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[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] km8j:
I finally charged around 2am at 5% after clocking 5 hr 52 m SOT
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] ErikFry:
Today 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.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] edscholl:
Screen on time, on wifi, has been awesome. Over 6 hrs last charge, today, over 4 hrs and at 65% remaining.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] jamesey10:
mine was unplugged for 24 hours, had 5hours, 15 mintues of SoT
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] flash10:
6 hours sot
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] dsaucex:
How 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?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] pgsxdjp:
I got a little over five hours SOT with 2% left last night. Forgot to get screenshots. I was running at 50% brightness and have almost all of the "marketed" features turned on.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] dsaucex:
How many hours between last full charge & 2% for you? I have 3h sot, 16h since last full charge and 18% remaining. I am concerned about it now and need to figure out quickly whether I should return it.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] pgsxdjp:
Not sure but I'll do the same as I did yesterday and report back tomorrow with screenshots. Except today I'm at 40% brightness and don't want to change it.

FWIW, I am currently at 84% | Last full charge: 6h 47m ago | Screen usage since full charge: 40m.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] dsaucex:
I am guessing you charged it sometime before sleeping and now in the morning it is 7 hrs since charges and some drain with minimal screen usage, hence 84%?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] pgsxdjp:
Yep thats exactly correct.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] ErikFry:
Are you running 100% brightness all day? Take a screenshot of your advanced battery usage page also.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] dsaucex:
No. I use adaptive brightness and if it becomes too bright sometimes I manually reduce it. I will take screenshots again today.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] dsaucex:
Any update?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] mrdoug:
From what I was told some time ago, adaptive brightness uses a sensor, requiring some (a lot? A little?) battery use there. I don't know if it is much... if it counteracts the point of adaptive brightness or what.

Personally, I just use the lowest tolerable brightness, manually adjusted as needed (which isn't too frequent, honestly), and I think I get the best battery I can from the screens I use.

Might be worth testing the two out see if manual helps any.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] dsaucex:
Okay, didn't think about that but i anyway disabled adaptive brightness in the morning today. Have 2.5h SoT, 15.5h uptime so far (since last full charge) and 42% battery remaining. With this rate it is likely to be slightly under 5h SoT which is still lower than what most people are reporting.

I also installed accuBattery to check battery health and it estimated it to be 91%, are these estimates usually correct? Should I be concerned?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] mrdoug:
The other battery saver I saw posted, and it seems to be a big deal for the pixel 2... Turn Always On Display off. In the settings it even says it eats battery. Lol.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] ApoelEllhnwn:
Your previous phone have 4100mah 5" pixel 2 have 2700mah.

Its normal. I have 5-5:30 sot.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] harisyks:
Developer options > uncheck Aggressive WiFi to mobile handover, Always allow WiFi roam scans, and Mobile data always active.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Rajaasim1980:
Screen on time is not good on pixel 2 . I have got pixel 2 after using U11 which used to give 7-8 hours screen on time on 4G and pixel give maximum 4 hours on 4G data..
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] zeropants:
I've been pretty happy. 5 to 6 hours per charge pretty regularly.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] holygoatofsteel:
Having some issues with screen on time. Noticed this around the time I updated to February 2018 OTA and since I've flashed it back to Jan 2018, my screen on time can sometimes be really awful. I used to get 6h~ SOT but now I can get as low as 2hrs some days. All original charger, stock Android. Posted some screenshots of the battery breakdown below. Any tips would be appreciated, is this an RMA hardware issue?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] xFirefly93:
Check your wakelocks (both partial & kernel) with BetterBatteryStats.

Also, do you have any rouge app(s) installed?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] holygoatofsteel:
Nothing rogue AFAIK. GroupMe is my highest drain, 20% over 1h37m but I can live with that, I know it's thirsty. To see my wakelocks I need to be rooted, don't I?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] xFirefly93:
Yep.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Proday:
You can see wakelocks on BBS witouth root...just need to type 2 lines in adb (there is a thread with explanation).

Btw, on mobile data only, im getting 3:30-4h sot in 10-14hours; on wi-fi only, 4-6 hours for same period of time (10-14h). I'm a really hard user, and sometimes I have to charge my phone 3x daily :( Before pixel 2, I had huawei Mate 10 Pro, that was monster with 4000mah and 10+ sot...really miss that phone :(
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] kubis111:
The first threes pictures without AOD (DT2W and ambient new notification ON) The next threes pictures AOD ON. Android P beta. For me now perfect!

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[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] unitedkelea:
10 hours
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] ApoelEllhnwn:
May stock rom with Flashkernel 2.38

Apps usage: Instagram 2.15h Clash Royale 1.35h ....
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Rotten Ross:
Any explain why Google is causing show much drain?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] xFirefly93:
Isn't that the Google app that always is waiting for a voice command?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Rotten Ross:
Not sure, ive turned off the 'access with voice match', not sure if that's the setting you are on about.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] __Andrew_:
This happened to me before with Download Manager (System App).

