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SoT Poll

This poll is to help everyone better understand what the average screen-on-time for Nexus 5X users is.
Please vote in the poll and share what you were doing with your device and what sort of settings you have changed (disabling system apps, Greenify, etc).

I don't mess with any battery saver type apps and I get 4 hours SOT consistently. The only time I don't is when I end up having 3-4 hours of phone calls.
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I voted 2-3 only because I don't use my phone that much

Giving this a bump because I think it's very useful. Hope more people vote.
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Lets just say if I can get 2hrs I'll be happier.... I usually get 1-1.5hrs and can get 2.5 if I disable bluetooth, location, and have adaptive brightness off with the display at 0 brightness. My phone is a unicorn of bad battery life

I've been getting 2-3 only and I am NOT very happy with this. I'm really considering strongly to send it back. I don't want the stress of my Phone not lasting me all day with the usage that I want. I don't want to need to live tethered to a charger.

I voted 4-5, but am a light user compared to most people I know, so that's well over a 24 hour period. I do believe if I used the phone as much as I used too, and most people I know do, I'd easily be close to 6.

ChristianBale said:
... share what you were doing with your device and what sort of settings you have changed (disabling system apps, Greenify, etc).
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Settings & apps usually have far less to do with SOT than use habits. If you want huge SOT, charge your phone to 100% and read a Kindle book in the dark with screen brightness turned down as far as possible until the battery dies. If you want lousy SOT, leave the phone off most of the day, then play a graphics-intensive FPS in full sunlight for an hour. An app syncing in the background every 15 minutes isn't going to have nearly as much impact.

My first day with the Nexus 5X game me just shy of four hours of SoT. 3 hours and 40 minutes to be exact. Mostly reddit and texting.

I'm not voting because of course the battery completely depends on the that day's specific usage and there's no options for multiple votes.
But I can tell you that my results so far have been 3 hours SoT with my heaviest usage (low signal mobile data with some gaming thrown in) and 5-6 hours SoT on more normal days (good signal, WiFi). A noticeable improvement over the N5 in as I do not have to disable software features to obtain these results.
I'll be posting more results in the Battery Life thread over time but you can see my first shared results below (50% brightness, all software features enabled except Locations).
http://imgur.com/a/gVuT3
http://imgur.com/a/xjSTe

bblzd said:
I'm not voting because of course the battery completely depends on the that day's specific usage and there's no options for multiple votes.
But I can tell you that my results so far have been 3 hours SoT with my heaviest usage (low signal mobile data with some gaming thrown in) and 5-6 hours SoT on more normal days (good signal, WiFi). A noticeable improvement over the N5 in as I do not have to disable software features to obtain these results.
I'll be posting more results in the Battery Life thread over time but you can see my first shared results below (50% brightness, all software features enabled except Locations).
http://imgur.com/a/gVuT3
http://imgur.com/a/xjSTe
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The poll is used to record your average SoT throughout multiple days. So let's say I got 4 hours on day and 2 hours the next then my average would be 3.

It looks like the average SOT is just under 4 hours but there is a surprisingly large variance. Most people are near the average but the results are more spread out than I would have guessed. I wonder why there is such a big difference in the battery life people experience.
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After a week of me owning this phone, I average a little over 3 hours of SOT but I like running my phone screens at near full brightness. This screen gets much, much brighter than my M9 so I usually run the screen at like 80% brightness and adaptive brightness.
However, I recently discovered that SMS, MMS and calls still work when Wifi is enabled during airplane mode. So hopefully this has a positive effect on battery life when I'm home, at a friend's house, or at work (90% of my life).

Mountainfisher said:
I voted 2-3 only because I don't use my phone that much
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Which points out the fact that the only measurement this poll will accurately show is how long most people look at their screens before they need to charge. It really can't be used to draw any realistic conclusions about 5X battery life. I answered 4-5h based on my experience over the last week, and this level of usage always required daily charging. But over the last 2 days, I made a point to try to reduce SOT and right now it's looking like I'll go nearly 3 days before I need a charge.

For me the phone will last alright when I don't touch it (with the exception of the occasional weak cell area) but as soon as I turn the screen on, the battery drops really fast. Ive been averaging about 2 hrs SOT which is disappointing because that's about the same as my n5.

