Battery Drain on Android Pie?

[bongostl]

Hi All--

I've been on the Android P Beta for a while.

However, starting with the final beta that was released (and now on the final version of pie) I've been experiencing really quick battery drain.

Tried a total wipe and restore, and the same thing. My wife (also the pixel) isn't having those issues at all.


Thoughts?

(nothing shows up in the battery section)

 

[kbboykin]

Yes, I had great battery life. Then once Android Pie was released, jumped on the beta to get 9 sooner. Then got the upgrade from beta to final and battery life is horrible. I did not factory reset, I have battery saver on and it doesn'tseem to matter. If I leave on standby, no issues. If I use the phone, it can bleed as much as 10% per hour! Unacceptable. I may try factory resetting, but idk...

 

[driz]

have you allocated sufficient time for app battery optimization?

 

[perIpIx]

I also have a pixel, Android 9.0/Pie (bought it brand new three days ago) and think battery is draining very (!) quick.

Yesterday I had roughly 2.5 SOT (with battery saver enabled) and this seems consistent with what I can expect typically. I did factory reset and have tried restricting "background activity" for my frequent apps - seems to make no difference. Obviously it had not time to do full battery optimization yet I guess, but I doubt it would mean a that big difference?

Saw a thread where someone mentioned it seems CPU-freq is high/inc. very rapidly when just tapping the screen (GPU-0%), and I can agree with that although I have not the prev. experience of what to expect.

My previous experience is with Xiaomi mi6/mi5 (lineage 15.1), similar usage would give 2x or 3x SOT (however with some other hw-issues.. ).

 

[post-mortem]

I also have a pixel, Android 9.0/Pie (bought it brand new three days ago) and think battery is draining very (!) quick.

Reinstall factory image & see if that helps.

 

[perIpIx]

Reinstall factory image & see if that helps.

Flashed factory image without -w/"wipe". Will that do or should it be "full" factory reset to make sense?

 

[phonocar]

Thank you for your information, I will stay on Oreo.

 

[post-mortem]

Flashed factory image without -w/"wipe". Will that do or should it be "full" factory reset to make sense?

I don't think it would make a difference. The user data is on a different partition.

You could try flashing the image again, without Magisk or any other additions.

 

[jambo89liam]

I had used up 50% with only 21 minutes screen on time.
I noticed the app Device Health Services, was constantly active in the background.

 

[gubacsek]

I had the same like the OP: everything was fine until the last beta came, and battery is draining faster, phone gets hot from even the smallest usage even in the prod release of android pie.
I was thinking it has something to do with being about 36 degrees (summer time....), but it is the same even in cooler temperature rooms. It's like if the phone is constantly doing something in the background, but only if I use it.

 

[Nelway]

It has been a few days since I upgraded my Pixel 2. Battery life is noticably worse, maybe 20-30% more battery drain in a day than what I saw in Oreo.

 

[tecsironman]

I notice the issue as well. I did factory reset after update it's been a week. I was on beta and started noticing battery issues in the first beta and throughout. I decided to install Accubattery to track my battery usage and ended up with a result.

My phone states the battery is in good condition but this app says otherwise. I guess it's time to change the battery along with cracked screen!

 

[Jaws4God]

i'm curious if my battery is shot as well... Seems like after I purchased my used Pixel.. the battery is not as lasting as I hoped for the smaller pixel phone... I may try one of those battery testing apps to see if it will tell me its current health..

 

[magnumtripod]

I normally welcome up updates, but this update screwed up my battery life so bad. I mean everything was perfect until the update. Now the battery drains so fast I can watch the percentage count down like a timer and now when the battery gets anywhere from 15-40% the phone will just shut down.

I would like to go back to oreo, but it's such a pain in the ass having to back everything up and flash a ROM considering I haven't done that since before I bought the pixel

 

[-Happy Feet-]

I have the same problem. I hope Google can fix it.

 

[-Happy Feet-]

Wow, that is not normal. Stock android 9 with root and elemental kernel.... I go back to android 8.1.0 and wait for feature releases

 

[-Happy Feet-]

I think I found an Draining App/Setting

I disable the RCS Service on my Phone. It can be found under Messages >> 3 dot Menu >> Settings >> broadcast News. Disable it.

And then Bluetooth and WiFi scan disable.

 

[_Vegas]

Same here, crazy idle drain after pie, only 50% deep sleep, tried factory reset and no luck

 

[post-mortem]

Try BetterBatteryStats. People in that thread spend their free time analyzing logs to tell you what's eating up all your battery life.

 

[waar19]

I had used up 50% with only 21 minutes screen on time.
I noticed the app Device Health Services, was constantly active in the background.

Same problem :crying::crying: