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[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Lughnasadh:
With not resetting my battery stats for 8 days, getting 6.95%/hr active drain and .60%/hr idle drain. Overnight deep sleep is between 97-98%.

Had basically the same setup and use with my Pixel 2 XL, 4 XL and 6 Pro is this is the best battery life out of all of them.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] silverkin:
60Hz, 1080p?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Lughnasadh:
120Hz, 1440p. I'm not a heavy user though. Don't play games. Taking pictures, videos, browsing, YouTube, things like that.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] silverkin:
Holy ****, I am the same type of user, and mine drains like 10-12%/h. Do you use more than 5% brightness? :D
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] gigaboss:
Is my screen off usage too high?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] AKN_92:
Can you post your accubattery or some stats of battery usage? I'm ending an 8 hour work day with barely 25% battery left.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Lughnasadh:
Those are my battery stats via FKM. I don't keep track of SOT or how much battery I have left at the end of the day and comparing those stats to any else's is irrelevant because we all use our phones a a different manner, have different set ups, have different apps and mods installed, use Wi-Fi and data differently, etc.. Plus I mini-charge my phone frequently.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Deadmau-five:
I think this is pretty good?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Linuxkek:
But S22 Exynos, not Snaodragon?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Mr.Nice.ba:
I am using 7 Pro for 10 days now, last couple of days on QPR Beta 3. At the beginning battery was underwhelming. After phone took some time for optimization, battery is now much better. To be honest, this is much better than I expected. Over 5h SOT and still almost 50% of battery left. QHD+120HZ are active in settings. I am coming from iPhone 12 Pro, and this battery is far better... Worth the upgrade :)
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] farnsbarns:
Today I had an 8 hour what's app call with the screen on a lot, file sharing back and forth, all on 5g. I'm at 120 hz (locked in Dev options), 1440p. 6.7 hours screen on time and I still have 22% for my journey home.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] joshtb86:
Holy s*** how are you guys getting such good usage of your battery? Mine has been absolute garbage
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] lawtq:
Wow you have the worst battery I've never seen. Mine is great start full reset without transfer in qpr1 beta 3. 1080p 60hz, absolutely everything put into restricted in battery settings, apps still seem to work the same, so why not.

This is all at home on WiFi, mostly browsing Samsung internet which is very low power draining browser. Chrome is a power hog. I'm sure battery will be nowhere near this outside
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] hello00:
I'm almost at 7hrs with 40% left on my iPhone 14 Pro Max lol. The battery on the iPhone 12 Pro sucked a**.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I've had a couple of days with around 35% left pushing 7 hours of SOT on the 7 pro. So not that different, although clearly I'm aware the iPhone has the better battery life.

The point is, in my experience, and if we're looking at everyday practical use, there would be little difference for me as both phones would still need to be charged every night and I wouldn't need to top up during the day. Not once have I gotten near needing to put my 7 Pro on charge before I hit the sack.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] lawtq:
I can't complain about this..

4g and WiFi. 60hz 1080p. Full factory reset with no restore. I'll try 120hz tomorrow. I've found it makes hardly no difference
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] hello00:
I couldn't get my p6p pro and the p7p pro past 5hr of usage without charging them. I still have both phones but the p7p pro is getting returned. I'm keeping the p6p pro. I'm just surprised that the newer iPhones have less battery and does so much better than an Android device with a 5,000mAh battery. I know this is a p7p pro thread but whatever. This is how the p7p pro should have been. Brightness at 85%.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] joshtb86:
I found that Gboard the keyboard was using insane amounts of background power usage. It was my highest usage app and essentially 100% of the time the phone was on. It was being used in the background. I read in a few other threads. People have had similar issues and restricting its background data fixed battery life. I'm hoping that's the case as I just found this
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
That doesn't match my experience at all, and convinces me that some devices have issues as it seems hit and miss for some. But for example, my battery life yesterday attached on a combination of WiFi (at home) and data (at work) and my VPN being on all day. The screen on time is only just over 3 hours as I had a busy day, but check the battery level remaining at 66% and the average SOT and overall battery at the bottom. I regularly get over 7 hours SOT before putting it on charge at night and most of the time with circa 25% remaining. Short of the 14 Pro Max of course, but no one denies that has the best in the business when it comes to battery life.