After a week I'm averaging around two to three hours. Doze seems to not be working correctly. Oh well.

With N DP3, 5-6 hours should be the average on heavy usage and 7+ for light to medium
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=66970008&postcount=1203

Ok,i think you don't use your phones!
All day open
4G,wifi,location saving battery,messenger,whatsup,viber,facebook,instagram,skype,tmbrl,gmail 3 accounts(about 20-30 mails per day),4 ebanking accounts use them very much.Also minimum 1 hour calls.
Games,
candy crash and subway surfers
I use gps too rarely.
210 apps installed to my phone as i see into titanium
stock rom,elemental x kernel,profile,until now i can't decide which is the best.
with extra heavy use i get 2 hours,usually 2:30-3:15 i have see also 4-5 but i didn't use my phone

Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Honor Play before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

Approximately 4 hours of screen on time
Dual 4g enabled and moderate usage. Stand by time is great btw

With still 37 minutes of juice left, my Honor Play could stay on for 7 hours 49 minutes and 13 seconds.

Maybe something wrong... My play have a terrible battery life.

Could everyone post their average screen on time. Mine is 6-7 hours on an average with moderate gaming and everything. The games are pretty graphic intensive though, like pubg and all and by moderate I mean 1 hour.
Edit: without gaming I can easily get up to 8hours of SOT

Cuirous aswell.
Also,
How to check screen on time on this device? On Emui 8.2 / android 8.1.
Possible without apps? Gsam wasn't able to calculate, I don't know why.

Silverstryfe said:
Cuirous aswell.
Also,
How to check screen on time on this device? On Emui 8.2 / android 8.1.
Possible without apps? Gsam wasn't able to calculate, I don't know why.
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In setting/battery /battery usage/hardware/screen

The battery life is very good on my Honor Play. Since I use this as my gaming phone, when my screen is on I'm usually playing games. Even then, the better will get me through a full day.

Ghost52367 said:
Could everyone post their average screen on time. Mine is 6-7 hours on an average with moderate gaming and everything. The games are pretty graphic intensive though, like pubg and all and by moderate I mean 1 hour.
Edit: without gaming I can easily get up to 8hours of SOT
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How do you get 8+ hours? Are you on oreo or pie and what is your screen brightness at?

Silverstryfe said:
How do you get 8+ hours? Are you on oreo or pie and what is your screen brightness at?
I get between 6 to 7 with almost no games and with 10% battery left.
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I'm on pie my brightness is mostly around 25% except for 3hrs when I'm travelling during which it is at 50% probably.

I too get 8+ hours sot. I am on EMUI 9.0.0.189. With 1 hour of PUBG sot drops to 6 hours. I have 2 sims with volte, mobile data on 90% of the time, auto brightness and auto rotate enabled, location disabled.

tsameer14 said:
I too get 8+ hours sot. I am on EMUI 9.0.0.189. With 1 hour of PUBG sot drops to 6 hours. I have 2 sims with volte, mobile data on 90% of the time, auto brightness and auto rotate enabled, location disabled.
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Is that with low brightness aswell?

Silverstryfe said:
How do you get 8+ hours? Are you on oreo or pie and what is your screen brightness at?
I get between 6 to 7 with almost no games and with 10% battery left.
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Try using power saving mode after 30%, you'd be surprised.

Silverstryfe said:
Is that with low brightness aswell?
Seems like I set my brightness too "high" at around 70% on Oreo to get that kind of screentime.
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Don't know. Generally with auto brightness I do not notice. But its around 50% when I manually adjust sometimes. The auto brightness calibration is good so there is lesser need for me to change the brightness manually.

My battery seems to last longer than I expect in most cases. I set the screen brightness for the display to automatic control. The system manages it better.

Yup, auto brightness is caliberated really well. I only use manual brightness while either playing or during night time when I put it to minimum with eye comfort on.

Does Emui 8.1 not learn brightness preference on auto brightness ?

How without pubg it can touch 8 hours of screen on time. Mine is on 7hrs in SS but I am pretty sure I can squeeze another hour out of that last 10-13%.

Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Google Pixel 3 before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

So 3rd day and these are my stats.
30% Wifi 70% LTE
Location when needed bluetooth off. AOD on pickup and new notifications only.

I am pretty consistently getting to 20% battery with 4 hours of screen time regardless of my usage. I'm mostly on wifi, probably 90% of the time.

