Pixel 3 XL battery health

[KPMcClave]

Samsung is pulling the same trick as car dealers - they present a value to offer on the trade-in based on the model you'll buy. I.e., it's not so much the value of the phone they will receive in trade as it is the degree to which the margin of select models is inflated and allows for excess discount.

For the Pixel 3 XL, they offer:

$250 credit towards an S10e or Z Flip 5G
$350 credit towards an S20+5g
$400 credit towards a Note 20 5G

I agree the trade-in amount from Google is a bit on the low side, but would suggest that the bulk of the additional value assigned by Samsung is being pulled from the retail.

Point taken, but that still means A $1,000 Note20 5g FOR 600 bucks.

 

[HyperM3]

Have you installed any new apps that use a lot of permissions in the past couple weeks?

 

[Jeremy8000]

Have you installed any new apps that use a lot of permissions in the past couple weeks?

None whatsoever - no new apps in a couple of months. Plus, there's still rapid energy drain in safe mode, which would preclude installed apps from being a culprit, but not, I assume, an OS or Security update.

 

[Jase in NZ]

I have the exact same problem. Overnight my Pixel (who had Battery Health of 85%) stopped charging at 4% and wouldn't charge/discharge or change - even though the phone worked through the day. After many resets etc it came right but then it seemed to be running down fast. I checked AccuBattery and now my battery health has plummeted to 44%!!! I ask the Google Assistant and it says the battery health is fine which leads me to believe a software problem (or a software AND hardware problem)

 

[Jeremy8000]

All I can say is, the estimated battery life from AccuBattery has been pretty close, if we don't count the times the 3 XL just shuts off at 20%.

Looking forward to seeing what real world battery life the 5 offers, but for now the S20 FE has been outstanding.

Pixel 3 XL (18 months old)

S20 FE (10 days)

 

[IMANUT46]

I'm not sure this post will help anyone but here goes. My pixel 3 is 2 years old. My online life has not changed since day one.
I get up and immediately go to my newsreaders. It takes about 3 hours to get through them all. I start with my battery at 100%. After 3 hours of online use, my battery drops to about 20%.I recharge to FULL and the battery lasts most of the day. Before bed, I recharge to FULL and turn it off. I have not noticed any decrease in battery performance since day one. I hope this helps.

 

[mrpackerguy]

I've been a battery nerd with my 3XL and it has served me well. With my last phone, I was the guy who plugged his phone in every night at bedtime and let it charge overnight to 100% every time. Phone battery was garbage after a year. I changed my tune. I've followed the recommendations of charging only to 75 or 80% (vs 100% every time) and not letting it get below 30-40%. I do daily topping off while at work or home, keeping battery at around 80% and I use adaptive battery and battery saver in the settings. I never charge at bedtime any more. I use a battery saving mode that keeps my phone on, but sets it to DND, and changes the screen to black and white (Bedtime setting is what it's called on Android 11 but there was a similar setting prior to bedtime setting that had been using - actually no reason not to just turn the phone off which I have done quite a bit as well at night) Very easy to do if you have a charger at work and home and in the car nearby, or carry a portable charger on the go. Really pretty incredible that having owned the phone 20 months now, I've got 95% battery remaining and I'm a VERY heavy user. I'm a believer/convert in the charging strategy for sure. Takes almost no extra time to use these strategies and is not inconvenient. YMMV.