Moto G8 Play Battery Life Suddenly Dropped - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've had my g8 Play for a few months now and I've been relatively happy with it. The battery always lasted me longer than the full day, probably 30-36 hours of normal usage.
One day, a couple of weeks ago, the battery was down to 5% by early afternoon. I assumed that I had forgotten to charge it overnight as is my usual practice. Nope. It's now only getting 5+ hours on a charge.
I installed Accubattery and it reports that my battery capacity is still fine at 3941 of a rated 4000mAh rating. It also reports that I'm getting a full charge.
What has me worried is the battery drain of my apps. Chrome, for instance, is drawing 649.3 mA. That seems pretty high to me, but my top five apps are all quite similar.
Accubattery predicts that I will get 7h49m of normally use on a full charge.
I did a full factory reset but that did nothing.
Can anyone tell me what's going on?

PitCritter said:
I've had my g8 Play for a few months now and I've been relatively happy with it. The battery always lasted me longer than the full day, probably 30-36 hours of normal usage.
One day, a couple of weeks ago, the battery was down to 5% by early afternoon. I assumed that I had forgotten to charge it overnight as is my usual practice. Nope. It's now only getting 5+ hours on a charge.
I installed Accubattery and it reports that my battery capacity is still fine at 3941 of a rated 4000mAh rating. It also reports that I'm getting a full charge.
What has me worried is the battery drain of my apps. Chrome, for instance, is drawing 649.3 mA. That seems pretty high to me, but my top five apps are all quite similar.
Accubattery predicts that I will get 7h49m of normally use on a full charge.
I did a full factory reset but that did nothing.
Can anyone tell me what's going on?
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There is a G8 play forum
https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g8-play
Do you want this thread moved there?
Try LMSA'S flash rescue option
https://forum.xda-developers.com/general/general/update-moto-lenovo-moto-smart-assistant-t3951714
Sometimes OTA updates don't quite install correct or something and reflashing the firmware will fix it.
Lmsa is pretty easy to use.
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Thanks Shadow. I'm currently traveling and only have my Linux laptop with me. I'll give this a shot next week once I'm home and have access to a Windows machine

Interestingly enough, the situation has spontaneously resolved. As of a few days ago, I'm back to normal. I unplugged my charger 16 hours ago at 80% charge and I'm now showing 1 day + 5 hours remaining. It must have been something that updated in the background that was causing my grief. Accubattery now reports that Chrome is drawing 321 mA.

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Charging

I am wondering whether the charging methods make a difference to battery life?
How do you charge your battery, and also your initial charge from new?
This is the first phone I've had that I didn't leave the initial charge on all night 16 hours initial as recommended by most phone manufacturers, and I just took it off after a few hours when it was charged up. Do you think that affects the performance of the battery? I've never charged it for more than a few hours. The main reason I don't leave it on all night is because it gets really hot, so when it goes green light, it's done for me
Do any of you let it run out past the amber warning colour as a completely flat battery is probably better to charge?
All my other phones were left on charge all night, every night, but they weren't this type of phone.... and in truth, it makes no difference whatsoever to the battery. The Motos also needed charging every day
Stunning work guys, 56 views by people I can only assume own the Hero, and nobody wants to divulge their dirty secrets about battery charging... Thanks anyway
Just look around google for Li-ion recharging, there is plenty of resources to read up on when trying to keep battery life at a maximum.
Peter Franks said:
Stunning work guys, 56 views by people I can only assume own the Hero, and nobody wants to divulge their dirty secrets about battery charging... Thanks anyway
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probably because the hero is so new that nobody can tell anything about the battery life? and i don't suppose any of the 56 people has two heros and did the experiment of charging one full and the other for 16 hours, only to use them in the same manner afterwards and count battery life... ?
kendong2 said:
probably because the hero is so new that nobody can tell anything about the battery life? and i don't suppose any of the 56 people has two heros and did the experiment of charging one full and the other for 16 hours, only to use them in the same manner afterwards and count battery life... ?
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Yeh, that wasn't actually my point, but thanks anyway!
112 now...
I was wondering how many people just got the phone, and charged it 16 hours initially or couple of hours and go, and do they leave on all night despite it getting hot.
Not hard...
You should charge it until it is fully charged but not leave it on charge extensively - excess heat may cause the battery life to reduce (although I wouldn't know how much degradation this would cause). It is probably ok every once in a while to leave it on charge overnight, in theory the phone should have circuits to protect against overcharging it anyway. 2 hours is about right for a charge cycle. You should charge it when the phone advises to do so - 15% or less charge. The Lithium Ion battery will only recharge cycle effectively a minimum of 300 times but I would estimate conservatively that is the number of times you can recharge. 2 days between recharges would give you about 2 years life out of a battery. I recharge it every two days, and charge time is about 2 hours.
Yeh, I have to charge it every day though......... Never lasts longer. I just wondered if you were supposed to do the initial first charge overnight and whether it sets the standard for the length of time you get each day after that?
i guess every hero is different. longest i used my phone without charging is 2 days with moderate use.
before i charge my phone i kill all tasks in the background and clear my browser history. might not make a difference but to me it feels better to have a fresh phone after charge.
Is that with the task killer app, or is there another way?
I can't imagine mine ever lasting 2 days.....
Peter Franks said:
Is that with the task killer app, or is there another way?
I can't imagine mine ever lasting 2 days.....
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I'm using TaskPanel as a taskiller...
when i got the hero the battery was ~half full. i charged it for about half an hour, but had to stop the charging before it was full.
the battery doesn't last longer than one day, although i play a lot with it (obviously). when i put it to the charger i try to let it charge fully up, and i noticed that the charging is stopped when the battery is full (you see the icon in the not.bar go back to normal green battery, and the phone cools down noticably after charging is completed). concerning this i have no problem to leave it plugged in overnight. checked last night, when NOT plugged in it takes 4% of battery for ~7 hours in airplane mode.

