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[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jacekmi:
Hello, I am the new owner of the LG G6. I noticed a fairly large consumption of the battery in this phone, especially during idle

That is why I would like for myself and others to gather in this topic all the ways to improve the G6 performance in terms of battery life, which do not require rooting and are safe for the phone.

First, disable LDB (MLT in older versions) in hidden menu (LG 24/7 tracking of phone)

Search for "LDB function LG G6" in Google, there should be a theme on Reddit about MLT with exact instructions. Maybe someone below will drop the link, because I do not have such a possibility

What else can we do in the hidden LG menu to improve the battery life?

Second, turn off bloatwear

The easiest way is to go to settings > applications and disable (uninstall) applications that you do not use. However, this way you can not get rid of all the bloatware.

What are the other methods for improving the battery life of the LG G6?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Percy247:
Battery standby drain on my G6 (H870DS) is also poor. I lose between 1.5-2.5% an hour when the phone is just sat on the table. I have tried many things to reduce this without success. I have AOD off, battery saver on, gmail sync off, aeroplane mode on (no mobile/cell signal at home), Bluetooth off, WiFi off when screen off. I have removed/ hidden most of the bloatware using ADB commands and experimented with apps such as greenify and forcedoze but nothing seems to make any difference to the high battery consumption when the phone is idle. I have done 2-3 factory resets and nothing has improved. Gsam battery app tells me that a lot of battery usage is caused by android os, kernel and google play services. My conclusions are that android 7.0 Nougat has poor battery idle drain. LG will only update this to 8.0 Oreo eventually which might improve battery efficiency. Some people are reporting better standby performance with their G6’s so it might have something to do with which model/regions firmware you have. I also have the latest TWN firmware and this improved idle drain slightly. I shall wait for android 8.0 Oreo then factory reset and probably be disappointed. Great phone apart from poor battery standby and not having a notification led.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jacekmi:
The most amusing thing I've noticed is that the Always-On Display has virtually no battery consumption. Whether it is running or not, I had the same high consumption on idle.

Tomorrow morning I will check whether turning off LDB (MLT) gives something.

I am afraid of updating to Android 8.0, because reviews of other phones after the update are extremely different, some say that the battery life has deteriorated, and others that have improved slightly
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Percy247:
I too have my doubts that android 8.0 will be bring any improvement to battery standby drain so will be waiting to see other people’s experiences before I update.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jacekmi:
This is also fun, because for the same type of device people report different effects of upgrades. So usually Android upgrade is a high risk game
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jacekmi:
It seems that turning off the LDB (MLT) feature has reduced the battery consumption in idle 2x, now the phone uses about 0.25% per hour.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] romcio47:
Very interesting, that's the first time I've actually heard or read something about MLT/LDB. I wonder what both stands for and also what's its literal function. Polish forums are flooded with threads about "LG's spying app!".

I gave it a try and turned it off. Also I've turned off logging services too. After rebooting, I've removed two apps that are mentioned here and had to force-reboot again as "MLT has stopped" started popping up after a minute or two and it prevented me from doing anything on the phone :D

Hopefully it will improve battery life... even slightly, but improvement is improvement. For me, battery life is the weakest point of this phone (damned Android 7.0 and its idle battery drain bug)...

RAM is not so important for me, 4 gigs are enough and I've never experienced any slowdowns even with 30 tabs opened in Chrome :)
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] adaimespechip:
Someone on Reddit suggested disabling background running services for apps that use it for no real reason. This can be done by following:

Device settings > Smart doctor > Tap Memory > Tap overflow menu > Tap conserve memory

Selecting the apps that you want to not run in the background and setting the toggle to ON will help. Maybe. Ish.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jacekmi:
Let me know what effects have turned off logging and uninstalling these applications. It is a pity that these applications can only be uninstalled on the root device.

Thanks for the hint. I just did it. Too bad there are so few applications that I want them to not work in the background
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] romcio47:
I will try it too, thanks for the hint.

