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[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Jinthegodstyle:
I see you having great SOT..I own the device 3 days now and as I searched on the forum, didn't saw crazy thing's that could make me to unlock and root the device , except the Kernel's and now the mod I saw you mentioned that you are using..!

Device already bring many new awesome thing's that it's very usable now compared to other pixels before.

Do you use something else except kirisakura and the mode to disable wakelocks?

:)
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Badger50:
Personally, I always unlock and root my devices because I like the things I can do. Simple things like:

Add blocking, TiBu, kernels, clock mods(I love center clock:laugh:) themes etc..etc. You certainly don't need to, but I just enjoy the tinkering aspect :good::cool:
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Jinthegodstyle:
Center clock I like it also more notifications :D,API 2 it's a thing I want to unlock (that's one reason more for unlock the device for me)

But mostly I want to increase battery life because it's Shame to have this device and close many things like forced 90hz, just to save battery and can make a day of use..
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Badger50:
Just unlock it, and have a good time with it my friend. I mean...why not, it's likely why you bought one in the first place :good::cool:
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Jinthegodstyle:
Ok thank you! If I will have any noobish question again,I will mention you:D

Have a great day!:D
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Badger50:
Anytime my friend. I'd be happy to help :good::)
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] jimv1983:
How the hell did you manage that? I don't own the phone but I did get a chance to use it for a good part of a day and just browsing on wifi was on pace to get slightly worse than that.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] kisirong2501:
Hi friend,

I am also 4XL user. I saw some persons unlock and install kernel to get 8-9 SOT.

Just wondering how to install new kernel to get that great SOT but these kernel post seems not easy to understand.

I turn off 90Hz and motion sense to get 7h SOT as normal daily usage but not enough.

Looking forward to your instruction.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Badger50:
No matter what kernel you install, you will likely not get the SOT that I do. It's all about usage patterns my friend. Having said that, to install a kernel, flash the kernel with either the EXKM or FKM app, then reboot. Some kernels do not maintain root after you flash them, so be sure to read the kernel Dev's OP. If this is the case, then you'll need to flash the magisk.zip immediately after you flash the kernel before you reboot. :good:
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] DeeStyles:
My battery life has never suffered on this phone. Playing music videos on YouTube a good portion of the day while cleaning and exercising. Mulling around on Facebook and Twitter while UFC was going on. Screen brightness has been 90% all day.

Side note: This is stock, unrooted statistics.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] DeeStyles:
It's been about a month now since I last posted and to be honest my battery life has gotten even better. Once again, stock ROM, unrooted, stock kernel. I have finally cracked the 10 hr mark for SOT. This should put to bed the theory that the Pixel 4 XL has terrible battery life. I still see lots of articles, videos and posts in many locations tearing the phone apart. This is with 80-90% brightness level and 90 Hz and motion sense on. I am using all the functions of the device.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
Yeah if you use a phone 10 hours of 12 hours off the charger, that's doable with a lot of phones. For regular, non-continuous use, SOT is a good hour+ less than I've ever gotten on my Pixel 2 XL.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] acters:
Forgot I had to charge this phone... 6 hours 56 minutes of anime and the rest is motion sense waking up the phone and face unlocking when I just want to know the time. some light website browsing.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] 100rabh7791:
Hey buddy! Was curious to know about your battery backup these days? I am asking as i heard they improved the battery in feb/march update and enabled the high brightness mode.

How is it holding up? any recent normal day usage pattern you have?

I am still in double minds but might go for 4xl in coming months.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
Battery has been just fine. I can get 5 hours or so of SOT with 16 hours off the charger. I haven't noticed any difference really.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] 100rabh7791:
Ah okay! So its still like 2xl only. hmm interesting. Thanks man
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
I got better with the 2 XL honestly. I'm a good 1-1.25 hour less SOT compared to my first 6 months with the Pixel 2 XL.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] 100rabh7791:
Oh! and here i was thinking it is getting better battery life than the 2xl now.

I might wait for the 5 then but i heard it might not be a Flagship Soc, which will be okay until they dont mess up with the rest of the hardware and price specially!
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
Honestly, I'm fine with them dialing back and not being flagship as long as the experience is fast, smooth, the camera is still top 3, AND they drop the price.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] 100rabh7791:
Yeah i mean they have to give 3 things mainly

1) an Ultra wide

2) Bigger battery

3) More storage options

and of course a price which makes sense while comparing the competition.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] marinosms:
No motion sense and at 60hz cause I'm from that people that doesn't see a difference between 60 and 90hz:( .

