Develop Bugs

Help with battery drain

Hi guys,
I need some help with my LG G3. I'm running Android now 2.4 and my battery is draining fast. I have this problem with every ROM. I just use the phone for social media and browsing. Things like Greenify and Wakelock Terminal don't help?
NFC, Bluetooth and GPS are off unless using (wich is very little) Please someone help me![emoji106]

AndroidCity said:
Hi guys,
I need some help with my LG G3. I'm running Android now 2.4 and my battery is draining fast. I have this problem with every ROM. I just use the phone for social media and browsing. Things like Greenify and Wakelock Terminal don't help?
NFC, Bluetooth and GPS are off unless using (wich is very little) Please someone help me![emoji106]
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What is your screen on time? The G3 usually lasts between 3-4 hours of screen on time, and sometimes even less if you play games.

srivas95 said:
What is your screen on time? The G3 usually lasts between 3-4 hours of screen on time, and sometimes even less if you play games.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Maybe with your usage it's 3-4 hours sot but you can't say this phone only averages 3-4 hours sot. Everyones usage is different and it can certainly do WAY better then 3-4 hours depending on the circumstances as you can see in the screenshots.
I average around 11h20m most cycles on my phone, And as you can see by the screenshots I provided it can easily exceed that.

Amb669 said:
Maybe with your usage it's 3-4 hours sot but you can't say this phone only averages 3-4 hours sot. Everyones usage is different and it can certainly do WAY better then 3-4 hours depending on the circumstances as you can see in the screenshots.
I average around 11h20m most cycles on my phone, And as you can see by the screenshots I provided it can easily exceed that.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have the same usage as him (Social Media, Youtube and browsing) hence the mentioned 3 hour screen on time. You may not be using Data/wifi when your screen is on, and so you get more than 10 hours.

srivas95 said:
What is your screen on time? The G3 usually lasts between 3-4 hours of screen on time, and sometimes even less if you play games.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My screen on time is around the 3 hours max. But my screen brightness is very dim (30%)

srivas95 said:
I have the same usage as him (Social Media, Youtube and browsing) hence the mentioned 3 hour screen on time. You may not be using Data/wifi when your screen is on, and so you get more than 10 hours.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I know right. Some users even get around 20 hours battery life. It's just impossible for me

AndroidCity said:
Yeah I know right. Some users even get around 20 hours battery life. It's just impossible for me
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Try optimizing your phone setting using my battery saving tips. Here are the links to my optimizations.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56430238&postcount=1149
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56475300&postcount=16
Try them for one battery charge cycle and report back.

Battery life

Anyone have feedback on SOT?

Anecdotally, about 3 hours SOT. But my signal isn't great, and I'm a moderate user.

I'll post some screen shots later. But it's above average battery life. 3 hrs SOT usually. Using it with LTE and no Google now service. Lasts around 16 hrs.

varun.gid said:
I'll post some screen shots later. But it's above average battery life. 3 hrs SOT usually. Using it with LTE and no Google now service. Lasts around 16 hrs.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Here is the usage. Not that great but manageable.

Actually, I'm getting a pretty awesome SoT: 6 hours, with light-moderate usage (mostly reddit and G+, some Youtube, Hangouts and Chrome). Auto brightness is on, sync is on, 3G on (although I'm on wifi) and NFC is on.
Mind you, I don't use any crappy battery-draining apps like WhatsApp/Facebook/Snapchat/Viber.

So...6 hours SoT but your screenshot shows just over 3?
Sent from my LG-H955 using Tapatalk

He has half battery left

Battery seems to be sliding more quickly here. Time will tell.
Looking forward to getting some custom kernel love on this device tbh.
UPDATE: I'd call myself a moderate user as I don't really game much.
I'm getting pretty horrendous battery life. Looking at it dropping a percent near every couple of minutes, maybe less, of use. I left work at 16:00 and I've dropped from 50% battery (minimal use from 06:20 this morning), to 24% while I type.
That's just not acceptable. I'm looking at getting barely 3.5hrs SOT at this rate.
I thought it would settle but it hasn't. I've got Greenify pro and even hibernated Facebook and Messenger but I'm not seeing too much of a difference.
Phone also appears to get hot with certain task very very easily. Particularly when browsing. Might try a different browser, but if the problem, this is therefore only a workaround.

The Robin is my wife's phone. She charges it each morning before work and after 24 hours usually is down to around 35-40% and will have at least 2.5 hours of SOT.
She uses Wi-Fi at home, and I think all of her SoT is in chrome. She uses Gnow and has location set to high accuracy.
This morning she didn't charge it and was at 62% but I didn't check her usage stats. Tonight she'll be at 36+ hours off the charger and I'll check it then.

