Latest:
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...ices-8-1-14-2244331-240-android-apk-download/
New version added 9/13/15
Still running good? Notice any improvement in battery life?
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It's a night and day difference. Kernel sleeps better and battery is far better for me than it was on the previous version.
Zero issues.
Just installed this and will see if this helps.
I ended up installing 440(universal DPI) without error. What am I missing by using universal DPI?
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I ended up installing 440(universal DPI) without error. What am I missing by using universal DPI?
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Nothing, 440 is the one you should be using.
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Nothing, 440 is the one you should be using.
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OP said 446 is the one to get. Are you recommending 440? Same benefits?
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Nothing, 440 is the one you should be using.
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Oh wow Designgears. Honored to see you answered my question in these forums!
Does this mean you have an S6?
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OP said 446 is the one to get. Are you recommending 440? Same benefits?
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In the build.prop of the S6 the lcd_density is;
ro.sf.lcd_density=640 (defined twice for some reason)
ro.sf.lcd_density=480 (and then set to 480 later on)
Not sure which it actually is tho, haven't checked, but I am pretty sure it is 640. Either way 446 isn't right, but not hurting anything. 440 is the best way to go since it will be happy with 640 or 480.
* X defines Android version:
0 for Android <5.0
4 and 7 for Android >=5.0
8 for Android TV
* Y defines CPU architecture:
1 for armeabi
3 for armeabi-v7a
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7 for x86
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0 for universal
2 for 160
4 for 240
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Oh wow Designgears. Honored to see you answered my question in these forums!
Does this mean you have an S6?
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For now
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In the build.prop of the S6 the lcd_density is;
ro.sf.lcd_density=640 (defined twice for some reason)
ro.sf.lcd_density=480 (and then set to 480 later on)
Not sure which it actually is tho, haven't checked, but I am pretty sure it is 640. Either way 446 isn't right, but not hurting anything. 440 is the best way to go since it will be happy with 640 or 480.
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Thank you. I appreciate the detailed response. I was ignorant on the difference between the two.
How often do these updates get pushed to the device? Strange that its released but only available through apkmirror.
ChristopherXDA said:
How often do these updates get pushed to the device? Strange that its released but only available through apkmirror.
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You'll eventually get it, as it's a staged rollout.
Design gears is correct. That version is proper, but so is mine. As long as it's 64-bit it'll pretty much work.
On a side note, @designgearz, we go way back, but I had a different name back then.
Good to see ya.
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It's a night and day difference. Kernel sleeps better and battery is far better for me than it was on the previous version.
Zero issues.
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I'll second this. It's a huge improvement.
Can definitely tell a difference in battery. Google app and play services no longer taking the 1 and 2 spots on battery usage. Screen now sits at #1 as it should.
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Can definitely tell a difference in battery. Google app and play services no longer taking the 1 and 2 spots on battery usage. Screen now sits at #1 as it should.
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Yeah, my battery graph is a straight line now and deep sleep is 80% of my kernel state.
Just FYI, here is an even newer -440 version for the GS6.
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...ices-7-3-29-1866531-440-android-apk-download/
I can confirm it installs successfully on AT&T N4 running LP. We'll have to see what it does for me here.
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Just FYI, here is an even newer -440 version for the GS6.
http://www.apkmirror.com/apk/google...ices-7-3-29-1866531-440-android-apk-download/
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Thank you. Updating OP.
So i have been running this since yesterday when I installed it and it has made a huge difference. My battery doesn't drain quick anymore and overnight it only drained 7% over the course of close to 7 hours whereas before it would drain about 20% after 8-9 hours. I took it off the charger last night around 9 p.m. and I have disabled wifi and so far I am down to 52% with 13 hours of usage, 1.25 hours of SOT and constant work email synch (roughly 600 emails using activesync).
I will update to the latest version posted once the battery gets to 5% and see if that makes any difference.
Works for International Galaxy S6?
