yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
If you want to keep all of your data intact, root the device, then try this:

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2620456

Or this:

https://www.theandroidsoul.com/change-remove-lockscreen-pattern-pin-password-adb-android-oreo/

Or, you can factory reset via recovery, it will wipe all of your data though.
[General Questions and Answers] LLGreenGuy:
I have found myself in almost the same situation as the OP.

Like the OP, I don't want to upgrade to Oreo, but somehow did something that my phone interpreted as asking it to start downloading the update. Since my system update is set to download only on WiFi, turning off WiFi stopped the download at 0% done.

*Unlike* the OP, my phone is still in the state of having not yet downloaded the update, so I'm still (for now) securely on Nougat. But my notification bar icon now shows the animated download arrow, and the notification shade shows my system update as "Queued". I'm guessing that this is causing extra battery drain, and it's also really annoying.

I've tried a web search on cancelling a scheduled Android update, and found some interesting information suggesting that I stop the DMClient app. But this wasn't specific to either my phone or to a 7-8 upgrade, and I couldn't find an app by that name installed on my phone. I think I found something else recommending that I stop the Google Play services app and clear its cache. I *do* see that app, but I don't feel like experimenting with random web advice, and so thought I'd check here.

Here are two questions:

1) Is there anything I can do to stop my phone from trying to download and install the Oreo update?

2) If I do a factory reset, which Android would I be on after the reset?

Thanks for any help!
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Flash the marshmallow firmware for your device via PC using your devices specific flashtool. It will remove everything and put you back to what you had before triggering the update.
[General Questions and Answers] LLGreenGuy:
Thanks for the response, Droidriven.

I actually figured out a way to stop the phone trying to download the update, which I'll describe below, but first I have two questions about the solution you offered: Is there a reason you said to flash Marshmallow firmwaer rather than Nougat, since the update I'm trying to avoid is the one to Oreo? And, if I did that, how would I get back to Nougat?

But I said that I figured out a solution, and I hope that it may help if someone else finds themselves in my situation. Here is what I did:

1) I determined that the app trying to perform the update on my HTC 10 is a system app called "Updater"

I found this by long-clicking on the notification shade item about the update, and selecting more information. The phone displayed notification options for the Updater app.

2) I cleared cache and data for the Updater app

I went to Updater's app info page via via Settings >> Apps >> All apps. Updater is a system app, so I had to use the kebab menu in the upper right corner of the All apps screen to tell the phone to display system apps. Once there, I went to the "Storage" screen and cleared cache and data.

3) I restarted the phone, and "cleaned up" after what I had done

When my phone powered back on after the restart, there was *nothing* at all related to a system update in the notification bar. I turned on cellular data (but left WiFi off), and went to Settings >> About >> Software Updates. The phone checked for a few seconds, during which I could see (behind the "checking" popup) that the box for downloading only over WiFi was clear. This made sense, since this setting must be an option for the app I had just wiped. After maybe 15 seconds, the phone displayed a screen offering me the 3.16.617.2 system update. I used the back button to close that window, which left me on the screen where I could re-check the option to download system updates only over WiFi. Naturally, I re-checked this option.

That's it. My phone is now once again displaying a notification bar icon offering me the Oreo update, but it no longer thinks I told it to proceed with this update. I have been on WiFi a couple of times since doing this, and the phone has not tried to start the download.

I'm guessing that I could get this notification bar icon to go away by hiding notifications for the Updater app, but have not yet done so.

Thanks again, Droidriven, and I hope what I figured out is helpful to someone else.
[General Questions and Answers] Droidriven:
Yeah, I actually, meant to say nougat, lol.
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] kiru2011:
Help! Some full screen apps do not use the notch area... For example mx player doesn't uses the notch when playing full screen videos.. anyone knows how to force an app to use the notch area? Or any app that uses notch area also to play full screen videos..?
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] Alessandro999:
lineage os 15.1 use force to use all screen aspect ratio included notch for every app
[Xiaomi Mi 8 Questions & Answers] kiru2011:
Anything that works on miui eu rom? Lineage os, 15.1 is it stable?
[Samsung Gear S3] richj4796:
I have a gear s3 classic that is stuck in bootloop. It will NOT power on unless on the charging cradle. Off the cradle it will NOT power on at all. I have done more than several recovery resets and it just goes to the reboot screen and then just hangs on the Samsung logo. I ordered the bit set and will be disassembling today to check for water damage. I've read that ALLOT of people are having the same issues. And I can get into the wireless download. Is there a way to refresh the firmware from NetOdin3? I dont want to flash. If there is a way to refresh the firmware to stop the hangup, then I can at least do a firmware update one past the bootup. Any help would be great. Thanks.
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] flashmebaby_onemoretime:
Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this. I got my device in December 2017, and the power button has been having problems for a few months now.

