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Does having wifi calling drain the battery? I can't quite tell and if not I'll just keep it enabled on my pixel xl.
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In general I'm disappointed by the battery life of the pixel xl.
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Does having wifi calling drain the battery? I can't quite tell and if not I'll just keep it enabled on my pixel xl.
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I've not noticed any extra drain.
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Does having wifi calling drain the battery? I can't quite tell and if not I'll just keep it enabled on my pixel xl.
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exxi said:
In general I'm disappointed by the battery life of the pixel xl.
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My Wi-Fi calling hasn't drained me any more than normal.
It's funny cause my battery has been pretty darn good and I use my phone ALOT. I guess it's always YMMV but I haven't seen any issues.
WiFi calling should generally be easier on the battery than being constantly connected to LTE.
Overnight I notice a 4% drain with wifi calling and a 2% drain with LTE.
It happened with my wife N6P and my galaxy S6 when on wifi calling with no or low cell signal. When I checked the battery stats cell standby was the problem. T-Mobile.
exxi said:
In general I'm disappointed by the battery life of the pixel xl.
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I second this, coming from a note 7, iPhone 7 plus, and an s7 edge this phone has the worse battery life and signal of all of them.
doc_loco said:
Does having wifi calling drain the battery? I can't quite tell and if not I'll just keep it enabled on my pixel xl.
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haven't noticed I have been impressed on how long my battery last
Fate0n3 said:
I second this, coming from a note 7, iPhone 7 plus, and an s7 edge this phone has the worse battery life and signal of all of them.
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Agree
This is my worry coming from the exynos note 7 in the UK which was awesome for battery. Even at a much higher brightness when screen is on
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yeah the UK Note 7 was a massively better battery life, but as for wifi calling it should in theory use less power as transmitting to and from a local "mast" should require the phone to expend less power, so I guess it would come down to how close to a mast you actually live.
In that case it may be the other amps I have that rely on WiFi to work in the background that keep my phone from sleeping in full doze mode that is draining my batterry
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My XL doesn't always Doze properly, but it is more likely to sleep better with Wi-Fi calling turned off than when it's on.
Another plus to the pixel battery vs your note 7 would be that it's probably not going to explode..
I've been reading great reviews on battery life for the Pixel 2 XL and that has got me wondering if the LG POLED screen may be to credit for the excellent battery life and screen on times?
Chris Chavez from Phandroid writes that he sees 5-6 hours of SoT on average (http://phandroid.com/2017/10/28/pixel-2-xl-battery-life-review/)
Joe Maring from Android Central talks about great battery life (https://www.androidcentral.com/pixel-2-xl-how-it-stacks-my-lofty-expectations)
Andrew Martonik from Android Central (https://www.androidcentral.com/google-pixel-2-review)
While I do strongly believe the display plays a huge role, I can't figure out why the display is so much more efficient on the V30 - I can consistently get over 7 hours of SoT on a 3300 mAh battery vs the Pixel 2 XL's 3520 mAh battery (and running Oreo). Thoughts?
Screen helps. Newest Snapdragon chip helps. I'm sure there is a ton of software and other hardware optimizations too. The manufacturers are kinda cornered into a certain size/format that the public is willing to accept for size for a phone. So until there's a massive revolution in battery tech, they'll have to squeeze optimizations everywhere else.
Japultra said:
While I do strongly believe the display plays a huge role, I can't figure out why the display is so much more efficient on the V30 - I can consistently get over 7 hours of SoT on a 3300 mAh battery vs the Pixel 2 XL's 3520 mAh battery (and running Oreo). Thoughts?
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It's the display. Period
And Pixel 2 xl is less battery efficient while on the same time more smooth, fluid. It has way more actual governor that sets CPU to highest frequency when user interacts hence power drains faster. But there's no lags in Pixel 2 xl OTOH
Billy Madison said:
It's the display. Period
And Pixel 2 xl is less battery efficient while on the same time more smooth, fluid. It has way more actual governor that sets CPU to highest frequency when user interacts hence power drains faster. But there's no lags in Pixel 2 xl OTOH
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I'll take this screen and its brilliant battery life even with its "imperfections". I don't notice any of the issues save for the blue tint, which doesn't bother me because I never look at my phone from that angle. Coming from an S7 edge, I was lucky to get 6 hours of SoT. On this phone, I'm regularly seeing 7+ even though it has a smaller battery.
