Battery

[PixelKing]

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Your phone isn't going into deep sleep mode. Probably why you are experiencing a 2.7% an hour screen off battery drain on your phone.

 

[J Dubbs]

I am averaging about 0.6% of battery loss per hour after the factory reset and my phone actually using deep sleep mode. Its probably better to start with factory settings and apps, then installing your personal apps and changing your preferred settings.

That's about what I've averaged percentage wise with deep sleep, from Android 6 when they started it up till now. But I've always set my phones up as new, and use pretty much no third party apps. My 3XL running 12 is using about 0.6% an hour when idle as well. I suspect poorly coded third party apps are what keeps the phone awake instead of going into deep sleep.

It's not that big of a deal if you have plenty of battery to spare, but if you're already struggling with battery life then you need every bit of help you can get

 

[PixelKing]

That's about what I've averaged percentage wise with deep sleep, from Android 6 when they started it up till now. But I've always set my phones up as new, and use pretty much no third party apps. My 3XL running 12 is using about 0.6% an hour when idle as well. I suspect poorly coded third party apps are what keeps the phone awake instead of going into deep sleep.

It's not that big of a deal if you have plenty of battery to spare, but if you're already struggling with battery life then you need every bit of help you can get

Losing 0.6% vs 1.0% is a big difference, especially if you aren't using your phone at all.

 

[bkdodger2]

I would definitely want my phone to sleep a little bit better. I tested it a few times and it's not as good as I would like. Although when I'm using it my battery is great and I'm getting a lot of SOT but overall deep sleep could be a little bit better and I think I have everything checked off where I need to but will test..I'm usually an overnight charger so just doing this for testing purposes.. further...

 

[PixelKing]

I would definitely want my phone to sleep a little bit better. I tested it a few times and it's not as good as I would like. Although when I'm using it my battery is great and I'm getting a lot of SOT but overall deep sleep could be a little bit better and I think I have everything checked off where I need to but will test..I'm usually an overnight charger so just doing this for testing purposes.. further...//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20211123/ec3885cf780622aea32ade2776ffe1d5.jpg

You should select the "held awake" option on your GSAM Batter Monitor Pro app to see your deep sleep and doze times.

 

[bkdodger2]

You should select the "held awake" option on your GSAM Batter Monitor Pro app to see your deep sleep and doze times.

I thought I attached it ..here's the times

 

[Climb14er]

Battery is giving me 5-6 hours SOT. For the record, I like the Pixel 6 Pro a lot. However, for a 5000 capacity battery, the SOT with LTE enabled and a number of 'features' disabled, the phone appears to be constantly looking for a connection even when LTE and Wifi speeds are excellent. Have an open ticket with Google advanced tech, they want me to send them the phone. FORGET ABOUT IT. I asked them to describe for me the ... Issues... But they will not say anything. My gut feeling is Google hid from the public the weaker battery life and focused on marketing the performance of the new chip design. With a 5000 capacity battery, minimum 8-9 hours, SOT time with limited Mobile Network Standby and Idle battery drains should be their standard. Just like their advanced claims of 30w charging and hints of 5 years of OS Updates... Google... And in my words... Made claims they could not back up.

 

[B. Diddy]

Battery is giving me 5-6 hours SOT. For the record, I like the Pixel 6 Pro a lot. However, for a 5000 capacity battery, the SOT with LTE enabled and a number of 'features' disabled, the phone appears to be constantly looking for a connection even when LTE and Wifi speeds are excellent. Have an open ticket with Google advanced tech, they want me to send them the phone. FORGET ABOUT IT. I asked them to describe for me the ... Issues... But they will not say anything. My gut feeling is Google hid from the public the weaker battery life and focused on marketing the performance of the new chip design. With a 5000 capacity battery, minimum 8-9 hours, SOT time with limited Mobile Network Standby and Idle battery drains should be their standard. Just like their advanced claims of 30w charging and hints of 5 years of OS Updates... Google... And in my words... Made claims they could not back up.

When you say it appears to be constantly looking for a connection, is that because Mobile Network Standby is using a lot of battery?

 

[Climb14er]

When you say it appears to be constantly looking for a connection, is that because Mobile Network Standby is using a lot of battery?

Yes, I truly believe so. And I run a really clean phone. MNS, Idle, Wakelock... They are draining the battery. It's part of the... system. The apps I run, are not consuming hardly anything. Google has my phone stats. They are not telling me a thing. It's gotta be software, design.