I'm surprisingly getting an hour less than my pixel 2. It's around 5 hours.

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I'm surprisingly getting an hour less than my pixel 2. It's around 5 hours.
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The Pixel 3 has a 13% larger screen and 13% more pixels than the Pixel 2 with only an 8% bigger battery. Getting less battery life isn't a surprise at all.
What is a surprise is your claim that the Pixel 2 got 6 hours. With a 5" 1080p screen and only a 2700mAh battery I have a hard time believing anything more than about 4.5 hours.

Mix of Wi-Fi and walking around on LTE for a few hours outside

Its kinda bad. My brother cant get over 5 hours sot and the standby drain is really high. If he keeps it idle it drains alot.

I've had my Pixel 3 XL for roughly 7 days now and SOT have been consistent around 4:30 - 5:15 hrs going from 95 - 20 percent discharges before I recharge.
Not bad, but I have to admit that I was expecting something better like easily reaching 6+ hrs for normal usage.
My last hope is that boy "Adaptive Battery" if it would help after couple of weeks at learning curve.

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Its kinda bad. My brother cant get over 5 hours sot and the standby drain is really high. If he keeps it idle it drains alot.
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Try turning off the Always ON display. It drains the battery a lot. Initially i was getting 5 hrs max on wifi. Now its a little stable and i am able to clock around 8hrs SOT with average use. On LTE, it will drop drastically to 5hrs maybe.
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I've have pretty bad result being pretty much 95% on wifi with low app usage

I'm seeing mixed results with SoT on two separate Pixel 3s. On my SO's Pixel 3 its getting 8 hours while mine is only getting closer to 3-4 hrs and she is a heavier user than me usually. Seems to me that the information the adaptive battery has on usage matter a great deal on your battery life. I opted to start fresh on my Pixel 3 while she opted to transfer from an older Pixel.

Getting consistent 6-7 hours of SoT without ambient display, half WiFi, half data and some Bluetooth usage. Using amoled black or dark mode with many apps and an amoled themed wallpaper. This is at 90% brightness. Quite impressed.

getting 5/6h SOT
Screen brightness at about 75%, and nightmode at the end of the day.
Mix of WIFI/ LTE during day and Bluetooth in the car obviously.
So far impressed since the size of the battery is small compared to other devices.
My HTC u11+ was getting about 6h SOT with a much much larger battery capacity.

I'll be the first to admit I dont have much running in the background right now, but I'm still pleased. In case the links don't work -- 6 h 30 m screen on time. Phone charged 20 hours ago. (I'm not usually that heavy of a user, just wanted to see how it would fare in the real world. ) Mix of WiFi, LTE, bluetooth on about half the time.

How?

Use battery saving mode on time. I'm getting similar results. I accidently plugged in the charger at the last bit (thought I took the screenshot but I didn't) but you can see it only charged about 2%.

1 Hour of Screen on Time???
I just received my Pixel 3 3 days ago, and the battery is awful. 1 hour of Screen on time? Is this normal?
I was barely using any apps.

"I just received my Pixel 3 3 days ago, and the battery is awful. 1 hour of Screen on time? Is this normal?
I was barely using any apps.
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You're using ambient display, turn it off for a day which should resolve all your issues. Yes it means you'll have to wake up the phone in order to see whatever messages you may or may not have received. But it'll extend the battery time.

YorbenB said:
"I just received my Pixel 3 3 days ago, and the battery is awful. 1 hour of Screen on time? Is this normal?
I was barely using any apps.
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You're using ambient display, turn it off for a day which should resolve all your issues. Yes it means you'll have to wake up the phone in order to see whatever messages you may or may not have received. But it'll extend the battery time.
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I was having bad battery life too and wanted to sell it for the OnePlus 6T. What I did was left on battery saver all day and it worked out pretty good. Try that for now and see how it works for you.