[Q] Battery Concern

Newbie here - I have a stock G Tablet.
Have added many apps and also Flash and it is working great.
My one concern is that however long I charge the unit,
I can't get the battery indicater to go above 93%.
Is anyone else experiencing this ?
hello there,
yes i am having the same problem. no matter how long, mine can't get past the 95% mark. clockwork mod + tnt 2.2
ideas on how to fix this, anyone?
regards
Try to recharge with the device powered off, and let it charge for at least half an hour after the light turns green.
I've left it plugged in a good 2 to 3 hours after the green light came on.
It still only reaches 93%.
Is it a bad battery, bad charger, etc.,
Any thoughts... anyone ?
BluesTele said:
I've left it plugged in a good 2 to 3 hours after the green light came on.
It still only reaches 93%.
Is it a bad battery, bad charger, etc.,
Any thoughts... anyone ?
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Do a full cycle, all the way dead and then charge as stated for about 30 minutes after the green light comes on. It could be just a calibration problem. How long is the battery lasting for you?
I use it for short periods throughout a day, so it is difficult to gauge an accurate time.
A rough guess would be approximately 6+ hours.
I always thought it wasn't good to totally drain this type of battery ?
Battery Life
BluesTele said:
I use it for short periods throughout a day, so it is difficult to gauge an accurate time.
A rough guess would be approximately 6+ hours.
I always thought it wasn't good to totally drain this type of battery ?
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I think this is a LiPo battery - if so, then its is OK to let it drain all the way - just don't do it too often. You should *always* do two full discharge/recharge cycles on any Lithium-based battery as soon as you purchase it, and again about every month or two.
For removable Lithium-based batteries (i.e. *not* for gtab!), if you aren't going to use the battery for, say, more than a week, the best thing to do is to discharge it to about 50% and then put it in the refrigerator. When you are going to start using it again, let it warm to room temperature for at least a few hours to a day (depending on how big it is), *then* put it on the charger. Absolutely do not charge the battery cold as the thermal shock could damage the battery.
The initial discharge/recharge cycles "primes the pump" so that you get the maximum capacity out of the battery (who knows how long the battery has been 'sitting on the shelf'), and the ongoing discharge/recharge cycles keeps the battery at its maximum capacity *and* allows the calibration electronics more accurately track the slow decline of the battery's capacity.
BTW, my gtab's battery lasted on-and-off for almost 2 1/2 days. That was 'sleeping' it at night (*not* turning it off!) and using it on-and-off wifi/surfing/playing AB during the day. I must say, the gtab's battery life is phenomenal!
andygee said:
Do a full cycle, all the way dead and then charge as stated for about 30 minutes after the green light comes on. It could be just a calibration problem. How long is the battery lasting for you?
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Thanks. Tried the full discharge and then full charge with the gtab turned off, left for about an hour after the green indicator, but still stuck at 95%. Even deleted the batterystats.bin file. no change. must i do two cycles of full discharge and charge?
I'm having similar issues. I powered off my gtab overnight and let it charge for 8-9 hours and I have not been able to get the battery to say 100%. I'm going to leave it on all day and let it discharge completely and try again tonight.
Drained battery and left it charging overnight and while I was at work (15+ hours) and its still at 95%. I wonder if I should exchange it now.... I'll give it another week....
If you do two full discharge/recharge cycles and the battery is still not showing 100%, then I would take it back. Either it is the battery or the battery calibration electronics that isn't working (my bet would be the battery). Furthermore, since the battery is "not removable", its just not worth keeping it and taking the chance.
If the battery had been removable, then Viewsonic could have just sent you a new battery instead of having a whole gtab come back....
(Note for Viewsonic - this is where removable batteries are superior to non-removable!)
japhule said:
Drained battery and left it charging overnight and while I was at work (15+ hours) and its still at 95%. I wonder if I should exchange it now.... I'll give it another week....
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Before you return it check the actual battery life. If it turns out that it's just a calibration issue and if your happy with everything else, perhaps you should keep it.
Read the thread about my battery test...
mine is different... I can charge up to 100%, and keep using it for few hours at night, put it to sleep, then I wake up in the morning and find the battery completely drained... any1 has the similar issues??
chukostar said:
mine is different... I can charge up to 100%, and keep using it for few hours at night, put it to sleep, then I wake up in the morning and find the battery completely drained... any1 has the similar issues??
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You can try going to settings/applications/running services and turn off all non-essential services before putting it to sleep.
Mine doesn't get above 96%, will have to try the suggestions here but overall I'm still very happy with battery life of the 96%...
thanks, i'll definitely try that... but I don't think I have too much installed or services running since I flashed it with the new ROM.
have you guys notice your battery temperature? i got 2 gtab but both operating at different temperature 1 at 23-24 other is around 31?
My battery life seems pretty good even though it doesn't go higher than 95-96%. I saw in another thread to try resetting battery statistics in clockwork recovery to see if that will fix the battery display problems. I'm going to try that next.
I've got the Malata Zpad (SMB-1002-3G) and mine now wont go over 91% (happened on the 3rd day). It used to charge to 100% no problem for the first two days.
I did a recovery (format) when you press the power and volume up button, but that didn't seem to do anything (other than wipe all my settings and put it back to original factory settings of course)
I'm pretty sure the battery is fine, and lasts just as long, but it would be good to be able to reset the battery status.
PS: My Zpad is not rooted or anything. It's pretty much standard (just running Launcher Pro).
japhule said:
Drained battery and left it charging overnight and while I was at work (15+ hours) and its still at 95%. I wonder if I should exchange it now.... I'll give it another week....
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Do you have Clockwork installed by chance? If you do you can charge the battery all the way up and then go into clockwork and reset the battery stats.
Might help...