When I press it to wake the phone, many times I need 2 or 3 presses to get it to work. Same when locking the phone. Sometimes I need to try 2-3 times until I get a screenshot (I'm using the shutdown/restart menu screenshot button, which appears when you long-press the power button) because the phone registers the long-press as two separate presses, so it locks and wakes the device on the lock screen, making me unlock and try again.

I've searched online, found many people having problems with the Redmi Note 4, which is built similarly as our Redmi 4x, but found nothing really interesting.

Pressing harder doesn't seem to help. I opened the phone and stuck a little piece of paper on the flex to help it register better, but it actually worked worse than before. I'm out of ideas.

Since I live in a different country now, I have no warranty here and don't want to pay a lot for this.

Any ideas, any similar experiences?

Thanks!
[Xiaomi Redmi 4X Questions & Answers] strongst:
Thread closed as requested by OP

Thanks

strongst

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[Android Apps and Games] alirezaafkar:
Set wallpapers from Google Photos albums using Muzei.

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[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
First of all. I truly hate the battery drain threads, as I never had issues with it before.

I've had all pixels xl, and most of the nexus phones.

With the pixel line, I had never been so happy with battery, specially pixel 2 xl. Battery would last 1.5 to 2 days for me (I am very conservative in usage)

However, with the 3 xl, at the end of the day yesterday, I had 39%> This was a day I did not use the phone except for 10 sms, quick stock checks, 2 emails, no phone calls, 15 minutes of music with bt headphones in the metro.

Last night, I put it in safe mode, charged it. TODAY, I took away from the charger at 6am, checked emails, back in the pocket. At 8 am, I had 90%.

Removed from safe mode at 8 am. Checked some messages, spoke for 10 minutes over the phone, checked emails and stocks. It is now 9:20am and my battery is at 80%

Not good. I am really disappointed.

Could I have a defective unit? Am I spoiled with my excellent pixel 2 xl? I did see one youtuber complaining about his battery.

I am afraid mine is defective. If not, I want to go back to the pixel 2 xl.

If you have yours, and had a pixel 2 xl, please let me know how you feel about it please!

Thanks

UPDATE 12/17/18: Nothing really changed much. Pixel 3 XL is horrible with the battery when compared to Pixel 2 XL. What a disappointment in this phone, all over the place. Battery, Buggy, Notch, Audio Recording, Video Recording, Face Unlock, Gestures, etc. What a waste of hard earned money. Of all Pixels and Nexus, this is together with the Nexus 6, the most I have been disappointed.

I truly love these phones, what they represent and all, but after years with the 'google phones', it might be time to try something else.... seriously.... with this phone, the fact that I still did not receive a $50 credit from google, and all these $300 discounts, with free pixel wireless charger and pixel earphones, after 2 months from launch, it makes me extremely disappointed of being an early adopter. Next year I am definitely waiting until January, after reading all reviews and trying it out first before I buy, or just getting a different brand phone.

I am very disappointed this time around.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] largeselection:
Hmm I haven't noticed that yet on mine. So far the standby drain has been pretty solid. I haven't had a lot of time to test it obviously, but so far it isn't standing out as an issue for me yet.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
Hopefully I will have more responses like yours. If I do I will just exchange the phone with a new one. My unit is really draining fast. From my original post to now, with standby and NO USE of the phone, I am down 2% to 78% (I am using a desktop with the forum).

Thank you.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] wtharp2:
Before you exchange it, you might try conditioning the battery. Use it until it dies, fully charge it, use it again until it dies, and then one more cycle. If you .are still observing issues after that, then definitely return it.

I only suggest this as conditioning the battery is likely easier than an RMA.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
I just spoke to customer service. They told me to factory reset and try again. When I mentioned that it got ward when setting up the phone, they even offered a device replacement, but I told them I am willing to try the factory re-set. I will try this and then your suggestion, kill 2 birds with the same shot.

I am so disappointed, really am... but alright, let's try this again!!!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TheBobMiller:
Sounds defective to me. 2nd day of having it I got 8 hours screen on time and it went 18 hours before needing a charge. Good luck though...I'm honestly super impressed with this phone and want everyone to have the same experience!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Golf c:
Thats what I got on my second charge. I got more on Pixel 2XL in the beginning of course.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
When did you turn on the battery saver? From the beginning? At the end?

I did reset to factory, now am waiting for it to fully drain and will try again tomorrow... let's see how it goes...

Thank you!!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] TheBobMiller:
Battery saver automatically came on at 15%. I was actually shocked that I got that much SO time with it. Haven't gotten quite that again but close.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
Thanks. I did recycle the battery, did the factory reset, etc, still having issues. Google is shipping me a new phone :( Hopefully that will help.