YorbenB said:
"I just received my Pixel 3 3 days ago, and the battery is awful. 1 hour of Screen on time? Is this normal?
I was barely using any apps.
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You're using ambient display, turn it off for a day which should resolve all your issues. Yes it means you'll have to wake up the phone in order to see whatever messages you may or may not have received. But it'll extend the battery time.
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selw0nk said:
I was having bad battery life too and wanted to sell it for the OnePlus 6T. What I did was left on battery saver all day and it worked out pretty good. Try that for now and see how it works for you.
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If you opted to start from scratch when you set up your Pixel 3 and did not transfer the data from a device that already has the adaptive battery feature getting about 1 hour of SoT seems to be normal based on my experience. I haven't been able to confirm this, but based on my experience the adaptive battery feature seems to use machine learning. It learns what apps you use over time and how often you use them. The more data it has, the better the battery life you will get. It took about 3 weeks for my battery to settle down. Currently, my battery is estimated to last about 17 hours from a full charge. My suspicion is that the Pixel 3 start out running everything you install and slowly learns how aggressive it should limit the battery usage of an app. Aside from leaving it on battery saver, I would also recommend not charging it overnight a couple of days and letting it sit there. That seems to have helped me with the battery life and my device knowing to limit apps I don't use frequently.

Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Huawei P30 Pro before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

I am getting 9-10hours SOT consistently on the P30 Pro, mine is the 256GB 8GB RAM version, and I have been thoroughly enjoying the camera and battery life.

8 but i have another 20% battery so i can make it 10.

I am definitively not getting that much.
Right now I have 29% battery left with 4,5 h of SOT and 1,5 hours of calls, couple of pictures taken yesterday. BT was on the whole time connected to my watch GT, Wifi on, 4G on.
I just updated yesterday afternoon to version 124. Maybe it improves over time.

What's the best way to drain less battery? Keep WiFi on or Mobile Data on or both at the same time?

With a normal use (from 5:45 to 17:45) with
auto brightness, 2 wearable connected, 4h of music via BT, GPS always on, 1h of voice call... I made 9h of SOT within 48 hours (with a single charge)

I have a problem. The battery menu can not be more than 6h SOT. I do not know where I'm wrong. can he help?

I have the same problem. I think since the update the battery drain is insanely fast.. No rogue apps, just fb, messenger, and mostly of them are put to manual mode.. What is going on, pls help. Also it can barely go through 24h without charging, mostly 5h on screen time max..

Coming from moto z play battery on p30 pro is a sad joke. 6-7h SOT charged on the morning, empty at the evening, with screen dimmed as much as i can, either by app that lowers auto brightness by 50%, or lowering it manualy. I have read reviews that stated great battery life, so either they were misleading or maybe i should turn it to the service. 124 software, but it wasn't any better before the update.

Hmm gsam :/
Battery saver enable on 27%

TheAstriX said:
Hmm gsam :/
Battery saver enable on 27%
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You have 13h screen on time and 27% left, wtf?

glogu said:
Coming from moto z play battery on p30 pro is a sad joke. 6-7h SOT charged on the morning, empty at the evening, with screen dimmed as much as i can, either by app that lowers auto brightness by 50%, or lowering it manualy. I have read reviews that stated great battery life, so either they were misleading or maybe i should turn it to the service. 124 software, but it wasn't any better before the update.
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Sounds like a faulty device. You should be getting 8 hours and over for SOT

Good
11 hours SoT. Auto brightness. Pretty goood. :good:

But was auto brightness at the minimum value, possible only in darkness?

How the hell do you get 11h on screen time with one charge????

Either with screen dimmed so it's visible only in total darkness + wifi internet... or in fact some people have outstanding battery and other got horrible.

I always end my day with 50-60% left and 4-5hrs of sot. Auto brightness and mobile data.

glogu said:
But was auto brightness at the minimum value, possible only in darkness?
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The brightness was average 50%. It has to be mentioned that the battery is hugly affected which apps that are used. As you can see from my post i used reddit and youtube a lot when i got 11 hours SoT.
I have experienced 6-11 hours SoT. So 7 hours is not bad... It all depends on which apps that are used.

I have charged it this morning, now It has past 2h and 45 min since the charging, screen on time 52 min and 88% left. It says only 20h are left before the battery runs out.

Silvering said:
8 but i have another 20% battery so i can make it 10.
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Do you have 6gb or 8gb version?

Screen on time

It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the before depleting the battery.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!

8 hours 30 minutes, not bad. And it seems like this is on 90hz.
https://youtu.be/gLXO-jeJlTQ

crusht said:
8 hours 30 minutes, not bad. And it seems like this is on 90hz.
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Dream on. No way is there 8 hours on screen time in real life usage

crusht said:
8 hours 30 minutes, not bad. And it seems like this is on 90hz.
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While I don't believe you would get that amount of SOT over a prolonged period, it does point out that raw mah isn't everything.