Battery life on first charge

Just received my set today, and the battery indicator was half full when I put it on first charge
Finished to full within 1.5 hours, and I used it to surf the net for about.. 5 minutes? The battery dropped to 86%
Is this normal?
Android OS usage was 6% though... no sign of the battery drain bug.. Yet!
That happens to me too. The first 10% seems to drop real quick
kanefox said:
That happens to me too. The first 10% seems to drop real quick
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On your first charge? How about subsequent charges?
I did not have a chance to load test the battery... Because of the stupid camera defect, it is now in the service centre...
No its not normal by any standards .
jje
Surely it'll get better on subsequent charges?
Does leaving GPS Satelites 'on' have anything to do with it even if Google maps is not on?
I'd give it at least a few days of normal use to see how it goes. I've had mine for a couple of weeks and the battery life has definitely gotten better. Now I easily get a full day out of it and have 20 - 40% charge left by the time I plug it in at night depending on usage.
give it two or three weeks and you should notice significantly better battery life. mine certainly improved.

First time charging rule

Hi everyone!
I'm getting my prime and dock delivered today, and I can't wait!
(32gb gray, tiger direct, pre-ordered 11/25)
I have a question on the charging it 8 hours rule before using it for the first time.
I'm okay doing it, if that's what manufacturers say will prolong battery life.
(Anyone didnt do this?)
So I've read the only way to charge the dock is to attach the two together and charge it as one unit.
If that's the case, do I charge both for 8 hours, or does it have to be longer because its combined?
Thanks in advanced!
hanbalfrek said:
Hi everyone!
I'm getting my prime and dock delivered today, and I can't wait!
(32gb gray, tiger direct, pre-ordered 11/25)
I have a question on the charging it 8 hours rule before using it for the first time.
I'm okay doing it, if that's what manufacturers say will prolong battery life.
(Anyone didnt do this?)
So I've read the only way to charge the dock is to attach the two together and charge it as one unit.
If that's the case, do I charge both for 8 hours, or does it have to be longer because its combined?
Thanks in advanced!
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I think you should fully charge your battery.
When I got mine I didnt charge it fully and had terrible battery life, after maybe 10 charge-discharge cycles I'm having much better battery life.
Concerning the 8 hour initial charge: I didn't do it. I charged it until it was at 100%, applied the updates and after they were successful i unplugged my prime. If it says its full it is full. Thats how i see it. I'm not a battery tech or anything but to me it seems strange that it would make the battery way worse if i didn't charge it for 8 hours. As far as i can tell right now (had my third charge last night) the battery is fine and i get the expected runtime. Mine made it two days without recharging (with about 3-4 hours of hd video playback each day).
Btw: In my (german) manual it says that i should always charge the prime 8 hours or more but why should i if it is full after 3-4 hours? If this makes my battery die in 3 instead of 3.5 years screw it.
I always, always break in my batteries for any devices and I've always done it the same way. I have never ever had a single bad experience with shortened battery life span or the battery not being able to hold it's max capacity charge.
Here's what I do:
1) Upon unboxing, I completely drain the battery by using the tablet. This is the best time for you to set it up, re-download the apps (restore from Titanium Backup if you've got root), play with it a little bit, etc.
2) Charge it overnight or around 8-10 hours. Even if it says full, leave it plugged.
3) Completely drain the battery again just like in step 1.
4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 again (2nd cycle).
5) Repeat steps 2 and 3 once more (3rd cycle --the last one).
