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[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KMT2K:
So, I got a Nexus 6P, I had a Sony Xperia XA1, but, well, it stopped working, so I got a Samsung Galaxy C5, then, that had issues so I traded that in and got a Nexus 6P. It was second hand from CeX. I took it in yesterday to do a warranty test. They found no issues. To be honest, the person who served me looked like she couldn't be bothered. I really like the phone, and I don't know what to do. My friend suggests taking it back to CeX and maybe getting a replacement, but I don't want to do that, I'm really enjoying the device when it actually works. I've used AccuBattery, and the readings jump. One point my battery health was at 53% which was disgustingly bad. Following check, it was up at 89%, which is a lot better. For it to fall again to 58% and back up to 93%. When it shuts down, I can't turn it back on again. At all. It requires a charger. I've tried all the suggested methods of battery 'calibration' etc. None of them work, and I don't want to damage the battery anymore.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grushteniak:
There's a ton of topics here regarding battery, use the search and you'll see that this is a very common failure. I had the same behavior and a battery replacement fixed it, but YMMV... give it a try, find a good battery and replace it.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Niel86:
It's battery issue, mine was the same. I chatted to google throught the helping section builtin on the settings from my phone and they told me Huawei MUST repace the battery if the phone was still on warrenty. Mine was about to expire, got my phone to the Huawei center in about 2 days they gave me a new battery for free.

My Nexus 6P now last about 2days of medium/low use
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jimbomodder:
Office batteries on eBay, changed mine myself, no more early shutdowns.
[Nexus 6P Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KMT2K:
Thank you everyone I ended up taking I back to the store and they replaced the phone with an Xperia XZ. I asked if they'd replace the battery, but replacing the phone overall helps as well I suppose haha.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saktis_STi:
Make sure you’ve backed up all of your IMPORTANT DATA before unlocking/relocking bootloader because this process WILL DELETE ALL OF YOUR IMPORTANT DATA !

I am not responsible for bricked devices and dead SD cards. YOU are choosing to make these modifications, and if you point the finger at me for messing up your device, I will laugh at you.

This process will not void the device warranty & you will get OTAs

First and foremost, please install ZenFone 3 Drivers via Device Manager (Download drivers on ASUS Support Website)

1) Download the Factory RAW ROM here:

ZE520KL:

ZE552KL:

2) Download ASUS Flash Tool here:

3) Flash the firmware via ASUS Flash Tool by entering FASTBOOT MODE (Power Button + Volume Up) & DO NOT WIPE DATA!

Note: This firmware can only boot into FASTBOOT Mode. So, don’t panic

Note: If you flash RAW firmware via ASUS Flash Tool and received an error (FRP request error), just IGNORE the error.

4) Download Bootloader Kit for ZenFone 3 here:

5) Enter FASTBOOT mode (Power Off + Volume Up)

UNLOCKING​

6) Unzip the files and click on Install adb-setup-1.4.3.exe (You can find this in Bootloader Kit)

Hold Shift and Right Click on any area in the folder (click on ”Open Powershell window/Open Command Window)

Now copy and paste this: fastboot devices

If it shows serial number of your ZenFone 3, you are good to go

Now copy and paste this: fastboot oem unlock

After that, copy and paste this: fastboot reboot bootloader

Congratulations, your device has been unlocked unofficially. (You can see the "Device State" on FASTBOOT splash screen)

RELOCKING​

6) Unzip the files and click on Install adb-setup-1.4.3.exe (You can find this in Bootloader Toolkit)

Hold Shift and Right Click on any area in the folder (click on ”Open Powershell window/Open Command Window)

Now copy and paste this: fastboot devices

If it shows serial number of your ZenFone 3, you are good to go

Now copy and paste this: fastboot oem lock

After that, copy and paste this: fastboot reboot bootloader

Congratulations, your device has been locked (You can see the "Device State" on FASTBOOT splash screen)

P.S: If you unlocked officially and you want to relock your bootloader, OTA does not work because your Serial Number has been recorded by ASUS.

7) After that, download the stock Oreo RAW ROM here and flash it via ASUS Flash Tool (FASTBOOT Mode) (DO NOT WIPE DATA):

ZE520KL:

ZE552KL:

If anything, contact me via Telegram

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Note: If you flash RAW firmware via ASUS Flash Tool and received an error (FRP request error), just IGNORE the error.

Note: If it asks for PIN after booting up, just wipe data & cache via Recovery Mode (Power Button + Volume Down).
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] AnAn.:
How to delete the start message in Zenfone 3 ZE552KL after officially unlocking Bootloader?
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] zulfikarbugis:
I think it's impossible
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saktis_STi:
To remove it, simply relock the bootloader.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] bibihub:
Ok so this time it worked ! Thanks [MENTION=8893939]ZenFone_3[/MENTION]

Now I'm on the latest oreo update (1801) with bootloader unlocked.

