Not as great yesterday. I've never been able to get massive SOT out of any phone I've owned (S6, HTC One X) when compared to some of the times I'd see here on XDA. Here's what I got yesterday.
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Yes, have turned that off since yesterday, have installed Naptime as well. Not much difference. I am getting my phone replaced my device anyway due to the NFC clicking sound issue.
This is more like what I am getting. See my screenshots - 3h50m sot with 21h40m uptime.
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True. However, I am concerned because I hardly use my phone for any processor intensive app or game or anything like that. Basic browsing, Facebook, Whatsapp, Spotify etc.
Many social media type apps have bad reputations for battery drain. For example, https://www.lifewire.com/how-facebook-messenger-apps-drains-battery-3880043True. However, I am concerned because I hardly use my phone for any processor intensive app or game or anything like that. Basic browsing, Facebook, Whatsapp, Spotify etc.
Pixel 2 5" -
This was the end of my first day, during which I installed approximately 70 apps over WiFi (the rest I had the night before prior to charging overnight), as well as watching a few YouTube videos.
https://i.imgur.com/lmsU0H4.png
Today, I setup all my apps (logged in, updated passwords, etc.), watched some more YouTube videos, browsing, etc. Even did some voice texting with the Assistant while I was walking to lunch, which was pretty cool. I expect I'll surpass six hours before bedtime no problem (3+ hours away).
https://i.imgur.com/KWKEOEb.png
This was the end of my first day, during which I installed approximately 70 apps over WiFi (the rest I had the night before prior to charging overnight), as well as watching a few YouTube videos.
https://i.imgur.com/lmsU0H4.png
Today, I setup all my apps (logged in, updated passwords, etc.), watched some more YouTube videos, browsing, etc. Even did some voice texting with the Assistant while I was walking to lunch, which was pretty cool. I expect I'll surpass six hours before bedtime no problem (3+ hours away).
https://i.imgur.com/KWKEOEb.png
Those battery apps don't do anything. I wouldn't trust them.
Try this out today..disable adaptive brightness, disable always on screen, put brightness at 30% and make sure GPS, Bluetooth and Wifi are only on when you are using them. Post screenshots at end of day.
With all that being done and you're not getting at least 5+ SoT, you need to RMA your device. Possible lemon battery, it wouldn't be unheard of with the QC issues ongoing.
I wonder how Pixel 2 compares to Pixel 1 XL as far as battery goes? My Pixel 1 XL is about the minimum I would want in my battery, but due to newer and more efficient hardware perhaps Pixel 2 is roughly the same?
Any comments on this? I am not a big fan of 2 XL this year and have an ability to pick up regular 2 almost for free, but I am not sure it's a good idea due to 2770 battery vs 3500 that I have now in 1 XL
Any comments on this? I am not a big fan of 2 XL this year and have an ability to pick up regular 2 almost for free, but I am not sure it's a good idea due to 2770 battery vs 3500 that I have now in 1 XL
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davidstjohn1
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Ok here's my screen on time for my first day with my pixel 2, a little over 4 hours but I had the phone off or the screen off I should say and I had hotspot on for a couple hours. So I think without the hotspot on I could have gotten five to six hours of screen on time
Sent from my Pixel 2 using XDA-Developers Legacy app
Sent from my Pixel 2 using XDA-Developers Legacy app
This could be because of your usage. Battery life is different in each person. It's not just about the apps...signal...settings etc. How do you touch or swype the screen also matters. The more aggressive you are with the touch screen the more frequencies the kernel raises.
Sent from my Pixel 2
I def agree, SOT tells only part of the story. I just have no idea how people are getting over 9 hours...but I don't doubt it either. After a little over a week of use, I'd say I'm OK with the Pixel 2 battery life. It makes it through the average day with juice to spare. At the very least, close to 4 hours SOT for me, and hitting over 5.5 hours on other days. Sounds silly to say but the more I use the screen (browsing, videos, etc), the more SOT I get. Just wanted to share my experience.
davidstjohn1
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My Pixel 2 was draining about 1.2% / hour idling overnight. I installed Greenify and got 0.4% / hour last night. I'm not sure if that's worthwhile.
I find the SOT okay considering the battery size. Not like it's MI Mix 2 's 7-8 hours during 34 hours good, but 3 hours and 50 percent left with these numbers it's acceptable. Happy to see that apps usage doesn't use more than than screen. 
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27hrs SOT over 24 hours with 7% to spare after I forgot to plug in last night. Pretty impressive, nice to know I can make it pretty far into the next day in a pinch (usual SOT will be lower).
50% adaptive brightness and always on display disabled. 1.5hrs playing one of those racing games. Only turned on battery saver at 10% right at the end.2The trick to getting better battery in most cases is simply to use your phone more. It's easy to get 6-8hrs SOT within 12hrs of unplugging your phone. It's almost impossible to do over a 48hr period.
Try for yourself.2Today is overcast and rainy in Portland (surprise)
So I've only had to keep brightness between 20-40%
I am extremely happy about battery life.
45% left with 4 hours 40 minutes SOT. Today has been very average in terms of my usage, light gaming, light social media, light browsing and moderate GPS navigation.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cxaW1NAQAD2y4Yyt1
I'm on track to hit 8-9 hours SOT with pretty good usage across the board. Screen legibility at 30% brightness is awesome too! Have had no problems reading text or watching videos/taking pictures. There was one time I was sitting in a cafe directly under a bright light and I had to turn brightness up to 60%. I've still never had to crank it to 100% yet.2How are you people getting such massive SoT? I got 3h 20m with about 19h usage yesterday.
The current status looks like 1h sot in 9h usage (mostly overnight). I had always-on on. Screenshots attached.
I installed naptime now to see if that helps.
How do I check if the battery health is ok? I used accubattery which says about 92% health, is that normal or inaccurate measurement?2
I def agree, SOT tells only part of the story. I just have no idea how people are getting over 9 hours...but I don't doubt it either. After a little over a week of use, I'd say I'm OK with the Pixel 2 battery life. It makes it through the average day with juice to spare. At the very least, close to 4 hours SOT for me, and hitting over 5.5 hours on other days. Sounds silly to say but the more I use the screen (browsing, videos, etc), the more SOT I get. Just wanted to share my experience.
