chezm
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Ugh my battery life isn't good, had it on pixel stand over night went out this morning for appointment, didnt do much on it, got back around 11 working from home. AoD off, raise to wake and double tap on. Bluetooth, location and wifi always on (I should not need to shut these off). Adaptive battery and brightness on. Brightness at 60% usually.
Definitely agree something is outside of normal. Have you contacted tech support to see if they can offer any insight?
No I'm being stubborn and want to resolve myself lol I haven't had it a full week yet, I usually figure it out myself
Last time I saw something that bad was a couple of years ago when Facebook went rogue and highjacked the battery on mist everyone. I would try fully charging it and run it in safe mode to see if it reduces the drain rate.
Is it possible Adaptive Brightness could cause some potential, unnecessary battery drain? I have to imagine with it ON that the sw needs to constantly read light source from front facing camera. to be honest after a week i havent found it work too great, i keep changing it to what i want but it gets confused...sometimes ill even sit there and the brightness will shift 3 times.
I would think the proximity sensor would take care of that instead of the camera.
You could be right, i honestly dont know
Seems like when you get a new mobile phone, for the 1st few weeks.
The phone goes into a learning mode.
Even the battery.
Things adjust and improve.
Last time I saw something that bad was a couple of years ago when Facebook went rogue and highjacked the battery on mist everyone. I would try fully charging it and run it in safe mode to see if it reduces the drain rate.
It also doesn't help battery life when you're using a new device more, learning it's capabilities or just playing around with it. Even before Adaptive Battery, I usually figured that my first week with a new phone wouldn't show me it's normal battery life because I knew I'd be using it more than I would, say a month later.
and Facebook has not been on my phone since.
Pixel 2 uses a Li-ion battery
Pixel 3 uses a Li-po battery
From my reading:
Lithium ion batteries have higher energy density and cost less than lithium polymer. Lithium polymer batteries are lighter weight and have improved safety . However their cost is higher (30% average) as compared to lithium ion. Lithium ion batteries tend to lose charge with ageing even when not used, while Li- Polymer batteries retain charge for a longer period even while ageing.