I did see some videos on youtube of people complaining about the battery life, also notice an article that shows that Pixel 2 XL lasts about 1:20 hours more than the 3 XL. Pretty disappointing...

https://www.phonearena.com/news/Google-Pixel-3-vs-Pixel-3-XL-battery-life_id110162

But still, mine is performing way worse than that. Let's see what the new phone will give me... Thank you!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] westside80:
Restricting Pixel Ambient Service from running in the background helped a little for me and I haven't noticed it interfering with anything yet. Ambient Display seems like it uses more battery on the 3 XL than on my old 2 XL. I didn't even know you could restrict the Pixel Ambient Service but you can. I also don't use Adaptive Battery because it doesn't make a difference in battery for me.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
I will try that.

I had a definitive test today, while I wait for my new phone.

From 9 AM, and fully charged phones, I got the following after 4 hours and 30 minutes:

PIXEL 2 XL: 96%

PIXEL 3 XL: 73%

VERY disappointing... Thumbs down to my new phone... :(
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] awilson1818:
Wow...that's significantly different!!! I've had SOT of 2:55 today and have 35% left? I honestly expected better battery life than my old s7 edge...
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
Exactly my point... the new phone should really have better battery life... :(

If my replacement behaves the same way, I will have to wait with my 2 XL for another year...
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Seiga:
This almost sounds like an Adaptive Battery issue. After a week of playing with this device, it has picked up on my habits and the battery performance started getting better over time.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lollyjay:
Im getting 0.8%/hr standby and 10%/hr screen on. Is that OK?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
I've had it for 6 days as well :(
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Badger50:
The great kernel developer known as Flar2 once told me that if your active drain is under 12% and your idle drain is under 1%....your doing good. :good:
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lollyjay:
Thanks. That's good to know. I really respect flar2.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] westside80:
My active drain is 11.8 and my standby is 1.8. The AOD is definitely using more battery on the 3 XL than it did on the 2 XL. I wish I still had my 2 XL so I could test them side by side.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bsg411:
I just don't understand why they made the battery almost 100mAh smaller than the p2xl. If they stop worrying about making such a thin phone they could probably fit a 4000mAh battery in the p3xl. At a certain point making it too thin negatively affects the ergonomics anyway.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MArtyChubbs:
More efficient processor, smaller battery was probably the thought. According to Qualcomm, there will be at least 25% increase in the performance of Snapdragon 845 as compared to its predecessor Snapdragon 835. It is also being claimed that the new chipset will result in 30% more battery life than Snapdragon 835. So, a less than 3% decrease in battery size should not negate the 845's battery savings. We should have Better battery life. Let the phone settle and the machine learning do it's magic...
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bsg411:
More efficient t chipset and the same size battery as the older phone would have been great. Those Qualcomm yearly efficiency increase forecasts are never that accurate in real world use in my opinion anyway.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MArtyChubbs:
Heck, 4000mAh would be great! Weird, I am getting 8hr SOT and I got only 6 on my P2XL..?

Agreed on manufacture benchmarks... But that is all I could find.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bsg411:
You sui g any battery saving features? Or is the so with continuous use?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MArtyChubbs:
On my p2xl i used a kernel and tuning script. Now, I have been just using mail, text, podcasts. Stock rooted
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bitwiser:
Just turn location off and you will see dramatic battery improvement. Google drains your battery while in your pocket constantly searching for ways to tell you what you are near and things you are missing or need to review. Total waste of battery. I get 6-8 hrs SOT with it off. With it on it is more like 3-4 hrs SOT.

---------- Post added at 08:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:39 PM ----------

Also, I (and a friend) had severe battery drain a while back with the 2 XL and found out that Microsoft Outlook app was causing it. Removed it and went back to Gmail with it checking my mail every hour and instantly went back to normal. So it could be an app. Add your apps back slowly testing which could be causing it. More likely an app than android or faulty phone.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] yungskeeme01:
I've had the phone about a week and it gets better each day. Yesterday I had over 6 hrs of SOT. Off the charger for more then 18 hrs. Had 11% left. Battery saver kicked in at 15%.

Havent been on Android for some years so I'm a little confused. Where do you see what apps are using the most of your battery? I go to the battery section and don't it there.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
First full charge got me 4hr and 58 minutes of SOT

2 hours of bluetooth streaming via spotify

and almost 2.5 hours of phone calls.

Overnight drain was a little suspect though. As you can see i've had many devices , my last phone op6 would lose less than 5% if that overnight. The pixel 3xl lost 10% overnight.