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Post your screenshots with a description of the test you used.
I'm doing a low to medium usage test with Bluetooth, Location Access on High accuracy, WIFI, HSPA,Auto Brightness and google now. From 100% down to 0%. Then doing a Full charge time with phone turned on.
Will be posting screenshots via dropbox below with a few hours in between.
Battery usage screenshots. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/zwr2s240knxqove/_FZDWDZWmT
4hr 6mins screenshots of time on. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/zzvlu7oplnax7qf/IeDdDl9Nb_
8hr in with screen on time. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/ww0uwt5fo8tbuk9/mw_LPAcrB3
19hr screenshot with 7.5hr overnight standbyhttps://www.dropbox.com/sc/t64536q9a0l0axd/RWJ6_Oq4gJ
In addition I've used a2dp audio stream for an hour or so. I'll do a full screenshot of all the on times later.
Still very low usage scenario. Battery looking good. @22hrs 40% with updated screenshots above.
Final Result only took me to 15% with 1 Day 16 Hours. Screen on time 3hr 16mins. Needed a full battery for the day and couldn't risk it but atleast it's a general ballpark. https://www.dropbox.com/sc/oaj33ji9kssx5rt/BFiLIz-Jef
40 Hours is still pretty good for light usage. During a busy working day i would be happy with 9 hours max usage.
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Post your screenshots with a description of the test you used.
I'm doing a low to medium usage test with Bluetooth, Location Access on High accuracy, WIFI, HSPA and Auto Brightness. From 100% down to 0%. Then doing a Full charge time with phone turned on.
Will be posting screenshots via dropbox below with a few hours in between.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/2hshzh4s09e4ppj/V6ZzUXB_Nr
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I know this is off topic but I havn't ben able to confirm this anyway: Does the nexus 5 have a LED notification light?
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Post your screenshots with a description of the test you used.
I'm doing a low to medium usage test with Bluetooth, Location Access on High accuracy, WIFI, HSPA and Auto Brightness. From 100% down to 0%. Then doing a Full charge time with phone turned on.
Will be posting screenshots via dropbox below with a few hours in between.
https://www.dropbox.com/sc/2hshzh4s09e4ppj/V6ZzUXB_Nr
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Can you also please post the screen on times. Thanks.
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I know this is off topic but I havn't ben able to confirm this anyway: Does the nexus 5 have a LED notification light?
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Yes it does have a notification light. Its in the same place as the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 4. Here is a video of it in action;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRF6jZX2b7Q&feature=c4-overview&list=UUgd4ILPETW7nG1tSttVdSmQ
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Can you also please post the screen on times. Thanks.
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Screen on time is in the screenshot.
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Screen on time is in the screenshot.
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Not to be rude, but no its not. I meant the actual time the screen has been on not the % of it. When you click on screen you'll see what I mean.
Here's a link to mine from the other battery thread;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47056316&postcount=130
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Not to be rude, but no its not. I meant the actual time the screen has been on not the % of it. When you click on screen you'll see what I mean.
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Sorry i understand now. Yes i'll upload them as well.
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Here's a link to mine from the other battery thread;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47056316&postcount=130
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Looks like it's not that great...
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yuan_1202 said:
Looks like it's not that great...
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Were you expecting Galaxy Note or LG G2 battery life from a phone with a 2300 mAh battery?
Those battery stats seem perfectly fine for a phone with a 2300 mAh battery.
yuan_1202 said:
Looks like it's not that great...
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It looks ok with almost 2h of BT streaming calls + 2h of music. Other results in thread seem more "realistic" (if you don't use BT). Let's wait for more feedback. If it could make 4-4.30h screen on for me, that means with custom kernel and UC it could easily hit 5h or more. *thinking out loud*
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Looks like it's not that great...
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Here's my reply from the previous thread...
Well you say it's disappointing but I disagree;
If you look at the screenshots you will see how much battery has been taken by the voice calls compared to screen on time;
30% of the total battery use was from the 3hr47m for screen on time but...
