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[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
I used to have a full battery estimate of 12 1/2 hours screen on so this is quite the change.

I noted the day before yesterday that my phone was consuming a whopping 13%/hr screen on and 4.5%/hr screen off while on WiFi and no different usage patterns than my usual but rebooting my phone and putting it on the charger, it went down quite a bit, but it's not the 7.5% screen on/.7% screen off I used to get for sure.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Misterxtc:
I have just been going by how often I charge it because it really wasn't a concern. Being a light user I was getting three days between charges now I'm down to two. I only take a few pics a day and maybe a call or two and a few messages for the most part.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
3 days? Damn. I wish. Lol. Maybe if I put my phone in airplane mode and only use wifi calling.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] lsirg:
My battery wasn't too bad before the update. A few days after the update, the phone suddenly started using battery like crazy, and began to reboot itself. I don't know of one the apps went nuts, didn't want to spend the time to investigate. Factory reset, installed all the apps fresh, and the battery is better than before the update.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] blackspp:
Waiting for gsam to have proper stats but this gives an idea. Really happy with the battery consumption.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] primaleph:
I was getting less than half the battery life of my 2-year-old Pixel 4a 5g, even with most of the new features turned off, and the phone set to prefer LTE over 5g. Like, leaving the house at noon and arriving home around 9:30 pm with only 17 percent battery.

Unlocking the bootloader and installing the recent Paranoid Android beta more than doubled my battery life. The 5+ percent drain per hour when it's in my pocket, on standby, is gone. If I'm out all day and don't charge the phone in my car, I'm always at 60+ percent when I get home, even if it's after 9. There are a few minor bugs but this beta is remarkably stable. I recommend giving it a try if you're having battery problems on the P7 Pro.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] HipKat:
Are you using stock kernel or are you using a custom kernel?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
Stock.

I did a factory reset and it's looking better but it's too early to tell.

I did take the time to disable verification and verity so I can use a custom kernel but I haven't messed with it yet.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] MojNick:
Hi, i did fresh install, no app recovery and no copy from older phone. Few apps had backup in cloud so they restored data but they were fresh installed. And screen time is very good. Half day (from 8 to 14) on LTE with google maps (for 3 hours), rest of the day on wi-fi to about 22.30. screen time about 8,5 hours with 10% left. Mostly used chrome, YouTube, Netflix and prime video and maps before. For me amazing and its just 3rd day od using it. For night - 7 hours - battery drop is 3-4%, no complains from me.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Yup, after I updated to December I found my battery level was going down by 20% an hour when the phone was being used, well over double was I was getting before the update. It was also sat at around 38c rather than between 30c and 32c which I normally have. But using Gsam's wakelock detector I found it was being caused by Overdrop, the weather app, it was top of the list for battery usage by a considerable margin. I uninstalled, rebooted, then I was back to November battery levels.

I'd suggest people with December update battery issues check for app wakelocks. It could be the update introduced something which isn't compatible with an app you have installed.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] lsirg:
When I did my update, I did it OTA, and the phone took a long time to optimize. It re-started the optimizing a number of times before it finished and the phone restarted. A few days later the battery got terrible, and the phone started rebooting. I reset the phone and installed everything fresh, now battery is better than previous. I wonder if it's better to update via ADB, if the OTA and optimizing process is problematic.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Updated using PixelFlasher myself in order to maintain root and Magisk modules.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
This is how I do it too.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Linuxkek:
with almost only wifi
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Schroeder09:
Where is the proper download for the gsam wakelocks detector and is it better than better battery stats? I currently have that on my phone. It gives wakelocks, but sometimes it's still hard to determine that actual cause. Sometimes there are wakelocks that could actually be trigger by any number of apps like "playservices. Gms." A million things use that, so that wakelock note isn't helpful.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] AKN_92:
I think the update reset all my restricted apps and permissions so a few apps were running more than normal.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Posts like this make me laugh, and it's not the first one I've had in this thread.

Translation = "That doesn't match my usage so I'm going to make a claim based on nothing and word it as fact."

No, not almost all WiFi. I'd been out of my house for over 5 hours at that point. But don't let that stop your presumptions.

I don't use BBS so can't help with that. But on Gsam the wake lock detector is built into the app and sits in the second tab. You have to have given the app permissions first though, and I believe doing so via ADB causes issues and it only works on root, but there is a new version which might have fixed that. Download from Playstore and try.

See the attached screenshot.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] fernando sor:
My first charge I got 12 hours sot and I'm averaging 10 to 11 since.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Mugetzsu:
Here's my battery usage for today. AOD on, QHD+, 120hz, 5g all day. Only used youtube and social media apps. On December update with latest Kirisakura kernel.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
Maybe it's time I try that kernel...
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Schroeder09:
What app is that?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Mugetzsu:
The app is Battery Guru
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
I'd be willing to try another kernel, although I've had no issues with stock so far as the governer can be changed easily enough. But I don't want to wipe data, so I'm waiting for a kernal that doesn't require a verity wipe. It eventually happened on the P6P I believe.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Not_Purgatory:
You shouldn't change the CPU governor on a Pixel, otherwise PowerHALs and such things will break.. @Freak07 can explain this matter a lot better.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
You got any link to back up this? I can turn it off easily enough if I need to, but I've seen nothing but upside to being on schedutil.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Not_Purgatory:
Because I have tried it myself on both my 7 Pro and several earlier Pixel devices, it is not even worth it.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Lughnasadh:
Here are a couple of comments from kernel devs in Pixel 6/7 threads, for what it's worth...

https://xdaforums.com/t/kernel-06-1...7-pro-aka-pantah.4509795/page-7#post-87637935

https://xdaforums.com/t/kernel-radi...ixel6-pixel6pro.4375933/page-13#post-87544027
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Interesting. I'm obviously not suggesting it isn't true, but I'd be interested to know what will break and what effect that breakage has. I've been using schedutil for about a month and have noticed no ill effect. Battery life is still great and thermal performance is better than the default governor with no performance hit.

I guess I could move onto a custom kernel and restore everything, despite it being a major pain. Which one would people suggest?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Lughnasadh:
I'm sure one of those devs could answer your questions.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] murrayalex:
Battery on the 7 Pro is about the same as my Xperia I IV but both lag waaaay behind my iPhone 14 Pro Max, for what it's worth
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Not_Purgatory:
It's better to stay on the default CPU governor on a Pixel and carefully tweak it if you aren't happy with the stock configuration, that is all I can say.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Freak07:
a few examples:

scheduler is modified for the default governor (pixel_sched)

scheduler hooks from google also depend more or less on pixel_sched

framework (e.g. powerhal) expects pixel_sched to be used as governor.

check logcat the moment you switch to another cpu governor. you´ll see a lot of errors every second, as the powerhal is looking for stuff that´s no longer there.

Those errors tend to artificially boost load , thereby "improving" the broken performance that´s happening when switching to another governor and things break.

Might be that the performance impact explains the seemingly better thermal performance you perceive, but I really don´t feel the need to discuss this.

Just don´t switch the default governor, if you want nothing to break.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Not_Purgatory:
And if someone really wants to get around this - then they have to do what Sultan did for cutting off the whole unified PowerHAL-governor-scheduler integration for getting more possibilities and creative freedom with what is possible to do on the scheduler and CPU side.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Pinsoute:
Just got mine yesterday and at the moment quite disappointed by battery draining that seems to be way over normal ...

I was just wondering : Did you guys experienced a real change in battery life after few days of usage ?

Thx !
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Beefheart:
Yes.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Meisterqn:
Oh yes. The change within the first maybe 7 to 9 days was quite noticeable
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Linuxkek:
You don't need to try it. 1h videos is about 6-8% and he use the Pixel almost only for videos.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Ponury666:
Ok, seems my almost 3 weeks old Pixel 7 pro is having same issues as described here. I'm running everything stock, even had done some of the tips people here provided, same with factory settings, which I did after december patch. I did one full cicle, which is not a lot, after factory resetting the device, but I should see some improvement.

Meanwhile using some battery stats monitors I can say, I was and still am avareging more or less 4 hours SOT. I'm a medium to hard user I believe, if it comes to phones, never before have I not made it through the day with less than 10% of battery on my previous phones. I thought I miught be biased, but on 40-50 Mbit stable 4G network connection, my youtube just drained almost 5% power watching a 10 minute movie in 1080p (video as well as screen, 120Hz). That's half a battery after 100 minutes, that's 200 minutes of YT max on a battery. I need to dive more into the stats, but at the monent I need to preserve power (I'm on 9 %) just to manage to get back home and pick up a parcel with an app during my commute.

Today's GSam cycle was:

Screen 4:09 65%

Used 91% in 8h:47

Avg 10.2% drain and hour

Phone was active 5h 31 min

Is this even remotely good? Because I feel not.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] AKN_92:
My battery life is similar to yours after the December update. I don't get what is happening, I lost like an hour of SOT after the update.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Not_Purgatory:
I don't get why peopla are complaining about the battery life on this phone to be honest, it is as good as it is.

This is my stats after a whole day of normal active usage.. 🤷🏻‍♂️
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] kenbrownstone:
Just received mine two days ago and can't get over 5 hours sot ...Had one plus devices and always got 8 ...The charging is horrible on this device coming from one plus ..If battery doesn't improve I will be putting up for sale and getting one plus 11... I want to keep so bad but these two things are a no go for me ..I'm not dragging around a slow ass charger ever where I go ..If battery was good charging speeds wouldn't matter
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] kenbrownstone:
Me too...the signal.sucks ...My battery is awful
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
This is passable. It's still not great and required me to shut off 120hz again but I can live with it.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Ponury666:
Because most of us here don't even get close to what you are getting, and we paid almost a 1000 bucks for a flagship phone that is flawed somehow. You're getting 5% drop an hour, mine peaked yesterday at 12% an hour just using messenger alone. That's more than twice that. It's like 2 different batteries. And mind you, looking at the price of this phone, come chinese phones for 500 bucks with Snap 8 gen 1 or similar, same battery capacity, and only the cameras are worse, and they manage to pull a lot better battery life. This is Google ffs, they made android 13 and a phone tailored to it, but it didn't click. Sorry for getting our hopes up.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Pinsoute:
Which soft are you using to monitor your battery ?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Yoshito93:
Ok little update: from my 7hrs of battery that i had with the december update, i think something went wrong with the android system app update or something like that. With 60 Hz screen i can barely touch 4hrs now. I lost 3 hrs of Screen on. How can i track the app consumption without root permissions?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
Battery Guru.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] HipKat:
So I fully charged mine and took it off the charger at 6AM and left iff til I got home at about 8:30PM.

Fair amount of usage, streaming SiriusXM for about 4 hours, using my phone for work (I'm a Dish tech) a half dozen short phone calls, emails, texts, etc
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Schroeder09:
Delete please
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Schroeder09:
I searched this thread for "December" and (6 of the 7) 1st hits experience worse battery life. I'm in that boat too. I've been obsessing over because I was loving the battery life of the phone. Now I drop 9-10% overnight. Play services and infamous NIP allocation play services wakelock are always active. There are various play services alarms too. I've cleared Google, playservices, and play store cache and data. I initially thought it was caused by a misbehaving Pixelfy magisk module, but after having uninstalled and then cleared all the above apps' data and cache I find it hard to believe this could still be the issue. Maybe it never was. The December update was done the same day. Ever since I've experienced significantly worse battery life and it's in the form of idle drain.

The others I've noted who complain about worse battery life on the December update reference SOT numbers. Is the phone actively draining faster though or are you seeing more idle drain or both?

Have any of you I've quoted here solved your December update battery drain issues? If not what do we do? Just hope the January update is better? Revert back to November? Hope the next play services update fixes issues (if they're due to what I've described)?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Elnino225:
This phone is simply beautiful, but it should still have some battery adjustments...