Yesterday was an incredible day for battery. Hit a magical 5 hours of SOT. Normal usage, but I am a light to moderate user.

Please define light to moderate user if you can? I have emails, Gmail, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook etc all syncing and use mainly chrome, YouTube and the above apps..I'm seeing close to 3 hours SoT with GPS Bluetooth and wifi always on.
Sent from my Robin using Tapatalk

Wiggz said:
Please define light to moderate user if you can? I have emails, Gmail, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook etc all syncing and use mainly chrome, YouTube and the above apps..I'm seeing close to 3 hours SoT with GPS Bluetooth and wifi always on.
Sent from my Robin using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
@Wiggz - I use Messenger, Facebook, Bacon Reader, Twitter, Inbox, and Chrome most of the day. I have GPS off since I don't really use Maps too often and brightness was at about 50-55%. I also don't have a BT device, so BT is off as well.

Just wanted to see if anyone else has more feedback

km8j said:
Just wanted to see if anyone else has more feedback
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm getting great battery life, after having applied PROJECT SKYNET Genesys TX7.

arcadia2uk said:
I'm getting great battery life, after having applied PROJECT SKYNET Genesys TX7.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
How much SOT

km8j said:
How much SOT
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I haven't used it for much more than GPS driving. An hour and a half with screen constantly on used up about 16% of the battery, indicating slightly over 9 hours.

3hrs SoT isn't better than average, 4hrs is average.

So no one is getting good battery life? 4 hours screen on is AVERAGE. You should get that with LTE enabled and using twitter, reddit, youtube, etc.

arcadia2uk said:
I'm getting great battery life, after having applied PROJECT SKYNET Genesys TX7.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
you willing to give a more detailed setup of how you flashed this to Robin? Im new with this stuff and didn't full understand the linked page ha.

Nextbit_Khang said:
@Wiggz - I use Messenger, Facebook, Bacon Reader, Twitter, Inbox, and Chrome most of the day. I have GPS off since I don't really use Maps too often and brightness was at about 50-55%. I also don't have a BT device, so BT is off as well.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If you are going to use Facebook and the Messenger app you will never have decent enough battery life on any phone. Those are some of the worst apps developer could have made and consume A LOT of battery in background. If you remove those two apps I can almost guarantee that your battery life will be improved by 20-25%.

how do you guys improve battery life

I've been getting a steady 5 hr sot every day. I want to push it past normal ?.
I'm rooted. I've been using l speed in battery profile for ages and still getting 5hr sot.
I greenify every app with wakelocks and my phone's almost never awake when it's not meant to be.
But still can rarely get past 6 hr sot. I'm on 4.7.6.
Just wondering how Yous improve your sot?
Maybe ideal settings for kernel auditor etc?
Thanks

Judging by your location the outside will probably be quite bright so when using the phone outside as well a SoT of around 6 hours seems quite okay to me.
When you're a caveman like me and sit inside in a dimly lit room you can achieve 10+ hours.
It all depends on the circumstances. When you see somebody achieve 11 hours SoT you can be certain this was not on a beach with screen on maximum brightness, a weak phone signal, zipping a 2GB folder in the background and playing games the whole time :good:

The biggest battery killer is the screen itself. I'm always at 30-35%. At night at home I use night mode and put the brightness between 10-12%. i use Dark Theme and use a black background to conserve battery.
Secondly apps like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so forth uses a lot of battery not only by using them, but also because of all the notifications.
Use the website instead.
Thirdly, it depends on your usage, mobile reception, if you constantly use your camera, what apps you're using, heavy gamer, etc...
----
I'm constantly getting between 8-12H SOT depending on the days.

how is your battery holding off?

Hi, i have been noticing that my battery its just getting me through the day with 4hs SOT in 14 or 15 hs of use. I have tried many roms and kernels and there is no difference. My phone its not too old (1 year and a half) so i wanted to ask you how was your battery doing. And if mines dying. (Sorry for poor english)

lineage os 15.1
I get from 4.5-6h of SOT depends on how heavy or how many pics I abuse the phone
stock pie, I barely get 2.5h of SOT and if I go heavy use on it, I barely crack 2h

18 months is more than average use, and that usage is normal, and mine is exactly like yours by the way, and the device is of same age too LoL. I am gonna keep using it like this and when SoT drops below 3 hour mark might consider replacing the battery. You can already consider changing the battery anyway.
PS: Tip, stop using those stupid Adaptive ****s Pie brought, both the battery and brightness thingy, those do nothing except drain more.

