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[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] AsusGhost:
Excellent SOT

This is my SOT (see attached pictures) and it consistently ranges between 8.5 and 9+ hours.

MI A1 is rooted + Magisk + Xposed Framework. I don't have any "battery saver" app (e.g. Amplify, Greenify, etc).

I can only speculate that the very long SOT could be due to the combined effect of the GravityBox module of Xposed framework and the WiFi Manager app.

The former offers (in the Intelligent Modem section of the Telephone option) the ability to auto-switch from LTE to 2G whenever hooked up to a wifi signal and to auto-switch back to LTE as soon as the wifi is lost, with no human intervention, so that I always have data access at the lowest battery drain.

According to many sources (this for istance), in term of battery drain 4G > 3G > 2G > WiFi.

The latter app instead is able to auto-switch wifi to the strongest signal. Since I have two access points in different floors, it is comfortable to have such a feature which always grants the best transfer rate and the lowest current drain, since the stronger is the wifi signal the lower is the power needed to hook up the signal (see this white paper to get technical justification and the synthetic 3rd picture).

I also attach the latest two pictures with the home screen, where you can see the top right round widget of the Network Manager app which monitors the actual selected network (i.e. 2G when wifi is active, 4G when wifi is disconnected/lost).

In order to use Xposed Framework, rooting is mandatory.

I'm pretty convinced that this speculation is correct (I wouldn't put anyway my right hand on fire to defend it), since I remember that before rooting and installing Magisk+Xposed my SOT was in the 5+ hours range. Of course I cannot guarantee that the same result will apply to your phone, but give it a try and let us know.

Ad maiora.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] anoubhavcashyap:
What about the safety net after installing xposed? Guess it gone, eh?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] roemzz:
Mine can barely get 3.5 hours. 20% left. Weak 4g, about 2 hours Real Racing 3. I don't if it's bad or good.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] belutthegreat:
My best SoT so far. 90% on Wifi, amplified, greenified.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] AsusGhost:
Well, actually this is not true. In fact by installing the Xposed module "No device check" the Safetynet test is OK and the only app I have which is involved, before "No device check" it gave me a warning, now it goes smoothly.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] shmp30:
Coming from Moto Z with 2.5 Hours of SOT. This device is amazing.

New device with Oreo + April security patch + No root.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] dxdiag:
I am looking forward to the M1, which I will receive today.

Before I had the S8, S8+, Note8, iPhone 7 (Plus) and some other flagships. All of them got only max. 6 hours SOT.

The last phone was the Note8 with a SOT up to 5 hours max. ... very bad!

In this thread I see SOT with an average of 7 hours, amazing for a phone with 3080 mAh :good:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] pooniaprashant:
don't assume that you will get the same sot as mentioned in the screenshots here, it totally depends on your usage, the generation network connection you are on and its strength. With more than 4 months of using this device, i can say that if you use only social media, music, streaming and stuff, you will get 5+ hours sot easily even on 4g. But if you are a gamer, expect approx 3:30 hours of pubg with 4g, haven't tested on wifi but i believe wifi can give you 4-4:30 hours of pubg. Also the march oreo was the most battery efficient oreo, so battery backup also varies with every ota update. Hope it helps :good:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] mohit/soni:
Screen On

Screen on time is 7-8 hours. After full charge (Gaming + Social Media + Moderate internet usage), I get 21+ hours of phone use.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] tajima69:
I easily go over 6 hours SOT on heavy use after having disabled Chrome. Until I used it, I was hardly able to reach 5 hours SOT.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Varga666:
This is my SOT,april update,full stock.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ZeldaWW:
How the hell do you all have that, i dont understand

I bought this phone and everything was looking good with android 7.

