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[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] F5:ed:
Well, even if that's a d*ick alert (btw, that expression :D ), and it even looks like [MENTION=7802361]Sharma_Ji[/MENTION] don't even own a OP6T (but a Lenovo Zuk Z1...) - I guess he means it's not a "proper use" to play Sudoku when comparing SOT.

Indicating that this is a too lightweight use. I don't see the point, but it's perhaps his.

After all this is a thread for "real life reviews", where we all help each other to reach better battery life. It's not a competition, it's a help station consisting of tips and suggestions.

In order to compare the battery life more independently, we could start show what benchmarks give our devices. One is PcMark 10 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.futuremark.pcmark.android.benchmark where you can run the Battery test.

I will load my device to 100%, and run it. Will report later on what I got.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] iron maiden:
Hello , what versión Kernel holy dragón ?

Thanks
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] F5:ed:
Latest release - HDK-OP6-OOS-V0.25

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Cw4...2p2E2f34l/view
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] iron maiden:
Hello , ok very thanks

regards
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Sharma_Ji:
It's sad that there is no report option on Xda for your abusive language.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Sharma_Ji:
I do own both devices, but kept some less used apps like Xda on my previous phone only.

This thread is for real life review and posting a screenshot of 16H SOT with " unreal" life conditions(browsing straight for 10-12hrs and playing sudoku) isn't justified.

And mentioning it too as a "new record"?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] efkka23:
9.0.12 very happy

Im happy with my 6t
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] F5:ed:
Excuse me if I don't believe you. Having looked through your postings since November (when OP6T was released) and up to date. You have made comments in a lot of Lenovo Zuk threads (a 3 year old budget model), but the only OP6T thread you have participated in is this thread (starting 30th Jan). And all comments here is written in a passive-aggressive or offending tone. Lot of sarcasms, where you mock the opinions of others. None of them is constructive.

I get a picture of an a$$hole. I have to agree that you are a person who really deserves the epithet d*ick alert - after all.

"This thread is for real life review and posting a screenshot of 16H SOT with " unreal" life conditions(browsing straight for 10-12hrs and playing sudoku) isn't justified."

That's not true. Over a period of two full days I used my browser for around 7-8 hours, played Sudoku for less than 3 hour, and watched on YouTube for 1-2 hours - those was my most time consuming "activities" on the two days of my free time. It's a lot of time, but do you find that a strange way of living, or consists of "unreal life conditions"?

What are you doing on your Lenovo? How do you live a real life? Enlighten me, please.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] PsychoKilla666:
He said personal record, SMH

You are ridiculous
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] F5:ed:
PcMark's "Work2.0 battery life" test is now completed. My device got 11hrs 7min.

Be prepared for a loooong test run, approx 10 hrs (the test is interrupt when < 20% & will estimate the remaining juice).
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] fankyfarhan:
Nice look with screen on time
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] PetarOdin:
:svetius:
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] nextgeo:
Hello,

I have checked the entire post and the SOT is awesome in some cases.. I have my 6T since December 2018 and I can't have more than 6 Hours of SOT in 48 Hours on Standby.. I switch off the phone during the night and I usually use WhatsApp... Firefox and Gmail.

I have the Brightness adaptative on and I just use the Fingerprint to unlock the phone.. I'm on Stock without root with the latest OTA.

So how is possible to have more of 6 hours of Screen on. I usually charge the phone at 40-30%

Thanks for the advice..
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] edsmat:
Onmi ROM build 26/02
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] crusht:
If you're at 6 hours at 40-30% I'd say you are doing good. But if its 6 hours from 100 to 1-5% then that is low if you are a mild user. I usually get 9-10 hours, BUT... I have dark mode on, GPS is off unless I'm using it and brightness is below 50% in the evenings with youtube+web+whatasapp+whatsapp web+half hour calls+some skype+google voice...over 1.5-2 days. IF I have a half hour to 1 hour skype call it goes down to 8-9 hours...skype sucks the life out of this phone.