You're done! Now you can charge your Prime whether it's still 90% or 5%. At this point, try not to forget your Prime plugged in after it says full. Once it says full, unplug it. You can always clear battery stats using recovery (once/if you've rooted) or use those battery apps that can calibrate your battery. Also a note to those who will use custom roms and/or kernels, you might have to do 2 cycles of full charge-discharge, preferably after wiping battery stats, so that your battery can readjust to your new rom/kernel combination.
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mbieler said:
Concerning the 8 hour initial charge: I didn't do it. I charged it until it was at 100%, applied the updates and after they were successful i unplugged my prime. If it says its full it is full. Thats how i see it. I'm not a battery tech or anything but to me it seems strange that it would make the battery way worse if i didn't charge it for 8 hours. As far as i can tell right now (had my third charge last night) the battery is fine and i get the expected runtime. Mine made it two days without recharging (with about 3-4 hours of hd video playback each day).
Btw: In my (german) manual it says that i should always charge the prime 8 hours or more but why should i if it is full after 3-4 hours? If this makes my battery die in 3 instead of 3.5 years screw it.
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Your battery can only reach it's full capacity (read: x hours of use for y number of years) if you break it in properly and treat it right. It's not true for all types of batteries but I think it applies to Lithium Ions (Li-Ions), Lithium Polymers (Li-Po) as well as NiCads(?) and maybe other older batteries. You can read about it everywhere if you Google.
mbieler said:
Btw: In my (german) manual it says that i should always charge the prime 8 hours or more but why should i if it is full after 3-4 hours? If this makes my battery die in 3 instead of 3.5 years screw it.
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My English manual only says to do the 8 hour charge when new and any time after the battery has been fully discharged... which isn't the same as always.
mutiny said:
I always, always break in my batteries for any devices and I've always done it the same way. I have never ever had a single bad experience with shortened battery life span or the battery not being able to hold it's max capacity charge.
Here's what I do:
1) Upon unboxing, I completely drain the battery by using the tablet. This is the best time for you to set it up, re-download the apps (restore from Titanium Backup if you've got root), play with it a little bit, etc.
2) Charge it overnight or around 8-10 hours. Even if it says full, leave it plugged.
3) Completely drain the battery again just like in step 1.
4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 again (2nd cycle).
5) Repeat steps 2 and 3 once more (3rd cycle --the last one).
You're done! Now you can charge your Prime whether it's still 90% or 5%. At this point, try not to forget your Prime plugged in after it says full. Once it says full, unplug it. You can always clear battery stats using recovery (once/if you've rooted) or use those battery apps that can calibrate your battery. Also a note to those who will use custom roms and/or kernels, you might have to do 2 cycles of full charge-discharge, preferably after wiping battery stats, so that your battery can readjust to your new rom/kernel combination.
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Your battery can only reach it's full capacity (read: x hours of use for y number of years) if you break it in properly and treat it right. It's not true for all types of batteries but I think it applies to Lithium Ions (Li-Ions), Lithium Polymers (Li-Po) as well as NiCads(?) and maybe other older batteries. You can read about it everywhere if you Google.
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I will definatly be doing this. Thanks for the advice, get mine on the 12th so ill leave it to charge while at work!
Mr Zulu said:
My English manual only says to do the 8 hour charge when new and any time after the battery has been fully discharged... which isn't the same as always.
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That's interesting. Mine just says when the battery is "leer" (empty) it has to be recharged 8 hours. Looks like the true meaning has been lost in translation.

