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Hi,
Need help here. I have a 4-5 month old nexus 7 2013 wifi only. It was all fine a few weeks ago, till i noticed a sharp decrease in battery life. I am running 5.0.2, stock unrooted. Around 3-4 hours of active use.
So I reset it from the settings menu. Agreed, there were not so many apps installed again, the battery life increased to 5 hours of active use. I noticed the sharp decrease because my skype time has decreased from 6 hours to 2-3 hours.
No major change after the reset. Except, my firefox addons for adblocking dont work. Also, just a very specific example, movshare . net also is blocked on my nexus, but works on my computer on the same network. This is annoying the living sh*t out of me, I just cannot stand all the pop ups and ads. I dont need fancy shmancy rooted adblockers, just need my nexus to work like before.
In general, I have 9GAG and skype crashes often, everything else works fine though.
Need to know hardware or software, whether to root or not to wipe battery stats and clear cache.
I owned a GSII a long time back. I modded it till it broke. Thats why im still running stock. If we can do everything vanilla, that'll be great.
GSAM shows 1d 2hr standby and 6h of active. Sometimes delta/h goes upto 21%.
HELP.
EDIT* Google now mic doesnt work all the time, only when I'm on the Now screen.
I'd wipe everything then flash the stock image in fastboot. Remove all variables and see what happens.
So lollipop or jb?
Castum rom + castum kernel + greenify + wakelock detector. and see that the battery sits down, the program may remain constantly running
After updating to MM from STOCK LP, my battery life has gone way down... by hours. Now, LG and Verizon boast that the MM update will help EXTEND battery life, but it has done quite the opposite for me. I like some of the new features such as WiFi calling, but not at the expense of hours less on battery usage.
I've done a factory reset, and even re-flashed the stock MM KDZ, but my battery still dies quite a bit faster than on LP. 35% of battery usage is the screen, and it is on auto... next at 12% is Google Play Services.
Any ideas on how to boost my battery life?
If nothing works, I'll just flash back to LP and root.... I like MM but not at the expense of my battery life.
Corruption Inc said:
After updating to MM from STOCK LP, my battery life has gone way down... by hours. Now, LG and Verizon boast that the MM update will help EXTEND battery life, but it has done quite the opposite for me. I like some of the new features such as WiFi calling, but not at the expense of hours less on battery usage.
I've done a factory reset, and even re-flashed the stock MM KDZ, but my battery still dies quite a bit faster than on LP. 35% of battery usage is the screen, and it is on auto... next at 12% is Google Play Services.
Any ideas on how to boost my battery life?
If nothing works, I'll just flash back to LP and root.... I like MM but not at the expense of my battery life.
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Hey, I've got the MM update. I didn't get to test too much with lollipop but here is what I've done to maximize my battery.
1. hard factory reset
2. wiped cache
3. disabled all useless apps like amazon/amazon kindle/amazon music/android pay/audible/cloud/google play books/google play movies & tv/google play music/google play newstand/google+/hangouts/nfl mobile/slacker radio/vz navigator. (your list may vary depending on what you find useful)
4. keep screen brightness at 20% and as low as allowed when in sunlight
5. turned off all GPS
6. Under settings/location/3 dots in top right corner/scanning/ disable wi-fi scanning and bluetooth scanning
7. If you use facebook uninstall it and messenger then go on google chrome and log into facebook there and select get notifications then click the 3 dots in top right corner and click add to home screen while on facebook, it will put a short cut on your phones main screen allowing you to go right to facebook.
8. if you don't have a lot of people sending you MMS messages (picture messages through regular texting) then disable mobile data when you're around wifi.
I just removed facebook and messenger today so I'm still testing the battery now. But yesterday with facebook and messenger I had a total of 3.5 hours of screen on time. Today so far with facebook and messenger gone I'm at 90% battery with a total of 1h screen on time. which is 50% screen.
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Hey, I've got the MM update. I didn't get to test too much with lollipop but here is what I've done to maximize my battery.