Then i did the oreo update, it shows android version v8.0.0 , security patch april 1st and the battery started to drain a lot, for example i left the phone alone for 5 hours and battery dropped from 97% to 92% even having turned battery saving ON which makes an ugly red top Bar that i hate to see "cant belive they developed that ugly red bar when turning battery saving on", i also had bluetooth off, sync off, etc.

so your batteries dont drain or what?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] kemdroid:
All he did was connect to a charger and not let it full. Impossible on a 3000Mh battery unless you do not use it like ever.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Dimdiam13:
Hello guys, I downgraded from Oreo to Nougat but the battery is still embarrassing. I have about 5h and 30 min SOT with low use. But I have a question, sometimes I notice that for instance 87% to 86% may last 4 minutes and then 86% drop to 85% in 40 sec. Why this unbalance?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Dead-neM:
Because of the app you are using
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Dimdiam13:
I was using the same app on both moments.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Dead-neM:
It can be foreground apps or just battery recalibrating

You shouldn't have a close look at this it doesn't mean anything on a so short time
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] marko.dnb:
I have about 6hrs of SoT with almost everything disabled and made as simple as possible. However i am using few mostly social apps (FB Messenger, Instagram, Brave browser, Viber). Problem I found in my case is bad router which is causing slow battery drain. One day I decided to use just LTE and noticed how my battery life improved like 20%.

Apps are not always the cause for draining, it can be poor wifi router/not properly set/bad wifi signal etc which is causing the phone to constantly scan for networks. Alternatively try to set up your wifi channel to channel 6 with channel width set to 20 mhz if you have this option. This solved my problem a bit but i still need better router since this one is a crap
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] genti.b:
My SOT Is roughly 4.5 to 5.5, depending how I use it.

Bought the phone 3 days ago. Updated it to the latest patch of May then I did a full factory reset. I didn't root nor did I unlock the bootloader. Apart from some minor changes like limiting background use for some apps I didn't do anything special, everything is stock. I use just 1 SIM, facebook, work email, Gmail, chrome and YouTube a lot and almost all the time I leave my 4G data active.

Comparing A1 with Shamu that I used before this, A1 is a beast battery wise
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ramakrishnanjk:
I lost my last hope

from April update, I never seen my device SOT > 2.5 hours :mad:

I tried most of the suggestion given for this device.

Am going to mercy kill it.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Dead-neM:
What's the battery stats telling you?

Bad WiFi or mobile data signal strength?

Stock? Rooted? Xposed?etc...

Are you coming from a custom ROM ?custom kernel?

Flash the last update without wiping data

You can also install an os monitor app and check which app is using your CPU the most

---------- Post added at 04:12 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:08 PM ----------

Coming from a Shamu too I'm impressed by the mia1
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] genti.b:
Backing up my claim with some screenshots. Happy Sunday :cool:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] kemdroid:
Lol:D
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Otarie004:
What do you use instead ? Firefox ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] tajima69:
Now i'm using CMBrowser. The less affective on battery is Ecosia (on my tests).

However the behaviour is always strange: with hard use, i get over 5 hours SOT; if i don't use the phone, it reaches 3 - 3.5 hours SOT (2 sims and 4g network) even if it regularly goes in deep sleep.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Dead-neM:
You can tweak chrome with the chrome flags some options make CPU and GPU less stressed
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] affendymahmud:
battery backup

i can get 3-5 hours of sot

but i cant get one day standby life compared to old rom

really frustrating
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] kemdroid:
Check your apps use greenify with magisk. Do not check wake tracker or aggressive doze.:good:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] affendymahmud:
Already use rooted greenify+amplify+naptime

Seems like not improving my standby and sot :crying:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you sleep, does your phone sleep, or does it stay up all night and crunch 1s and 0s? Rate this thread to express how you deem the speed at which the Xiaomi Mi A1's battery drains under standby conditions. A higher rating indicates that when the phone is not in use, the battery drains minimally.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] supsrt:
Only about 2-5% drain during midnight with WiFi on and network on
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Muttahark:
Battery draining on standby

My mi a1s battery is draining very fast. My phone was on airplane mode for one hour and the battery was 75% after one hour it was 58%. Why is it draining so fast on standby
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] cmk7128:
Anyone experience doze not working after the latest Oct 30 OTA update? My phone now is 100% awake and has 0% deep sleep (according to BetterBatteryStats v2.2.2). TIA.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] tropbel:
My MI A1 drain about 1% during the night, with wifi on.

