yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sic0048:
If you are rooting, check out the ACC module for Magisk. https://xdaforums.com/pixel-3a/how-to/guide-using-advanced-charging-t3939692

Stock settings will only charge the phone to 80%, but also use the AC power instead of the battery after charging the phone. So you can safely charge overnight without causing any undue charging and have the phone be a full charge in the morning.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] tatomi92:
guys, I have very big standby drain overnight, like 14-15%. I had it with now playing feature enabled then I made a factory reset as well. The battery drain is the same. What could be the issue?
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] marcogiannetta:
Are you using static IP?
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sic0048:
Now playing isn't causing that big of a battery drain (unless something is wrong). Do you have cellular data turned on? That is a big battery drain and is completely unnecessary when you are connected to wifi. I think Google pushed an update recently that was suppose to turn it off when connected to certain wi-fi points, but I turn it off automatically when I'm connected to my home or work wifi using the app tasker. I saw a big drop in the amount of battery I was using overnight when I made this change.

I have all the options turned on (ambient display, now playing, digital well being, etc, etc, etc) and see well under 1%/hr (usually about 0.5-0.6%/hr) battery drain overnight.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Been getting the same forever. Better battery stats will show you what is waking your device and alarming it. He needs to figure it out it's really not rocket science.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] haiz:
I think pixel phone get battery optimization better that previous version, mine got variety of SOT from 6h to 8h
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] Wiebenor:
So, for those who are deciding to buy the pixel 3a, has anyone here decided to use custom ROMs, or are you all leaving them stock??? I myself am looking at getting a pixel 3a, but I may wait a bit, as I want to see if someone can make a working Resurrection Remix ROM... I've seen a few ROMs out there, but not RR yet... I wonder, has anyone here that may have tried a custom ROM, noticed any difference in battery savings, and if so, were they better or worse than stock???
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] Molitro:
I recently changed carrier resulting in a significantly better signal overall... Easily halved my idle drain.

Now in low usage days, which are most for me (say 45 minutes - 1 hour screen on time, couple hours of music) the phone uses about 25%to 30% battery over the 24 hours, so I end up almost always going over 2 days without charging.

Jeez what a difference it makes.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] alphahere:
What carrier?
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] Molitro:
Went from Euskaltel (Orange) to Lowi (Vodafone).
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] xSergioHp.:
Well, I think there must be a problem with my battery ... the phone arrived on Monday and since then I have not taken more than 3h SOT and I have not finished any day, although according to statistics everything is fine and normal, but consumption in sleep is like 5% / h without AOD, nor NFC activated

Any thoughts? I'm starting to worry...
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] Molitro:
You're gonna have to pin down what's draining your battery, rogue app usually being de culprit.

Having things like NFC, or bluetooth for that matter on doesn't cause drain (haven't turned off either of them since I got the Pixel).

I don't use AOD though, that does increase the drain a good twicefold or more, I have it turn on on recieved notification though.

My experience since I changed to a proper carrier has been consistently like this.

Enviado desde mi Pixel 3a mediante Tapatalk

Edit: BTW I had Google Photos misbehave for a few days, showing up as draigin over 25% of the battery charge after charge. I disabled it, and a couple days ago enabled it again and seems it's working right now.

Then again the battery drain wasn't skyrocketting or anything.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] xSergioHp.:
Well, I saw some tips from Google to solve this kind of problems such as deleting data from Google Play Services and the Google Play Store and it seems that now everything is going better, now it marks me that the consumption with the screen turned off is 2% / h, while before it was 5%

At the moment my duration is not as good as yours, since I have half of SOT, but at least I know that the battery health is good and everything is the subject of some Google app or service

I mean, my use is always with WIFI on, mobile data on and Bluetooth on so I think that now this resting behaviour is not so bad
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] .bucch:
I'm having a battery usage like yours, also mine is brand new (came last thursday). I'm noticing too much battery drain while in standby, and i'm not happy with it.

Attached there's yesterday usage, always on wifi, AoD on notifications only, adaptive brightness on and all the google/assistant services running. I've seen ~4-5% drop over 40 minutes while phone was never used.

Same drop rebooting in safe mode.

Today i tried disabling 5GHz wifi (read on reddit that on pixel 2 was causing drain with pie) and disabled "data always on", also digital wellbeing monitor app is disabled and i'm currently down 15% over 3.5H with only ~30min SoT. BetterBatteryStats shows an average ~5%/h drop, but i can't find what's responsible of the drain when in standby.

i don't think adaptive brightness is the culprit, i'm training the AI to lower it in every sistuation and i won't give up on automatic brightness adjusting (though i prefer Oreo's management) also because the drop is also when the screen is off.