It's the flagship phone of the Android OS, it's not normal to have 8 hours of screen on in Wi-Fi and 3:45 in 4G. It's not absolutely possible...

A modem problem?

This phone is simply beautiful, but it should still have some battery adjustments...

It's the flagship phone of the Android OS, it's not normal to have 8 hours of screen on in Wi-Fi and 3:45 in 4G. It's not absolutely possible...

A modem problem?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Ponury666:
Ok. The culrpit in my case is a broad thing called mobile connectivity. On Wifi the phone topped up 7 hours of live stream from youtube with still 30% left on the battery. As soon as I changed that to 4G (i don't have 5G in my area, phone is fixed on LTE+), with a stable 50Mbps where I live, the battery dropped 10% in around 12 minutes of stream, and it also got warm around the bezels, the aluminium frame is very hot at the moment. Switched back to WiFi, 3% drop in 25 minutes stream.

This phone struggles while on mobile network. I wonder if it's an OS problem, or a faulty antenna.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Elnino225:
In 4G cellular connection the first 10 percent of battery decreases very slowly, but from 77% you can lose 10% in 7 minutes it's incredible...

I also tested with 3G (buy a phone in 2022 and cut everything to save battery lol) and the battery lasts well, and it's enough for 95% of tasks that require a connection (except for downloading applications etc .. )

So yes I'm going to keep this phone in addition to my 11 pro max, but they had better do an update for this problem of BATTERY IN 4G/5G CONNECTION
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] DSF:
Got the Pixel 7 Pro (128gb) this friday.

Migrated data from my Pixel 4 (apps, photos, audio & settings).

Initially was scared I will get a bad battery life because some said you should start from fresh if you want good battery life.

Glad was not true, at least in my case.

My first full charge results (I let it drain from 100% till it shutdown!):

Screen on time: 9h30m

Screen off: 4.2% in 8h50m (deep sleep: 2.5% in 8h22m)

Wifi was always on, so no LTE data connection used.

First thing I did when doing the setup:

- no bluetooth & wifi scanning

- disabled "Mobile data always active" from developer options

- LTE only (so no 5G)

The phone heats up when using chrome a bit (may be due heavy ads sites, this can be solved with a private dns) and when I had the display brightness >= 75%.

Also Telegram seems to heat up the phone (same problem with older phone).

Usage:

Chrome, Telegram, Twitter, Discord, Instagram, Youtube, Netflix (2h45m) & other light tasks.

Other mentions:

- december update

- fhd 120hz

- no wearables connected to the phone via bluetooth

- google photos cloud backup not enabled

- no commute

- no gaming

In the upcoming days I want to test how it goes with mobile data only
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Misterxtc:
Mine seemed to straiten itself out. I'm back on track.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Schroeder09:
So you used your phone for 9.5hrs and it was sitting with its screen off for 8hr 50mins for a combined time off the charger of 18hrs 20mins?

I just searched this "mobile data always active" oprion and unchecked it. I've never been aware this option existed. What is its purpose? Does this mean that even when I have data toggled off in my internet quick settings tile it's still actually on?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] DSF:
Yes. See attached screenshot

Regarding Mobile data always active:

"Android has a nifty new feature to allow cellular data to be always active in the background even when the phone is connected to a WiFi network."
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
If you disable this, you may not receive MMS messages, and when leaving wifi, you don't have a seamless transition to mobile data. Basically you can find yourself without usable data for up to a minute. There was actually an issue with network handoff in the November update for me that caused me to lose data entirely unless I toggled airplane mode when mobile network always active was disabled but it seems to be resolved in the beta I'm running.

I will say that the battery usage doesn't seem to differ all that much whether I leave it on or off. It's the same 1.5-2.2%/hr standby usage, as I turned it back off this week and have noticed no real change.