1. hard factory reset
2. wiped cache
3. disabled all useless apps like amazon/amazon kindle/amazon music/android pay/audible/cloud/google play books/google play movies & tv/google play music/google play newstand/google+/hangouts/nfl mobile/slacker radio/vz navigator. (your list may vary depending on what you find useful)
4. keep screen brightness at 20% and as low as allowed when in sunlight
5. turned off all GPS
6. Under settings/location/3 dots in top right corner/scanning/ disable wi-fi scanning and bluetooth scanning
7. If you use facebook uninstall it and messenger then go on google chrome and log into facebook there and select get notifications then click the 3 dots in top right corner and click add to home screen while on facebook, it will put a short cut on your phones main screen allowing you to go right to facebook.
8. if you don't have a lot of people sending you MMS messages (picture messages through regular texting) then disable mobile data when you're around wifi.
I just removed facebook and messenger today so I'm still testing the battery now. But yesterday with facebook and messenger I had a total of 3.5 hours of screen on time. Today so far with facebook and messenger gone I'm at 90% battery with a total of 1h screen on time. which is 50% screen.
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Thanks for the reply. I've done almost all of these, but I cannot wipe my cache because for whatever reason my phone will not boot into recovery mode. I've dialed all useless apps. I'll try the Facebook thing. I keep my screen brightness low now, although on LP I kept it on auto with no problems. LP also seemed to kill my mobile data while I was on Wi-Fi automatically, this doesn't appear to be the case on MM.
Corruption Inc said:
Thanks for the reply. I've done almost all of these, but I cannot wipe my cache because for whatever reason my phone will not boot into recovery mode. I've dialed all useless apps. I'll try the Facebook thing. I keep my screen brightness low now, although on LP I kept it on auto with no problems. LP also seemed to kill my mobile data while I was on Wi-Fi automatically, this doesn't appear to be the case on MM.
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When trying to clear cache are you turning the phone off and then holding down power+volume down until the clear cache screen shows up? That's how I do it. And yeah the LP and MM both kill the data if you don't use the advanced calling. The reason is the G3 was one of that last phones to include dual radio chips. You're lucky that you're on a monthly plan. People like me on a prepaid plan aren't allowed to activate the advanced calling to use data while in a call. It's honestly dumb. My S5 could do it without needing advanced calling. Just one of the few things that irritate me about the G4
1. lack of data while calling
2. can't record video at 60fps unless rooted
3. verizon took away the ability for MM to use MicroSD card as internal storage.
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When trying to clear cache are you turning the phone off and then holding down power+volume down until the clear cache screen shows up? That's how I do it. And yeah the LP and MM both kill the data if you don't use the advanced calling. The reason is the G3 was one of that last phones to include dual radio chips. You're lucky that you're on a monthly plan. People like me on a prepaid plan aren't allowed to activate the advanced calling to use data while in a call. It's honestly dumb. My S5 could do it without needing advanced calling. Just one of the few things that irritate me about the G4
1. lack of data while calling
2. can't record video at 60fps unless rooted
3. verizon took away the ability for MM to use MicroSD card as internal storage.
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I was able to do it by holding down vol. Up and power. I was trying to do it releasing power for a second, no wonder it didn't work. So I wiped cache. All I heard was about how good the G3 was, so I bought the G4. I really do like the phone, but this MM upgrade isn't working out too well with battery life. And now that it looks like there will be no root for MM, I'd consider selling it, but it's not paid for yet.
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I was able to do it by holding down vol. Up and power. I was trying to do it releasing power for a second, no wonder it didn't work. So I wiped cache. All I heard was about how good the G3 was, so I bought the G4. I really do like the phone, but this MM upgrade isn't working out too well with battery life. And now that it looks like there will be no root for MM, I'd consider selling it, but it's not paid for yet.
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I can't vouch for it. But I have heard other peoples MM updates working it'self out over a few days. But I couldn't really say since mine has seemed decent from the start. I only got my phone in the mail a few days ago. First day I had it within 10 minutes of turning it on it updated and then updated again to MM. Then each day I've used it it's had similar battery usage. 76% battery remaining, screen on time is 1h 52m 53%
Corruption Inc said:
I was able to do it by holding down vol. Up and power. I was trying to do it releasing power for a second, no wonder it didn't work. So I wiped cache. All I heard was about how good the G3 was, so I bought the G4. I really do like the phone, but this MM upgrade isn't working out too well with battery life. And now that it looks like there will be no root for MM, I'd consider selling it, but it's not paid for yet.
