Pixel 3 - improve battery life

[b1337]

Which CPU mode do you use? I typically use "on demand"

Just on schedutil, trying ondemand next tho, how do you like it?

 

[PuffDaddy_d]

Just on schedutil, trying ondemand next tho, how do you like it?

Maybe it's in my head, but I always felt like schedutil offered the same battery and performance as stock. I feel like I get better standby time with on demand.

 

[b1337]

Maybe it's in my head, but I always felt like schedutil offered the same battery and performance as stock. I feel like I get better standby time with on demand.

Schedutil is stock I thought? testing on demand and standby drain is way less but when the screen is on it seems to eat up more battery so far, going to give it a few days to settle in

 

[xFirefly93]

Maybe it's in my head, but I always felt like schedutil offered the same battery and performance as stock. I feel like I get better standby time with on demand.

Schedutil is stock I thought? testing on demand and standby drain is way less but when the screen is on it seems to eat up more battery so far, going to give it a few days to settle in

You shouldn't use a HMP governor like Ondemand on a phone with Energy Aware Scheduling (=EAS) at all..

 

[b1337]

You shouldn't use a HMP governor like Ondemand on a phone with Energy Aware Scheduling (=EAS) at all..

Ya that's why schedulers like util exist lol just reading about that

 

[Needles_one]

Hi all, my 5 cents on the topic.

Having my Pixel 3 running:
- Absolutely stock
- 14 different accounts
- 153 apps
- Auto brightness always - On
- Auto sync always - On
- WiFi always - On
- Bluetooth always - On
- Location always - On
- Always on Display - Off
- Active music listening - Off
- Paired smart watch with Auto sync of Notifications

The day before I got nearly 4 hours of active display at 50% battery mark.

This is my result today:
To summarize - I'm pretty much impressed. I'm using my phone heavily for - work, navigation, music, web and stuff, pictures, games.

 

[TGHH]

I'm pretty confident with my current setup. Based on MY normal use I get 1.5 days of battery life:

 

[TGHH]

Watching videos or listening music via BT has quite a big impact on the battery. To my opinion my old Moto G5+ performed better. But overall all is fine for me.
I will post my setup later on...

 

[qualitymove13]

I think people tend to forget how much a good cell signal plays a part in great battery life. Not scientific and very small sample size, but even in this thread anyone with great battery has full bars. My signal is **** so I get average battery life. *shrug*

 

[TimLux]

I'm curious what you set up appart from the stuff everyone mentioned

 

[b1337]

I'm curious what you set up appart from the stuff everyone mentioned

Considering he gives no settings or actual facts I'd consider it a worthless comparison

 

[qualitymove13]

I'm curious what you set up appart from the stuff everyone mentioned

Android Q beta 2 Patch 1

GPS, Bluetooth on when needed

Naptime

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth scanning off

Screen @ 50% brightness.

Blokada for ad blocking via VPN (1.1.1.1 set as DNS)

 

[b1337]

Android Q beta 2 Patch 1

GPS, Bluetooth on when needed

Naptime

Wi-Fi and Bluetooth scanning off

Screen @ 50% brightness.

Blokada for ad blocking via VPN (1.1.1.1 set as DNS)

Signal strength doesn't affect battery when you are on wifi all day

 

[qualitymove13]

Signal strength doesn't affect battery when you are on wifi all day

And with this app, Wi-Fi being "active" just means its on, not that you are connected to it but I am sure you know that.

 

[b1337]

And with this app, Wi-Fi being "active" just means its on, not that you are connected to it but I am sure you know that.

Never seen that app so the answer is no, there's nothing that sets you apart except signal strength if that's even a issue really

 

[qualitymove13]

Never seen that app so the answer is no, there's nothing that sets you apart except signal strength if that's even a issue really

I mean its pretty well documented that bad cell signal affects battery life but I digress... :good:

 

[b1337]

I mean its pretty well documented that bad cell signal affects battery life but I digress... :good:

Your battery life looked just fine to me regardless of signal strength

 

[rhplusa10]

Well, it's not about the process of unlocking and rooting the phone, but just the legal side.
I would not get any service for free if I unlocked it.

I rooted every phone I had but as my Pixel is new I will wait till I'm sure that there are no hardware problems occurring.

As I know, unlock bootloader or root does not void the warranty.
https://android.gadgethacks.com/new...otloader-does-not-void-your-warranty-0175739/

 

[TGHH]

As I know, unlock bootloader or root does not void the warranty.
https://android.gadgethacks.com/new...otloader-does-not-void-your-warranty-0175739/

In the comments of this post someone mentioned that Google refused to replace his phone because of rooting.

But actually I see no need to unlock the bootloader or root it. It's running fine and I get a full day of battery life with my usage.

 

[TGHH]

So, a quick update what I did to improve my battery life. First of all I applied the suggestions from post #2.
I also deactivated all apps from Google I don't use (like the books, games stuff).
I'm switching off WiFi via Automate (no need to discuss this - I know that this will not save humongous battery life) using 'Location based WiFi toggler'.
This is what I did. Based on my usage profile the battery will last for 1-1.5 days.