Go to Settings - Apps - (App with huge battery drain) In your case, it's Google.

Force Stop, delete cache and data.

This happens when Google is trying to reconnect to network and download something that was interrupted before. Could be an offline language or backup. Due to cache build up, it enters a process of rechecking the cache while the file is being a downloaded that causes a loop process without a clear exit terminal.

You should be getting at least 5 hours of SOT in this device even with heavy usage.

Even with all the services such as Adguard+VPN and Google voice always listening activated in my device (except AoD), I'm still getting solid battery life without the help of any third party Doze app.

If all else fails, back up everything and reset the device. Should only take you an hour to fully restore the device with all apps and data.

Hope this helps. :good:
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] __Andrew_:
Android P beta is running smooth so far. This is with AoD turned on, about 15GB of downloads from Spotify, and browsing the web. Still a solid battery for everyday use and heavy usage.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Proday:
Sry for noob question mate, but how made you that black theme?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] __Andrew_:
I used the subtratum theme engine, andromeda (no need if you're rooted but it helps in applying the theme), and a swift black subtratum theme. You can easily follow in youtube or in the app how to apply it based on your device and OS version.

Enjoy!
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] dnadude:
OST

I recently opted in to the Android P beta. I was averaging 3.5 - 5 hours OST before. The first day on P I was online to get 7:40 OST. Within a few days I was closer to 4 to 5 hours OST....The brief experience of Moto Z Play type battery life was nice, lol. I'musing a Pixel 2.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] __Andrew_:
I'm actually in Android P as well. The sound has been drastically lowered down for both speaker and bluetooth output. Apparently, it's a known issue that they're trying to solve. Other than that, it's been amazing so far.

However, Google seems to be discontinuing support for the use of substratum theme engine and andromeda unless you're rooted. Kinda sad since I don't want to unlocked my bootloader, which will trip the security net patch and prevent the use of some apps, and there's no reason for me to root the Pixel 2 anyway other than the themes. Flashing other kernels or OS seems to be a waste of time now since Oreo and P are very well optimized and I like clean UI's. I hope they at least introduce a system wide Black theme for users even with limited support: Notification Panel, Settings Page, Messaging, Phone app. Similar to how Sony themes go. Most don't apply themes to 3rd party apps anyway (and several apps now offer dark/black modes too) so that compromise should at least make most users happy.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] FatherSarge:
I've managed some pretty insane battery life myself.

Rooted and using the helix engine is all you seem to need
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] TenTuTego:
Getting poor SoT about 4h max 4,5h each time on Android P beta now. Didn't see this problem just after the update. It got worse now. For a few days had an additional problem where Google was on top of battery consuming apps with about 30/40% battery usage. Is the wipe / going back to Android O the only way to solve this ? Or maybe it should be just like that. Just to mention I rarely use Bluetooth, have my brightness really low.. sadly can't post screens.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] __Andrew_:
Since you're considering going back to Android O, which will wipe all your current data, I'm assuming you've at least done a factory reset while in Android P. If not, do one.A reset solves most of the problems as stated in the PBeta forum. If you already did, the ones below might help.

Check settings-location, and try turning off wifi and Bluetooth scanning. These options are barely usable especially if you manually switch your connections on and off rather than relying on your phone to do it. It also drains the battery when you're in public places with several available connections.

Second, go to settings-battery. And check if there's an app that consumes a big amount of battery while in background. There shouldn't be any reason for your battery to perform poorly under PBeta if it was well under Oreo since other Beta users such as myself is getting good battery life. Hope it helps. :good:
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] litetaker:
Dang! I am using Stock Oreo and I get around 4-4.5 hours of SOT, on a good day, and I consider that great! It is better than my old Nexus 5X anyway. What do you guys do to get 7, 8 even 10 hours of SOT!? Use it on Airplane mode the whole day, lol? I find it very hard to believe that such an SOT is even possible without huge sacrifices. I would be perfectly happy to get 4 or 4.5 hrs of SOT everyday.

Or do you all use some custom ROM to get such SOTs?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] TenTuTego:
Those are very helpful informations, thank you! And I have to admit I didn't factory reset my phone after getting beta version of Android. I'll follow your instructions and start with factory reset and then move to other things. It was just surprising how my battery went from 5 or even 7 hours sot to average of 4,. Im not really sure if it has to do anything with Android beta though. And I've just noticed I'm again having an issues where Google app is on top of battery usage apps :confused:.