How is the Pixel 2 XL brightness outside under direct sunlight, vs. the Pixel 2 XL or Nexus 6P using Flar's high brightness mod, such as the one found in Elemental X kernel?
From my brief research it sounds like the high brightness mod isn't compatible with Pixel 2 XL's screen (LCD).
I'm not exactly sure, but I'm fairly certain that the XL 2 is the only out of all the Pixel's that does not support it, because it's not using a regular backlight, but it's an oLED display. Using the mod (which would probably have to be recoded to even work at all) would over-drive the pixels and possibly damage the screen.
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How is the Pixel 2 XL brightness outside under direct sunlight, vs. the Pixel 2 XL or Nexus 6P using Flar's high brightness mod, such as the one found in Elemental X kernel?
From my brief research it sounds like the high brightness mod isn't compatible with Pixel 2 XL's screen (LCD).
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The high brightness mode is not supported on the Pixel 2 XL because the OLED panel is made by LG and devs don't know how to access the high brightness mode on it yet. It's mentioned in the EX kernel thread..
Yeah, I get that high brightness mode is not supported on the XL 2, it's what I said in my OP. Thanks though, and for letting me know it's OLED not LCD.
My thread is asking for comparisons of the max brightness of XL 2 vs. the Pixel XL when used with the high brightness mod.
I hope I clarified it a little better this time?
Hi folks, as in title, is there an option to enhance/raise nits of our beloved Pixel 2 XL?
I really need it to read display under direct sun.
I'm looked for in this forum and Google without success.
I've mine magisked too!
Thank you
last_nooby said:
Hi folks, as in title, is there an option to enhance/raise nits of our beloved Pixel 2 XL?
I really need it to read display under direct sun.
I'm looked for in this forum and Google without success.
I've mine magisked too!
Thank you
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Unfortunately, not at this time. It seems the lg panels are not conducive to increased brightness beyond stock settings ?
Typically using Adaptive Brightness on at 100% gets you higher nits than Adaptive Brightness off and at 100%. I don't think I've seen this tested with the Pixel 2 XL but Max Lee has done a bunch of brightness tests and that's how it typically works.
Google has lowered the nits by 50 also for the screen burn in issue.
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So my pixel 3 XL is arriving on November 1st (UK) and I'm curious about the battery.
Of course I know the phone is new, takes time to bed in, and for adaptive battery to work it's magic - however, I've read and watched videos on YouTube about how the battery isn't quite as good as the pixel 2 XL, which I find surprising.
I understand that the battery is a tiny bit smaller, but with the more efficient sd845 I would have thought it'd more than offset the loss of the smaller battery size. In quite a few comparisons they're saying the phone hits 0 much faster than the pixel 2 XL.
So for those of you with the phone, what are your own anecdotal feelings on this?
so far, havent had much time to use the phone without it being charged on pixel stand.
I did leave it off the charger since yesterday, and it is on par or better than with my pixel 2 xl. right now it has 60% with 2h 20m of screen time, was off charger for approx. 14 hours, just had it plugged into computer for a few minutes to do a backup.
Doing just what I normally do (email, web, feed, etc), though I did watch a couple 4K UHD videos on youtube for about 20 minutes.
I charged mine fully, and then non-stop used it right off the full charge since I just got it. I got over 6 hours SOT with 20% left. This was all while the phone was being set up, syncing, and being constantly played with. If I can get over 6 hours SOT a day, and still have juice left I'm quite happy with it.
My battery life is almost exactly the same as what I got on my 2 XL. I'm good with that. It still would've been nice to get a little better battery performance. Also, my phone shut down last night at 5% battery left. Not cool. I'm gonna see if it shuts down early again tonight and if it does I'll have to send it back. I also noticed that the battery meter is getting stuck on certain percentages and then skipping a percentage here and there, just like my 6p, Pixel XL and 2 XL did. Must be a Google thing.
bobbyphoenix said:
I charged mine fully, and then non-stop used it right off the full charge since I just got it. I got over 6 hours SOT with 20% left. This was all while the phone was being set up, syncing, and being constantly played with. If I can get over 6 hours SOT a day, and still have juice left I'm quite happy with it.
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Ok I'm happy with that. I love the battery on my pixel 2 XL, and it sounds comparable if a tiny bit better than what I currently get in stock.
