Pixel 3 - improve battery life

[b1337]

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.

Sounds like common settings to me nothing special really

 

[TGHH]

Sounds like common settings to me nothing special really

Except from disable some services / apps as listed in post #2 and the Automate you're probably right.

 

[b1337]

settings -> system -> Advanced -> Developer Options -> System Tracing. Uncheck the Trace Debuggable Applications. Enjoy about 15% better battery life

From another thread

Q only possibly

 

[FSOP]

settings -> system -> Advanced -> Developer Options -> System Tracing. Uncheck the Trace Debuggable Applications. Enjoy about 15% better battery life

From another thread

Q only possibly

Cheers, i've disabled it, will see if it makes a noticeable difference.

Any of you guys running Better Battery Stats? Just installed it this morning before taking my 3 XL off charge, will see if it picks up anything obvious

 

[TGHH]

Only thing I wonder is the PowerManager wakelock stuff:

 

[FSOP]

Only thing I wonder is the PowerManager wakelock stuff:

Mine shows the same, i think its just the screen waking due to notifications

 

[TGHH]

Mine shows the same, i think its just the screen waking due to notifications

Maybe it's the check for the battery usage of apps? Couldn't find anything about the purpose of this service.

I switched off smart battery feature to check if this changes anything.

 

[FSOP]

Maybe it's the check for the battery usage of apps? Couldn't find anything about the purpose of this service.

I switched off smart battery feature to check if this changes anything.

I wonder if it includes stuff like the 'hey Google' listening and the 'now playing' stuff, something got to be constantly waking up to listen for that stuff.

 

[TGHH]

Today, I still have 67% battery left and used the phone like I always do.
Only thing I changed yesterday was the speed of animations and transitions in the dev settings back from 0.5 to 1. And I installed Greenify.
I have no clue if this could be the reason for the good battery (I doubt it, but in another thread I read something about the transition speed causes wakelocks. Also I doubt this).

So let's see if there is a constant change in usage.

 

[qualitymove13]

Mine shows the same, i think its just the screen waking due to notifications

I recall it being something about the screen being on. They will always be close to equal.

 

[NathanTan]

settings -> system -> Advanced -> Developer Options -> System Tracing. Uncheck the Trace Debuggable Applications. Enjoy about 15% better battery life

From another thread

Q only possibly

This helped quite a lot in my case, thank you very much for the tip.

 

[gpvecchi]

This helped quite a lot in my case, thank you very much for the tip.

Useless for me...

 

[TGHH]

Useless for me...

I think there's not THE setting to save battery life - unfortunately. Then mentioned setting didn't improve my battery life as well. But for reasons I'm getting by now a pretty good day of juice which is perfectly fine for me.

What I still find a little bit annoying is, that it consumes about 2.5 to 3.5% while in standby. My previous Moto G5+ was at about 1.4 to 1.9%.

Ahh wait - I'm now on 1.9%/h in standby as well - but I don't know why.

 

[optionalmgrr.la]

Why does 3a has so much better battery life than 3? Can we achieve similar result on 3 by software optimization? Thanks.

 

[totib38]

Hello everyone,
Do you think the pixel 3 is a good value phone today ?
I can have pixel 3 black in 128go for 400 € so I'm hesitating .....
Did the lasts updates improved battery life ?
Or it is more efficient to change the kernel to improve battery life ?
Thanks for your advices ?

 

[b1337]

Hello everyone,
Do you think the pixel 3 is a good value phone today ?
I can have pixel 3 black in 128go for 400 € so I'm hesitating .....
Did the lasts updates improved battery life ?
Or it is more efficient to change the kernel to improve battery life ?
Thanks for your advices ?

Get a pixel 3a

 

[TGHH]

Get a banana! ?

 

[kend0g]

Hello everyone,
Do you think the pixel 3 is a good value phone today ?
I can have pixel 3 black in 128go for 400 € so I'm hesitating .....
Did the lasts updates improved battery life ?
Or it is more efficient to change the kernel to improve battery life ?
Thanks for your advices ?

I got a vzw pixel 3 last week, for the first week the battery seemed like real **** but the last couple days after doing a few things it seems to be alot better now.. Give me another day and I'll post screen shots

 

[AndroidGX]

Personally at 65% = I have regularly 1 hour of SOT.
This is the worst device I had until now in term of battery life..
I really hope Pixel 4 will get MUCH improvements on this important section.

 

[TimLux]

I still say this strongly depends on what usage pattern you have. I regularly get 6 hours of SoT without using WiFi while at work (because there isn't any) and Spotify via Bluetooth for 4 hours a day. Have you tried the suggestions others (and myself) made in this thread?