I'm rooted and unlocked. i try greenify (donation) with root and xposed functions activated but it drains much more..
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] cmk7128:
Are you on the latest Oct 30 build? The overnight drain used to be much less when it was on the previous Oct 14 build. Thanks!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] tropbel:
New october patch
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] HempLlama:
Same issue here
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] micleftic:
Same issue
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] sale 83:
1-3% during night is normal, what's the issue here?I get up to 1 to 2% with my 4 year old nexus 7,and the old bastard isn't even rooted anymore, it's stock now.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] robgee789:
yeah im not getting deep doze anymore and android system is draining more battery than everything else
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] robgee789:
Hey guys have any of you with the battery drain issue tried a full wipe by restoring to factory settings to see it that helps?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] robgee789:
Hey guys I turned off system ui settings and it seems to have helped a lot
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] cmk7128:
Hi, do you mean you turned off system UI tuner in the Settings?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] robgee789:
yep mate i got 3 hours of SOT yester day and i got down to 52% which is a huge improvement
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] jox4u:
Hi, I also have battery drain issue.

My Mi A1 has the october patch installed, I received a week ago.

With a full charge cant have more than 3 hours of SOT until the battery completly discharges. I use to whatsapp and some 4G internet navigation.

I have turned off the system UI tuner.

I restored the phone to factory one time without a full wipe, only I restored to factory from android menu. (Sorry but, what means a full wipe? To wipe cache partition and wipe dalvik cache from recovery?)

I see that I´m not the unique with battery drain issue, has someone solved this issue?

Do you think that with december patch or with the arrive of Android Oreo this problem could be solved?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] chupchip:
For those who get 1-3% drain overnight, do you guys turn off network and wifi?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] birdie:
Wastes 3% for 8 hours at night which is horrible. Cellular data off, GPS off, and only one app which polls the Internet (K-9 Mail).
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] gordito_gr:
It's amazing
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ajlir:
Not a drop in percentage while I'm asleep with airplane mode on.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] iamabhishek10:
MI A1 battery drain

I am also facing same issue.Kindly suggest some technical solutions.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] cr0ssx21:
Have you already updated to Oreo?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] almajnoun:
same issue here after oreo update
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] R3fiX:
Also have problem after Oreo update.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] DavidDants:
High consumption with RCS Service, around 8%, as Screen consumption (9%)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] robgee789:
Yeah android system still draining lots of power for no apparent reason so oreo didn't fix that yet
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] klincharov:
I am at 53% and have 2h2m SOT, that is ridiculous!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Chauka:
Hi, another a1 user with poor battery performance. I lost like 10% overnight.

I did factory reset, cleaned memory of RCSService and plenty of other apps, turned off UI settings...

What else I can do?

Also, RCSService is still draining my battery, it used about 16%...
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Crowmaster:
Before Oreo update i had 6h+ SoT, now after 8.0 update i have 2,5h and already 36% battery. Now i regret :D
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] reshhie:
Same here
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Siebenmik:
The real problem is sthe system standby drain.

SoT is good and can provide 6hrs but if you leave the phone in standby the consumption would be the same as it would be in sot
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] rastamanjohn:
So far on lineage-15.1, had in 4 days (yes, i didn't touch the phone for four days) 35% drain. keep in mind that it was on wifi, sitting in my closet, no sim or too many apps.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] affendymahmud:
battery backup

i dont know why,i feel that the doze is not working in stock oreo mi a1

standby time is really worst compared to nougat..

any suggestions?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] meltbanana:
I'm using PE with flex (void) kernel, 4% battery drain over night. I think that's okay.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] rovinnewman:
My Battery draining is low

I don't really remember how much it goes away. But I can say that it is really not draining. Maximum it would be like 5% loss of battery with the wifi turned on.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] drozo8o8:
0,1% per hour, standby drain <3
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] tajima69:
Same here still with Oreo 8.0 second may update (I lost the first rolling out of Oreo 8.1 and now it is still pulled back).