Really happy with the battery.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] thepersona:
What do you guys think of this so far? How is this looking? Screen on time is subjective but depending on how you use the device you can get some surprising amounts to screen on time. Has anyone been able to hit 8 or 9 hours? If so what were you generally doing to get that 8 or 9?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] thepersona:
Here's the chart. I'm not sure how to do a scrolling screenshot just yet but I hope this is clear
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] kheltek:
I've never been able to get that much screen time. May I ask what your settings are? Are you rooted? Kernel, etc.? I get max 6ish hours (usually 5.5) on 1.5 days
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] thepersona:
Sadly no root at all or any kernals etc. 90hz always on force dark override, dark mode 24/7 pixel adaptive battery, turned off motion sense completely, and on wifi all day. Bluetooth off and turned off unnecessary Services.

Just using my device when needed, I have to do more test to see if I can get an consistent 7 hours etc. But for the first bit I just charged my device and let it die without use for a few days as I was using my note 10 plus. Then I began using it and seeing how much battery I can get.

The person a few posts above me seems to have more superior battery life than me. Which shows that battery life is subjective to use.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Jeezy831:
I got 9 hours the other day
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
This screenshot by itself isn't helpful. This plus the graph is, as it shows app usage and time off the charger. I can make the SOT look like 12 hours on that screen if I top a few times and unplug around 80% each time. Or I can stream videos for 9 hours and get only 10+ hours off the charger.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Mackay53:
Graph isn't really helpful either because what one person gets others won't so it raises more questions than answers.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
So then all talks about SOT aren't helpful. LOL. But really, the graph gives something to work with. It's actually a lot more helpful then nothing because at least you can see what kind of apps others use.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] matemade:
Anything over 5 hours of SOT seems like fake to me.

No matter what I have tried, it got me nowhere near 6 hours. I disabled almost everything and IAM always around 5 hours but usually less than that.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Mackay53:
Not fake, just down to the user
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] thepersona:
I agree, I could have gotten almost eight to nine hours if I continue to use my pixel. however because I had brakes and was switching between this and my note 10 plus I've been constantly getting 7.5 hours of usage from my p4 xl.

I think this time what increased my chances of getting more than 7.5 hours is the fact that I turned my data off. I'm always connected to Wi-Fi when using my pixel anyway so I had no need to put my data on. And let me contribute to further battery life increase. But I have to continue testing that.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
Yeah that's barely any usages per day at only an hour and 52 minutes.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] rodcpierce:
I get over 6 regularly man. With nothing special. I have 90hz forced, brightness to auto, motion sense on, etc.

Here is where I'm currently at as of now today. It really doesn't take anything special ?*♂️
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
Are you on Wi-Fi the whole time? What carrier are you on?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] rodcpierce:
I'm on wifi maybe half the day (while at home). The rest is on LTE. And I'm on AT&T.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Pol4hp:
I am thinking about to buy a pixel 4 xl, right now i am using a redmi note 8 pro, and i cant accept to come from 8h sot to 5h sot, i dont understand how people using the phone in the same way gets different sot
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Mackay53:
Because no one uses the phone in the same way
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] rodcpierce:
Exactly! Some people have Bluetooth devices attached all day. Some people leave WiFi on all the time even when not within distance to a connection, etc. Some watch a lot of movies or videos, others use it for a lot of social media or internet browsing, etc.

Nobody uses it the same way as Mackay pointed out. Nobody.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Pol4hp:
But anyway, u should get the same sot, within 30-45min difference, do you think i will notice so hard between the autonomy of the redmi and the pixel
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] rodcpierce:
SOT 100% depends on how you use the phone.

And unless someone here has used that same phone before coming to the 4XL, I'm not sure anyone can give an accurate answer.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] mojorisin7178:
Yeah I just got this phone. I only charge it to 80 unless I expect to be away from a charger for an extended amount of time. I was very hesitant to get this phone because all the reviws said bad battery life. I had the pixel xl the 2xl 3axl and now this phone. So far this phone is on par witrh the rest of the pixel phones except for the 3a. But the 3a has a downgraded processor that phone would go a full 2 days on an 80 percent charge with moderate use. This phone is great i definitly get more than a days worth again Im not a power user these days just moderate use. I dont understand why they are saying the battery life is not good. I am quite impressed with this phone. I cant wait to see what else they come up with for motion sence.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
What you're describing is standby time, not screen on time. I got a good 1 to 2 hours more screen on time with my 2 XL compared to my 4 XL.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] cwburns32:
I spent a large portion of the day organizing photos, deleting photos, syncing all my apps and accounts, backing up, restoring, etc. Nearly 7 hrs of SOT over 26 hours. I impressed. Interested to see what I can get out of it on a more normal day of use.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] DinarQ8:
I have no problem with any phone that gives me 5 hours or more, because in the end I can charge the phone while sleeping or in the car other than that is called the battery hour mania
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] sychen79:
3rd day of usage.. 7hr SOT

Cant complain.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] meydon:
7+ hrs SOT (Not bad):

* Motion Sense disabled

* Lift to wake on

* AOD disabled

* WiFi permanently on
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
App usage? Screen brightness?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] treerainsun:
I use my personal phone as a tool

Using a phone for me is an extension to what I can do so I use it very much. I get about 2-3 hours screen on time, and get on average about 20 hours full charge. Same battery results as when I had my last phone Pixel XL First Gen.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] drod312:
Poor SOT

I scooped up the 4XL during Google's recent sale and I absolutely love it. Only complaint is I'm two weeks in and still can't seem to get more than 4-4.5hr SOT on moderate use.

