I can only get through about 8-9 hours of usage (this is with only 2 hours of onscreen time). I have multiple Smart Actions set to conserve battery life and I use low brightness settings (medium at highest when not charging, then auto set to low once the battery goes under 50%). Why does my battery life suck so much?
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Have you checked any background processes? I don't use Smart Actions but I can still get 16 hours in normal use. Turn to sleep mode at night might help to conserve battery life.
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I have 4 days old Note 8 and i think phone drain too much battery today when i go to work i have 96% battery and i check phone only 2x or 3x times in 8 hours now i come to home and my battery is only 52% only what i have is 4G enabled non stop all other is disabled like gps,wifi,bluetooth and synchronization
My daily settings is
brightness is around 20-30%
wifi always on when im at home
3g-4g always on when im out of home
synchronization is always disabled
battery saver is almost always on medium
resolution i put on HD+ when is power saver on and when is off i put on FHD+ i never use WQHD+
all vibartions is off
always on display i have off
with al lthis settings i got poor battery life. is there any tips, tricks or tweaks how fix problem with draining battery because i hardly come trought day with battery for only 4 days old phone
Hello, I think I have a problem with the AOD and the amount of battery it drains. Per hour, it will consume anywhere from 1-3% of the battery which drives me nuts. I don't think it's supposed to consume that much. What kind of battery usage do you get from the AOD? Also, I use these apps that frequently refresh in the background: Snapchat, Telegram X, WhatsApp and that's it.
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Just curious, if having Motion Sense on hurts battery life much? I only have the minimal of Motion Sense enabled, just Reach to check phone only. Skip songs off. Silence interruptions off. Always on display off.
And my Display settings I have Reach to check phone On. Tap to check phone On. Lift to check phone On.
Do these settings effect battery much, or not at all? What do you recommend for best battery life for Motion Sense and Display settings?
I have my settings exactly like you do actually. I can only assume they are helping battery life vs having all the motion sense settings on. I have no need for the others for my usage currently though that may change.
It's a 10% drain overnight sleeping with literally nothing swinging above it. For me that's a huge drain that I will not put up with. I disabled everything just like you and it was the same, doesn't matterwhat's feature your enable or disable, if you have it enabled it rains cuz it's constantly trying to send motion above it. At least that's what my testing showed.
I have it disabled altogether because that function is literally useless. When you can enable "turn screen on pick up" or "turn screen on with a tap"
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I turned off Motion Sense couple days ago, but in my battery use, showing which things used the most, #2 on the list was Ambient Display. But with Motion Sense off, what's using Ambient Display?
I did turn AoD back on, so is it the always on display draining?
I was having great battery life yesterday, at end of day, bedtime I had like 5h 30m SoT with like 33% battery life left. I didn't charge overnight, and this morning checked the phone and it was at 19%. I was like, how the heck did the phone lose like 10% overnight, when not in use, but unplugged. It's on WiFi. Does Always on Display kill it?
I initially used it but eventually just turned it off. I have a couple of trusted devices set up (my watch and my car) so my phone is never locked when I'm near it. Also, since the screen touch to activate works so well, I can tap the screen to check notifications so having Soli turn on the screen before I can touch it, but still needing to reach for it, it just didn't seem to be worth feeding it electrons just for that. Perhaps when they work out some more useful functions, like volume or muting, I'll turn it back on.
My battery life is like Zorachus (though I keep it on a charging stand overnight so I don't care about idle drain). I did this in the first couple of days of owning the phone before battery usage stabilized so I don't really know if it drains it significantly or not. Maybe I'll turn it on one day just to see.
With motion sense off but always on display on throughout the day yesterday and evening I was getting really good battery life I think I was just concerned cuz I left the phone at like 35% last night before bed I purposely didn't plug it in just to see and when I wake up and it had like 20% battery life so it went down over 10% while I was sleeping and I have everything pretty much turned off no location finder no push notifications I've got it stripped down pretty good on Wi-Fi so not sure what happened?
Mine dropped that much overnight Saturday but that was also the weekend I went 46 hours between charges and got 5-something hours of screen time (the only thing shut off was Soli and NFC (WiFi, BT, data, Location services, AOD, etc. were all on). Idle drain of ~1-1.5% per hour doesn't sound that bad to me.
hmmmm after reading this i turned motion sense totally off and AOD back on and will see the battery life over the next two days and compare.
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hmmmm after reading this i turned motion sense totally off and AOD back on and will see the battery life over the next two days and compare.
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Seems Motion Sense is a drainer, but AoD not so much. So for me, using my Pixel 4 XL with no Motion Sense, my battery life lately;
My battery life on my 4 XL seems to be all over the board, but it's never less than 5.5h SoT, and that's at the 10% mark when battery saver kicks in. Some days it seems I can get close to 7.5h SoT if run down to 1%. So I'd say I get on average 6.5h+ SoT.
I get better battery life at work, where my mobile signal is perfect connection, never searching. So that helps keep battery drain down.
- 90hz forced on always ( too nice and smooth not to keep on )
- Motion Sense off
- AoD on ( always on display )
- Location off always. Anything GPS related off
- Lift to reach on
- Tap display to turn on
- Display set to auto brightness always
I've always had it on, so, not sure what the difference is. But, my phone lasts from 6am and still has 30+ percent of battery left at 10pm. Definitely getting a full 20-24+ hours.
I have Soli on full, AOD, smooth display forced on, location on full, lift to wake off, tap to wake on, auto brightness on.
Does anybody use their Pixels with AOD off and Motion Sense on..? How's that affecting the battery..?
And, with that setup, when you reach for you phone, does it turn on the screen when the radar is triggered?
Yes that's the setup I have with only reach to wake turned on. Yes, it does wake up the screen and start looking for your face. Need to check the idle drain overnight.
Cant really say destroyed. It is a little less for me but definitely useable if one really likes the features. And thats coming from a small pixel 4.
Hi, I've bought a sealed p4xl off eBay and the battery life seems "ok" compared to my p3xl.
But I've noticed a major battery drain with soli radar on (ambient display always off), I have the music gestures and the reach to wake.
Is that what's causing the drain? Or is it because of the "tap to wake"? (Also why is it tap to wake instead of tap twice?)
Some reviews from users that have tried with/ without the functions would be nice.
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Hi, I've bought a sealed p4xl off eBay and the battery life seems "ok" compared to my p3xl.
But I've noticed a major battery drain with soli radar on (ambient display always off), I have the music gestures and the reach to wake.
Is that what's causing the drain? Or is it because of the "tap to wake"? (Also why is it tap to wake instead of tap twice?)
Some reviews from users that have tried with/ without the functions would be nice.
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In my experience tap to wake does not cause any excessive battery drain. Music gestures and reach to wake ( or anything soli related really) will cause extra battery drain. Lift to wake may as well.
Hey. I have a Pixel 4 XL and the battery lasts for a day, and I charge it over night.
I have ambiente EQ, 90Hz, motion sense, tap to wake and lift to wake enable and various apps running on the background. I usually get 5 hours of screen on time.
I would recomend you to download Accubattery and see the battery health. Maybe the battery needs to be replaced. Mine is at 92% of health(almost new). If it is below 80% you should consider replacing it. Here you have a link to ifixit webpage. For heating I use a hair dryer instead of their special kit. It gives the same result.
If you still need more battery, maybe turn off Motion Sense and turn on battery saver mode. Do you have adptive battery turn on?
Maybe there is an app using more battery than what it should or it is crashing and drain your battery.