53% battery drain per hour by mobile network?

[MoreDef]

So I charged my phone to 100% by around 11PM last night. I wake up at 5:45AM today and it's at 65%. What?! A always put my phone into extreme battery saver when I go to sleep, which usually keeps the hourly idle battery drain to around 1 to 1.5% or hour. Anyone know what's up with this? I'm on the beta program, and haven't done anything or updated recently.

 

[doohsun]

Honestly, it's the 5G modem that's causing the draining if you haven't turned that off yet and don't care about 5G, use LTE you'll see a huge difference. I think part of the problem is the phone keeps searching for 5G and if your phone is nowhere near a 5G tower it'll constantly search.

 

[Scott337]

I have seen Mobile Network Chee thru battery on many different phones before. Lots of articles online about what can cause it. For me, a restart usually seems to help settle things down and the phone goes back to normal.

 

[patruns]

"For me, a restart usually seems to help settle things down and the phone goes back to normal."

That should be a daily practice before you go to bed.

 

[MoreDef]

"For me, a restart usually seems to help settle things down and the phone goes back to normal."

That should be a daily practice before you go to bed.

Agreed. Too bad the Pixel doesn't have that option. My Note 10 has that, along with charging limits, which are both so convenient.

 

[StormnNJ]

I think the percent shown in battery usage is skewed somehow. At 89 to 93 signal and 5G turned off my phone still shows 46 to 53% usage in Android stats. That is off WIFI and running cell on VZ. I thought this was an issue but I was overthinking it and the phone does last me through my work day with 5+ hours of phone calls over BT and about 2 1/2 hours SOT with about 40% left in the tank.

 

[MoreDef]

Yeah, the percentage signifies the percentage of the total amount used per hour, and not the total amount of the battery power as a whole...but the amount of drain as a whole per hour was just really surprising. It was like 10% an hour while idle, and that was with extreme battery saver! I reset it and will probably do so before setting it on extreme battery saver every night before bed. I don't expect it to be an issue anymore.