No gaming, no motion sense, no AOD, no bluetooth/wifi scanning, bluetooth and location disabled when not in use, all apps optimized and have limited location access, dark mode enabled, amoled wallpaper in use, naptime installed with experimental features on, manual brightness at 50-80%, smooth display enabled.

Any ideas or tips would be really awesome because as is this phone can barely last a day.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] krabban:
flash pixeldust.

100 % brightness,

aod,

lift to wake,

dubbeltap 2 wake,

sync

bluetooth

only 4 G

lots of socialapps

im at 67% now with 1h 49 minutes of screen on time.

getting around 6 hours a day, everything above 5 is great in my opinion ,
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
Dat SOT! [emoji1][emoji23]
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] AnuarBolis:
time

6-7 hours i think its enough
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] 100rabh7791:
Guys I've heard the battery life has improved after the June update! Anyone noticed on their 4xl? Any improvements?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
It's been only a day since the update came out. Way to soon to make any kind of judgement.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] 100rabh7791:
Saw someone making a comment on Android Central! Agreed it's a bit early but it's an update to the battery optimization which already knows ones pattern. So i thought it might work as soon as it is updated! Although will wait for your feedback.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] 100rabh7791:
Any feedback? Did you notice any increase or decrease?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
It's been pretty much the same from what I can tell. Maybe the last 15% is lasting longer because if you check the release notes, "Now, Adaptive Adaptive Battery on Pixel 2 and newer devices, can predict when your battery will run out and further reduce background activity to keep your Pixel powered longer". My "full charge last about" has increased by maybe 30 minutes if anything.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] rodcpierce:
What are people hoping to get for screen on time? I have no issue getting between 6 and 8 hours of SOT depending on what I use for apps that day. I think that is sufficient for nearly any device! Today's was 6.5 with 18% left. That would have easily been a 7.5 hour SOT day if I drained the battery. With just under 17 hours off of the charger. 9 hours of that on WiFi, the rest on LTE. No special tricks. 100% stock Android, no root. Seems pretty decent to me :)
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
Problem for me is the SOT and off the charger you're getting is what I got with my Pixel 2 XL and I have never got 7-8 with my 4 XL. If I've gotten over 6 hours, it's definitely not with 17 hours off the charger.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] rodcpierce:
Yeah, I've never had any issues with it. So not sure man. I will say my 2XL was better on battery, but I can't complain about this one either.

Some of the ones in this thread make me chuckle because they hardly have any app usage. I use mine constantly at work.

I've even got 90hz forced. Brightness left on auto. I do turn WiFi off when away from the house and I don't use any Bluetooth devices so it's off as well. Also use dark theme.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
Differences would be WiFi and Bluetooth are always on for me but I doubt turning it off would give me an extra hour SOT or more stand by. I'm thinking it's mobile network connectivity differences. My 5-6 hours SOT is fine but it's what I was already getting with my 2 XL the last 6 months. I end up topping off when driving and sometimes at home on my days off. Can't complain about 5-80% charging in an hour.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] drod312:
Re: SOT

I've seen a small uptick in expected battery life: about 30 mins.

I'm going from 100 to 50% with 2-2.5hr SOT. Personal record is 3hr SOT - with using every single battery saving trick in the book.

Still not sure how people are getting 7-8hr SOT consistently.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
Only 3 hours of SOT by the time your phone is around 5%? That's pretty poor if that's what you mean because you say you get 2.5 hours at 50%. What's up with the last 50%?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] drod312:
I don't run it down to zero consistently, so I am just extrapolating for the remaining 50%.

GSAM is showing 4hr 56m average SOT.

How's Tampa by the way? I've been thinking about moving down from Chicago.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
Oh so you've gotten to 3 hours SOT with 50%? That's pretty good. I agree, I can't get 7-8 hours for the life of me and I did that fine with the 2 XL. Tampa's great. I moved down here from Queens 7 years ago. It's a growing "small" city but the whole bag area is nice with St. Pete and Clearwater. Plus the smaller, less commercial beaches is we're all the locals really go.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] drod312:
It'll get me through the work day for sure, but always looking for ways to replicate these crazy SOT #s I see.