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Just checking back in. Time to charge my phone again. Here is the usage I got out of it today
phonepie said:
When trying to clear cache are you turning the phone off and then holding down power+volume down until the clear cache screen shows up? That's how I do it. And yeah the LP and MM both kill the data if you don't use the advanced calling. The reason is the G3 was one of that last phones to include dual radio chips. You're lucky that you're on a monthly plan. People like me on a prepaid plan aren't allowed to activate the advanced calling to use data while in a call. It's honestly dumb. My S5 could do it without needing advanced calling. Just one of the few things that irritate me about the G4
1. lack of data while calling
2. can't record video at 60fps unless rooted
3. verizon took away the ability for MM to use MicroSD card as internal storage.
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phonepie said:
Just checking back in. Time to charge my phone again. Here is the usage I got out of it today
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Here's my data.
Corruption Inc said:
Here's my data.
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Looks like you should get around 3.5 to 4 hours of screen on time. And if you're keeping yours on automatic brightness you may be doing better than me. Not to mention I don't even have the facebook or messenger app on my phone like most do.
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Looks like you should get around 3.5 to 4 hours of screen on time. And if you're keeping yours on automatic brightness you may be doing better than me. Not to mention I don't even have the facebook or messenger app on my phone like most do.
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I can definitely tell a difference between LP and MM with auto brightness, and LP used less percentage of my battery. Facebook and messenger don't use up much battery because I've stopped push notifications, and I'm not that active on Facebook.I guess I'm spoiled because on LP I could go more than a full day on a single charge, and now I get about 8 hours being ultra conservative.
I'm just kind of bummed about the phone in general. I love the hardware, but I'm not at all used to not having root. I was a Samsung fanboy until the S5, which I had 3 of (junk).
Corruption Inc said:
I can definitely tell a difference between LP and MM with auto brightness, and LP used less percentage of my battery. Facebook and messenger don't use up much battery because I've stopped push notifications, and I'm not that active on Facebook.I guess I'm spoiled because on LP I could go more than a full day on a single charge, and now I get about 8 hours being ultra conservative.
I'm just kind of bummed about the phone in general. I love the hardware, but I'm not at all used to not having root. I was a Samsung fanboy until the S5, which I had 3 of (junk).
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From the way everyone talks about lollipop I'd downgrade in an instant if I knew I could be certain I wouldn't bootloop. Since I don't get to use advanced calling there is no reason for me to want to keep MM. Especially if I could root the phone and get 60fps recording as well as customization. I just don't know how to do the KDZ or LGUP thing. I've rooted phones before using odin and also towel root. But now that there are two ways that I understand of going about it being the KDZ and or LGUP I don't know which to use or where to start or how to flash back to stock to upgrade to MM if I don't end up liking the LP. I liked my S5 I just gave it to my mother though because I wanted the G4 for it's night camera mode since it didn't look like samsung was ever going to offer that feature on the S5 being as it still hasn't gotten the MM update.
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From the way everyone talks about lollipop I'd downgrade in an instant if I knew I could be certain I wouldn't bootloop. Since I don't get to use advanced calling there is no reason for me to want to keep MM. Especially if I could root the phone and get 60fps recording as well as customization. I just don't know how to do the KDZ or LGUP thing. I've rooted phones before using odin and also towel root. But now that there are two ways that I understand of going about it being the KDZ and or LGUP I don't know which to use or where to start or how to flash back to stock to upgrade to MM if I don't end up liking the LP. I liked my S5 I just gave it to my mother though because I wanted the G4 for it's night camera mode since it didn't look like samsung was ever going to offer that feature on the S5 being as it still hasn't gotten the MM update.
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Here's the thread regarding downgrade to LP.http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g4/general/downgrade-mm-to-ll-lgup-t3322616
Corruption Inc said:
Here's the thread regarding downgrade to LP.http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g4/general/downgrade-mm-to-ll-lgup-t3322616
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Thanks I wasn't sure which thread to follow. I went to get the firmware for the vs986 and noticed there are two different ones. Do you happen to know the difference?
VS98613B_00_ARB02.kdz
Verizon VS98611A_06.kdz
phonepie said:
Thanks I wasn't sure which thread to follow. I went to get the firmware for the vs986 and noticed there are two different ones. Do you happen to know the difference?
