?
I get 4 hours SOT, BT always on with constant heart measure with band 3. (about 5-15k heart measures per day) And i get about 2 days battery life.
(wifi always on, 1hours weather update on band3 and every time i unlock screen weather update on phone)
If I use only phone on wifi without BT, i get about 5-7 hours SOT, and 4-5 days battery life.
(most of SOT is used by playing games, so most intensive)
i haven't tested only browsing or video watching SOT
^ Still doesn't help me.
I've turned off bluetooth, connected to the 2G tower and Oreo is still terrible with the battery. everything I can tweak to help battery life I have done, nothing seems to be working.
"Android System" and "GFManager" are consuming the hell out of my battery!
Surely I can't be the only one.....
I think GFManager has something to do with the fingerprint sensor, maybe try to turn it off for testing purposes.
I've tried and I can't disable "GFManager" it just won't let me.