I can only speak for myself, but the battery life for me has been remarkable and it's a shame your handset isn't giving you the same or you wouldn't be returning it.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Noexcusses:
You are on WiFi all the time that's why
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Incorrect. You're either assuming I am due to being on WiFi at that time or you're confusing WiFi being active with WiFi being used.

If you have WiFi turned on but you're not connected to a WiFi network and you're instead using 4G, the WiFi stat in GSam will still be listed as active for the entirety of the charge cycle. The stats in my last post are a prime example of this, I was on 4G for at least 5 hours of that 14 hour stat window, but WiFi is still listed as active for the entire 14 hour 20 minutes.

I have my WiFi turned on all the time, but it only connects when I'm at home as it's the only network I've so far connected to. I also have data turned on all the time, so it automatically gets used when I'm anywhere other than in my house.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Annie the Eagle:
How do you get it to show battery usage since last full charge. Mine only shows last 24 hours which is absolutely useless
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] HipKat:
I'm actually relieved that battery life is much better than the P6P was, so far.

My overheating issue seemed to correct itself, too,.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Mr.Nice.ba:
Android 13 QPR Beta3
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Annie the Eagle:
Is it easy to update to it whole preserving root?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Mr.Nice.ba:
It is easy to update, you get it over the air, but for root you need to ask someone else. I didn't rooted my phone.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Install GSam Battery Monitor then see the attached. Just make sure you don't apply the ADB settings it asks for as it stops it working. But unless you're looking for Wakelocks it's not required.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Lughnasadh:
Pixel Flasher will allow you to update while preserving root.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] xgerryx:
After a few days of much better battery life, today is horrific. On track for 4 hours SoT or less doing basically nothing major. Almost all on WiFi again.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] tony1208:
One day and a half I normally get on my 7 pro, a full day on heavy use....
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Quite a busy day for the phone today, almost all on 4G as I've been out and about, and a lot of camera use. Just about to put it back on charge but it's been 17 hours 46 minutes since I took it off charge this morning, 6 hours 22 minutes SOT and 32% battery remaining. Again, no complaints.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Badger50:
Thread cleaned again!​

Well, here I am again, and hopefully for the LAST time! Dear people, we are taking this topic way too far of the rails. I will politely ask one last time for all members to

please be respectful to each other as well as XDA Rule 2.3 for member conduct:

While I really don't relish heavy handed moderation, I will have no hesitation in banning repeated offenders from this thread from further rudeness or disrespect

should this occur again. Please take your disagreements to FB, TG, SC or wherever since this is conduct unbecoming of XDA members as per the forum rules.

I thank you all for your cooperation, and wish you all a peaceful and calm rest of the day.

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[Google Pixel 7 Pro] TenTuTego:
After 2 weeks of usages I've noticed that "Mobile Network" and'Phone ldle" still takes a better chunk of my battery at the end of the day. Here are three screenshots from yesterday. Unplugged around 7:30 am and had 8% battery left by 11:30 pm. All it got me were just over 4 hours of screen on time. Mostly 4G and some Wifi, no heavy usage. Do i have network problems? do not intend on using 5G but neither I'm going to switch to 3G (lt's being phased out slowly where live).

Edit. I've switched to 3G for a couple hours to

see if i could see any difference. It's heating up less than before, that's for Sure.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
How bad is your 4G connection? Is the phone regularly searching for a good signal for example, a classic killer of battery life if you're on mobile data. Just over 4 hours of SOT is pretty terrible for this device, I've gotten over 7 hours twice since I got this phone a couple of weeks back with around 18 hours of use between charges and 90% of the day on 4G with being out and about. But I'm on Vodafone UK, who have a great signal in most of the UK. Although not at my house, ironically, where it's mediocre but good enough for general use.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SilentEYE:
Nothing special. You can get similar results on a 215 euro Poco F3 too. (10h SOT over 2 days)

IMO the problem is more the Google software that's draining the battery.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
Just find it silly that the OnePlus N20 5G that I'm using now since I gave my wife the P7P, gets almost 7 hrs of screen on time with the same apps and usage, 5G. Sure it has a 60hz screen, but a nice OLED panel. And this phone was $298 new when I got it.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I'd agree if everyone was getting the same s**t battery life, but they're not. After having the phone for two weeks I'm now averaging between 7 and 8 hours SOT with 20%-25% remaining before putting it on charge after 17-19 hours use and I'm certainly not on my own with that.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
What features do you have turned off?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I've left the phone on 1080p and turned mobile data to 4G as the difference is negligible for 99% of what I do on the phone. 4G is more than fast enough.

As for resolution I spent a few days in 1440p for testing purposes and the difference in battery life wasn't that much.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
I hate that we as customers let things slide, not holding them accountable somehow, but to get better battery life we are left to turn off great features in order to try to achieve better battery life.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I can absolutely see your point but, and this is a big but, neither of these features are "great" or overly important for me on a mobile device. If it was 3G instead of 4G, or important features on the camera couldn't be used in order to get decent battery life, I'd absolutely agree. But having put mine and my work colleagues' 7 Pros side by side, one on 1080p and one on 1440p, I struggled to see the difference given the screen size. If it was a 32" screen it would of course be difference, but the DPI difference on a screen of less than 7" really is negligible when you compare it with 1080p. There is a difference if you look really close, but it's not worth getting bothered about. And, like I said, the difference in battery life wasn't massive in my tests.

As for 4G or 5G, there is nothing I do on data for which 4G isn't more than sufficient. Can you honestly tell me you use mobile data for anything where moving up to 5G would make a noticeable difference? If so I'd be interested to know what it is. And in terms of 5G and its effect on battery life, the 7 Pro isn't on its own with that. It applies to all phone hardware, including those with a fruity emblem on the back.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] TenTuTego:
I've just checked and the signal strength is:

On 4G at home around -104 dBm

On 3G at home around -84 dBm

Walking around the neighborhood on 4G I had around -90 to -110. (Pretty sure it would be better on 3G)

4G at work around -85 dBm, didn't try 3G yesterday.

Looks like it might be weak 4G signal? But i can't imagine being on 3G at all times. Also in my country and my carrier (Orange) doesn't support volte and vowifi on pixel phones. I might factory reset and set the phone up without transferring any data from the backup (i get weird crack each time i call anyone - when the first signals is heard)
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SilentEYE:
The thing that is speaking for a software disbalance is, that the devices have the same hardware, but the software they use interacts differently with their device (push FCM, Google services, location checkup, background tasks, wakelocks)

Google is not as aggressive in preventing background tasks like Xiaomi for example.

I will try the device without Google services and do a comparison to a snapdragon 870 device.

That's more fair than just reporting the battery life.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
I'm sure that the 1440p would show better on some of the things I watch. YouTube, live sports. But again, I'm sure loads of ppl want those things on.

Just looked at 5G and 4G at my house. Now granted I'm on T mobile and when I'm in areas that get 5G UC, it's over 500mbps or more. So yes, it's worth having on for me.

Signals are identical at my house. But doesn't matter here because I'm on wifi.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I guess it depends on what each individual uses their phone for, but I can't think of a single thing that would require that type of speed when out and about. I get around 80mb-90mb on 4G in my area, which covers pretty much anything you can do on a mobile phone.

So saying 500mb extra is worth having is one thing, actually doing something on your phone that needs it is something else. What did you have in mind or is simply a case of having it is better than not having it? And don't get me wrong, that's as good as reason as any.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
I often listen to Spotify while out. Podcasts, music, etc. I want the best quality possible. If 5G UC is available, I want to use it.