VS98613B_00_ARB02.kdz
Verizon VS98611A_06.kdz
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Two different firmware versions. 11A and 13B. 13B being the latest LP version. Not sure if you can downgrade to 11A, but it is confirmed that you can downgrade to 13B.
Corruption Inc said:
Two different firmware versions. 11A and 13B. 13B being the latest LP version. Not sure if you can downgrade to 11A, but it is confirmed that you can downgrade to 13B.
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Ah ok, I don't know how I didn't notice the 11a and 13b parts. Unfortunately after looking into it more I'm afraid I'd mess up my phone. I imagine I could downgrade to LP without a problem. But to accomplish what I want to do I'd then have to gain root which I don't know how to do on this one since the only video I can find of it relates to I think it was 10a. Then I'd have to install flashfire which I don't fully understand and then download the modified camera zip file and flash it using flashfire all just to get 60fps on the g4 which the g2 comes standard with lol. I wish there was one thread that covered it all walking down the list of to go back to LP do this, Followed by to root specifically the LP 13b vs986 do this. To install flashfire do this. To flash the moddified camera do this. That would be a long post. But I think it would be nice or even better a steady walk through video. If I had money to replace the phone I'd try all these things but I spent a pretty penny on this phone just a few days ago to get a good serial number that wasn't prone to the bootloop glitch the G4's had. $400 on ebay. Bought it new with the platic still on it and everthing still sealed. Just to get a S/N that started with 510
My battery life has been terrible since the MM update. I have factory reset twice and it hasn't helped at all. I used to get like 3 hours of screen time and have like 15-20% battery left after being off the charger like 18 hours. The phone generally performs better, but battery life has taken a hit. I haven't tried getting a new battery yet, but I generally alternate batteries daily.
Sent from my VS986 using XDA-Developers mobile app
I've noticed no difference with MM, compared to LP. Rather disappointing, but I've always kept my phone minimal so I guess Doze can't do anything more.
Hello.
I've bought a G4 in March and only 20 days ago I've started to notice a odd and big battery drain. Android tells me it's "Android SO" consumption. What once drained like up to 5%, now drains more than screen. 20 days ago, battery lasted like 34h. With same usage now, turned 12h.
I've uninstalled the apps I've installed meanwhile, used it in battery eco mode and even on airplane mode, without any luck.
4-5 days ago I've installed Wake Lock Detector (no root, but with the right permissions) and Better Battery Stats. From what I understand from the reports, they don't blame any specific app but show thousands of wakelocks on Android SO. I believe sometimes it can be normal (for instance, when I run with GPS and music). Anyway, maybe the issue lies here.
What I find really odd is that those 2 apps say that the phone is awake more than 90% of the time. Like 1h of deep sleep only per full battery.
I could understand if someone says that it's the battery that had a great use already, but not only has 7 months of use, but also the phone behaviour changed (Android SO was never so high before, at least constantly).
Thanks in advance for any advice!
JoaoAfonso said:
Hello.
I've bought a G4 in March and only 20 days ago I've started to notice a odd and big battery drain. Android tells me it's "Android SO" consumption. What once drained like up to 5%, now drains more than screen. 20 days ago, battery lasted like 34h. With same usage now, turned 12h.
I've uninstalled the apps I've installed meanwhile, used it in battery eco mode and even on airplane mode, without any luck.
4-5 days ago I've installed Wake Lock Detector (no root, but with the right permissions) and Better Battery Stats. From what I understand from the reports, they don't blame any specific app but show thousands of wakelocks on Android SO. I believe sometimes it can be normal (for instance, when I run with GPS and music). Anyway, maybe the issue lies here.
What I find really odd is that those 2 apps say that the phone is awake more than 90% of the time. Like 1h of deep sleep only per full battery.
I could understand if someone says that it's the battery that had a great use already, but not only has 7 months of use, but also the phone behaviour changed (Android SO was never so high before, at least constantly).
Thanks in advance for any advice!
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Suggest you check out and install the apps recommended apps on ✭[GUIDE][26-07-2016]Extreme Battery Life Thread(Greenify+Amplify+Power Nap)✭ at https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-extreme-battery-life-t3095884
Read the OP thoroughly for each app discussed. The wakelock situation can be helped a good deal with Amplify and Greenify in particular - the paid versions - but I would also install AppOppsXposed - all require Xposed which requires root in order to be installed and I would also check out Power Nap to see if any incremental improvement.
