Insanely great battery life on the V20?

[godzillinois]

I wonder why half of us get great battery life, and the other doesn't? We're smart people right? We should be able to figure this out!

 

[X1tymez]

Somone should check their battery statue before they recharge. I've see android OS will keep the device awake for hours.

 

[SupraLB]

Guys....turn that battery hogging GPS off! It makes the biggest difference. Turn it on Battery saving mode (networks only). Its all you need, until you need the navigation while driving. You can download a shortcut to go directly to toggle it on/off.

All those apps like Facebook, Uber, Tinder, Google Play Services? ? are all running juice on that high accuracy GPS, which is constantly trying to locate you through walls, elevators, and buildings. The battery saving mode is all you need, and it still knows which stores i'm in (had to turn those coupon and alerts from Google off!).

I also recommend never using more than 60% screen brightness unless you really need it (like in sunlight). This phone is super bright, especially with high contrast mode turned on. At night in a dark room, I use only 25% brightness.

 

[godzillinois]

I don't turn on GPS until I'm using maps and my Bluetooth is never on until I'm playing music in my car. I have my screen set to auto-brightness, being at 50% or less most of the time.

I don't have tinder or uber, just disabled Facebook and messenger and am using Folio instead.

Switched from Nova Prime to the stock OS, and switched my second screen to off when the main screen is in use.

I did all that and still only got about 12 hours of battery life and couldn't even get 2.5 hours screen on time going from 98% to 20% battery. I give up.

 

[natehartey12]

I don't turn on GPS until I'm using maps and my Bluetooth is never on until I'm playing music in my car. I have my screen set to auto-brightness, being at 50% or less most of the time.

I don't have tinder or uber, just disabled Facebook and messenger and am using Folio instead.

Switched from Nova Prime to the stock OS, and switched my second screen to off when the main screen is in use.

I did all that and still only got about 12 hours of battery life and couldn't even get 2.5 hours screen on time going from 98% to 20% battery. I give up.//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161208/d27247a026fbc635c81b9195d185c6b8.jpg//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161208/31ba5d4ad500037478dea945b055e077.jpg//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161208/bbc42dc75828a6d13873008b57ecf006.jpg

These are about my exact results

 

[recDNA]

You're a normal user like me. I'm convinced people who crow about a week of battery life without recharging are taking extreme measures to get their exceptional battery life. Every phone has threads claiming incredible battery life with a dozen folks trying to match it. Don't sweat it. Get a spare battery.

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

Turning izat off oddly saves battery, contrary to what everything is saying.

 

[godzillinois]

Btw, this article is relevant to my interests:

https://www.google.com/amp/www.droi...ain-yourself/amp/?client=ms-android-sprint-us

 

[Ryano89]

You're a normal user like me. I'm convinced people who crow about a week of battery life without recharging are taking extreme measures to get their exceptional battery life. Every phone has threads claiming incredible battery life with a dozen folks trying to match it. Don't sweat it. Get a spare battery.

I agree, but 2.5hrs SOT is not normal unless there is really bad signal, or a rogue app or something.

 

[recDNA]

Btw, this article is relevant to my interests:

https://www.google.com/amp/www.droi...ain-yourself/amp/?client=ms-android-sprint-us

He reflects my sentiments exactly. One of the great weaknesses of Android is the analysis of battery use our phone shows us. So many things are listed under Kernel or Android system that it isn't possible to figure out exactly what is using our batteries. Like everyone says to go from gps to network location but I wonder how much screen on time that saves? 10 minutes? Not worth bothering. 30 minutes I would do it. My hunch is it is more like 3 minutes saved.

 

[Ed_Grohl]

Guys....turn that battery hogging GPS off! It makes the biggest difference. Turn it on Battery saving mode (networks only). Its all you need, until you need the navigation while driving. You can download a shortcut to go directly to toggle it on/off.

All those apps like Facebook, Uber, Tinder, Google Play Services? ? are all running juice on that high accuracy GPS, which is constantly trying to locate you through walls, elevators, and buildings. The battery saving mode is all you need, and it still knows which stores i'm in (had to turn those coupon and alerts from Google off!).

I also recommend never using more than 60% screen brightness unless you really need it (like in sunlight). This phone is super bright, especially with high contrast mode turned on. At night in a dark room, I use only 25% brightness.

I keep my screen brightness at about 30-35% when I am in the office all day. There's no need for it to be brighter unless I head outside, and then I just adjust it accordingly. I've always done this with the bigger smartphones. Just seems like common sense to get some battery relief.

 

[Almeuit]

Guys....turn that battery hogging GPS off! It makes the biggest difference. Turn it on Battery saving mode (networks only). Its all you need, until you need the navigation while driving. You can download a shortcut to go directly to toggle it on/off.

All those apps like Facebook, Uber, Tinder, Google Play Services? ? are all running juice on that high accuracy GPS, which is constantly trying to locate you through walls, elevators, and buildings. The battery saving mode is all you need, and it still knows which stores i'm in (had to turn those coupon and alerts from Google off!).

I also recommend never using more than 60% screen brightness unless you really need it (like in sunlight). This phone is super bright, especially with high contrast mode turned on. At night in a dark room, I use only 25% brightness.

No issue with battery life on Pixel XL w/ all syncs and High Accuracy GPS on. To be honest I didn't have the issue on my other phones either (S7 Edge, Note 7, 6P ,etc.).

 

[godzillinois]

I use Folio instead of Facebook and FB messenger. Better on battery life and RAM.

Dumb question, but I can't figure out how to get notifications from Folio? All my other apps show notifications on the top of the screen and with red number badges, do you know how to activate this in Folio?

 

[RaRa85]

Again my day starts at just before 3AM so I am loving the battery life on my device. Standby time is excellent.

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

Again my day starts at just before 3AM so I am loving the battery life on my device. Standby time is excellent.//uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161209/54cbd233bb56f9162fda38355de102e3.jpg

that's great.. I would love to see how it would react with instagram and facebook and such on there.


I get about 4:45 of SOT with my instagram, 4 twitter accounts (a lot of notifications a day) and constant use of voxer and such. so I'm happy.. WAY better than the v10 which I would have to charge while I;m at work.

 

[RaRa85]

that's great.. I would love to see how it would react with instagram and facebook and such on there.


I get about 4:45 of SOT with my instagram, 4 twitter accounts (a lot of notifications a day) and constant use of voxer and such. so I'm happy.. WAY better than the v10 which I would have to charge while I;m at work.

Yes I'm curious as well as I still do have those accounts for Facebook and Instagram. I'm just not using those services at the time so I didnt feel the need to have them yet. I do have Twitter though but 4 accounts eh? Rock star status.

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

Yes I'm curious as well as I still do have those accounts for Facebook and Instagram. I'm just not using those services at the time so I didnt feel the need to have them yet. I do have Twitter though but 4 accounts eh? Rock star status.

Hahaha. Naw, just different types of accounts I manage..

 

[RaRa85]

Lol gotcha.

 

[mwake4goten]

SoT isn't the best metric to go by. It really depends on all the other tasks, signal, etc. throughout the day .

Totally agree! LTE strength, wifi strength, usage patterns etc

 

[Jeremiah Bonds]

Yup, and luckily with TMobile, I have full bars nearly all the time.