I'm in town now. Here's the differences for me between 4G/5G. In the same spot. I parked.

Big difference.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Except none of that wouldn't be more than covered with the speed of 4G, so you would be using additional battery life for no reason. On all phones, not just the Pixel.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
Ok.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SilentEYE:
And how big is a music file? How often do you change a music per minute?

I think you are blinded by numbers, while sacrificing battery.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
Videos on YouTube or watching TV from the phone makes me blinded too?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] jaseman:
I have followed this thread for awhile and I agree with you 100% and then some! There are far too many people who simply do not (or are unwilling) to understand how computers work! These "smart" phones are not phones per-se...they are computers that can make phone calls among many other services. 4G/LTE, as it stands today, is more than enough speed for 99.9% of everything the average person could ever want to do on their smart "computer" phone. Now if your battery draw is the same on 5G as it is on LTE then fine - use it! But, if your battery draw is much higher on 5G then simply TURN IT OFF, and enjoy your phone...you WILL NOT see a difference! If you must play online games...well then get a gaming phone that has been deliberately designed and tweaked to run better under those circumstances.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
The point is you can watch 4k streaming on 4G, never mind 1440p which is the maximum this phone supports. And as for music, even lossless with zero compression can be streamed using 4G with no issues.

So I ask you again, what could you possibly be doing on a phone when out and about on mobile data that would benefit from 500mb+ on 5G as opposed to circa 100mb on 4G?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
So it seems 5G never need to be deployed, lol. Just turn it off 🙂👍

But I don't see in my experience, the battery drain from 5G to be that big of a difference.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SilentEYE:
Yes. I am sure that you newer looked into the transferspeeds when loading a file.

I am using custom ROMs with data speed graphs and I can say that you won't see a big difference under normal circumstances.

A question too for your video thing:

Are you watching 4k or 8k videos?

Is the potential advantage of saving a half second worth the permanently high battery drain?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
Not trying to argue with some grown men on a forum. Came here to get information on how poor this battery life is and how to possibly fix it. If the 5g gives me an extra half second worth, that's fine with me.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
It's a significant difference, far more so than the difference between 1080p and 1440p over the same time frame.

And this is a discussion, not an argument. Or at least from my perspective.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
N20 doesn't have a good SoC. If you throttle the Tensor to the same relative performance, it would blow past that. That's the trade off upper range SoCs have been making - higher performance for decidedly worse battery.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
In some cases the drain from 5G is actually less than 4G. The radio doesn't need to be active as long to download things when you have lots of bandwidth available. I actually was getting worse battery with it off honestly.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SilentEYE:
Just a second reply to this post, after I got today the possibility to check the settings of a P7P. The owner told me, that his device has worse battery life than his old huawei P30 Pro.

I disabled appx 10 Google "services" that were active by default. All of them are likely to consume battery. Disabling them should do a strong impact on battery life. (location service, history recording, location recording, constant location access, backups and many other things where you can opt-out or deactivate them.)

That could explain a lot of the different battery stats, even if the main drainers like screen, network type and brightness are similar.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
Keep us updated.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I don't have any such services disabled, everything that is enabled by default is on except 5G.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SilentEYE:
I installed gsam on that phone and asked to send me a screenshot before charging.

Lets see what comes out.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Noexcusses:
Battery sucks just onky with WiFi
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Sasaiber:
7 hours and 37 min👁️👄👁️
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SilentEYE:
As promised, the screenshot.

I disabled unneeded Google services and started GSam at 75%.

The battery life got indeed better after disabling some Google services on top.

(60Hz, Wifi, 1080p, auto brigthness, no calls)

The user reported a nearly significant battery endurance compared to full stock settings (1440p, 120Hz, etc) and without disabling Google services.