SaberJ2X said:
lineage os 15.1
I get from 4.5-6h of SOT depends on how heavy or how many pics I abuse the phone
stock pie, I barely get 2.5h of SOT and if I go heavy use on it, I barely crack 2h
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What about like stock pie with a custom kernel?

Stock Pie here, latest security, just rooted with TWRP.
Get about 2.5 with mixed media and gaming and little gaming I can get about 3.5 hours SOT. Just got the phone about two weeks ago, coming from a 6P. Accubattery shows 71 battery health.
It's not too bad but not that great either. Personally it gets me through work and back home and it charges very fast using the 6P charger even when gaming.
I wish the battery was better, other than that I LOVE my Pixel XL!

Stock Pie, not touched, not modified, not rooted. Perfectly happy with battery life so far, up to 8 h. SOT, up to 1 day of moderate usage.

ylapas said:
Stock Pie, not touched, not modified, not rooted. Perfectly happy with battery life so far, up to 8 h. SOT, up to 1 day of moderate usage.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you share some more details regarding what apps you have used, was it on WiFi full time and the brightness of the display?

ylapas said:
Stock Pie, not touched, not modified, not rooted. Perfectly happy with battery life so far, up to 8 h. SOT, up to 1 day of moderate usage.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
8h SOT seems pretty crazy for a 2 year old device but I can see it. Mine usually gets upwards of 5-6 depending on what games I'm playing on it etc. Mind you I'm rooted with a custom kernel installed. Either way I am still very much impressed with the Pixels battery life.

LeMoise said:
8h SOT seems pretty crazy for a 2 year old device but I can see it. Mine usually gets upwards of 5-6 depending on what games I'm playing on it etc. Mind you I'm rooted with a custom kernel installed. Either way I am still very much impressed with the Pixels battery life.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, in my case is totally possible as the one in my hands is only two months old

ylapas said:
Stock Pie, not touched, not modified, not rooted. Perfectly happy with battery life so far, up to 8 h. SOT, up to 1 day of moderate usage.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry to say, but are you sure you didn't charge your phone to 90 percent and unplug it a few times? That doesn't reset SOT.
Hard to believe that my phone is still bate minimun, stock Pie and can barely squeeze 3.5 hours SOT out of it at 72 percent battery health.
There are legit nothing keeping my phone awake either. I use gsam and BetterBatteryStats.
There is no way you're getting 8 hours SOT on a two year old devices, when even the Note 9 isn't getting anywhere near that.

As I have mentioned before, the one in my hands is brand new, born from Pie. So I am holding barely 2 months old device, far away from two years and it easily last from morning till next morning. 8 hours of SOT is possible depending on usage, double checked. Even GSM arena test says it's holding 11 hours of video playback. Moderate usage, dark themes in every possible app, some YouTube, Facebook, Google Play Music, browsing, on WiFi almost 24 /7, up to 30 min calling per day. But no gaming at all.
My first screen shot may be a bit confusing one as I unplugged my device from charger while taking it and posting. 5 h SOT, half juice left, but it will go a bit faster now, never exceed 8 hours here. If you are using if for processor intensive task I agree 4-5 hours will be most what you'll get.

Stats at this moment.

How do you guys get such crazy battery life?! I'm lucky to scrape in an hour of screen on time! And that's just using it to look at Facebook and Snapchat here and there.

AccuBattery Pro stats

Custom pie rom here. I usually average about 5 hrs sot. Sometimes if im just texting and light browsing I'll get to 3 hrs at 50% but no matter what else i do it magically ends at about 5 hrs even when Im on track for 6. Now if I start using snapchat, youtube, camera the battery drops like a rock and I'll show only 3.5 maybe 4 hours. this is with LTE, not much wifi, but that doesnt seem to alter the outcome much one way or another.
Oh and share, Im getting 1 less with pie compared to oreo. Someone in another thread tried to tell me it was just me and my phone but looks like thread everywhere show pie is a battery bogger.