A whopping 26% for only 1hr28m of voice call time! If we use that ratio and just double it (assuming all network strength was the same) you'd likely lose 52% of your battery in just under 3 hours...(this is just an estimation based on my results btw).
I honestly don't understand the hard-on people get for screen on time when voice calls seem to drain the battery much much harder... doesn't anyone use their device as a phone anymore?
Also if you take into consideration how bad my signal was the battery life I had today was all the more impressive.
A Random Afterthought:
IF that 26% that were used on Voice calls were used for screen on time...although realistically it'd probably be something like 17-20% with the rest on random android processes and processor usage; the screen on time could easily be above 5 hours possibly pushing 6 with bad signal and no wifi O_O...
Well nexus 4 with Trinity kernel gets 6-7 hours so with nexus 5 I expect around 8 hours on a custom kernel and stock should get around 5 hours which is pretty darn good.
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dinodude said:
Well nexus 4 with Trinity kernel gets 6-7 hours so with nexus 5 I expect around 8 hours on a custom kernel and stock should get around 5 hours which is pretty darn good.
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He is liar dont believe him
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I honestly don't understand the hard-on people get for screen on time when voice calls seem to drain the battery much much harder... doesn't anyone use their device as a phone anymore?
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Nope. Who uses a smartphone for phone calls?
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Nope. Who uses a smartphone for phone calls?
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Haha I only really use it for work tbh. Most of the its just texting or what's app.
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Updated the screenshots above for the 8hr mark. Not many phone calls been made and phone has been idle quite a while.
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Haha I only really use it for work tbh. Most of the its just texting or what's app.
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Think I had like 32 mins of actual phone calls on my phone bill last month lol. So yea, a lot of people dont use their phones for calls all that much.
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Updated the screenshots above for the 8hr mark. Not many phone calls been made and phone has been idle quite a while.
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The Default battery app doesn't give enough information imo, Could you install GSam Battery Monitor? It is free & very informative.
Perfectly acceptable
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Here's a link to mine from the other battery thread;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47056316&postcount=130
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shr33kant,
The battery performance results you have are perfectly acceptable for a typical phone user that uses the phone for calls, web surfing, google services, movies etc. I only get 2 to 2hr. 15mins on my N4 with typical phone usage as you. So the N5 is basically getting better battery performance then the N4. :good:
Looks like it is being released to reviewers first then to us. I'm excited to see what other tweaks are included and how it performs after that update. Although my screen seems perfect and I've changed my ram limit to use all 6gb, it will be interesting to see how the world reacts.
http://www.neowin.net/news/oneplus-...xed-in-upcoming-update-reviewers-get-it-first
Maybe a reviewer could give us that update file even sooner ?
I hope that both are only options in developer section. I have no interest in a RAM fix right now.
derdjango said:
I hope that both are only options in developer section. I have no interest in a RAM fix right now.
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Why not? There's nothing to lose and lots to gain.
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Why not? There's nothing to lose and lots to gain.
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RAM fix may impact the battery life.
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RAM fix may impact the battery life.
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Nobody has demonstrated that. I'm willing to bet that it conserves battery life because fetching an app from RAM is far more efficient than having to reload apps all the time.
Yesterday, with the ram fix, I got over 5h SOT with heavy multitasking. If that's the battery being impacted, then I'll take it :good:
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Nobody has demonstrated that. I'm willing to bet that it conserves battery life because fetching an app from RAM is far more efficient than having to reload apps all the time.
Yesterday, with the ram fix, I got over 5h SOT with heavy multitasking. If that's the battery being impacted, then I'll take it :good:
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Good to know, in which case - no issues with the fix my end.
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Good to know, in which case - no issues with the fix my end.
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I kill apps like it's my f'n job. If i'm not actively using it, kill it with fire.