You may a also want to run a malware scan ...
Thanks for the info. I checked it earlier, but most of those apps only run in root phones. I'm waiting for official Nougat in G4, mostly because haven't saw yet a Nougat image for this device without any problems, like camera not working, or such. I wouldn't mind to pay for apps that could work on this, but I want to avoid rooting. I guess I rather put Android 7, that has a bigger chance to even solve this problem, than root at this time.
Haven't said earlier but did a factory reset yesterday and device kept the behavior... I believe a hard reset would reduce almost to 0 the eventual malware problem.
No obvious alternatives for not rooted phones? Haven't this happened to someone else and been solved?
Thanks!
I had the same problem a few weeks ago...i was loosing ~30% of the battery at night with no wifi/data/gps etc. I tried everything...factory resets, different roms, greenfy & those kind of apps but the phone would not sleep. The last thing i tried was a factory reset and after i logged into my gmail account i set the phone as a new device...so no restoring apps and backups from my gmail account. Now everything is ok, my phone sleeps like a baby. I've read somewhere that it might be related with the syncing & backups....i don't really know, but you can give it a try.
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I had the same problem a few weeks ago...i was loosing ~30% of the battery at night with no wifi/data/gps etc. I tried everything...factory resets, different roms, greenfy & those kind of apps but the phone would not sleep. The last thing i tried was a factory reset and after i logged into my gmail account i set the phone as a new device...so no restoring apps and backups from my gmail account. Now everything is ok, my phone sleeps like a baby. I've read somewhere that it might be related with the syncing & backups....i don't really know, but you can give it a try.
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Haven't tried that yet. I'll try to remove and add the device again, to avoid the pain of a new hard reset.
To have a reference, it was good to know an average percentage of other G4 deep sleep. If everyone has around 90%... maybe it's not a problem at all. The "sleep like a baby" is which percentage? Also, there are plenty babies that wake up hourly crying for a period of time...
Thanks for the tip!
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Haven't tried that yet. I'll try to remove and add the device again, to avoid the pain of a new hard reset.
To have a reference, it was good to know an average percentage of other G4 deep sleep. If everyone has around 90%... maybe it's not a problem at all. The "sleep like a baby" is which percentage? Also, there are plenty babies that wake up hourly crying for a period of time...
Thanks for the tip!
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My phone was awake >90% of the time(when screen was off), even in flight mode, when it had "the problem". Now things are back to normal...~2% awake when the screen is off.
Hello again.
Tried to reset a couple more times, tried to remove old phone register in my gmail account, but I wasnt successful.
How you did the
"The last thing i tried was a factory reset and after i logged into my gmail account i set the phone as a new device..."
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Once it asks for my account, I'm not able to set it's a new device. I also did no restores... Is there a way to disconnect devices from Google account? I was only able to do so in devices I connected like one month, or more, ago, but not able to do so in the device I'm using at the moment.
One thing I did not try but that would confirm your thesis is to register device with a new account.
Anyone with an alternative?
I'm hoping LG really releases Nougat for G4 in 2017...
Today, the device returned to normality without any intervention. I can only imagine the following: since last factory reset I've disabled some apps I didn't used, like Google books, or Google music, but only yesterday I did a normal reboot (due to huge battery drain...). Eventually, some updates just took place after this reset. Anyway, even having imagined this theory, I don't believe in it. Wizardry, I bet.
Ever since I updated to Android PIE (One UI). I've noticed a major decrease in the battery. I was able to get a full day of usage with oreo, now I only get a little over half a day of usage. Not to mention the battery usage of screen off time is about 10-15% worse than what it was on Oreo...
I doubt I'm the only one with this problem, so has anyone found a fix to this? Or should I just revert back to oreo?
Model: Samsung SM-G960F
Make sure you factory reset after updating to Pie
I factory reset the phone after installing Pie and battery improved greatly. battery while using the phone is pretty much the same, but phone in standby time drains waaaay less battery than on Oreo.