Question How critical is it to just charge to 80%

I keep reading that you should try and just charge your phone to 80% to help keep the battery healthy, as going to 100% can shotren the life span of the battery.
How ciritcal is this?
I know letting your phone run down to 0% is bad as it takes a fully clylce then to get back too 100% and this is not good for the battery long ter, but i must confess i usually let my battery get to around 50/60% ish then charge back up to 100%
I've always charged my phones fully and never noticed any issues. Maybe if you plan on keeping a device for 10 years, but for the usual lifetime of a phone it's just fine. My OP7 is 2 and a half years old now and still has 86% battery health. I've seen others in Telegram groups say that they never charge to 100% and when they post their battery health it's not much different from mine, sometimes even less.
I think modern batteries are fine being fully charged ... otherwise the OEMs or battery manufacturers would limit them to 80 or 90% by default.
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I've always charged my phones fully and never noticed any issues. Maybe if you plan on keeping a device for 10 years, but for the usual lifetime of a phone it's just fine. My OP7 is 2 and a half years old now and still has 86% battery health. I've seen others in Telegram groups say that they never charge to 100% and when they post their battery health it's not much different from mine, sometimes even less.
I think modern batteries are fine being fully charged ... otherwise the OEMs or battery manufacturers would limit them to 80 or 90% by default.
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I guess I have some buffer
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I guess I have some buffer
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Hehe yea, I guess they all show 102% then because I have that as well
I like the adaptive charging, set up your bedtime and alarm for getting up (or turning over) After bedtime, phone gets trickle charged to achieve 100% at morning alarm. No excess heat etc. Phone then lasts me all day till bedtime when put on airplane mode, switch off Wi-Fi, & sleep. Works for me.
I'm showing 106%
I always charge to full, using adapting charging over night. Charging slowly and keeping temperature down is more important than keeping it to 80% from my understanding.
I just lay my phone on a slow charge Qi pad every night and when I get up it is at 100%. Nexus 6, Pixel 3, now Pixel 6. Perhaps my battery life went down a bit on my Pixel 3 after 3 years, but not enough to notice. I think 100% charge (at least slow charging) is safe for 3 to 5 years of battery life.
Li's like frequent midrange power cycling; it can extend the lifespan hundreds even thousands more full charge cycles.
Voltage and temperature are the Li's biggest stress factors. Low or high temperature charging can cause Li plating.
The higher the cell voltage, the faster it degrades.
The same is true with temperature.
Personally I just replace them every year or so as a failed Li can severely damage a phone. They tend to swell during a failure which can easily damage the display.
My Samsung S10+ is 27 months old now. I'm charging it to 80% mainly daily. Had maybe max 20 full charges and only once or twice to zero. I'm at 86% battery health (according to 146 sessions). Was 92% six months after buying brand new.
I think it helps. Also since the battery is OK (4100mah), dont need that extra 20%.
EDIT: 15W Samsung "fast" charging. As fast as that is ...
Zakelinho said:
My Samsung S10+ is 27 months old now. I'm charging it to 80% mainly daily. Had maybe max 20 full charges and only once or twice to zero. I'm at 86% battery health (according to 146 sessions). Was 92% six months after buying brand new.
I think it helps. Also since the battery is OK (4100mah), dont need that extra 20%.
EDIT: 15W Samsung "fast" charging. As fast as that is ...
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A Li is considered degraded when it reaches 80% of it's initial capacity. This signals the end of its useful service life.
Degraded Li's are more likely to fail.
Trust me it's better to replace it before it fails...
I think Better Battery Stats made that reco back in the day.
Charge to 80% and plug in at 10%.
Not so sure that really matters anymore though.
Both my 2 XL and Pixel 5 were plugged in before bed, unplugged when I got up, plugged back in when I hit 10-15% or when I went to bed.
If you plan on keeping your device for a long time (like 3-4 years) doing the unplug at 80% and plug in at 10% might make a diff.
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I think Better Battery Stats made that reco back in the day.
Charge to 80% and plug in at 10%.
Not so sure that really matters anymore though.
Both my 2 XL and Pixel 5 were plugged in before bed, unplugged when I got up, plugged back in when I hit 10-15% or when I went to bed.
If you plan on keeping your device for a long time (like 3-4 years) doing the unplug at 80% and plug in at 10% might make a diff.
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10% is too low. It causes a lot of stress on the battery as it drops below 20% to charge from that starting point or lower.
Worse there's little usable energy after 20% because of the lower voltage. The phone uses the same wattage which is determined by V×A=W, so as the voltage drops it needs more milliamperes to make the same wattage. The discharge rate increases as the cell voltage drops.