And just to clarify I mostly have my brightness really low and I'm not using Bluetooth really, always on display off and song recognizing on. But on the other hand I didn't use any custom ROMs or limiting the speed of cpu to get a better battery life or anything extra like that. I think over 5h screen time isn't anything special while I seeing all those people getting insane SoTs.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] mikeynavy1:
For those getting the great SOT on Android P...are you using adaptive display or manually setting a brightness?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] __Andrew_:
I see. AoD option shouldn't drain your phone much. Although, it affects battery life based on my testing.

SoT with AoD and Now Playing: 10% drain after 10 hours

SoT w/out AoD and Now Playing (Double Tap to turn on enabled): 4% after 10 hours

SoT with All AoD features Disabled: 3% after 10 hours

My screen brightness is manual at 30%. Pixel 2's display is actually very legible compared to others even at low brightness. I personally don't use Adaptive Display because the system tends to go above 50% in well lit environment even though it's not needed. Please see SoT's above.

If Google is your main culprit, delete cache and data of the app together with Download Manager and Playstore. This actually happened to me before when I was downloading offline languages and deleting the cache and data fixed it. It's possible that your google account is either downloading or backing up something and it keeps failing; hence, it continues to do it as long as you have connection. With my current set-up, I'm averaging around 7-8 hours of SoT with a day of standby and Wi-fi and data always On. My only complaint with Android P is that the fingerprint recognition is slower (about twice the speed of Oreo) and it doesn't support Substratum. Otherwise, I like it.

Hope this helps. :good:
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] TenTuTego:
I keep clearing Google's cache and storage and it's still there on top. Again 4 hours. Going for wipe now and will see how the battery behavior changes.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] mikeynavy1:
So far have you noticed any difference? I did a reset when I went from Oreo 8.1 to DP2...but didn't when going from DP2 to DP3. I haven't been impressed with battery life and a couple of other aspects of DP3 (brightness seems reduced even with new slider scale, sound is lower, etc.).
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Sukhi:
Shealth and Snapchat are the culprits here. For a day or two, try removing them and you'll be amazed with the battery results. SHealth doesn't play nicely on Android except Samsung phones.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] seabro01:
I can go 32+ hrs off the charger with 7+ hrs SoT on the Pixel 2. Using ad blocker, dark themes (apps, setting, notifications, etc), power saving browser (Brave) and no major battery draining apps other than Netflix. Also keep adaptive brightness off, 20% or lower brightness indoors (~60% in sun), WiFi + data off when not used, AOD + lift to wake off, double tap on, location on only when needed and have the screen sleep after 15 seconds.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] TenTuTego:
Those seem to be really helpful tips. Im actually following some of them rn. Still have to figure out dark themes. Im usually on the lowest brightness indoors also. Still 4h sot. Will go back to Android Oreo maybe and contact support as they can't help while using beta software.

Sadly didn't notice any big differences of the battery life. Maybe first days after reset only.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] suVZz:
was your reading with always on high accuracy location, wifi and lte?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Rotten Ross:
Any advice on getting the best battery life?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] romarioaraujoo:
I can only make 4h30 disappointed with the battery
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] gamerjayss:
hi
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Rotten Ross:
That appears to be my problem although that is over 48hrs so I reckon I might be being a silly with my annoyance
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Coeur Brisé:
Okay so how is everyone still getting good screen on time? On oreo i could easily go a day without charging but after upgrading to pie, i cant leave the house without my charger. I do game casually (pubg, world of tanks, sometimes ark survival but ark makes my phone hot and eats the battery) at most 3 days a week. I can barely get 2 1/2 to 3 hours of screen on time anymore. Any suggestions? Im already using adaway, unless theres a better adblocker out there that i dont know of, and greenify. Plus i already rooted and have a dark theme system wide.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] mrdoug:
I see the message two apps have high battery usage. What are those? Also, of you hot the three dots in the upper right then select battery usage, you'll see the specific app use for this charge. Anything jump out as excessive there?

FYI ... I get about 5.5 to 6 hours from full to dead. I don't know how some of these others get more, but you should see 5 at least, I'd think.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Coeur Brisé:
Well greenify and dolphin browser are the culprits behind background usage im gonna uninstall dolphin anyways i only installed it because i was looking for a browser that would play hd videos is hd because well, chrome isnt playing videos in hd and isnt giving me the option to choose video quality of videos that are uploaded in hd. They all play at 360p i believe because the quality is ****ty. And i know pubg and world of tanks eat battery as well because i tend to play more than one match at a time. Ill slow down on the gaming and see if battery life improves.