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Because I agree with OnePlus' decision in the first place as it fits my usage better.
It has seemed to make my battery life better, and to open up an app exactly where I left off is amazing. I think it's worth the fix.
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Because I agree with OnePlus' decision in the first place as it fits my usage better.
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Their decision was because they wanted to conserve battery life - but if it doesn't have a negative impact on battery life, then that's a moot point, right?
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Their decision was because they wanted to conserve battery life - but if it doesn't have a negative impact on battery life, then that's a moot point, right?
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I don't know. If it doesn't have any impact on battery life and snappiness, then I would probably welcome it. However, I barely use more than 6 different apps on a single day, so I wouldn't even see a difference.
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However, I barely use more than 6 different apps on a single day, so I wouldn't even see a difference.
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I'm curious (please don't take this as being rude or anything). How are you using only 6 apps a day? I mean, just making a phone call, texting someone, and checking email takes three.
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I'm curious (please don't take this as being rude or anything). How are you using only 6 apps a day? I mean, just making a phone call, texting someone, and checking email takes three.
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Don't worry, no offence taken. A regular day would look like this:
phone, hangouts, chrome, inbox, whatsapp, camera, spotify - sorry, that's already 7, but I don't use the camera nor spotify (only in the gym) everyday. Most used apps are hangouts, chrome and inbox. I'm a pretty boring user but use my phone a lot.
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Don't worry, no offence taken. A regular day would look like this:
phone, hangouts, chrome, inbox, whatsapp, camera, spotify - sorry, that's already 7, but I don't use the camera nor spotify (only in the gym) everyday. Most used apps are hangouts, chrome and inbox. I'm a pretty boring user but use my phone a lot.
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Ah, I can see why the 6gb wouldn't be that important.
Do know that chrome uses a lot of ram! Every tab is an app. So 7 tabs is 7 apps
I've never been able to max out 3GBs of RAM much less 4 even with a 64bit Android OS. OnePlus added 6GB of RAM and USB C solely for the bragging rights, which explains why neither are implemented properly. I would have bought the OP3 if it didn't have either of them.
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I'm all for updates, and glad they're pushing them out quickly. Honestly though I'm perfectly content with the current version. I think the screen looks great, I don't notice any over saturation. And while I guess putting more of the RAM to use would be a welcome thing, I have yet to experience any kind of slowdown at all. I guess I'm kind of like Derdjango in that I use my phone all the time, but only a select few apps. Maybe closer to 10-12 depending on the day though.
Battery should be more efficient with multitasking, and a camera upgrade is badly needed as sometimes camera got buggy and stucks while clicking the pics.
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I've never been able to max out 3GBs of RAM much less 4 even with a 64bit Android OS. OnePlus added 6GB of RAM and USB C solely for the bragging rights, which explains why neither are implemented properly. I would have bought the OP3 if it didn't have either of them.
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I can see why people are calling USB C and 6 gb ram as a gimmick but if it's giving me a future proof phone, I will take it. 2 years back 2 gb ram was more than enough and today 3 gb is considered as a baseline. With 6 gb ram at least I will have options to keep this phone for few years even if it fails to manage RAM properly. We all came to XDA to learn how to tweak with our devices after all and it would be better to respect OP's decision of how to manage their OS and take the tinkering in our own hands.
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I've never been able to max out 3GBs of RAM much less 4 even with a 64bit Android OS. OnePlus added 6GB of RAM and USB C solely for the bragging rights, which explains why neither are implemented properly. I would have bought the OP3 if it didn't have either of them.
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Here is a screenshot where you can see only 1Gb unused out of 6Gb. 5Gb used for system, apps and cache. There are a lot of apps opened/cached (nothing crazy). Only 1 game in memory (candycrush).
The other screenshot shows battery life under this load. I must say, I'm quite surprised.