But no twrp yet. For some reason the flashing process of the twrp img finishes, but it is still the stock recovery that boots. I tried multiple times and downloaded the twrp img again but no luck. I'll try to figure that out.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ehbm:
If I do this unlocking method I'm gona keep my warranty if I have any issue and need to relock to send to the Asus? Or It can be detected?
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saktis_STi:
Just relock and send it to service centre. ASUS won't know ;)
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] ehbm:
Thanks
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] gio14:
hi i get this error

[IMG="error img"]http://https://ibb.co/khDe0n[/IMG]can open file gzya etc. and wont continue to flash
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saktis_STi:
Just ignore the error.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] kuranzi:
do i need to reflash the firmware after relocking bootloader ? now im on oreo and using stock recovery
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saktis_STi:
Read my main post properly. Yes, you need to flash Factory RAW to relock bootloader. After relocking, flash Oreo RAW to return back to stock ROM.
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] kuranzi:
Just little confused here, do i need start from step 1 or i just skip to step 6 ? Cause i only need relocking...
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saktis_STi:
Whole Steps ( Skip the unlocking part)
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] kuranzi:
i have doing untill step 3. now im going to step 6 for locking bootloader, but adb didnt find my devices, what should i do ?
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saktis_STi:
Install drivers via Device Manager (Drivers are in the Bootloader Kit Folder)
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saktis_STi:
Contact me via Telegram.

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[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] kuranzi:
icant use telgram it need verification sent to my phone, i just have 1 phone.... what should i do now ? i try adb on recovery and it detect my phone, but in fastboot it not detect anymore
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Saktis_STi:
Do you have TeamViewer? If not, install it and PM me
[Asus ZenFone 3 Guides, News, & Discussion] Coldify:
With this method the Warranty is not void?
[YotaPhone] Raj_The_Ripper:
Hi,

I want to buy yota phone 2. Any idea where can i get one ?
[YotaPhone] boldy:
Only e-bay.
[YotaPhone] Parmo100:
I always buy on Aliexpress, yotaphone 2 is usually available but not always. Its available today for 270 US dollars at

Yota Yotaphone 2 4G Dual Scree Smartphone 5" HD screen 4.7" Touch E Ink Snapdragon 800 Wireless Charger 2G 32G mobile phone

http://s.aliexpress.com/jyI3eMJf?fromSns=Copy to Clipboard

(from AliExpress Android)

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[Lenovo A6000/Plus Questions & Answers] glewo45:
Is Google Camera port supported on our device,

Anyone have try?
[Lenovo A6000/Plus Questions & Answers] Ramesh100:
Who to bootloader unlocked Lenovo a6000plus
[Lenovo A6000/Plus Questions & Answers] Kallyansin:
Yes ..but you will get only lens blur and hdr+ ......use it vie pixel experience 9.0
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
I can't cope with this bad battery life that came with Oreo. I'm not a heavy user and I do have Bluetooth enabled because of my Gear S3 - but at this rate I need to recharge my phone twice a day...

I've already done a restore, removed all unnecessary apps, replaced mail Push to 15min and other changes for a better battery life. But nothing helps.

Do you also have the same issue?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] picaadi:
I personally have exrltraordinary battery life 6 H SOT.

Better than nougat
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
Lucky you, can you tell me more about your usage and settings?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Ker21:
I also have a bad battery life comparing to nugat. On nugat it was around 36h and on Oreo around 20h
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] picaadi:
Quad hd, allways on during day....
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] deepak179:
I am having better battery life on Oreo.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] DjSkreem:
yea battery life kinda sucks and i have not hooked up all my apps as yet ..

auto brightness seems to be stable and a bit better but the battery is horrid i left home at 6:20 am with 100% i'm already on 53% with bluetooth audio and whatsapp really.

I did a factory reset after my upgrade.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dandroid13:
Battery endurance is better than N.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] hanifh:
turn of "mobile data always on" inside Developer Options and see.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] msubhan:
Can someone on the internet identify this underlining issue of battery getting exhausted so rapidly. On Nougat it was just fine but after updating to Oreo, battery backup is gotten worse. Whenever I see battery stats Android OS and Android System using absurd amount of battery just below the screen usage time and sometimes either of them is on top in usage.

I have done numerous resets with and without data restore. But nothing changes.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] deraiz12:
I think have found the problem. Samsung Email, after Oreo this app keep on in background every time (do not look in battery monitor but in applications) . I already try one day without any mail app and the gain is enormous and other one day with other mail app (Gmail) and the gain is also enormous. For last day (tomorow) I try again with Samsung email for confirm the result .
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] wtr_dhd:
Same problem here but with my S8+. Went from 7h SOT to 4h SOT. I also deleted samsung mail app and replaced it with gmail but even that didn't really fix it.. Other than that Oreo is really good in terms of performance, but I want my old battery life back. Hopefully Samsung will fix this with the next update.