You should factory reset your phone after every major update like this one
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Ever since I updated to Android PIE (One UI). I've noticed a major decrease in the battery. I was able to get a full day of usage with oreo, now I only get a little over half a day of usage. Not to mention the battery usage of screen off time is about 10-15% worse than what it was on Oreo...
I doubt I'm the only one with this problem, so has anyone found a fix to this? Or should I jcjust revert back to oreo?
Model: Samsung SM-G960F
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Is your google backup still working?
My SoT and standby battery improved graitly after deleting google accounts, samsung, and emails.
Only got twitter, fb, fb messenger as social media.
I know this is not a fix, but I did this, to check battery without google accounts activated.
I start to beleive my drain comes, from the phone trying to back up and get stuck, plus a play store that kept crashing.
It even showed at device maintenance, but then again, that one isn't working properly neither for a lot of users.
Tomogitarist said:
I factory reset the phone after installing Pie and battery improved greatly. battery while using the phone is pretty much the same, but phone in standby time drains waaaay less battery than on Oreo.
You should factory reset your phone after every major update like this one
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I've factory reset my phone. However I'm never gonna use samsung cloud to backup again, either backup wont work or restore won't work.
In terms of battery, it's gotten a little better, however I still feel like it was better back on Oreo.
Not factory resetting
I've owned my Galaxy S9 for a little over a month now, and I've done lots with it. I've installed a lot of apps and would hate to factory reset it and have to go through the process of setting it up again.
The battery has gotten worse on Pie but I want to fix the battery issue without factory resetting it. I know I can enable Power Mode but then I can't use Gear VR. Any ideas?
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I've owned my Galaxy S9 for a little over a month now, and I've done lots with it. I've installed a lot of apps and would hate to factory reset it and have to go through the process of setting it up again.
The battery has gotten worse on Pie but I want to fix the battery issue without factory resetting it. I know I can enable Power Mode but then I can't use Gear VR. Any ideas?
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Clear cache from recovery
Install something like BetterBatteryStats and find out what is draining the battery (Needs some ADB commands to give it permissions but does not require root)
Disable AOD
Turn off background usage for apps you do not need to run in the background from that specific apps info screen
Dev Options > Background Check can also stop apps from running in the background
Turn off notifications for apps you do not need them from (I always assume if they have notification permission, they have to run in the background in order to provide notifications in the first place)
But the ultimate battery fixer after upgrading to a new Android version is and always will be a factory reset, you just cannot fix battery drain properly any other way, the previous OS leaves behind rubbish files which drains the battery, always been the case
I gave in and decided to back up my data using Smart Switch and factory reset. It was a pain setting everything up again and some apps just weren't reinstalled for some reason. I can confirm that the battery isn't as bad as it was previously, but it still drops by 1% every few minutes like on Oreo. I've turned on power saving mode and disabled AOD, but the battery still remains disappointing. Hopefully this will be fixed in a future update.
Hi!
I have bought OnePlus 7T T-mobile locked. After some time of usage I've unlocked it (so I can use every network right now) but my phone still got T-mobile firmware on it. Hence my three question about this phone.
Is it worth to change T-mobile soft version to global one? Could someone point me some pros and cons please?
Next question is about battery life. I'm using it all the time in battery saving mode and I'd set screen to 60 Hz but still battery goes fast. Could You share what are you doing to improve battery life?
One more thing which irritates me is that screen turns off time always comes back to 30 sec (I think every charging) and I need to set it back to 2 mins manually. Is there any way to fix this?
I didn't install any tweaks or something like that. My phone is just like it was from the box but Android updated itself to version 10.0.13.HD63CB. Phone version: HD1907.
It is my first OnePlus so if someone have some advices or something about this car I will willingly read those ^_^.
Thanks for help in advance,
Tom.
Unlocked bootloader allows custom roms and more brick-proof. Custom roms and/or custom kernels can help prolong battery while improve performance
I think so I have the tmo version that I unlocked and switched if I could do it again I would I feel it runs better
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I think so I have the tmo version that I unlocked and switched if I could do it again I would I feel it runs better
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Now that you have unlocked and switched to the global ROM, can you still use banking apps/GPay and HD Netflix, or does it fail security checks? That's the biggest question in my mind. I don't want to give that up just to have a non-T-Mobile ROM.