However I use google home with 3-4 devices a lot, have a security app running 24-7 and tswipe gestures running in the background all the time...

No social apps... This should give you a reference to gauge your usage on...
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] nextgeo:
Many thanks for the info... I have switch off the Adaptative brightness and it seems that The battery works better... xD I charged the phone yesterday and I have lost just a 30% with the brightness at 50%.. So maybe the problem was the adaptative brightness..

Its a very good phone to have the brightness low.. but I prefer to have more battery xD

Thanks for the info.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] crusht:
I dont use adaptive brightness either so that may have an effect. I also dont use Adaptive battery even though I have 19 apps restricted which I dont want notifcations from. I would assume many people getting the 10-11 hours are doing some sort of screen-battery-app management.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] reppi:
9.0.12

Smurf kernel for test

Battery graph from 96%

Adaptive brightness ON

Restricted most apps with servicely app

Sleep standby optimization ON

Deep optimization OFF

Adaptive battery OFF

Deleted Google app and stuff I don't use anyway

No Facebook, messenger or Snapchat!
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] yovierayz:
In the detail, highest usage is display, but i dont see any high usage apps like youtube netflix etc, so my opinion u just changes screen timeout display to 30 minutes? imho. This is my usage with screen timeout 1 minute get 1.5 days until charge, 6-7 avg sot and this is enough for me.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] reppi:
I understand your skepticism because I only uploaded the screenshot of detailed battery use and even myself was wondering why there are almost no apps visible. I should've made a screenie with the app usage only but it was just day to day usage.

Lots of telegram and WhatsApp, YouTube, Netflix, browsing and a bit of social media stuff. I'm using friendly instead of Facebook for example. So just light usage.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] yovierayz:
Oh i understand, it means that I'm not the only one who has experienced it, any apps not showing in battery details. Maybe that's bugs OxygenOS or anyone had a same experience in another devices?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Oviboss:
OOS 9.0.12

xXx No.Limit

Renovate ice

Smurf Kernel
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] janthe6th:
Which optimizations did you turn off?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] TommiP77:
First cycle
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] sonic1675:
7hrs SOT with 10% left and battery saver on from 15% left on one charge. This is with heavy, heavy usage. Using around 3-5 gb of ram throughout the day. Am running adguard and Pushbullet on at all times in the background, Facebook lite, Instagram, youtube, Snapchat, SoundCloud, and fb messenger lite all throughout the day along with Catan Universe online in game mode at some points. Tested the camera out for about half an hour as well with most of these things running. WiFi was also connected at some points with Bluetooth on and connected to several devices as well while I was on these apps. This is with face sensing on and all gestures customized as well with on body detection and smart Lock features configured. Will give that location, NFC, and auto rotate was off. Everything else was basically running. Currently day 2 and I have the same things running with 3:45 min sot at 48% left. Estimating another 7+ hrs by the end of today given what I am at currently. This phone is phenomenal.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] imatts:
Show your usage to confirm your heavy usage. The first page you posted only shows screen on time and overall time off-charger. Tap "View Detailed Usage" and take an extended screenshot showing all entries.

---------- Post added 08-11-2018 at 12:09 AM ---------- Previous post was 07-11-2018 at 11:58 PM ----------

Screen on time average of 9hrs over 25hr day with light usage, and 5hrs with absolutely heavy usage (full brightness, hard gaming) over 20hrs
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] sanjeev7:
Great battery ?

