Holy idle Batman.

[jordans0nly]

Got a new Pixel 7 yesterday. All the updates are done. But look at my idle.

What's going on here?

Got suspended in a group on FB for posting a battery question. But 42% isn't a normal battery question I wouldn't think.

Need some advice.

 

[jordans0nly]

Found an article that talks about turning off Adaptive Connectivity, so I did that.

 

[spARTacus]

I never really fully understood what the idle stats represent. I never really bothered to look into it either as for me it was never a big concern. In your case for example, was the phone last taken off the charger 8 hours ago and it has only lost 20 percent, and 42 percent of that 20 percent loss was as a result of idle cycles/processes? Where you using your phone heavily or lightly (seems probably quite lightly) during those 8 hours? What accounts for the other roughly 11 percent not shown?

 

[jordans0nly]

Was light usage. A few Facebook scrolling. 20% loss while the phone is idle is bonkers to me. I restrict almost all apps to only refresh when I open them. I read this battery drain idle issue relates only to 6a and 7 models. But only came to find this out after getting it.

 

[spARTacus]

I was guessing it was closer to about 8 percent loss overall from idle over the 8 hrs, since it's 42 percent of the 20 percent loss, isn't it?

 

[jordans0nly]

Possibly. Never had an issue with any other devices. Sigh. Google chat isn't any help. They're wanting me to take it to ubreakifix. That won't help anything.

 

[Gary_Berg]

I suspect that overall power drain was very light, so idle was a large proportion of that. Use the phone more for a while so you can see if the percentage falls.

I mean, idle draw is going to be a certain amount of mah for a certain length of time. If you do nothing else it might be a large proportion of total power draw, but if you use the phone normally it'll be much smaller.

 

[jordans0nly]

Makes sense. I did have the 7 Pro and never had that issue with that model. Weird.

 

[B. Diddy]

Your cell signal doesn't look very good -- is that at home? Poor cell signal can drain the battery (even if you're connected to wi-fi). You could test to see if the poor signal is the main cause of drain by testing it in Airplane Mode (but you can still keep wi-fi on and use wi-fi calling).

Also, since you just got the phone yesterday, keep in mind that (a) the first day of a phone is often a big battery drain, as you're installing and updating a ton of things (including the system), and (b) the system is still learning your usage pattern over the first few days, so battery life can be unsettled during this period.

 

[jordans0nly]

I have a decent 5g signal at home.

 

[B. Diddy]

I have a decent 5g signal at home.

Was that screenshot done at home? Because the cell signal indicator doesn't look very good there.

Regardless, give it a few days to let things settle in, and see if the battery still drains significantly.