 

[B. Diddy]

I initially saw that behavior, but I was keeping wi-fi off for a lot of the time. When I kept wi-fi on constantly, the Mobile Network Standby dropped significantly. Are you keeping your wi-fi on all the time?

You probably already did this, but are you able to turn off your 5G?

 

[Climb14er]

LTE is enabled. At night at home, run one of four strong Wifi channels. During the day, run STRONG Verizon LTE, fast speeds. Idle and Wakelock appear at night when phone is not being used. MNS has decreased when running LTE rather than 5G. Wifi helps a bit. But six hours max from a 5000 battery? I know I'm not alone. And like I said... I otherwise like this phone.

 

[B. Diddy]

Just for kicks, keep wi-fi on all throughout the day, even if there's no wi-fi network nearby.

 

[Climb14er]

That's a... Kicker. Ok... If I have to stay home all day, or the weather turns South... I'll run Wifi all day. That doesn't answer to the jump in Idle and Wakelock at night when the phone is not being... Externally used and on strong Wifi. MNS has decreased to the 10-15% range from the 20's when on Wifi though. Google has all these stats.

 

[J Dubbs]

Just for kicks, keep wi-fi on all throughout the day, even if there's no wi-fi network nearby.

That's how I've done all my phones, and have always had great battery life, and about half a percent of battery drain per hour on standby.

 

[Climb14er]

That's fine, glad you enjoy your phone. Mine is a MOBILE CELLULAR PHONE, not an extension phone tied to Wifi. This battery drain is being documented all over. It's a fine phone, except for the WEAK 5000 battery where it's being lead to places, it shouldn't be.

 

[anon(40376)]

Documented where? I have seen reviews and comments about bad battery life as well as people and reviews raving about the battery life. However, I'll add this to the upset about battery life in the back of my mind along with the comments and reviews of how great battery life is. I remember the biggest problem the reviewers had with the Pixel 4XL was bad battery life...I learned from personal experience they were wrong and the ones saying it was ok were correct.

 

[Climb14er]

Go look on the Developer's forums and support Google forums. Read what others are saying similar to my experience. I'd like to see folks with nine hours SOT, running 5G without features disabled.

 

[PixelKing]

I failed to mention I have my Android System Intelligence app set to "Restrcted" battery use. Might slow things down a bit more for battery purposes.

 

[anon(40376)]

Go look on the Developer's forums and support Google forums. Read what others are saying similar to my experience. I'd like to see folks with nine hours SOT, running 5G without features disabled.

And I have also read that people are not having a problem with the battery.

However, been around long enough to understand that battery longevity has a lot to do with how a person uses their phone, where they use it and for how long they use it. So you answered my question; and I received an expected answer.


For me, if and when google gets around to sending the phone, I'll use it for a few weeks and see how my experience is (with not only battery, but also FPS and other items I have noted as being troublesome for some) and make my determination to retain or return and go into a S21 Ultra. If I had believe all the bad battery info on the 4XL, I would never have become a Pixel owner.

Another thing I have learned, more people will come to the internet, jump on a forum and complain about a product, sometimes finding a suggestion to fix but never return to say it work. While fewer will come will come to a forum and rave about a product. That just the nature of this beast called the internet.

 

[Climb14er]

And I have also read that people are not having a problem with the battery.

However, been around long enough to understand that battery longevity has a lot to do with how a person uses their phone, where they use it and for how long they use it. So you answered my question; and I received an expected answer.


For me, if and when google gets around to sending the phone, I'll use it for a few weeks and see how my experience is (with not only battery, but also FPS and other items I have noted as being troublesome for some) and make my determination to retain or return and go into a S21 Ultra. If I had believe all the bad battery info on the 4XL, I would never have become a Pixel owner.

Another thing I have learned, more people will come to the internet, jump on a forum and complain about a product, sometimes finding a suggestion to fix but never return to say it work. While fewer will come will come to a forum and rave about a product. That just the nature of this beast called the internet.

You know nothing about how I use a phone other than I use a phone like it's supposed to be used... with mobility and four channel high speed Wifi. No Facebook, No Instagram, No Twitter, No Snapchat. Business and personal. Twenty eight years with the same cell number, Twenty One years on Verizon Business.