Has it been fixed with Oreo 8.1 update?

Could it be a dual sim issue?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Hafrist:
if you are talking about running 2 sim at the same time that is not the problem as i have been running the phone with single sim since 3 months now and it still loses about 30%-35% overnight. i do have a lot of apps though and my phone is 90% on storage so maybe that is the problem.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] coremania:
30% is huge overnight. I'd faced the same issue for months, switching ROMs, using greenify, using different apps, with and without SD card...., but only 20% drain overnight. More than enough. Finding the right ROMs helped me. Gzosp and aosip are working absolute battery friendly. Also disable the background check on dev options ( only 8.1 ROMs ) for most apps helped a lot. From 20% drain I'm down to 2%-4%, that's ok. Kernel switching doesn't have much effect on this issue.

Void works always ;). And I flash always the latest firmware, but I'm not sure if this is related to the drain issue.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] AkCullen:
The standby battery drain for the past two months have been worse.

It drains around 30-35% over night.

Upon troubleshooting, the issue is due to a wakelock called 700000.ssusb which stops the phone from going in to deep sleep.

Nothing has worked from flashing Jan update to replacing the battery and there seems to be no solution for this on any forum.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] droidbull:
Battery Drain like hell

I have the same phone and the battery issue still exist after new update? ANybody knows the fix?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Dead-neM:
Battery drain while connected to any Bluetooth device

Apart from that no problem and phone can idle a few days as it should

When connected to a Bluetooth device phone will go to 0 in less than 24h
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] kudos1uk:
WOW pie made such a difference, 5 days now on standby.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] _jis_:
I agree, adaptive battery really works and surprisingly well. I have longer battery life than it was in Nougat or Oreo. If anyone has problems with battery life, bad applications are the cause of the problem. The system itself is fine.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] MoveOnToWhat:
Did you find any solution to this problem? I've had this for 8 months now. It's really annoying.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] riccetto80:
To me TOTALLY DISAPPEAR this wakelock since i moved from 8.1 stock to 9.0 custom rom.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] MoveOnToWhat:
I have also installed Lineage OS 16 now. The wakelock had disappeared for few weeks until yesterday when I had connected my phone to the PC via USB. Have you contacted the phone to the PC via USB since installing the custom rom?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] riccetto80:
yes, the wakelock appear only if and when i connect by usb to my computer, for the time i keep connected, then didint appear again.

anyway, to be sure i used also a magisk module to disable otg support!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] MoveOnToWhat:
What is the module called?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] riccetto80:
someone posted in a similar topic here on xda, possible even this one.

anyway i will post it again
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] JockeSve:
I had my A1 lying around turned on for three days while I was away using my "work phone" and to be honest I'm pretty impressed over these figures.

No SIM-card but BT: On, GPS: On, WiFi: On, AutoUpdates: On, I.e. just like phone was in daily use.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] denisval:
30 to 40% since Android Pie overnight. I assume it's because of Android Pie since there are other people with other devices complaining about it as well, but I don't think they'll ever fix it. The Mi A1 has become garbage since Pie for me. Waiting for the Pixel 4, if it can give me all the features I need, I will make the switch. To bad because my A1 is far from its end but it's just not living up its potential anymore for me.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] asawi:
Since last update/security patch about 2% per hour. Waaaay more than before. So no longer a 2-3-day phone like it used to be.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] ck4376:
with the latest update, 2.3%/hour. Measured using AccuBattery.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] manabsac:
Deep Sleep > 80% of screen-off time

Android 8.1.0, Nov 2018.

Battery Saver is Always ON.