10 hr SOT on normal usage
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] pro4ever:
2days :D
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] lendawg:
Going strong here! Loving my OnePlus 6t!
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] lendawg:
For some reason I couldn't upload both screenshots so here's the other one haha!
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] satpakCA:
You're absolutely right! same here. 9.0.3, 5 hours SOT left @ 31% remaining. G cam 6.1.013 was the only app I used for about solid 20 minutes today.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] mandeepsingh10:
Yes as soon as you open the Gcam it starts draining the battery. I'm now on Oos 9.0.5 but still the battery drain is present. Even if you restrict background processing and force close the app still the battery backup is affected. Only a reboot helps. I restart my 6T when I'm done with GCam after force closing it (Everytime) , the battery backup is a bit better now. It'll be great if the developers can fix the battery drain issue a little bit. Gcam will obviously drain more battery than the OEM camera app because of the HDR+ processing but i'll be great if this issue can be resolved.

Cheers.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] vhc:
Ahh I noticed that as well. I installed gcam as soon as I got the 6T and notice battery drain
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] imrock0:
Amazed by this battery, almost unreal after upgrading from a Nexus 5 which had a degraded battery.

I wouldn't consider myself to be a heavy user, just a little bit of gaming, WhatsApp, YouTube, Reddit and little browsing on Chrome.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] mandeepsingh10:
Are you using GCamera??
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] 11prathmesh:
I see most of the users see a significant battery consumption from OnePlus launcher. Did someone try to force close that and using alternate launcher like Nova and check if that further improves the battery??
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] kousarali:
3rd Charge cycle, lasted 3 days with dark theme and light to moderate usage
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] vhc:
That's ridiculous! Standby time must be really good for you?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] klaymaniaf:
Very good standby battery and SOT. This phone is ridiculous good.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] spjetrovic:
Totally agree! Great battery and works on Verizon! Not to mention it's bootloader unlockable. What's not to like:good:
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] raaghuu:
This phone has some serious juice. After one week of usage, I can safely say that this phone has amazing battery backup. Here's my stats from today(2hrs YouTube 3hrs calling bit of gaming and bit more of internet browsing)
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] mandeepsingh10:
After force closing the Gcam app and rebooting the device the battery drain is gone. Use the Gcam then force close it.

Reboot your device daily when you wake up, it sounds silly but it does the job.

✌?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] blackphanter:
Are you using aod?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Oviboss:
No, just the ambient display with lift to wake/pocket and tap to wake on. AOD drained to much battery for me.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] SvenRL:
This phone...im a tweaker, prefusely. This phone has killed it. Bombsquad, CPU stress test (I.e full throttle) 9 hours, 27 minutes. What a beast
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] KaM1KaZ3:
Spent most of my day testing the battery Browsing watching videos music with Bluetooth.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Light1c3:
I seem to be getting much worse results than most users on here, anyone knows why?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] PapaZero0:
What are your results?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Light1c3:
Thanks for getting back to me! I actually asked people on the Discord for XDA and am running tests now to see if it is an actual issue. I'll keep you posted
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Handala48:
Few days ago I started to get lower battery life as usual. In the past I used to go the whole day with similar usage as now and not even reach 40% by midnight. It's 6:20 now and I'm already down to 19%. Any ideas?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Handala48:
Can you mention which tests you are running please?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Light1c3:
I'm just running something simple, a 10 hour YouTube video, and checking how long it will last with screen on time. Seem to be okay actually. I'm at 5 hours of playback now and only hit 60% battery
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] F5:ed:
Yes, social media apps drains your battery.....
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] xaxil123:
I don't think that Gboard should be using that much battery tho.4% of battery usage on keyboard is too much, you might wanna check that out
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] imrock0:
Try turning off background data for apps. I did it for all apps with a few exceptions (eg. WhatsApp) and now I get significantly improved SoTs, though still not able to get 7-8 hours (I don't have any social media apps to drain my battery, still no idea why I can't hit higher SoTs).
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] lendawg:
I was getting bad battery drain after the March 1st update to Gboard. I seriously think that may be contributing as Gboard was showing up high on the battery list for me too. I uninstalled updates to Gboard and everything is back to normal for me.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] xaxil123:
Yeah I noticed Gboard showing up as well on my battery list.Might as well try installing older version of it
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Handala48:
Thanks, I will try it.