Manually turning MLT off should be enough, I removed these apps just in case but I don't think it makes MLT "double off" as it's already killed in service menu.

I will do some checks and report in few days, stay tuned.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jacekmi:
Can you tell me how, step by step, you have disabled the logs?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] romcio47:
I don't have my phone with me but as far as I remember the steps are almost exactly the same as for MLT/LDB disable.

Only you click the button about logging instead of MLT, one or two rows below. Then you have to tap "disable" button until every logging service below is set to "Disabled".
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jacekmi:
This option is called Log Services above the LDB function in the hidden menu. Unfortunately all these services I have already disabled :/
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jacekmi:
Another hint. Make sure that the built-in flash does not light when receiving calls and messages. You may not notice it, because the phone is always on the back.

This can be turned off: Settings> Accessibility> listening> Alarming flash

Tomorrow I will check how much battery I saved
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] boomboomer:
My idle drain was over 60mAh per hour and over a day this was more than used by the screen. The Greenify aggressive doze helps, as does restricting mobile data in the background plus disabling all the bloat. Adding in the LDB hack has reduced idle drain to less than 40mAh per hour, not perfect but much better. To me it looks like LG thought the larger battery meant they could turn on all their rubbish and we wouldn't notice...
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jacekmi:
Going back to the subject, disabling the flash, acting as the notification light, did not bring about much improvement in battery life.

Every big smartphone manufacturer throws a lot of his ****. The most important thing is to optimize your Android overlay for battery saving. Not every manufacturer handles it satisfactorily
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] dalmm:
https://youtu.be/iPpuYxJUGro
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jacekmi:
Thanks for the link. Some interesting information was in this video. The most interesting, because I've never seen it before, was to turn off Bluetooth scanning, which works even when Bluetooth is turned off.

To do this, go to settings> location> three dots> scanning> Bluetooth scanning
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jshames:
It seems that there are no hard and fast rules about this. Without any modification whatsoever on my G6, idle goes about 1% every 2 hours or so, even with light use. I'm running the v11d update of Oct 21. The update improved battery life that was already good. At the end of a workday, with bluetooth active and light to moderate use and a trip with Waze I typically have 75% left. It may be a regional issue with firmwares running slightly different apps in the background depending on where you are, or maybe difference in cell tower distances-- with a weak signal the phone radio powers up higher. Maybe LDB isn't used in my region (Middle East/Israel)
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Percy247:
Are people using apps such as greenify, force doze, hibernation manager or clean master and if so what benefits in standby drain are they experiencing? Are these apps any good and do they create any problems of their own? From personal experience removing QuickMemo using adb commands improved my battery standby drain a little. What changes should be made in developer options to improve battery life such as animations or limit background processes etc. Nougat is set up to manage battery life in a certain way, so I just want to make sure I don’t make any changes or install any 3rd party apps that make my battery life even worse. What I have come to realise is that the G6 and the snapdragon 821 are not set up for efficient battery standby. Previously, I had a vodaphone smart ultra 6 (rebadge zte blade) with a 3000mah battery on marshmallow that would last upto 4 days on a single charge!
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Schlengge:
I am using Greenify with root and from what I experienced... No, they do not work wonders for this device.

Sometimes I get nights where I wake up and battery dropped by 2% - Other nights it drops by 12%. I don't know why, I always have the same settings.

BetterBatteryStats always displays some strange reasons like WLAN or other stuff.

So basically, I just think the stock software is garbage and stuff like Greenify can't really save it.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] rojamama:
Oreo not coming anytime soon

Oreo not coming anytime soon.

It may take at least another good 6 months.

By that time, Our device would have passed half of its life.

Cheers,
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] stej16:
MLT/LDB was disabled by default for me. but in 3rd party apps that show Services Running, it has 'com.lge.mlt.Ldbmonitorservice' running -- would that be safe to delete via adb?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] jshames:
Basically I have tried everything mentioned in these forums to improve idle drain, other than totally wiping and resetting the device. Nothing has made any difference-- in fact over time it is getting worse- 3-4% per hour. I've had my phone for 6 months now, and although I still make it through the day with light to moderate use, the safety margin has definitely gone down. Sometimes I contemplate taking the charger with me, which until now I have never needed.

