reduced battery life - something with OTA-5?
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It is my impression that this is the case on my Volla 22 as well. Stable release.
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Hi again all-
I have been experimenting over the last couple weeks, and think i have found a couple patterns.
1: After @Mario-CH 's suggestion, i tried leaving the phone off for 20 seconds, then rebooted. Sure enough battery performance was much better, and overnight (7-8 hours) i only lost about 5% from a full charge. However...
2: The phone definitely drains a lot faster when it's using data rather than wifi. But, simply turning off wifi doesn't do it. The phone (not sure if it's the fault of the Pixel 3a, or UT, or my provider Freedom) does not reconnect to data immediately after turning off (or losing) wifi. It says it is connected, but I I always have to open up Mobile Settings and toggle network types before it "kicks in" and starts getting data. Once it does that, then battery usage goes up significantly, about 7% per hour, even when i'm not actively using it, all apps closed, screen off, etc.
3: And then if i re-enable wifi, data usage goes down to normal again.
So, i think my battery is fine, and i think on wifi it behaves well. But is that kind of drainage for data expected? And why does it not smoothly change to data working when wifi is lost or disconnected? (It always requires me to toggle the network type to get it to start working.)
Anyone else experiencing any of this type of behavior on their devices?
-Fizz
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Hi,
Anyone else experiencing any of this type of behavior on their devices?
After @Fizz's post, I've done two measurements (on my Xiaomi Poco X3 NFC):
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With Wi-Fi off, data on, I measured 27 hours of battery lifetime.
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in same conditions, but with Wi-Fi on, data on, I measured 38 hours of battery lifetime
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Hi @Fizz
Interesting that you get the opposite that i do; i get longer battery life when wi-fi is on.
I get longer battery life when Wi-fi is on : 38 hours…
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@Eric-H said in reduced battery life - something with OTA-5?:
I get longer battery life when Wi-fi is on : 38 hours…
Interesting! Are you running the Battery Saver app?
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HI @Moem
I get longer battery life when Wi-fi is on : 38 hours…
Interesting! Are you running the Battery Saver app?
No. Not during these tests.
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@Eric-H said in reduced battery life - something with OTA-5?:
Hi @Fizz
Interesting that you get the opposite that i do; i get longer battery life when wi-fi is on.
I get longer battery life when Wi-fi is on : 38 hours…
Ugh.. i must be more tired than i thought... not sure how i misread that. Lol.
-Fizz
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Hi,
As suggested by @Fuseteam, I disabled data connection and I did a new test (still without BatterySaver app):
- Wi-Fi on, data off : 38 hours of battery lifetime
Same as Wi-Fi on and data on.
It seems that the data connection is not used while Wi-Fi is on.