I think many people complain because they were hoping that less memory would've made phone cheaper, but I doubt that there would be much difference in price. I like 6Gb for the future proof as mentioned earlier. It can be used right now with build.prop fix or upcoming OTA. I hope that Google builds system that can even better utilize it in the future.
Check out @petelau2007's Tweet: https://twitter.com/petelau2007/status/783366248495276032?s=09
Looks like work on Nougat is in full swing.
That's thrilling :victory: can't wait to have Nougat on my OP3
Fantastic news!
That's great news to hear (as I am one of the newest OP3 owners!!)
great newz
Lets hope battery has improved!
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Lets hope battery has improved!
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Demian3112 said:
Lets hope battery has improved!
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Based on the threads i was going through of Nexus 6P users, and Nougat has made the battery life terrible. Some people are saying battery life is great, but this issue is one of the most star rated issue on Android Bug Tracker. Check on google, you'll get the whole story.
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Based on the threads i was going through of Nexus 6P users, and Nougat has made the battery life terrible. Some people are saying battery life is great, but this issue is one of the most star rated issue on Android Bug Tracker. Check on google, you'll get the whole story.
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Yea we will have to see!
Android 7.1 is ready and waiting to get released with the pixel phones, that version fixes battery and other bugs i think
I have 7.0 on my Nexus 6 and to be fair not very impressed with the new battery life, struggling to get nearly 4 hrs of light/medium usage.
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I have 7.0 on my Nexus 6 and to be fair not very impressed with the new battery life, struggling to get nearly 4 hrs of light/medium usage.
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I also have 7.0 on my second phone the nexus 6 and the battery life and performance is simply amazing!
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i wish oneplus would tease a release date or possibly tease a cheaper car charger lol
Hard to imagine the battery life being much better than this.
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Hard to imagine the battery life being much better than this.
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Nice numbers...what/how did you do/use?
LexusBrian400 said:
Hard to imagine the battery life being much better than this.
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No sim???
singlebyte said:
Nice numbers...what/how did you do/use?
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I get this with elementalx Kernel, ex Kernel Manager, underclocking CPU, greenify & Power nap
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Hard to imagine the battery life being much better than this.
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Did you use any apps? There isn't even a single app showing up above 5%. You will ALWAYS get long screen on times with barely any heavy app usage.
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Did you use any apps? There isn't even a single app showing up above 5%. You will ALWAYS get long screen on times with barely any heavy app usage.
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Just normal usage man. Lots of Reddit (Relay), a bit of music (Google Play Music), texting, calling, etc.
I'm slightly underclocked using Boefla kernel with some tweaks and tuneables of my own. I don't game on my phone. I regularly get 6+ hours of SOT. My setup (for some reason) is so perfect right now that I refuse to update the kernel and/or Rom until I'm missing out on some very big changes.
Attached is my kernel and Rom version. (I believe rom is stock 3.2.6)
I noticed on my phone that it is set at the medium resolution settings instead of the highest one. I read in the preliminary reveiws that going to the highest will burn more battery and make things smaller. I am a 50 year old man that should use glasses but doesnt. Now that people have had the phone for a while what settings are people using for their resolutions and does it make the text smaller. I dont seem to notice but i cant check anymore as i returned it for a verizon model and will be waiting. It is a question i could never find a answer and this is the last place i could figure to look.
The highest resolution does not change the text size. If you look very, very carefully, you may notice a slight difference in sharpness compared to medium resolution, but it is, in my opinion, negligible. Take also into account that med res is also more battery friendly and you may reach the same conclusion as I, that med res is the way to go.
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I noticed on my phone that it is set at the medium resolution settings instead of the highest one. I read in the preliminary reveiws that going to the highest will burn more battery and make things smaller. I am a 50 year old man that should use glasses but doesnt. Now that people have had the phone for a while what settings are people using for their resolutions and does it make the text smaller. I dont seem to notice but i cant check anymore as i returned it for a verizon model and will be waiting. It is a question i could never find a answer and this is the last place i could figure to look.