I am really surprised some people have better battery life with Oreo. Maybe it has to do with Snapdragon vs Exynos ? I have an S8+ with Exynos CPU
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Nafrota:
I had great battery life with Oreo beta 6 but then I "upgraded" to the final version CRAP and my battery life is now a crap!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] msubhan:
Currently on my S8Plus(Exynos) I am unable to get a full day of battery backup with moderate usage. SOT usually lies between 2-2.5hrs max in 12hours on battery.

Also I don't have Samsung Mail App. All things stock with limited no. of 3rd party apps likes social media apps, 2-3 shopping apps and also 3 gmail accounts synced.

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What's your SOT and how many apps are installed also do you use location services. If possible share your battery stats here.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] adityadesai1410:
Battery Drain

Hi I went by your suggestion and checked in apps to see which one were consuming the highest battery & my culprits are Bixby Global Action & Bixby Service each consuming

11% each

:eek::eek: (Please see attached files). I am also attaching usage statistics of today. Both before disabling services and after disabling. (See the time to figure out). Will get a better idea tomorrow.

Suggest everyone to look in to their apps usage and post their findings.

EDIT: I just checked I had used the STOPPED the applications but forgot to disable them. Have disabled them now at 17.45 PM and will update later.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] deraiz12:
Be careful the percentage of consumption of this app is a is a consumption of many app from "android system "

But it's not worth to disable lot of Bixby
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] MobyDck:
Derp
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] MobyDck:
Battery on Oreo is way better than Nougat. Never had over 4 hours SOT... And I have tons of apps installed. 143 apps to be exact :eek:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dandroid13:
Here's another one.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chaki-:
I get regular btw 7hr and 8hr SOT on Nougat.

4-6 SOT is not so good as i expected...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] msubhan:
What's your app count and settings. do you use digital media apps, location services, bixby,wifi or data?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] bobandar:
Android oreo is amazing so far.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] chaki-:
I don't use often location services. WiFi and mobile data are always on. I stream series and movies a lot, YouTube etc. Bixby not so much. I have about 60 apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] :
I hope people use the option in the pic.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] sp1312:
this helped me a lot..

now my battery stand by time is much much better.

Yesterday It lasted for almost 1 day 10 hours.

No debloated, FHD+, AOD off. Sync Gps always on.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
Your graph shows that you have charged your phone, somehow you counter's wasn't reseted.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] :
Counter is reseted once the phone is charged 90%+
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Nezzox:
At first I had horrible battery life in Oreo. Disabled everything bixby related, and now the battery is decent.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] msubhan:
I have had a terrible battery life after updating to stable oreo build. After searching for like hours i came across this is a widespread issue with Samsung's oreo software for S8s. So i did few things to atleast get some decent standby. Here are the following steps thats i have taken:

1. Installed Greenify and enabled aggressive dose by giving required permission via ADB. This is non root method and can be done by anybody. Yayy

2. Disabled all bixby assistant related services.

3. Put almost all apps on sleep via device maintanance.

Heres my battery stats for now.

http://i.imgur.com/CGX6ZxO.jpg

Sorry I am new to xda and can't seem to find how to add thumbnails to posts.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dandroid13:
That's a lot of hassle lol.

I see you've used your screen for just over an hour and it was already down to 52%, isn't that still bad? :silly: See my last post here, I got over a day of standby with almost 5 hours of screen on.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] msubhan:
Yes it's still bad but you can imagine now how bad it was before. Not to mention I have had reset the phone numerous times with and without data restore. Still I am here. I think there's something wrong with the Oreo build. Hopefully they'll release the next update soon (maybe on 25th this month along with S9). :D
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] RodolfoKSP:
Back to nougat. Oreo gave me, what it feels, half the battery life. Had only messenger installed. The other services like facebook, instagram, reddit, etc I used Internet browser. After Oreo installation the phone was reset. Data not in permanent use while on wifi. No samsung email app installed. So no excuses for bad battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] picaadi:
Yes i was having bad battery life on oreo, downgrade today on nougat
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] msubhan:
How did you downgrade to Nougat without rooting?

Also your data got completely wiped during the process?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] picaadi:
Downloaded nougat firmware... used odin...no problem, knox 0x0 ....everything ok

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Yes everything was wiped
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dandroid13:
What other apps do you use? And do you use the always sleeping apps option?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
It's getting worse...
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] wtr_dhd:
I tried a factory reset on my Exynos S8+ with Oreo. Didn't work, still insane battery drain. WTF Samsung !