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My battery life is almost exactly the same as what I got on my 2 XL. I'm good with that. It still would've been nice to get a little better battery performance. Also, my phone shut down last night at 5% battery left. Not cool. I'm gonna see if it shuts down early again tonight and if it does I'll have to send it back. I also noticed that the battery meter is getting stuck on certain percentages and then skipping a percentage here and there, just like my 6p, Pixel XL and 2 XL did. Must be a Google thing.
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That sounds like a calibration issue if anything, few charge cycles should help I would have thought
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Ok I'm happy with that. I love the battery on my pixel 2 XL, and it sounds comparable if a tiny bit better than what I currently get in stock.
That sounds like a calibration issue if anything, few charge cycles should help I would have thought
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Well I've just charged it once so maybe it'll get better. Every Google phone I've owned has had a battery meter that sticks on percentages here and there so I'm not looking for that to change. I just hope it doesn't keep shutting down early because that's something I'll send it back for.
Take this with a grain of salt as I do not have a sim card and only use as a media device but battery seems pretty good. At least on par with my iPhone XS Max which has one hell of a battery in terms of power consumption. Though with the pixel I probably get lower than average standby drain due to not having cellular.
Battery life is just OK I think. It gets me through a day with moderate use but not sure yet if it is better or even with the 2 XL.
Battery gets me through the day. It gets me through the day and more if I drive somewhere since my car mount has wireless charging built in.
Battery life for me so far is great. I'm sitting at 18% at midnight after being off the charger since 630am with just over 6hrs of screen on time.
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Its just okay for me... I think I got better on my 2XL so far. Maybe 4-4 1/2 hours of SOT if I'm lucky... right now i'm at 80% with 38 min
Mark me down for about 6 hours SOT on average daily after about 4 days of usage.
I try to goto Greenify immediately to see the list of "who's talking to their mothership in the background".
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I read the always "ON" display dragged the battery down and did not "really" add to the phone so much. . . . Is it 'on' by default ? . . . . I mean, if you're staring at the screen "that much", well . . . .
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( for those with root ), Greenify made my last setup last more than two days / almost three ! . Subjective as to what need to always "run".
Battery has been pretty much a disappointment. It is nowhere near a One+ 6 or iPhone Xs Max - I'd even say worse than the Pixel 2XL.
Mainly disappointing since the screen brightness is so low even running full brightness outside makes it barely tolerable. This is after a couple of days but don't see it getting better.
xphyle1971 said:
Mark me down for about 6 hours SOT on average daily after about 4 days of usage.
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How?
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How?
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How? I'm a heavy user but I don't game. Lots of internet via Chrome, tons of social media, pictures, etc. I turn off always on display and set it to turn on when I lift up the phone. I turn off Google location accuracy mode in settings and just use GPS. I don't use adaptive brightness. I don't sync/push emails. And I always have both wifi and data on. Just normal stuff. Nothing special. I don't use any battery saver app garbage. It's just stock. Been pleased with the battery.
Confirmation. Not as good as 2XL. But close. Max 8 hours SOT
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How? I'm a heavy user but I don't game. Lots of internet via Chrome, tons of social media, pictures, etc. I turn off always on display and set it to turn on when I lift up the phone. I turn off Google location accuracy mode in settings and just use GPS. I don't use adaptive brightness. I don't sync/push emails. And I always have both wifi and data on. Just normal stuff. Nothing special. I don't use any battery saver app garbage. It's just stock. Been pleased with the battery.
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I just got my phone yesterday. Think I need to adjust some settings. Definitely need to turn off location and the brightness thing. Also, I'm on stock and have a much of new stuff on my home screen. Trying to remove that too. I'm not a gamer either so I should get good battery soon
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yungskeeme01 said:
I just got my phone yesterday. Think I need to adjust some settings. Definitely need to turn off location and the brightness thing. Also, I'm on stock and have a much of new stuff on my home screen. Trying to remove that too. I'm not a gamer either so I should get good battery soon
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Oh forgot a most important thing! I use a pure black wallpaper. OLED displays don't use any power to display the black color so it only uses power to illuminate the icons when you are using a black wallpaper. Saves a ton of battery. Use a black background wherever you can. Dark mode is your friend.
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Oh forgot a most important thing! I use a pure black wallpaper. OLED displays don't use any power to display the black color so it only uses power to illuminate the icons when you are using a black wallpaper. Saves a ton of battery. Use a black background wherever you can. Dark mode is your friend.
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Question about location. Did you turn it off on the top or bottom? I remember when I was on andriod before there was a way to turn it off and on in the control center.
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