Drain is ~1.8%/hr for round the clock. <1.0%/hr during sleep time with Alarm Clock running.

SoT is ~12% (average).

Charging Strategy:

10-80% in ~60mins, after completion of charging, switch on Battery Saver, switch off screen, wait for 5mins. The discharge cycle is ready.

I use Greenify, unrooted, to kill unwanted Apps still in background (whether hibernating or not) at regular intervals.

This 70% charge lasts for ~35hrs

(Doing this for last 2 years with MiA1 and before that with older phone)

Time Tested.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] d4rklucif3r:
did you keep wifi on or any background app
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Playing Candy Crush for 22 hours straight can take its toll on your battery (and your marriage). Rate this thread to express how the Xiaomi Mi A1's battery performs under heavy use. A higher rating indicates that it lasts a long time even when playing games, streaming video and audio, and doing other CPU-intensive activities.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Crazy photographer:
Well i don't really play candy crush, but i do like playing games over ppsspp, along with some critical ops, into the dead 2, etc. And I'm almost always using facebook or instagram or chrome. Even today, I've been continuously gaming. I'm at 28% and SOT is over 7 hours.

Even when I'm not continuously playing games, i still get a full day with heavy use.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] UltimateBlade:
What?? Really? Are u joking , like , everyone Is getting just 3.5 to 4 hours of sot by casually using this device.How 7 hrs? Screenshots?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] PriPhaze:
Everyone? I get 6 - almost 7 SOT no games tho but still-- 3.5hrs for a 3080mah battery is really low to being with.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Lupin The Third:
How can you speak for everyone? :eek:

I easily get 7 ours of SOT here. :o
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] UltimateBlade:
I need to get my device replaced then.I confirmed fee users and they said they are getting 3-4 hrs
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] jeba777:
Is it possible or just a joke for this year ? Mine lost only for 3.5 hours
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Lupin The Third:
Since people are not satisfied if they don't see proof, here two screenshots.

Regards ?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] mearjunsha:
I have been easily getting 6-7 hours of SOT with heavy usage and 8 hours of SOT with moderate usage. can easily go for two days with low usage. the endurance is absolutely fantastic. that too for measly 3080mah. screenshot:
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Crazy photographer:
Certainly. Btw, the November patch improved battery life. Day before yesterday i had 9h of sot with 25% still left. But yeah, use wasn't that heavy but still above moderate. I usually play critical ops and some ppsspp games.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] robgee789:
hey guys can you check what lcd screen you have because lots of people have great battery and others have terrible and i think the different lcd panels might be to bame
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Trusconi:
6.30 SOT in 4 Days
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] lukikow:
Where you bought phone?
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Trusconi:
Gearbest on 8 September, received 28 october.

Screenshot were made without november update...

Now is difficult reach 6.30 in 2 days :(
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] goofball2k:
I don't play games, just lots of web surfing and other app usage, and I usually have 4-5 hrs SOT while using about 50% battery. This is with the Nov update. LTE data always enabled.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] rahulsci:
I watch a lot of YouTube videos and surf a lot. Everyday 9-10hrs screen on time (that is if I wait till battery depletes to 0). Battery life is phenomenal.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Alex_GP:
I can't reach more than 4 hours... maybe you guys only use it for reading ebooks? XD
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] dhruvpandit:
battery life depends on screen brightness also.

there are many things which can effect battery life like,

no. of apps installed, screen brightness, wifi scanning always available ON/OFF etc.

i have one A1 (rose gold) which is used by my wife, is made in india. and she is getting good battery backup.

i am going to recieve mine (black) on this sunday, will compare both after that and post here.

(comparing both will be a good idea as rose gold is made in india and black should be made in china)
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] Tubixak:
In my experience ppsspp games are quite demanding so it´s great to hear that A1 handles it well. :) I am going to pick it up for christmas so I am very excited.
[Xiaomi Mi A1 Real Life Review] wawing_b:
thankfully, I don't play games on my phone(s)

just a casual browsing