Important note:

GSMArena tested the device with different settinga for its battery endurance and reported

'We did experiment with lowering the resolution, and we got over an hour extra in the web browsing test (13:49h), but essentially no difference in the video playback result. Keeping the resolution at 1440p but limiting the refresh rate to 60Hz also brought some savings in the web browsing test - 13:33h. Having found some idle time for our review unit, we figured the ultimate battery saving combo of 1080p resolution and 60Hz refresh rate was worth testing and we clocked that at 14:07h - it's something, but not a lot.'
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] mwatson:
Factory reset, minimal apps installed. 4G all day. Mine has genreally been hit and miss. Some days 2.5 hours of SOT, some 4.5 which is an improvement. Sunday was pretty bad as I was in low signal area, but the battery still seems to take the hit more than other phones. It was meant to go back today. I even told the DHL guy to come back tomorrow as I really want to like this thing.,I got 3 hours SOT to 50% up to 1pm!looking good! Then the rest of the afteroon it just tanked and was dead by 6pm. So as much as I've tried, the phone has made my mind up for me. The P7P will go back with the DHL guy tomorrow and i'll go back to my 3 year old Mate 20 X. I'd beeen looking forward since the annoucnement for this phone, but if it can't las t a day whats the point. Not worth living with crap battery and buyers remorse for the next 2 years of the contract. I'll keep an eye here over the next few weeks and see if any updates fix it. Might come back in at a later date? Hope the fixes come for ya!
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SilentEYE:
I wouldn't have sent it back without trying the beta or disabling some Google crap
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] mwatson:
I've disabled Wi-fi and Bluetooth scanning. No location history. Only Sync Gmail. Only upload pics on wifi. What else is there? Reminds me of 2010 smartphones when you had to micro manage the phone to try and make it to the end of the afternoon. What is the beta?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
I've never had to disable this much stuff for a phone to get decent battery life. Ever. All I've ever done on Android is disabled notifications for certain apps, that's it.

Sure. There are thing I dig about the phone, but I'm glad I gave it to my wife.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] mwatson:
Why did you pass it on? Battery?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
That was the biggest issue. Then I hated how it felt hollow. Also the fingerprint scanner started to give me some issues.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] mwatson:
and then the speakers. ok, better quit here or i'll get flamed! a real promising phone I've been looking toreplace my ageing Huawei for months now. Maybe the P8P will be the one. Bugger all else to get excited about. Being a phone repairer, I undertstand how the hollow feel occcurs. It is hollow! Feels fragile though doesn't it. Thats also because it is. Too much pressure from a back pocket or simillar will destroy the screen. Easy to replace but one of the most expensive too.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
I would like to see some proof of this. The reason it feels hollow is because it's not glued to the midframe but it's still on it so should have the same durability with an easier repair. I mean Zack from Jerry Rig Everything, the absolute beast of a man who managed to snap a OnePlus 10 Pro literally in half with his bare hands, was not able to damage the Pixel 7 Pro's screen with his hands at all (although to be fair, there was enough flex to create a gap in the antenna band that means water the resistance is shot but that's not a screen issue).
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Ghisy:
I highly doubt this would happen under normal circumstances...
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] mwatson:
Yes very unlikely, though fixing phones is how I pay my mortgage, and I see some interesting phone breakages! True that these lack the support beneath the screen that other manufacturing techniques provide.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Which is more than I've disabled on my Pixel 7 Pro and I have an average of 7-8 hours SOT every charge cycle. Just saying.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Hamid Chikh:
Here are some suggestions

https://xdaforums.com/t/noroot-google-pixel-experience-optimization-guide.4431257/
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SonnyKrockett:
You haven't turned off 5G, 120hz, Smooth Scrolling?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Other than 5G which I don't need, nothing else is turned off and I've not disabled any Google services or turned off notifications.

The point is, you don't need to cripple the phone to get a good battery life. Said it more than once, I believe some users have faulty phones or need to perform a factory reset.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Abdu55799:
Hello. Has anyone tried the beta? Some people write that it gives better battery life?