With Nougat, 7+h SOT

With Oreo (CRAP build), +- 3/4h SOT..
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] picaadi:
Yes had the same issue....downgraded to nougat
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] adiric:
How did you manage to get such awesome battery life?

Are u using a custom rom?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Nezzox:
But you seem to have a really good battery life!
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
54% used and only 1h 12min SoT with almost no use? Usually I would have at least 2-3h SoT with normal usage for 50%
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dandroid13:
It's stock Oreo. Maybe it's because I don't use many apps, but screen on time was a little better with Nougat. Stand by time is way better now, though. I have Disconnect Pro and Adguard Content Blocker to avoid ads.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] msubhan:
I mostly use social media apps( Instagram, snapchat, fb, fb messenger, whatsapp, skype), some shopping apps(amazon etc), news reading app, camera, little calling and some texting on whatsapp.

Usually my SOT includes scrolling web pages and instagram.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dandroid13:
Snapchat and Messenger are terrible on battery, but you didn't answer my second question.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] msubhan:
yes I use always sleeping apps on almost all apps including snapchat insta, whatsapp, fb. There's no significant difference in their push services but there's some battery improvement.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dandroid13:
And which browser do you use?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] msubhan:
Chrome.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dandroid13:
Try Samsung Internet instead, it has a night mode and adblock. To me, most Google apps are battery hogs as well, I disable most of them.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] msubhan:
Yes I'll try that after sometime. And now samsung has released another build of oreo, I guess I should use it for a while to confirm any improvements and if not I'll stick with my current settings.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
How is the battery life with the new update?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] FernandoM22s:
Got the same SOT than nougat and maybe better standby drain
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
OK my phone is getting worse each day. It's enough for me now, I'll sell my s8 and buy OnePlus 5T instead.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] adie1234:
Samsung internet is the best by far atm
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] lasuazo:
Didn't even get that battery life back on nougat or any other Oreo roms I've tried.

Project CnC + NX Kerne

l keeps getting better and better. Full day normal usage for me. Didn't need to charge during the whole day freaking awesome.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] SirNamero:
On the last beta for snapdragon (ZRAE). Could probably get better SoT if I didn't play so much injustice lol.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] :
Try to use stock apps as much as possible.

Also I disabled 'body sensor permission' & turn off 'apps that can change system settings' for Google Play Services.

Battery Usage app doesn't really show stock apps usage for some reason.

Edit: The screenshot is messed up, my SOT was 6 hours and 30 minutes.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] msubhan:
Anyone updated to this new Oreo Update CRB7?

My Indian GS8+ haven't got.

Thoughts?(mainly battery life)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] ticalo:
I've removed almost all app, lowered the brightness, changed to lower resolution, disabled almost all features... Still bad battery life.

What's the point of owning an S8 when you need to disable everything and no apps?

Ordered a OP5T
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] dandroid13:
I keep everything on, battery life keeps getting better.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] adityadesai1410:
Bixby disabled

Disabling Bixby hasn't caused any issues. However, my battery life has improved only marginally. The biggest battery drainers for me are Android System, Screen Time, Android OS, Device Idle, Android Core Apps, Google Play Services.

Especially Android System draining battery severely.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] rascal0pl:
I could easily get 7h SOT with 2 days on Nougat, sometimes even 8. Now? 6h SOT is rare. Usually a little over 5h. Idle battery drain is much higher too. And yes, I did full wipe after update.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] FernandoM22s:
This is my best SOT, after days with PHE (CRB7) (Without battery savers)
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] popz dude 10099:
Terrible battery life

Used to get always more than 6hrs to 7hrs SOT on Nougat. And now I'm lucky to get 4 hours! :crying:
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] hytman2002:
I will revert back to nougat until Oreo-CRAP version get fixed
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Dzhedaj:
Oreo build is exactly what Samsung named it - CRAP. Noticeable battery life and SOT impact, Android system and Device idle drain the battery quite hard according to the stats.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] fylim:
I have turned back on app power mgmt in Settings Device Mgmt as well as Greenify and batt life improved a lot.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] amon87:
Hi there.

I came across problems with high Android System drain. First of all I disabled bixby, then checked in gsam battery manager what's eating my energy and came across that main cause was Samsung Cloud.

Then I found Android system in settings->applications and chose disable background processes. Since then I have quite good battery life.

What was eating my batt was cloud service, which cranked up processors to the max and heated up device like crazy.

Also I am using bk disable for disabling unnecessary apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] uoid:
I've did that right now, let's see how the battery goes
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] Tatsch:
I would expect several issues when disabling background processes of app "Android System".

You don't see disadvantages or problems?
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] amon87:
Nothing at all, everything seems to be working.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] n19htmare666:
Try this guide!

Oreo ultimate battery guide (~17 hours SOT at the moment)