What's a good app to measure battery health
Sent from my Pixel XL using Tapatalk

hi I'm actually xda passive user from 2011, since then I always using sony devices (xperia arc, xperia SP, xperia Z2 xperia XA2 Ultra, XZ Premium) but this is my first time to have an account and be active user. My pixel XL using custom pie rom (liquid remix) and kingkernel by KingBri, Blu_Schedutil gov can least up to 4.5-5hours SOT in 30% LTE and 70% wifi moderate use (WA,IG,Youtube,Chrome) but it can drop to 3-4hours SoT when I'm gaming PUBGM for total 1hour. I think thats good remind I bought second hand Pixel XL in Indonesia just about less than 2 weeks ago. sorry no screenshot because I forgot to capture it when still in liwuid remix and now I'm in BootLeggerROM 3.5 Pie and wanna test the differences. Thank you :good::good:

cobrajet7 said:
What's a good app to measure battery health
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Accubattery

6 month old, so far everything is good.

Stock Pie I get maybe 3 hours SOT without any gaming... 70 percent battery health.

Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the OnePlus 8 before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

Pretty impressed with battery life. And that was with heavy usage : installation of a lot of apps/mods, downloads through games, videos (especially 1h under direct sunlight).
I know it's not representative of a normal day because of the quarantine but I found it really good.

Can anyone else post screenshots? In the YouTube reviews they indicate very different battery consumption among them. 5:30 some, others 8:30

Will post more screenshots after more usage...

More screenshots after more usage

Battery life and charging cycle question
Hey Buddy,
May I ask how do you charge your OnePlus 8 phone? All the way to 100% or less? Do you keep it charging on even if its at 100?

Slightly over 4 hours of SOT with 50% battery left.
Impressive and slightly better than what I was getting on my 8 Pro.

Not bad. I'm also using xXx Magisk and ElementalX Kernel.

Revenant Ghost said:
Not bad. I'm also using xXx Magisk and ElementalX Kernel.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My stats are not bad and for my usage the phone lasts all day. But how can you reach those values?

Cometer said:
My stats are not bad and for my usage the phone lasts all day. But how can you reach those values?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It depends on which apps you have installed and how you use them. Therefore, results will vary from person to person. To give you some guidelines, this is what I do:
I use GPS and location services sparingly instead of leaving them on
Google app and Google Assistant are disabled, along with some Google analytics
I use a Chromium-based web browser, such as Kiwi instead of Chrome itself
I debloat unused apps that would otherwise just sit there, wasting space
I typically charge the phone to full while it's off and uninterrupted
Touchboost is disabled
Hope that helps.

Revenant Ghost said:
It depends on which apps you have installed and how you use them. Therefore, results will vary from person to person. To give you some guidelines, this is what I do:
I use GPS and location services sparingly instead of leaving them on
Google app and Google Assistant are disabled, along with some Google analytics
I use a Chromium-based web browser, such as Kiwi instead of Chrome itself
I debloat unused apps that would otherwise just sit there, wasting space
I typically charge the phone to full while it's off and uninterrupted
Touchboost is disabled
Hope that helps.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks a lot. I took some of your tips without impacting what I expect from the phone and it made quite a difference. I had too many apps that I was simply not using. And some applications that were polling my location too much for no reason. I'm also using dark mode as I'm actually enjoying it. I almost didn't change anything but it really shows that if you do some minor tweaks and remove aps you're not using you end up with enough battery to last a full day comfortably.
Really surprised. Attaching my new SOT.
This was a more demanding usage of the phone than my previous post but surprisingly I got 30% more battery then before.
And this while playing COD for almost half an hour.:victory:

Can you guys post more stats?

ouroboros12 said:
Can you guys post more stats?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
SoT is just pefect. And don't worry it's the same everywhere, look :

I think something wrong is going on,poor SOT,never had I pass 5.5 hours of SOT.

Not the longest SOT but I can easily stay multiple days on one charge when using my phone 2-3 hours a day. The flat parts in the plot are the nights when my phone was on airplane mode.
I also had some pretty good experiences while using my phone as a hotspot. This used to drain the batteries of my previous phones quickly but with the OP8 I can easily share connection 2-3 hours and still have the battery last me at least for the day. (Not included in the screenshot)

One plus 8
I get abt 10 hrs

I get abt 10 hrs

My last post was quite poor in infos so I'll detail more this time. Using it one day, you can have up to 10h SoT, using it throughout the days will give you around 8 hours SoT.
I've done two things: used my phone for two days of normal use (at home, playing videogames for about 2h a day because I had no friends to hang out with :crying and got three days of lite use (1h gaming per day or less because I had friends this time :victory, 7h SoT
To sum up: using it over the days will reduce SoT, but overall the battery is really good
Here some pics :

Double post

I dont know if it is normal, or not. But forexample, i chatge phone OP8 full, and i use it, lets say until 50% of battery, then i connect phone to PC to transfer some files. and if i check after battery it said that it is full charged 5 min before, and it stay 50%