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I keep mine at FHD+ (2220x1080), simply for the battery trade off. WQHD+ (2690x1440) uses a lot more power and not a lot of content is native in that resolution, and it does make things smaller. The only instance I could imagine there being a significant advantage of the latter resolution would be when one was using the Gear VR. When a display is that close to your eyes and viewed through the lenses of the headset, you'd want a higher resolution to avoid being able to see individual pixels.
As a near 50 year old man myself I recommend setting it to the medium setting, keeps battery happy and the old 4 eyes.
The battery difference in the middle and Max is minut. Here is mine at Max all day brightness at 80.
So put it on the Max if you want don't worry about the battery. Like I said I tested both resolutions and its not that big of a difference at all. We buy these phones for there great display use it.
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The battery difference in the middle and Max is minut. Here is mine at Max all day brightness at 80.
So put it on the Max if you want don't worry about the battery. Like I said I tested both resolutions and its not that big of a difference at all. We buy these phones for there great display use it.
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Thank you for that - I may switch as well, the difference really seems negligible.
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The battery difference in the middle and Max is minut. Here is mine at Max all day brightness at 80.
So put it on the Max if you want don't worry about the battery. Like I said I tested both resolutions and its not that big of a difference at all. We buy these phones for there great display use it.
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Yes this!!! I just got 24 hours on full res with 25% battery left, so no big hit on battery. Makes it look crisper and sharper when I have my cheaters on .
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I had to jump to the lowest resolution due to extreme battery drainage!
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I had to jump to the lowest resolution due to extreme battery drainage!
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Something is wrong with your setup then...
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Something is wrong with your setup then...
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Any ideas what?
I tested out the highest setting when I first got it but found it to be negligible in difference. Based on that and the fact that I knew it would just burn down the battery, I switched back to medium.
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I tested out the highest setting when I first got it but found it to be negligible in difference. Based on that and the fact that I knew it would just burn down the battery, I switched back to medium.
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I got over 6 1/2 hours of SOT yesterday with it on Max.
don't see the point in max setting for general use. Its only of use for VR. Should auto detect VR and whack it up too but it doesn't.
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Good question. Battery life on my Note8 is very good. Today, with a SoT of 4h, 45 min of which was Waze, the phone was at 49%.
But - I don't use push notifications, no Whatsapp and I am vrey careful about which apps can send notifications at all.
BTW - screen on Auto, resolution at medium.
If you are doing all that, I would consider a factory reset...
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don't see the point in max setting for general use. Its only of use for VR. Should auto detect VR and whack it up too but it doesn't.
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So you don't see the point for having better resolution on your screen? If that's the case just get a 720p phone.
I said for general use...
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I got over 6 1/2 hours of SOT yesterday with it on Max.
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I got close to 7.5 on medium. It's just not necessary for what I do. If I'm going to use VR then I'll switch to it, but I don't so there's no need for me.
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I got close to 7.5 on medium. It's just not necessary for what I do. If I'm going to use VR then I'll switch to it, but I don't so there's no need for me.
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I put mine on medium and got maybe a extra 15mins.
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bonerp said:
I said for general use...
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Exactly I want my screen to look the best it can every second I am on it. Not just for videos or movies or games. But different strokes for different fokes
jason504 said:
I put mine on medium and got maybe a extra 15mins.
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Nice
So, I recently downloaded Android Oreo.
I did a factory reset and took screenshots of my battery activity today. I only had 2.5 hours of screen time (I keep my brightness at about 15% - 20%) and I barely used my phone while in my office.
I would like to keep Android System from running in the background, but when I turn it off, I find it back on following a phone restart...?
I have also found that none of my cache cleaners work anymore. Why is that?
Does this battery life look bad? I used to get better battery life.
2.5 hours with 50% left. Seems average.
I agree, about average. I haven't ran Oreo much, not more than a couple of days at a time & I don't have any screenshots but for me Oreo is worse in performance. Well statistically, with real world use I can't tell much of a difference.