I agree it won't get that much in real life. I am curious however how the SOT will be for people that will not use the radar, no AOD and possibly even no face unlock, stay on 60hz and just want a great camera, good speed and latest assistant and have the best Google ecosystem experience. I am that kind of user.
I looked at the 3axl but it is noticeably slow and I need a fast phone for different work needs.

crusht said:
I agree it won't get that much in real life. I am curious however how the SOT will be for people that will not use the radar, no AOD and possibly even no face unlock, stay on 60hz and just want a great camera, good speed and latest assistant and have the best Google ecosystem experience. I am that kind of user.
I looked at the 3axl but it is noticeably slow and I need a fast phone for different work needs.
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no doubt, those conditions that you just stated should save a substantial amount of battery life. My 6T is 3700mah and I get around 6-8hrs sot(depending on usage) no reason to think the pixel can't achieve that with superior software.

Got the phone yesterday, charged all the way up before turning on at about 5pm. Went to bed about midnight. Galaxy S2 watch connected around 7 pm. Did setup, some netflix, and typical messing around with a new phone. Didn't screen shot it, but when I was going to bed last night, I had 4h03M SOT with 47% left. I don't expect it to translate to 7hrs or anything, but it seems better than my previous Note 9 and S8+.

PuffinNugz said:
Got the phone yesterday, charged all the way up before turning on at about 5pm. Went to bed about midnight. Galaxy S2 watch connected around 7 pm. Did setup, some netflix, and typical messing around with a new phone. Didn't screen shot it, but when I was going to bed last night, I had 4h03M SOT with 47% left. I don't expect it to translate to 7hrs or anything, but it seems better than my previous Note 9 and S8+.
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Roger that on the N9! My wife's N9 looses a minimum of 10% overnight at idle. Shoot, my Chevy suburban with 6 people going uphill at 75mph gets better mileage! ???

I got the phone yesterday and charged it too 100% and my screen on time was 6hrs 5 Mon with 9% left. I don't get why the negative battery comments and reviews so far. 6 hours is more than enough.

First cycle with dynamic 90hz no point of forcing always to 90hz. Most social media apps. Tg and duo suck a lot of battery.

Kevtrejo37 said:
First cycle with dynamic 90hz no point of forcing always to 90hz. Most social media apps. Tg and duo suck a lot of battery.
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How was the duo quality for you and the other person?

crusht said:
How was the duo quality for you and the other person?
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Lol ? it was alright when they were on data and it improved when connected to WiFi

The battery is not that bad... here are my screenshots. I am not a gaming person but I usually was surfing the internet, Facebook, etc... and use message app and did use the camera. I turned motion sense off since I am Deaf so I can't hear the music and my hands are getting tired from wave and wave.
sorry for bad grammar.

Good. Maybe the haters will STFU now

Got my 4XL yesterday and it was at 60% out of the box. I used it like normal and with more than 3hr 30min of screen on-time it was at 24%. I don't think it will be that bad.

2nd cycle I guess since it's under 75% it was at 60hz didn't notice any difference screen still very smooth.

Kevtrejo37 said:
... since it's under 75% it was at 60hz...
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Explain

crusht said:
Explain
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I believe they meant the screen brightness was under 75%. When it is, the screen only runs at 60hz.

So I've had the Pixel 4 XL , for 3 full days in the UK now.
Day 1 SOT was 6 hrs 3 mins with 9% left
Day 2 SOT was 6 hrs 15 min with 4 % left
Day 3 SOT is 5 hrs 1 min with 18% left.
The battery is more than adequate. I had the 3 XL which would get a max of just over 4 hours. I'm new.to the forum but I have screenshots as well but don't have a clue how to upload lol. The phone is on 90hz at all times too But most times you can't really tell. It's an amazing phone so fast, the disappointment is video quality again and some of the pic quality is similar levels to 3 XL but I need to fully utilise the camera.

I got similar SOT with 6 hr 12 min and 9% battery left. This with using "force" 90hz , 87% brightness , and always on display (thought it was not always on!). Battery is more than adequate for my usage.