I'm wondering if part of this decline is natural deterioration of the physical battery. In any case we can only hope that Oreo will help and not make the situation worse.

Eventually I will try a reset, when I have a few hours to waste.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] BrianIbrahims:
I got a simple fix for G6 battery life

I've managed to extend battery life to over 18 hours

1. Access your Secret Menu *#546368#*870# (My device is H870) so if yours doesn't work, change 870 to your device model number

Go to SVC Menu, Select LDB and disable MLT (used for tracking)

Go to Log Service, Select Log enable(AP+CP), then select again to disable. (this will clear all the device logs in the process and disable logging)

2. Use Use Hibernation Manager app

Every time you put your phone to sleep (lock it) it hibernates the apps you select (I select everything except ones I want constant updates from like Facebook etc) and it slows my CPU to 300MHZ. Why does my CPU need to be at max in my pocket anyways? You can set it to turn off Bluetooth, WiFi and Sync.

3. Use AutoSync

For keeping your phone from syncing 24 hrs. I set mine to 2 hours meaning it's suspended for 2 hours and it'll Sync for 3 min and then turn off for 2 hours again.

These apps are Flexible and VERY light. Not like Greenify

4. Use Fast Reboot App

does a reboot without restarting the phone every time I lock the phone. After using some apps and closing them they tend to keep services on after. This reboot app clears those services and maintains battery performance.

5. Disable GPS, Always On Display and set screen time-out to 15sec or 30 sec. Also put brightness to auto

6. Go to Settings>Apps and disable ALL the apps you never use, I've disabled Duo, Evernote, Play Music, Friends Manager, Photos etc.

7. Watch out for apps with too many PUSH notifications.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] sp_1st_timer:
I think Net Guard is doing significant help in saving battery for my G6. This is what I get when I stop playing graphic intensive games.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] Sachin T V:
Won't there be any issue if I disable MLT? Like no firmware updates etc?
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] frostwildfire:
Hi I have the LS993 flashed to H873 Nougat and have 5+ hr SOT from 100 to 5% battery remaining. Which is great, at least to me, have a Nexus 6P all stock and never reach the 5 hr SOT.

The only thing I modified on the G6 was disable the LBD thing and have the gps on battery saving mode. Not thinking on upgrade to Oreo until many people say its better than Nougat on battery matters.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] BrianIbrahims:
No, not really.
[LG G6 Questions and Answers] abderian2004:
I am on HS870DS (no root). To improve battery life I have removed Facebook, Instagram and Evernote via adb and installed their lite version from playstore and disabled all bloatwares via package Disabler. I am getting around 5hrs of SOT with 2hrs of an online game.

Using package disabler mentioned in this video with same set of packages disabled listed in it -

Video link

I am not using Greenify or any hybernating app or any other kind of app. Just keep phone on power saving mode all the time.
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] thesoupthief:
Hiya, just saw this deal - I'm getting one for me and one for my wife.

Will probably be network locked to O2, UK, but I'm guessing there's a network unlock hack on here somewhere (please post a link if know of one). Otherwise I see there are people selling unlock codes online (Edit - just saw an ebayer selling codes for £1.96!)

Frankly this phone strikes me as a crazy good deal
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
Just to let you know as you're in UK giffgaff sell this phone for £119 & is network unlocked so you can decide if it's worth the extra cost vs buying unlock code

The only extra cost is you have to also buy £10 topup with it - however I recommend buying £12 top up for 4gb data unlimited texts & 750mins calls

If you are both on giffgaff you get free giffgaff to giffgaff calls if you top up at least £10 every three months
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] thesoupthief:
Thanks for the tip. I used to use giffgaff but I'm based in Ireland these days so will get it unlocked to work on Vodafone over here (if I can't just root them and unlock myself there's a phone shop in town who will do it for €10). The £89 O2 deal includes £10 O2 credit - thanks to the new EU roaming rules I'll be able to use the credit over here though.

