Battery usage bluetooth

blondie99

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I just got my XT1805. It should replace my Moto X Style. I liked my previous phone but the battery life was terrible (mainly caused by the energy inefficient snapdragon 808 and the higher resolution screen).

My first impression with my G5S plus is that the SOT is way longer than for the Moto X Style ... I'm happy about that.

But when looking at the battery graphs I see that my bluetooth is using lots of power. It holds the top line in my battery screen with about 823mAh on 12 hours. That's about 70mA per hour or a little more than 2% of my battery per hour.

With my previous phone I had the impression that bluetooth was barely using power. During the night my battery screen showed a flat line.

My bluetooth usage is not really different as before. I have a Garmin Fenix watch that's connected 24/7. And in my car I also use bluetooth but then my phone is always connected to a charger.

What do you think is extra battery drain of about 2% per hour due to bluetooth acceptable or not?
 

bishop0114

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Jan 8, 2008
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I just got my XT1805. It should replace my Moto X Style. I liked my previous phone but the battery life was terrible (mainly caused by the energy inefficient snapdragon 808 and the higher resolution screen).

My first impression with my G5S plus is that the SOT is way longer than for the Moto X Style ... I'm happy about that.

But when looking at the battery graphs I see that my bluetooth is using lots of power. It holds the top line in my battery screen with about 823mAh on 12 hours. That's about 70mA per hour or a little more than 2% of my battery per hour.

With my previous phone I had the impression that bluetooth was barely using power. During the night my battery screen showed a flat line.

My bluetooth usage is not really different as before. I have a Garmin Fenix watch that's connected 24/7. And in my car I also use bluetooth but then my phone is always connected to a charger.

What do you think is extra battery drain of about 2% per hour due to bluetooth acceptable or not?
My wife is on stock and noticed the same thing. I think it may be misleading as the overall SOT time is about 8 or so hours with 1 to 2 days standby. I am on AOSP 7.1.2 and notice low BT usage but higher usage in other areas. Battery is still good but not quite as good as stock.