Is aggressive doze automatically on? (i had these options built into OP6)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] black7:
Did a test. Here are my results. Maybe it'll provide some additional data points. Pixel 3 XL brand new out of a box. Went through the setup process with the following exceptions. No SIM card, no eSIM setup. WiFi setup, added Google account only to update Google apps from Play Store, no other apps installed. Enabled AOD (same as Pixel 2XL), WiFi connected, every other setting was left as is out of the box. Just let it sit. Was losing/using about 2% an hour... My Pixel 2 XL, which is my daily and is fully setup with apps, etc. Sat over night, lost/used 0.5-1% an hour. No battery management tweaks or apps being used.

I've factory reset and am "conditioning" the battery (full charge, full drain, full charge) as per Google support recommendation. Will see how it fairs again in a few hours.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
Second full charge 5hrs 2 min of sot by 12%

That includes 1.5 hrs of WhatsApp video call.

I woke up and my phone was dead....

My Op6 set up similarly wild loose 1% overnight.

Is aggressive doze not enabled?

Edit. I'm consistently losing 12% overnight
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
I still have not received my replacement, so I can't give much of an update, but battery is really ugly compared to pixel 2 xl. :crying:
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lollyjay:
I'm still getting 11.5%/0.96% which is pretty good for me
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
I miss my Pixel 2 XL. Too bad I already traded in... It would bet me through 2 days, sometimes more.

See attached the screen shots of my PIXEL 2 XL ON A BAD DAY, and of my PIXEL 3 XL IN A GOOD DAY
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
dang, is that with a custom kernel? I have no doubt once kernels are out that we will get even better battery life but damn

Figured I tag you on the battery drain thread instead of the OP Gestures.

So i did flash-all.bat to recover my device from a soft brick with the boot image.

Full charge.

time on battery 1 day and 1 hr

i'm at 4%

SOT is 5 hrs and 50min

Active drain is 12.83% per hour

Idle drain is 1.15% per hour

I didn't use spotify or anything to keep phone awake like that

Held awake while screen is off : 3h and 5m

Deep sleep 16h 5 min

I seriously question whether or not aggressive doze or whatever they want to call it now is active or not ?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
Nope, pure, pure, simple stock :(
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] westside80:
I can leave my Pixel XL overnight for 7hrs and it may lose 3%. I don't have a sim card in it but I leave the Wi-Fi on all the time. My 3 XL will lose around 8 or 9% overnight in 7hrs with the Wi-Fi left on all night. The only difference is the Ambient Display on the 3 XL but not even my 2 XL would lose that much overnight with the Ambient Display on. The Ambient Display needs better optimization on the 3 XL. Also, I'm getting better battery life now that I turned Adaptive Battery off. Go figure.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] krabman:
I'm seeing the same thing, my battery is getting better every day, not dramatically so but its been a slow steady climb. I also don't have unusual drain overnight, even the first night was less than 5%. As to your question; system settings/battery/menu (the 3 dots in the top right)/tap the resulting popup "Battery usage" and you're there.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mrwicked:
I have had my pixel 3 xl since last Saturday. Anyways, take off the charger at 6am, sent one text and drove to work. Little after 7am its at 92% from just being on standby..wtf?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mauaus:
Yep, miine is behaving like this too, lets hope an update helps but this is mediocre battery at best...
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
Welcome to my world.... I am glad people are now realizing how bad the battery is... seems like is not only mine.

I might receive my replacement today, but after some messages here, my hope that the replacement will make a difference is very little.

Hands down, Pixel 2 XL was incredible, I took it to Disneyland last month, used it ALL DAY LONG for the park app (fast passes, maps, ordering food, etc.), plus hundreds of pictures, messages, sending pictures to my family members that were in the park with me, via whatsapp asking me to take pictures with my incredible google pixel camera.... from 8AM to 11PM. When I got home, I still had 44% in that beast! WHAT A GREAT PHONE!

Although there's a huge notch, that is the kind of battery performance I expected from a new version of the phone. I am so disappointed.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
saw this on another thread... and i'm testing it.. so far seems legit, turn off adaptive battery
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Zorachus:
Turn off adaptive battery ? I thought that was supposed to help battery?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
i don't know, nothing makes sense anymore.

So i'm at 77% 1 hr and 50min SOT

phone has been awake for 23 minutes with screen off (wakelocks)

SO far , it "seems" to be getting bit more out of each percent of battery and does SEEM like it's sleeping easier in between uses.

Will report back on full statistics

PS i removed exkm so i won't have active drain per hour and inactive drain per hour.

Using BBS now, will screenshot everything prior to posting
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] krabman:
Seriously, mines been getting incrementally better bit by bit as time goes on; I'm also getting less app reloads. Some of this auto magic stuff seems to be working for me at least. I'll check back in here when things seem to have topped out.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
You left on adaptive battery?

I haven't had a issue with app reloads as much. Facebook always stays in memory and Spotify never shuts down on me.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] mauaus:
Hope turning off adaptive battery helps, gonna wait for impressions