I bought this phone wishing in good battery life but in fact is worse than my 2yo Nexus 5x, I hope to reach something like Molitro's experience letting adaptive battery work or with upcoming Q release.

Let me know if you find anything to improve our situation.

Bye
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] creeve4:
The last several nights I'm seeing 1.5%/h drain while my phone sits unused on my night stand with AOD off. Is this typical?
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] xSergioHp.:
Well, I didn't do anything more than I said and now it seems that the battery is already working better, since I am getting the best results in the last full charge. And also mine came last monday so it could be that this device need to settle a little (i received 2 updates first day).

Try deleting data from Google Play Services and the Play Store, and then after the next full charge reboot the mobile before starting to use it, I have not done anything else. My next step would have been to completely reset the device with the last update but I think it is no longer necessary. In any case, Android 10 is supposed to be released on Tuesday, so it would be a good point to restore if bad consumption continued

I'm having similar drains so I think it's ok
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] .bucch:
Already done yesterday after reading your post, leading to re-configure many google services (assistant, pay and so on) so I don't think i will do it again.

I'll try to reboot the device after next full charge, but tomorrow will be a working day so usage will be totally different, first of all no wifi until late afternoon.

Tuesday will be released Q, we'll see. :)

EDIT 01/09: Seems that the drain happens only on wifi, today i was at work and since i can't use my phone it rested in my pocket all day (only 30min SoT during lunch) and from 7:30 to 17:30 it lost ~20% of battery relying only on mobile data for internet. I'm now at home, under wifi, for less than 1 hour and it already lost 5% of battery without using it. :confused:

EDIT 2: according to this support topic https://support.google.com/pixelphone/thread/6496318?hl=en the drain over wifi is caused by static IP, which I always use. Seriously, Google, WTF?!? :D
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] Chronzy:
Anyone getting massive Chrome battery drain? Happened on Q beta6 and official 10.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] X46X:
Not so bad for the first battery cycle. 5+ hours in 30 hours stand-by. Waiting for the 9 h SOT :D
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] JohnGReco:
6h 21m, with 4% remaining
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] foltz61:
6hrs with 24% left
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] ctfrommn:
And this is why I love my XL
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] carlosthwaites:
What I usually get on regular pixel 3a. Sure android 10 isn't going to put us past the 7hrark at best on the regular 3a
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] carnivalrejectq:
Damn..... And I just left a g7 power for a regular 3a.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sippinhenn:
I got my 3a a few weeks ago, I've been disappointed with the battery life. The stats are below. The "Averaged per complete charge" are completely inaccurate as I've never hit > 4 SOT, ever. I don't really know what to do at this point because I've tried cleaning out everything I could.

Really sucks.

These stats are on a regular work day, light usage. Texting, 2 or 3 calls, etc.

battery stats
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] ctfrommn:
Full stock? Pie or 10?
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sippinhenn:
Yes, full stock. On 10, Dec update. Saw it on the before this last update though.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] ctfrommn:
My guess is you have some app causing this. That battery life is terrible, even for the normal 3a. I get anywhere from 9.5-11 hrs SOT and 36-50 hours total time on every charge with my XL so you should be getting roughly 20% less with the 3a all else being equal. I would start with a full wipe and flash of the factory image and only installing minimal apps. See what that does and go from there.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sippinhenn:
I hope it's an app but shouldn't that be showing up in app usage or is it still possible to cause the kernel or system to run without showing up?

Also, is this where I'd go to do the factory image? I'm new to the pixel line (came over from a OP5 and did a bunch of ROM flashing, etc. there) so pardon my ignorance.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] ctfrommn:
Builds as well as fairly detailed instructions are here. make sure you back up anything on your phone you value as it will be completely wiped when you flash this.

https://developers.google.com/android/images
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sippinhenn:
Thanks! That's what I meant to link when I said "Also, is this where I'd go to do the factory image" but I guess I need some more coffee lol.

So it's best I do a full wipe via these steps beforehand?

https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/4596836?hl=en
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] ctfrommn:
I do, but Im not sure its truly necessary. It just gives me (and my OCD) some piece of mind to do it.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sippinhenn:
Hey I'm the same way so definitely all for it. I'll give it a shot tomorrow. I should get all my text messages back if I choose to restore them from my Google cloud backup right?

Last device I just plugged in and copied from there but is assume it's pretty similar.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sippinhenn:
Here we are after factory reset and flashing the latest OTA from . https://developers.google.com/android/images

Still can't hit 4 hrs SOT. Not once. I really don't know what to do at this point. Incredibly frustrating with everyone else on this thread having MUCH better results.