Really is a very good deal
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] surrealjam:
Also just be aware the UK version of the G5 has never been updated so it's still on Jan security level sadly.
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
Doesn't make any difference if you don't use stock like me - I always use lineageos

And the security updates dont have any impact on features or performance - it just patches some security flaws and since some like bluetooth flaws have been around since android began and have only just been patched, if you have never been a victim of the flaw its very unlikely you ever will be and anyway most people only switch bluetooth on when they actually use it and switch it off after to save battery
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] thesoupthief:
Just read elsewhere on here that an update to Oreo is expected in the coming weeks! That would be a bit of a treat, though it's concerning that the UK versions have been left behind so far. Likely I'll jump on the custom firmware since the battery life with stock sounds wanting - if the lineage version is fairly stable I'll get some of that!
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
Take what you read on websites about updates with a pinch of salt - its rarely true - yes Motorola have said they will provide oreo to this phone but as to when no one knows including these so called website. Although xda have confirmed that soak testing has begun in Brazil - If the timescale to what happened with lollipop on g4 lte when I soak tested its about 2months but thats for the area thats being soak tested (soak test is for selected users only) You then have all the other regions to roll out.

Lineageos 15 is stable and works fine - iv been using it all day and iv had no problems with it - theres a few minor things that need improving upon but it terms of all the main functionality everything works
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] surrealjam:
The updates list stability improvements (as well as security patches) in the changelogs.
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] TheFixItMan:
They always say that yet never say what they are - so I expect the security patch to them equals more stable
[Moto G5 Guides, News, & Discussion] thesoupthief:
Yay! My bargain phones arrived in the week. Got the two unlocked from O2 for £3! Going to have a play with the stock O2 firmware on mine for a while then will probably root and have a tinker. Seems like lineage 15 still has camera issues, which had been a nuisance on my Nexus 5 (running a PureNexus nougat build).

Already this very low spec bargain phone benchmarks at about the same level as my Nexus 5, but without the kangy ROM lags!

Odd that it uses a 32bit version of android, despite its 64bit processor, but I guess with only 2gb ram 64bit wouldn't add anything.

I'm expecting to miss wireless charging so I've got a qi receiver and a case on a slow boat from China.

I got a bit excited the other day so have also ordered a bunch of stuff including a magnetic power connector (if I can bear foregoing qi). On black Friday I ordered a sandisk 128gb microsd card for about £35! (Don't worry, I got it from a reputable seller)

Yay techy toys!
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] rawfa:
Hi,

I didn't do any changes to my phone and all of the sudden the calendar stopped syncing. I have to sync it manually all the time and it sucks because I manage my agenda on my computer and I don't see the changes on the phone.
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] psychopac:
Settings>Accounts>Google>your email address and see if calendar sync is enabled or not
[Moto G5 Plus Questions & Answers] rawfa:
I cheched it out and sync is enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] infin1t3void:
My clock icon is messed up. Is there a way to fix it?
[Google Pixel 2 XL Questions & Answers] KHANrad_SIN:
So my Pixel 2 XL fell out of my pocket on to carpet (thankfully) but when I picked it up I noticed the volume buttons were missing. My volume buttons had popped out of the phone but good thing I was able to find the piece and pop it back in. I think this is just a terrible design, the volume buttons are held in by only 2 small rubber clips. The fact that it popped out so easily makes me question the water resistance. I'm able to pull out the volume buttons if I pull the top using my fingernail. Not good. I went to Best Buy to try this on the display model and I was able to pull out the volume buttons also but it was slightly more difficult, I guess mine is just unlucky. The power button seems okay though. Anyone else encounter this?

Here's a link to some photos, scroll down there's a few

https://imgur.com/a/It0yP
[Android Apps and Games] Feelnside:
Hey guys!

