Battery Life Thread

[cbreze]

I would give it another try, nothing to lose. With 8.0 I was getting around 5 hours SOT, and minimal stand by - idle drain. With 8.1 SOT dropped to considerably less than 5 hours and overnight stand by drain was 7-8%.

With gservicefix the effect was immediate. SOT is now close to 6 hours and may get even better and equally important is battery drain overnight is now 1%!
I have everything on except wifi, use mobile data and toggle wifi on when I need to. That hasn't changed since I bought the phone. To be perfectly honest I'm waiting for something negative to happen, SOT and drain suddenly reappear but for now I am a happy camper .

Going to try it again. I dumped it yesterday but today after a full day of no app I can clearly see my battery is worse than when I was using the app. Plugged in at 20% battery left and with that 80% usage I got a whopping 3 1/2 hrs SOT. Yesterday with 60% usage I had 4 1/2 hrs SOT and 40% battery left at same time. So it does seem to help I'm thinking. As soon as I hit 100% it's a done deal. App stays.

 

[PetalRose]

I am a bit sceptical about the battery life. This is such a common problem among smartphones these days. Has anyone tried Google Pixel 2? Does hold charge that well? Does it really charge fast?

 

[1901Madison]

I am a bit sceptical about the battery life. This is such a common problem among smartphones these days. Has anyone tried Google Pixel 2? Does hold charge that well? Does it really charge fast?

Pixel 2 has really good battery life, but I'm still on 8.0. I've been holding out on updating to 8.1 because of all the battery life horror stories.

 

[dennis246]

Going to try it again. I dumped it yesterday but today after a full day of no app I can clearly see my battery is worse than when I was using the app. Plugged in at 20% battery left and with that 80% usage I got a whopping 3 1/2 hrs SOT. Yesterday with 60% usage I had 4 1/2 hrs SOT and 40% battery left at same time. So it does seem to help I'm thinking. As soon as I hit 100% it's a done deal. App stays.

That's a huge difference and about what I have seen.

 

[bigrobi24]

Pixel 2 has really good battery life, but I'm still on 8.0. I've been holding out on updating to 8.1 because of all the battery life horror stories.

I held out for a week (on Pixel 2) but decided to download it. I also only had the phone for a about week while I had it in queue so I could get a baseline of my average battery use. I do not notice any less battery life than before. The only thing I DO notice is that the phone no longer stays at 100% for an abnormally long time. I once went 3+ hours at 100% which included a 1.5 hour car ride (although didn't use it in the car since I was driving). Now it seems more realistic.

To note, I have very few downloaded apps installed, so maybe some apps people use aren't working well with 8.1 and making it drain faster.

 

[Tomster88]

I held out for a week (on Pixel 2) but decided to download it. I also only had the phone for a about week while I had it in queue so I could get a baseline of my average battery use. I do not notice any less battery life than before. The only thing I DO notice is that the phone no longer stays at 100% for an abnormally long time. I once went 3+ hours at 100% which included a 1.5 hour car ride (although didn't use it in the car since I was driving). Now it seems more realistic.

To note, I have very few downloaded apps installed, so maybe some apps people use aren't working well with 8.1 and making it drain faster.

You know I noticed that 100% thing with my phone when I installed 8.1. I remember it used to stay at 100% for a long time but now it doesn't. I thought maybe my phone was defective LOL

 

[seventy4burban]

This is day two with my Pixel 2 XL....haven't left the house yet so been on wifi but here is mine so far....way better than my Nexus 6P. Nope this holds up.

Brian

 

[seventy4burban]

So I can't add an image....

 

[mmcclure0453]

So I can't add an image....

Don't know if you've tried this yet but instead of using "Quick reply" to post try tapping your original post and use "reply". You should see the attachment paperclip at the top right to add your pic. Hope this works for you unless you already tried.

 

[A Myers]

About a week after updating to 8.1, am pretty pleased with battery life. On my oneplus 3, I ended up having g to charge twice a day pretty much, whereas I'm easily getting 24 hours & 4-5 hours of SOT here

 

[bxrider117]

I too felt my battery took a hit after the 8.1 update. So I did a factory reset and this is my 1st full day after the reset.

 

[1901Madison]

I too felt my battery took a hit after the 8.1 update. So I did a factory reset and this is my 1st full day after the reset.

XL or regular?

 

[bxrider117]

XL or regular?

This is for the 2 Xl.

 

[EMGSM]

For me the battery is very good. I'm averaging about 7 hrs SOT.

 

[drone3]

Getting 6hr SOT with Pixel 2 , this phone is unreal

 

[1901Madison]

Getting 6hr SOT with Pixel 2 , this phone is unreal

Not XL, right? That's about what I'm getting on the baby Pixel 2.

 

[Mrdouglas]

Not XL, right? That's about what I'm getting on the baby Pixel 2.

A LOT of people are not listing the specific phone. Can AC split this into two forums... An XL and a regular? Otherwise, it's barely doing anyone any good.

 

[PowrDroid]

I've noticed the overnight loss of charge on my 2 XL since the update to 8.1 is a tad more, almost 0.9% per hour. Previously it was 0.6% per hour. Could be an app I've added in the past couple of weeks and not the update to 8.1, though.

Take a look at my average battery stats since I got the phone on December 2nd. This is from GSam battery monitor. It keeps a running tally of every charge and how much screen time is used between charges.

 

[brutos08]

Was thinking of getting the pixel 2xl as Google is doing £100 off during December but looking at this battery life thread my Mate 9 just spoils me, with bluetooth on all day I get 8 Hours SOT.

 

[cbreze]

Battery life for my smaller P2 still hasn't recovered from the 8.1 update. Now losing a couple percent more over nite for a total of 9% from a full charge over an 8hr nite. I'm getting about 4 hr SOT. This is enough for my usage but just continue to wonder why some get such stellar battery and some do not. I hope this gets addresed in an update soon. Already down to 80% after checking about a dozen emails, sent 3 texts and checked the headlines. The drop typically slows after hitting about 60% but still not anything like the 5 to 6 hr SOT I was getting pre 8.1. Previously I'd end my day with about 45%, now lucky to have 20% and this with less SOT. I'm starting to wonder if my battery is already degrading.