So far I still like Nougat. I know I'm stating the obvious but everyone's usage & SOT will be different so some may say your stats are good, others may say not so good.
This is a typical weekday for me on Nougat. But I'm running a custom kernel & custom rom, no bloat & not a huge amount of apps installed. Display brightness 40% on average, display always set to max res. I First pair is today.
Now you got me curious, I should go back to Oreo & test. EDIT: Ok, I'm going back to Oreo right after this edit. I'll see how it does tomorrow.
Since Oreo update, I chose my word specifically , instead of upgrade. It appears standby idle battery is slightly improved.
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Well, using only samsung internet, of course you will get 6h hours sot .
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vojopd said:
Well, using only samsung internet, of course you will get 6h hours sot .
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Don't hate as I don't Facebook or messenger.
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Hate? Facebook? Messenger? Who talks about that? I am telling there aren't any games, youtube, music, movies, etc. Of course SOT wipl be good .
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Hate? Facebook? Messenger? Who talks about that? I am telling there aren't any games, youtube, music, movies, etc. Of course SOT wipl be good .
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Don't play games nor do I watch videos on a 6.3" screen. Guess I'm the minority.
Either way here's a screenshot of my Note 8 on Nougat with ****ebook app , didn't change much.
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vojopd said:
Hate? Facebook? Messenger? Who talks about that? I am telling there aren't any games, youtube, music, movies, etc. Of course SOT wipl be good .
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Deleted. Was attempting to attach a screenshot of my battery usage with nougat and FB app. Still showed 8 plus hours SOT.
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So here's a typical weekday stat for me from today on Oreo. Took a hit in battery performance. But that's only 1 day of testing so not a fair comparison to my Nougat stat. Although I'm not a benchmark freak, benchmark results are pretty much the same if I use the appropiate kernel versions from the same dev.
Still not a fan of O although there are a few cool features, going back to N until all the compatibilites get worked out (getting closer though).
For me battery has gotten way worse. My phone goes from full to 90% in half hour of really light use
note3userr said:
For me battery has gotten way worse. My phone goes from full to 90% in half hour of really light use
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People will usually say, so I'll say it before, a clean install with a major change like N to O is usually recommended and I agree as most of the time it can take care of issues like this. But a clean install did not make a difference for me. Glad to know I'm not the only one experiencing this.
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People will usually say, so I'll say it before, a clean install with a major change like N to O is usually recommended and I agree as most of the time it can take care of issues like this. But a clean install did not make a difference for me. Glad to know I'm not the only one experiencing this.
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I did a clean install as well. It didn't help. Hopefully it will get better over time
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I did a clean install as well. It didn't help. Hopefully it will get better over time
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Hopefully it'll be ironed out for the Note 9
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Are the auto cache cleaning apps the culprit of bad battery drain/battery life?
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Hopefully it'll be ironed out for the Note 9
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Ah, that don't do me any good, I'm not the type to upgrade every year, not much of an upgrade anyway or worth it IMO. I'll wait for the Note 10, I think very good things will come for number 10. Hopefully a new custom kernel will fix it but until then, back to Nougat for me.
It seems to me since upgrading to O. My battery life seems poor. Dont know what they changed. O performs better on the pixel 2. Maybe I'm missing something. Who really knows.
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Don't have issues with batt life. But I'm seriously considering reverting back to nougat on my TMO device. Just need to research the process properly before doing it.
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Wow! I was eagerly expecting the oreo OTA, I even put a thread about oreo OTA experiences/opinions, but its a huge mixed bag, some say oreo improves fluency, other that have screen tint, batt drain, that no significant apparent changes, others that is snappier, etc, I have not rooted or pushed oreo firms, as I want to be very careful, because my 950F performs really very, very good, I am at a loss as of what to do when the OTA pops in my device, I am even considering to block it via bk