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r/pixel7series•
Shindrew

A potential fix for those losing >10% battery while sleeping

Short answer: Change preferred data network out of 5G.

Sorry if this has already been posted.

Been having the idle drainage issue on my Pixel 7 after the April update. Would've lost up to 25% overnight while sleeping. Even got a replacement Pixel7 that worked great until I did the May security update. It literally went from losing 2% the previous night to losing 15% the night after the update. I gave it some time to see if it would improve. And it averaged around 10-12% after a few days.

I did the 5G switch after spending a week at my fiances cause I noticed it only lost 4% overnight. I thought it was fixed but when I came back to my own apartment it began dropping 12% again. Changed the data network preference last night to LTE and woke up to only 1% drained.

Will continue to test this out and update if needed.

Posted Jun 9, 2023, 3:28 PM UTC

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Jack_Shid•

Change preferred data network out of 5G.

I'm not willing to "cripple" such a great phone just to get the battery to last.

Personally, I leave 5G on and just plan on a 30 minute fast charge at some point during the afternoon, then charge overnight while I sleep.

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ShindrewOP•

Yes it's definitely not for everyone! But for me it's a nice fix for the overnight drain. Can always switch back to 5G in the morning

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autobulb•

Unless you are sleeping at an AirBnB or a friend's house that has a weird outlet location, charging your phone at night is a no brainer, so not sure why'd you need to save battery overnight.

But yes, generally disabling features on your phone increases its battery life...

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Brometheous17•

Does this work even if your phone is connected to wifi consistently? I tried it the other day for about a day and a half and it didn't seem to make a ton of difference.

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ShindrewOP•

It did for me. I leave wifi on while sleeping and I did notice a difference when I swapped out of 5G. Again this mainly is for the overnight battery drainage

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nmp5•

I actually don't have 5G enabled, and I lose >10% every night. I also use Battery Saver, dark mode, Data Saver, optimizations suggested here in the past, etc, Greenify all apps, and battery still sucks.

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Jbonics•

1% an hour is the norm. Anything over that? It's app drain or 5G like homeboy said.

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NotJoeMama727•

Does this work if I don't actually have a 5g plan

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ShindrewOP•

I'm not sure but can't hurt to try it. Can always switch back your preferred network.

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kssmith1972•

Go to developer settings and turn off "mobile data always active." Turns off mobile data when connected to WiFi and turns it on when you don't have WiFi access. No need to turn off the 5g band.

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7eregrine•

Bullshit post day? Why aren't you charging your phone overnight?

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ShindrewOP•

Just offering a potential solution for battery issues outside of "just charge it more." If charging your phone overnight is your thing and works for you then you don't need this method.

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7eregrine•

I just don't understand why you don't charge it over night?

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ShindrewOP•

Because the battery drain overnight is just an indicator of how quickly the battery drains in general. Finding methods to improve battery life rather than "just charging it more" is something I find interesting and wanted to share my findings to others to potentially help them out.

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