@bryantthesmith From what I've read everything should work fine just don't root Your phone and after You've installed global firmware You need to do OTA update and then lock bootloader again. It's important to do that OTA update before locking bootloader. BUT I'm just a noob so it would be better if someone smarter express his opinion on it.
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Now that you have unlocked and switched to the global ROM, can you still use banking apps/GPay and HD Netflix, or does it fail security checks? That's the biggest question in my mind. I don't want to give that up just to have a non-T-Mobile ROM.
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Yes I have no issues with it I did use magisk hide as certain banking apps would not work because of root but not because of what version software.so yes if I root just use magisk hide and I may have to change the name of the app besides that no issues
thardy00 said:
Hi!
I have bought OnePlus 7T T-mobile locked. After some time of usage I've unlocked it (so I can use every network right now) but my phone still got T-mobile firmware on it. Hence my three question about this phone.
Is it worth to change T-mobile soft version to global one? Could someone point me some pros and cons please?
Next question is about battery life. I'm using it all the time in battery saving mode and I'd set screen to 60 Hz but still battery goes fast. Could You share what are you doing to improve battery life?
One more thing which irritates me is that screen turns off time always comes back to 30 sec (I think every charging) and I need to set it back to 2 mins manually. Is there any way to fix this?
I didn't install any tweaks or something like that. My phone is just like it was from the box but Android updated itself to version 10.0.13.HD63CB. Phone version: HD1907.
It is my first OnePlus so if someone have some advices or something about this car I will willingly read those ^_^.
Thanks for help in advance,
Tom.
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Assuming you don't want to run custom software, or root your device, switching to global gives you faster and probably more frequent updates, and also if you are so inclined, to be able to run beta software. You lose the t-mobile bloat, you can get a dual sim tray and run 2 sim cards.
the only perceivable downside i've run into is the shelf page that you can switch with discover goes to shelf only.
Once switched over you can relock the bootloader and google pay works fine.
Battery life - what shows as the biggest drain? How often do you reboot? rebooting regularly(1-2 weeks) can fix a lot of little issues - like a pc, did you turn it off and on again.
Screen auto off may be affected by running in battery saver mode - try in regular mode.
Thanks for your reply @andycu . I didn't notice any app draining battery. Maybe it's running down normally but I'm coming from phone with 4500 mah so there must be a difference. Also maybe You are right with that screen auto off because I'm using this phone all the time in battery saver mode, because I don't need that much power lol. Phone seems super fast to me even in power saving mode. Is there a way to hide notification which says that my phone is in battery saving mode? I'm coming to android from iphone and I didn't find how to hide it.
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Thanks for your reply @andycu . I didn't notice any app draining battery. Maybe it's running down normally but I'm coming from phone with 4500 mah so there must be a difference. Also maybe You are right with that screen auto off because I'm using this phone all the time in battery saver mode, because I don't need that much power lol. Phone seems super fast to me even in power saving mode. Is there a way to hide notification which says that my phone is in battery saving mode? I'm coming to android from iphone and I didn't find how to hide it.
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I didn't see a notification, just an outline around the battery, possibly another difference with the t mobile software. what is your screen on time like? Normal use, not using battery saver, with no hardcore gaming i get close to 7 hrs, call of duty and other heavy games suck down the battery pretty quick, as will bad wifi or data connections. The people getting 9 plus hours are streaming wifi video, or downloaded content, not real world use.
By notification I mean when You take down your upper bar with wifi, data switch etc. there's always first notification (when in battery saver mode) that you are using battery saver mode and red caption to turn it off. I cannot tell You about usage without battery saver mode because I'm using it all the time and I don't have any data haha
Just for someones information.
1) Yesterday I moved from Tmobile to global. Short description:
Unlocked bootloader.
Flashed global.
Do OTA.
Locked bootloader again so I don't have any messege at start that device is unsafe etc.
(PLEASE IF U WANT TO DO THE SAME OTA IS VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU WILL LOCK BOOTLOADER WITHOUT DOING OTA BAD THINGS MAY HAPPEN. SO ONCE AGAIN FLASH FLOBAL -> DO OTA -> LOCK BOOTLOADER (IF U WANT)
2) I'm pretty happy with the results. Not much is change tho but battery life seems better and I don't have that ugly notification when I'm using battery saver mode.
If someone got any questions I will try to answer.