A better low cut off is 30-40% or even higher and a high cutoff of 80% although 62% is optimum.
The Li likes frequent midrange power cycling. Charging beyond those parameters is for your convenience at the cost of battery lifespan.
Batteries are cheap and most are easy to replace... so I don't sweat it.
I expect a service life of 1-2 years on a heavily used N10+ battery.
However charging in the 40-72% range yields the most rapid fast charge in the shortest time so it makes sense to use this whenever convenient.
Well, I know things have been updated within Googles code itself.
"Adaptive Charging" / "Adatptive Connectivity" additions.
This was a real big problem for me with my HTC 10, (2016)
Battery degradation threads starting popping up.
I installed Accubattery after 1.5/2 years of owning the device and the battery was degraded to about 77% capacity at that time, IIRC. I was charging to 100% at that time, also.
So, I began charging stricly to 80%.
Compared to my HTC One M8 that to this day still has 90% capacity, and I used that device from the day Verizon released (3/2014) it until the day Verizon released the HTC 10 (5/2016).
I somehow managed to use the HTC 10 up until I bought the Pixel 5 on release day (10/2020).
I was charging the HTC 10 like 3 times a day just get through, and even went back to the HTC One M8 at one point because I had enough, but was waiting for the P5 to drop.
So to answer the question, I do believe it helps.
I do think that Adaptive charging/connectivity help, as well.
I take the view that if I don't need all the capacity on a particular day I charge no higher than 70%, which lands me around 30% end of day. Otherwise I'll guestimate what I need. Off to take some photo's tonight, so will probably charge it to 90% or so.
If you like fiddling around you can use something like Tasker to switch a smart plug that your charger's plugged into on and off at what you consider appropriate battery levels. Makes it all painless once set up. Or you can buy some extra hardware too. I use this in my car to limit the phone's max charge and temperature as, for me, I think most and fastest damage is done in a hot car float charging the phone at 100%.... https://chargie.org/ Not cheap but ok in my mind to hopefully extend the service life of the phone's battery. Less than the cost and hassle of replacing a battery anyway! (I'm not associated with Chargie other than as a customer)
OK, admittedly off-topic, but, this kind of sounds like a variation of the guidance I use for charging my electric car. Don't charge it unless it drops below 80% (so don't keep topping it up), but don't let it go below 20% regularly either. I mostly plug it in at around 60% and let it fully charge. Given the cost of a replacement battery would be more than the total value of the car, I hope this gives me 10 year of life.
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OK, admittedly off-topic, but, this kind of sounds like a variation of the guidance I use for charging my electric car. Don't charge it unless it drops below 80% (so don't keep topping it up), but don't let it go below 20% regularly either. I mostly plug it in at around 60% and let it fully charge. Given the cost of a replacement battery would be more than the total value of the car, I hope this gives me 10 year of life.
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EV metering is set up differently. What shows as 100% is likely a conservative 80% charge. Research for that variant.
A 35-40% low cut off is probably better as going lower generates more heat causing needless stress... unless you need that capacity.
Just downloaded the accubattery app and then fully charged but it’s estimating 6,401mah. Must be wrong and needs to calibrate over a few days.
I’ve never had any problems charging to 100% before so I’m not stopping now. I’ll be deleting this app if it keeps warning me like it has done.
Andyzurbs said:
Just downloaded the accubattery app and then fully charged but it’s estimating 6,401mah. Must be wrong and needs to calibrate over a few days.
I’ve never had any problems charging to 100% before so I’m not stopping now. I’ll be deleting this app if it keeps warning me like it has done.
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Turn it off then.
Andyzurbs said:
Just downloaded the accubattery app and then fully charged but it’s estimating 6,401mah. Must be wrong and needs to calibrate over a few days.
I’ve never had any problems charging to 100% before so I’m not stopping now. I’ll be deleting this app if it keeps warning me like it has done.
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Accubattery just provides a guide. See here:
battery drain
Hello, I'm using a pixel 6 with two cards sim. When I go to sleep the phone is fully charged and internet/wifi is turned off. When i wake up i have 88% battery (I lose 1,5% per hour). In battery use i see Ims Service. I did a test and in...
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I used to cycle from full to empty on my Pixel 2 before recharging, at about 3 years the battery couldnt last until lunch anymore. This meant more cycling, and I could fully discharge/recharge it 3 or 4 times a day. Within 6 months the battery only lasted 5 minutes, it was stuffed. Phone always hot and needed to stay on a charger 24/7, would turn off if I opened the camera without usb power connected.
Held out about 6 months on a permanent usb battery bank, was such a slog to wait until the Pixel 6 was released.

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