GSAM is showing some pretty beefy wakelocks on that "RemoteSoundTriggerDetection" and "*alarm*", ActivityManager-Sleep, etc.

I bought it from Best Buy. Should I go up there and see if they'll replace (highly doubt it) ? Maybe flash a custom kernel?
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sippinhenn:
Did this resolve your issue? If you see my post above, I've yet to get more than 4.5 SOT on my 6 week old 3a. Already did factory reset, etc.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] AutomaticFailure27:
I did and found out there was a bug with Android 9 that when you had a static IP set, it would drain the battery, once I changed it back to dynamic ip all is fine. I haven't tried setting back since upgrading to Android 10, but I don't see a reason now. Another thing I did was turn off the digital wellbeing stuff, restricted with Tasker the times when everything should auto sync, removed Naptime and Greenify, and just keep an eye out for rouge apps.

I think right now I can hit 4 hours sot no issue, but I tend to not use my phone that much. Only the initial setup I had around 8-9hrs over the course of two days.

Not sure exactly what is causing your issue but it kinda sounds like the 'OK Google' hotword detection. As for the *alarm* wakelock, I don't think that's anything to really worry about. To me, I'd make sure I am 100% up to date, verify apps and restrict permissions and just overall give it a few days to settle and learn your habits.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sainiridu:
Got this with stock kernel on 2 week old phone.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] manueltimz:
How do you get this?
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
You dream.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] ctfrommn:
XL has a bigger battery but I would imagine with my kernel that Sargo would get at least 8-9 SOT for me.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] zerbey:
I'm getting around 7-8 hours on my new 3a (non XL). The battery life on this little device is astounding, especially after coming from an OG Pixel that barely gave me 2 hours with its 3 year old battery.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sippinhenn:
Anyone have any tips? I still can't resolve. Think it's time I work with warranty support?
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
That's all I ever got. Maybe once I got 4.5 hours. Can't you give it a quick charge during the day if you need more?
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sippinhenn:
I mean, sure, but when I'm traveling it's not ideal. Just trying to figure out why my "Android System" percentage is so much higher and I'm not a power user at all. There are so many posts in this thread with astronomically better battery than I'm seeing, like the guy with 32% left after 3 days or 57% after 1d 15hrs.

In that time frame, I've been dead for a couple of hours. Maybe I got a dud on the battery because I'm not seeing anything of the like.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] sic0048:
You should never compare your battery experience to another user's experience. There are just way too many variables.

One of the biggest battery draws is the cell network yet it is never really considered when comparing battery life. A weak signal will use up a lot more battery than a full strength signal. Then you have all the different Android settings that can effect battery life, different apps installed, etc etc etc.

PS - That being said, I assure you anyone that shows 32% after 3 days is not using his phone like the average person. I'm sure if I put my phone on airplane mode and only had the screen on for an hour or two a day, I could get similar results, but that isn't a "real life" experience.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] pauliusval99:
I don't really understand why y'all are so hyped about this battery life. I had Song Xperia X Compact before and it had better battery life. I expected a least a slight improvement from the OLED and newer parts.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
That's great a 4.6" 720p 16:9 panel with a less power demanding CPU uses less electricity than a 5.6" 1080p 18.5:9 panel with a more per demanding CPU on a newer operating system. Who would have thought...
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] pauliusval99:
Well, it's an LCD compared to an OLED and an older CPU from the same line. A newer CPU is usually LESS power hungry, unless it's a higher end model. Same about Android versions, especially with recent versions, their main focus has been battery life improvement.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] Uzephi:
4.6" Compared to 5.6". 720x1280 pixels compared to 1080x2220 pixels. That is a huge difference in power draw right there. LCD or OLED, doesn't matter, that's a big jump in pixel count to light up.

The difference between the 650 and 670 isn't much in power efficiency. The Arch is very similar. More power will require more battery when using a very similar Arch. One advantage is the 670 uses a smaller process node which makes it just slightly more power efficient at the same clocks and same core count..

The 650 is 1.4x4 and 1.8x2 Ghz and a hexacore. The 670 is 2.0x2 and 1.7x6 Ghz and an octacore. If you really think having TWO extra cores at higher clocks would be more power efficient in that small of a generational jump, please give me what you're smoking.
[Google Pixel 3a Guides, News, & Discussion] pauliusval99:
Pixel count doesn't matter for LCD because each pixel is NOT lit individually. There are 3-4 LEDs for the whole screen, that's all. Refreshing more pixels takes more energy but that has nothing to do with backlight and doesn't consume nearly as much energy at all.