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Greenify and dolphin browser currently have high battery usage. Im going to uninstall dolphin because i only installed it since i was trying to find a browser that would actually play hd videos in hd. For some reason chrome no longer plays hd video and the video player doesnt let me chose video quality as it used to. Now i have to watch hd videos at what looks like 360p because they look ****ty and pixelated. Other than that i know pubg and world of tanks eat my battery because i play more than a single match at a time. Ill slow down on the games for a week and see if battery life improves.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] buschris:
Same here. I carry a battery pack wherever I go. Installed Accubattery and the first 2 days/recharges and discharges to zero have me at 4hr 28min and 3hr 45min screen on time. I knew I wasn't going crazy after Pie hit in early August. With Oreo, consistently 6+hrs screen on time. A few times 7.5 hrs!
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Coeur Brisé:
Yep on oreo i had the best battery life with 7 hrs sot easily. Now its just sad that this update depleted what used to be i feel like we're in the same boat as iphone users, with updates somewhat downgrading older phones so we are likely to purchase the new phones which they have been optimized for.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] bakoline:
Insane battery usage

So I bought pixel 2 few days already and upgraded from pixel 1. Thought that battery was pretty poor and here is the screenshot )))

[IMG="battery"]https://i.imgur.com/tLFcmrx.jpg[/IMG]

Always on display is off and I need sort of help to figure out whats wrong
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] 3dd1:
I have never seen Pixel Ambient Services on my battery usage, let alone 73% [emoji33] I just read it is used for the "now playing" function here is a link explaining about it and how to disable it. https://www.howtogeek.com/331129/how-to-enable-or-disable-now-playing-on-the-pixel-2/ I am guessing you have it on, turn it off to see if that helps.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] hanifh:
in other news, battery life is still ****e on this paperweight that I recently wiped to test afresh this week. max SOT is 4 hrs on a good day with only 41 apps onboard. at least on 8 I used to get about 5hrs SOT.

utter tripe from Google since the Pie update. perhaps deliberate sabotage Apple style in order to herd people to buy the new 3.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Rotten Ross:
Unlikely as I am still getting 6hrs screen on time on pie.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Nalub:
Hello. Recently I noticed that the battery is draining fastly. I am not satisfied with my phone's SOT at all, as I get only around 3 hours, 24 hours standby. I tried to reset the phone, but no changes. Always on display, location and now playing are turned off, and automatic brightness is on. What can I try?

Edit: 4g is always on. I don't have wireless network, so I use only mobile data. Bluetooth is rarely used, so I keep it off. I use the phone for browsing (firefox), photos (not a lot), phone calls, whatsapp and a little youtube.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Yousvel:
I have got my Pixel 2 last week, and I miss my Pixel XL OG battery. I only get a maximum of 4 hours of SOT.

I am on the latest Pie update. I regret I didn't get Pixel 2 XL instead of the regular Pixel 2. Actually my only probablem is the battery life.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] icstrim1:
Is it a new device?

I had the small Pixel 1 which was about the same as the P2 on standby drain , maybe better. The Pixel 2 is better at CPU intensive tasks such as camera.

You can analyse what is draining your battery , maybe something is not right.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Yousvel:
Brand New!
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] technoboi1:
Hi, i bought a one year old Pixel 2, i got only 4 hour SOT, what do you think, if i buy and replace battery i will get 6 hour SOT? Thanks for answer
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Nalub:
My Pixel 2 is less than 1 year old and I have just a little over 3 hours SOT. Wanna trade? Haha just kidding. It's not that bad.

Also SOT is different from one person to another, it depends on many things.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] mcg:
The recent updates to android pie really made this phone go down the crapper in terms of battery life.

I was on the April 2019 Pie build and had enough, I actually went and downgraded to the last available Oreo build.

Battery life is better and definitely more tolerable than it was on the later builds of Pie.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] ikkyrifki:
If you have many social media apps and with heavy usage, that's good. battery life. I barely reached 5 hour screen on time with 4% battery left, but i just have one social media app installed (whatsapp)
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] technoboi1:
On DP4 i got only 3 hours sot time, so i decided to change my battery, now its definitely better,with same usage after 1 hour sot time battery drained only 15 percent ?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] somethingbetter:
Has anyone turned off all the apps one by one for background activities and all the other useless features, battery eating AoD's etc.? Is it still the lousy 3 or maybe 4 hours?

I got quite consistent SoT of 6-8 hours on Pixel 1 with everything extra turned off, yet I could watch youtube for some hours and use insta, didn't use fb or twitter at all. Always put apps to sleep with Greenify. Camera was the hungriest with 1% / 1min.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] hanifh:
How's the battery life now on 10?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] ZanDyne:
Dudu
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] DON2003:
what is the normal SOT of Pixel 2 on Android 10?
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] N5X_ita:
last 10build, TWRP+Root, 4,5 SOT. Bought new. Is it ok or do I have to worry? Also snapping a photo takes 1% of battery every time.
[Google Pixel 2 Real Life Review] Nalub:
No reasons to worry