Thanks. I will try to uninstall latest update and see if that works.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] efkka23:
Beta

Beta 7
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] naja09:
Every day impressed.

Today I had 2x2h drives with Google maps and Spotify. Just loaded it to 100% and now I'm here at the end of the day with 42% left.

This battery is just awesome. No need of car chargers or such stuff
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Sophia92:
Forgot to charge yesterday. This might last till the end of today. Just impressive.

[update] it was on 12% two hours ago. One and a half hour of YouTube after, and when I checked it still had 6% left.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Magis41:
How SoT?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] popy2006:
Guys i have found another way to boost the battry life from 2 days to ~5 days.

Yeah, my sot is not much (on my usage scenario is about ~4h) but thats really impressive.

Use LeanDroid (requires root) to just switch location services and 4g -> 2g after 5 mins screen off

flash magisk and RenderZenith Kernel which uses EAS

With this lately i got ~5 days.

No need to disable wifi and bluetooth, the dont consume much energy as 4g does.

I'll think the most power savings come from 4g -> 2g switching when screen off.

Overall i am very impressed by this.

pOpY
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] ivanov13:
Non stop YouTube while traveling. Very impressive!!! I think i got hooked on OnePlus.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] KaSrAHiDe:
I need HELP :( !!

Few days ago I started to get lower battery life as usual, I don't know why because nothing change by my usage.

Same applications, same setup like Instagram, WA, Telegram & Youtube.

by the way I've to mention that all these happened after I joining BETA version of Instagram but after quieting BETA process and rolling back all the updates nothing changed !!!

I usually plug in my phone to charge at 10-15% battery left and after 55min-1h getting 100%. Is this method normal? (cause somebody says try to plug in your phone around 30-40% battery :/ )

I don't want to reset my phone to calibrate the battery as day one
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] mlodykaras:
Just uninstall Instagram and see what happens. I would clear data from mostly used apps , especially social ones restart and see what happens.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] F5:ed:
Amazing device! Just squeezed out over 6 days with 3 h SoT...

Previously I have reached up to 16.5 h SoT on 48 h total use https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78988838&postcount=362

Both results achieved with stock 9.0.12 and HolyDragon's kernel. This kernel seems to help my device a lot - still very fast and without any performance losses (Antutu benchmark: 296.500 = in line with the best scores I have got before) - so I can highly recommend a test.

Edit: https://xdaforums.com/oneplus-6t/development/kernel-holydragon-t3878107 If you are on stock version, use the "OOS link" (currently 0.39)
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Royal King:
From where did you get the HolyDragon's kernel? All I could find was SkyDragon ROM with HolyDragon kernel in it.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] lendawg:
Is this with the latest version 0.39? I'm gonna give it a shot!

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Just look in roms, kernels section. Wasn't hard for me to find at all.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Royal King:
Wait a min. I checked. It's there now.

I guess my blind ass couldn't find it. Thanks anyways.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] PetterEmMartz:
?

I have tried holy dragon in my op6t with 9.0.12 and it only gives me 5h of SOT, with the stock kernel gives me more SOT.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Hateware:
Hi mate!

Can you share with us your typical usage? It's your results under Wi-Fi?

How many app do you use? Battery optimization is on? Adaptive battery is on?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] F5:ed:
Hi guys & thanks for interest.

I understand Your doubts. Especially if You just get SoT around 4-5 h...

I will try to explain what I think matters.

Generally I believe the usage determine the battery drain. If you play a lot of heavy-graphics games, or are a addict of Facebook, Instagram, and other social media apps, I'm totally convinced you will have a massive drain.

Another source to battery drain is the network connection. My wifi and 4G is excellent, but if you have unreliable network you will have battery drain because your device will be forced to work overtime to find the signal....

What apps I used mostly when I got those "personal records" is easy to find, just look on enclosed pictures in the posted links below.