And no, the mobile data QS toggle shuts off mobile data entirely, mobile data always active specifically has to do with whether your phone drops its mobile data connection when you're on wifi or not.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Lughnasadh:
For what it's worth, I've always have this disabled (Mobile data always active) on all my Pixels and have always been able to receive MMS messages when not connected to WiFi or data.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
There is specifically a toggle for MMS when mobile data is turned off on my Tello eSIM but it's not an option on all of them. I don't use MMS really so it doesn't affect me either way, I just know from reading posts on reddit that people have had this issue with Pixels.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] kenbrownstone:
My message app says 9hr since last charge ..wtf? How do I stop that
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Ponury666:
This is my phone while running Ookla's speed test app on LTE

Seems that on a busy network day, my phone could potentially top 4.5 hours of usage. That would also explain the fact, that streaming music with screen off was like 80% drop in 6 hours while at work, while having a stable 70 Mbit connection on LTE.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] t0m2k:
For me, after the Dec Update ive noticed a BIG change in battery life, nothing changed etc settings wise on my end. Normally i was around 30-40% in the evening after a day of work (work means no wifi). For 2 Weeks im getting the battery save warning (20% or less) at around 20:00.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Schroeder09:
Are you using better battery stats? I am getting all kinds of Google Play services, alarms and Wake locks. I am wondering if this is the cause of other people's issues like your own. If it were, that would be good for us because it would mean that it indeed was something Google did and something that may be corrected. At this point I don't see any correlation between all the people who are now getting bad battery life, so I am considering wiping my phone thinking that some other variable caused by myself. Maybe the cause for the battery drain. It'd be great to know if other people's source of pain is Google Play services, Wake locks
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] t0m2k:
does bbs work without root?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Tracker31:
battery guru is best battery related app I have ever have
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SilentEYE:
I am on graphene OS and the battery Jay even with the December update similar like before.

The problem with Google play services and battery life was my explanation some months ago, because the battery life is for some people really unstable and must be software problem.

I would try to wipe playstore (and play services) app data.

My stats:

Due to the world cup I watched more videos yesterday and got 24h usage with 9.5 h SOT.

(120 Hz. 1080p.Wifi)
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Schroeder09:
Yes I've already wiped those apps' data and cache multiple times trying to put this issue to bed. I had the Pixelfy magisk module installed briefly for free unlimited photos storage, and I half wonder if that's the issue. I uninstalled it though and have already wiped these apps' cache and data.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] SilentEYE:
I would try without the magisk and Lsposed modules. The android 13 system seems to have some problems certain modules. Some user even reported sound modules as the problem.

Honestly said, I don't find it correctly if users report battery issues and use 'potential problematic" modules that deeply modify the system.

At least it should be said that these kind of apps are used.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Elnino225:
Hi guys🙏 , my review for today with LTE only , 1080p

Big improvement also ( 5h50 screen ON with LTE is great for me :) )

Strange.. but good x) i pray for major optimization with january update 🙏
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] EtherealRemnant:
I can definitely live with this. 27 hours off the charger.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] mwatson:
Just gotta jump on here to say, I can't kill the battery on this thing. I took it off the charger at 8am. Its now 00:30 the next day and i'm on 50% battery with 3 hours 10 mins of SOT. YouTube, Audio streaming., 2 hours of phone calls, 1 hour of whatapp calling.. A few pics taken . All on 4g rather than 5G. Great battery life here. I can't see the point in 5G unless you're getting congestion in a highly populated area like a stadim or shopping mall. 5G doesn't exist in the UK where 4G doesn't. Switch it iff unless you reallly need it.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Schroeder09:
Sure. Understood. I've been using the mods since day one though. They haven't changed. Only December update and the Pixelfy magisk module which was removed.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] cimbajunior:
For my personal usage battery life is great.(calls,whatsapp,ig,youtube mostly). On latest beta every day on LTE(I never use wifi). I wake up around 8am phone fully charged and get home around 9pm with about 20% battery left.
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] m3ath:
last beta

2 sim all 4g

1440p 60hz
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Schroeder09:
So you have 22hrs but you. Charged it once when it dipped to ~30%?
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] m3ath:
no
[Google Pixel 7 Pro] Schroeder09:
Ok. Thank u for the detailed reply.