Ah, so you know better than most coming from NY! It just seems like there's a ton of growth happening and more to come in the next 5+ years.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] jimv1983:
There biggest thing that stuck out to me was the 9 hours on wifi. That's over half the off the charger time. The battery life would have been much worse with LTE all day.

I have a Pixel 2 XL. Even when it was new the battery life was mediocre at best. For an entire day off the charger on LTE the entire time I still had to carry a battery in my pocket all day (which sucked). The Pixel 4 XL certainly is worse. I want my next phone to be BETTER than my Pixel 2 XL.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] edwinek:
This was the one thing I was unsure about when I got my 4 XL two weeks ago. I needn't have worried. Yesterday I hit 5:34 SOT with 55% left, 15 hours off the charger, which is certainly good enough for me.

Settings:

Motion Sense off (I found it irritating, I could hardly move without the screen coming on)

AOD off (I have no need for it)

24/7 Dark mode

No gaming

Lots of reading

Active Tasker user

Some photography
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] rodcpierce:
I actually get very similar times between WiFi and LTE. Regardless of LTE or WiFi I have zero issue with battery life on this device.

I'm currently sitting at just over 5 hours of SOT, 35% battery left and 17 hours off the charger.

Social media, WhatsApp, Chrome usage mostly.

Now if you're in an area with relatively ****ty service and it's constantly having to search for towers I could see LTE draining the battery way faster. Even on LTE I can easily get 5-6 hours of SOT without issue.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] jimv1983:
I'm my experience what you claim is very unusual. Even in areas of great coverage such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New York I have always seen a much faster battery drain on LTE compared to WiFi.

With heavy use doing battery intensive things like using the camera, listening to music over Bluetooth streaming video, LTE only with higher brightness (only when in direct sunlight) the best I've been able to do on my Pixel 2 XL is like 5 hours screen on time but only with like 12-13 hours off the charger. I could only get through a full day like that if I limit to like 4-4.5 hours. I'd like my next phone to be able to make it like 7-8 hours screen on time over like 18-20 hours off the charger under the same conditions when it's new. I don't even want to have to carry a bulky battery and cord in my pocket just to get through one day off heavy use ever again. That's the primary reason I didn't get the Pixel 4 XL. The crappy face unlock didn't help either.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] rodcpierce:
Looks like you have only a few choices then for phones
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] jimv1983:
Unfortunately I don't really see any choices to get to my goal of a full day of heavy use. Some phones so have bigger batteries but any gain is offset by the other things requiring more power like even higher resolution, higher refresh rate and inefficient software (ie Samsung One UI). I'm not optimistic about not having to carry a battery and cord in my pocket any time soon. It's not really a big deal now with this damn virus but once we get back to normal it will be back to carrying a battery in my pocket on long days.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] malimt:
The odd thing is that many people seem to complain about the battery of the 4 XL. Even some of my friends aren't happy with it, I'm not sure why, though. I purchased my 4 XL renewed from Amazon back in March, and I have barely used the phone because I was using my OnePlus 7T pro, but that is gone now due to unfortunate events, and I decided to pull out my 4 XL. It's been a great phone; sure, it has less ram than most 2019 flagships out there, but Android performs much better on the 4 XL in comparison to every other Android phone. Let me tell you all that I have been getting nothing less than superb battery life. Here's a screenshot from yesterday! In addition, not only is the battery good but I absolutely love this phone! I don't think I'll ever replace it with another, maybe the Pixel 5 when it's released, but we'll have to wait and see about that. I just wish I started using this phone earlier; I feel like I have been missing out on the "real" Android experience all this time, I could've used such an excellent device, but I was clueless. I'm glad I decided to use it now. I will never look at another phone again! Anyhow, back to the main topic, the battery life for me is excellent, it lasts me roughly 7-9 hours of SOT easily, depending on activity. View screenshot for more info.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] matemade:
Could we have the screenshot please?.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] rodcpierce:
Also need to see the app usage. Hit the three dots in the upper right corner and send us the details.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
Agreed. A 2 day "Full charge last about" and 5+ hours SOT at 50% is very suspicious.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Mackay53:
Nothing suspicious about it, everyone has their own usage pattern and settings so its very possible
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] rodcpierce:
Eh.... 5 hours 50% is definitely suspicious with any real use. I get some of the better sot I've seen from this device and I can't touch that.

I don't think he's trying to be mean, he's likely just genuinely curious.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] EeZeEpEe:
It's possible and it obviously happened because the numbers correlate. But was this from reading a book for 5 hours? LOL

Yeah I am curious cause it's super rare and not common at all.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Real Life Review] Mackay53:
It's not suspicious and its all down to usage which no one can copy exactly.

I don't get these SOT posts as people just try and turn it into a boring competition

Even the moderator for these threads managed to get 10+ hours if I remember right.