I'm indie game developer on Unity and I want to show you my new game created for iOS and Android - Slope Down: First Trip. I have been working with the game for 1 year and 2 months. It was very difficult but I'm happy with the result.

The game has Lowpoly design. I decide to use that because it's a bit easy to do when you are an indie developer and even it looks very well :)

In general it's arcade where you have to find out a Crystal and save the World. The main character is Sphere and during the game you need to descend through different landscapes and cliffs.

Game features:

• Beautiful low poly graphics

• Dynamic time change

• Descend through the beautiful landscapes

• Collect artifacts in the dangerous places

• Compete with the fastest enemies

• Perform a lot of special missions

• Beautiful music during the game

• Set up new records at the dangerous levels

• Open a lot of achievements

• Upgrade your sphere (ball) to the maximum power

• Take different improvements to be faster

Trailer on YouTUBE:

[YOUTUBE]P34u8j2nv6c[/YOUTUBE]

The game is available on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Feelnside.SlopeDown

I will be happy if you have any chance to download it and share your though regarding the game.
[Android Apps and Games] Feelnside:
The game has reached 30k installs in Google Play. This is my little victory :)

There are a new update (2.18). Feel free to try it out!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Windows Mobile ROM De] gthing:
Hey I've been working on my blackwood ROM and for the life of me can't get OBEX to enable.

I have an OEM package that contains one .RGU file with several registry edits, of which enabling OBEX is one.

After I build my ROM, but before I compile it into an NBH I can see in default.hv that OBEX is enabled. But after I flash my ROM, it is disabled. My other registry edits from that RGU seems to stick just fine - it's just OBEX that reverts to not being enabled. I don't get it!

Any help here?
[Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Questions & Answers] ultimo123:
halloo, i lost desktop animations (miui 7.11.23 beta) . its like animations off in developer options. tried change animation speed in this setting, tried restore old system, tried re-flash rom via twrp but could not get back animations.. what can i do? what is the problem?
[Android Apps and Games] urbemAngeli:
Hi! I want to share my game called - White Hole. This is an interesting arcade game.

Description:

Immerse yourself in an alternate universe where there is a white hole. This massive object is able to emit matter in the form of various shapes.

The goal of the game is to combine the figure that you have with the figure that emerged from the white hole. To do this, you need to rotate your figure until you find the right position.

The game consists of two modes: runner and arcade - each of which has its own characteristics. Just choose your favorite mode and play.

Compete and compare your score with other players, gain the greatest score and be the leader among all.

Features:

- 2 game modes (arcade, runner);

- 100 different pairs of shapes;

- bonuses for each of the modes;

- leaderboards;

- achievements;

Screenshots:

I would be glad if you download and rate the game.

Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ditwog.whitehole

I hope you like it!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tragedie42:
Hello, I would like root my Wiko View, so I want to flash a recovery custom, I try for fifteen days of "fastboot flash recovery" several different twrp.img, several models, but none works .. Have you the solution ?

Thanks you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Philipp0002:
I don't know if this works, but it's worth a try: twitter .com/fs0c131y/status/938741187158183942
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tpeyron:
More than 2 years later, but have you tried this ? https://xdaforums.com/android/help/root-how-to-root-wiko-view-t3740005

I used the custom rom from the thread, flashed in via fastboot to my Wiko View, and then installer Magisk via the working TWRP !
[General Questions and Answers] MehdiKazmi:
HI GUYZ.

I had green screen on lg g3 d855 last day , and now I am trying to flash stock rom using Lg Flash Tool . Phone goes into Download mode and then Firmware upgrade but when it starts , after approx half of minute phone keep turning off. Hence, the upgrade failure.

I noticed that when I go into download mode , my pc detects the phone as "LG Device" ready to use , but when I start flashing the firmware , and it turns off , then Pc recognize the device as "Qualcomm HS-USB Qdloader 9008".

I assume that something wrong with Usb connection which keeps disconnecting after half of minute. even if you do nothing , still it turns off after same amount of time.

need your Help. :(