Also the choose of best app per function I believe make a difference. E.g. the Kiwi browser is fast and economical on your battery. So, pick your apps with carefulness.

Other: I currently have 150 apps installed. I block ads with AdAway. I'm rooted. I use a good app/system cleaner (SD Maid https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm&hl=sv). I'm on GPS, BT, WiFi (when available )

I don't use my device for games or social media apps. That explains the most, but if you had looked back in this thread and my replays, you would also have seen that I give you all answers on your questions:

1. How I use the device in general, and what I have done to reduce battery drain https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78876642&postcount=333

2. I prefer Holy Dragon's kernel but here is a post with another good kernel https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78867305&postcount=331

3. If your are looking for an "independent" source, you could try PcMark's "Work2.0 battery life" test. I did - this is the background https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=78993380&postcount=367 - and here is my own result, incl graph ( you can compare with) https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=79001502&postcount=376

(4. I use common sense.)

I hope this answer cover the most.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] PetterEmMartz:
?

the same in my op6t, 100% to 97% in 5 minutes!

why? how to fix?
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] F5:ed:
I don't want to call people as "idiots" , but you are very close....
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] reppi:
Same here. Didn't have this at the beginning but now after a few months and flashing several custom ROMs I also have this "issue".

I got used to it and think it's because the battery level is not being kept at 100% over night all the time. It's kept steady at a lower level so the battery doesn't die so fast. And I think that's what we see on our phones. Battery percentage over ~90% is not very precise anyway.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] PetterEmMartz:
?

And U a fully one! No doubts

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I think it's because the bootloader unlocked. :(
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] ..Cory..:
So.... If you're only using your device for ~2 hours in almost a whole week, I'd expect for my phone to past that long. These screenshots do not surprise me at all. Battery drain depends more so on the user and less on the device's kernel.

Hence, the result that's seen here. It's very simple... You use your phone, your battery drain increases. You don't use your phone, your battery drain slows to a trickle.

I've been on the HDK kernel for a couple of weeks and it's set for a balance in performance and battery life. You have to set any kernel to adjust around your usage for optimal results.

There IS NO perfect kernel with the perfect settings for all to use. You must tweak it yourself.

/end rant.

Here's my average result with the latest HDK.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] F5:ed:
What exactly are you trying to tell me?

You tell me that a near 3h Sot on more than 6 full days (>150h) don't surprise you. But your own pic's (6h41m SoT on 43 h) doesn't impress on me.....

And this:

"There IS NO perfect kernel with the perfect settings for all to use. You must tweak it yourself."

Sure. But if you have the knowledge to tweak a kernel, you don't show up less than 7 h SoT with those apps in use you enclosed as your example. That's below average, mate.

Thanks for the nonsense, explaining nothing.

/end rant.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] ..Cory..:
Lol, never said I was trying to show better stats, buddy. I wanted to show REALISTIC stats. I'm sure most people don't spend $500 on a device to use it for a couple hours a week lmao.

I was simply educating those with less knowledge that battery/SOT depends on the user and not the kernel or dev. That advice is for those who seek it... For those of us that don't care to try to learn or just want the "best stats" to impress others, they can simply continue to scroll and flash at will. Makes no difference to me.

Edited.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Kuronosu:
Are we still doing this?

Am I late to the party? :D

10+ hours screen-on time.
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] ..Cory..:
Wowzers, are you using any tweaks/modules on top of your custom kernel?

I found an AMAZING Magisk module called LKT that has really impressed me. Check it out here!

I'm going to post my stats with that module installed later this evening, but I'm using the Performance LKT profile and I have gotten a WHOLE EXTRA DAY out of a full charge!!! I could only imagine what some of you could achieve with the Battery LKT profile applied!
[OnePlus 6T  Real Life Review] Kuronosu:
Just stock OxygenOS. I do have Magisk, but no battery targeting modules or anything...