OLED consumes WAY less energy than LCD, period.

650 and 670 are from the same line. I'm not comparing 6xx to 8xx or anything. Let's be mature and not engage in frequency wars here because we all know it doesn't directly correlate with power draw. I'm comparing 28nm and 10nm which is a HUGE step up in power efficiency. So yes, I DO really think having two or four extra cores with higher clock STILL results in higher power efficiency. Intel took 8 years to move from 28nm to 10nm process. Imagine how much Intel processors' efficiency improved over 8 years from 2011 to 2019 - that's exactly the kind of improvement we're talking about. If you take a 2011 CPU reserved for thick and heavy laptops, you can now find a CPU from 2019 that runs completely fanless in paper thin plastic tablets.
[Moto X4 Questions & Answers] H4x0r1337:
Hello everyone

Am on p stock firmware for the last build (March 2019 update) & am 1900-7 retail..

My problem that after each update the sound go more low...

So is that problem main problem or just mine & if it main any fixes around??

Thx
[Moto X4 Questions & Answers] oz42:
This problem is well known.
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] hssxda:
All -

Ever since I got my Essential phone the fingerprint scanner has been absolutely horrendous. Over and over it would just tell me that the the fingerprint sensor was dirty and I should clean it and try again. It was so bad to the point that I wasn't even able to successfully enroll my fingerprints. I just gave up on the fingerprint sensor for the most part assuming that the physical hardware of my device was faulty. I liked everything else about my phone so lack of working fingerprint sensor was not enough to make me go through the hassle of trying to send back my phone for a new (refurbished) one. I resigned myself to just using the 4 digit PIN to unlock my phone.

I have done the monthly updates religiously and I always try again after each update to test the fingerprint scanner hoping that the update will fix my issues and FINALLY THAT HAPPENED!!!!

After May update the sensor enrolled my fingers super quickly with no error warnings and now unlocking with fingerprint is instantaneous and super snappy!! :victory::victory::victory:

If anyone has fingerprint issues with their phone I strongly advise you to check out the May security update and post here if it fixes your problems as well.

Hope this helps!
[Essential Phone Guides, News, & Discussion] sd_shadow:
I have to agree, I had given up using the fingerprint sensor, till I saw this thread.

It's been working great since the update.
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] LaTerminator:
Microphone on my Google Pixel stopped working after some random period of time. It works after inital boot after factory reset but when i install all the apps that i use, mic stops working. I installed different ROM, different kernel, everything different but nothing helps. Someone told me it's a software problem, which it is because it works for a short period of time then it stops. Now i want to install LineageOS but when i try to find it in TWRP install section it shows some random folders and i can't find it there. When i want to ADB Sideload via TWRP it won't register it on computer when i type sideload devices... Idk what to do, i think that problem will be fixed when i install LineageOS without GAPPS but it's not possible. Any help???
[Google Pixel Questions & Answers] Horgar:
https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/14/...y-mic-issues-lawsuit-payout-hairline-fracture

Here's your answer. It's a common problem unfortunately.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] nitramus:
Its time for me to try a custom rom and wanted to know in your opinion what is the best rom and why.

Please and thanks
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] b1337:
Lol flash them and decide for yourself otherwise read more
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] harperrr2k:
Clearly they are asking for your opinion on what rom you like. They want suggestions.

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I've been using AOSiP with Kirisakura kernel. Good battery life, dark theme and google pay works!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] nitramus:
I did read and donewant to fresh install if I don't have to. Like other said. I'm asking for opinions.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] b1337:
I know what he asked and I know what he's looking for but opinions shouldn't matter when you have something called a custom ROM. Custom means it's going to be different for every user. The whole point is the ease to do a titanium backup and flash a new ROM and try it out for yourself and see.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] nitramus:
Does it hurt to get opinions?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] DarkPhoenix:
I really like the AOSIP rom. It's stable and has plenty of customization options.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] NepoRood:
My opinion is biased :cool:

I've been using Scorpion since November, I haven't tried any of the others. It has everything I want in a custom ROM. The others come from solid developers, so you really can't go wrong with whichever you choose
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] nitramus:
Thanks. That is one type of response I was looking for.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] driss.sadok:
Try the dotOs it's perfect ;)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] b1337:
you couldn't search the appropriate threads to find a response like this?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] nitramus:
I did search and did not find anything for this phone. Not what I was looking for at least.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Questions & Answers] b1337:
Interesting