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#3155275 3-Nov-2023 09:35

Woohoo! It has arrived;

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#3155279 3-Nov-2023 09:56

I've read that mobile battery usage is quite high on the pixels, particularly 5G. It looks to me like using mobile data for 20 minutes used more battery than using Wi-Fi for 4.5 hours.

Over all the pixelate seems quite good (voice recognition fail there), and voice recognition is definitely improved from the Pixel foray (4a). Though it's not doing great right now.

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#3155283 3-Nov-2023 10:17

Quick tip for new P8Pro owners, make sure to change the resolution setting to "full".
By default Google sets this to the lower "high" setting

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#3155288 3-Nov-2023 10:37

I left it at "High" on my P7, can't tell the dfference. Not sure how much of an impact on the battery though.

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#3155289 3-Nov-2023 10:40

Morning Everyone,

If someone is interested in Mous Limitless 5.0 walnut case for Pixel 8 pro, its listed in OFFERS & WANTED forum.

Thanks

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#3155290 3-Nov-2023 10:41

My Pixel 8 (not Pro) is en route via Youshop. BTW they seemed to have increased their charges but luckily I had a 50% coupon to use.

And yeah, Google has received my Pixel 4 XL for tradein of $260(US) so once they can confirm it's as I stated (powers on, no cracks, factory reset), they will refund me.

Plus I used the $69 store credit Google gave me for buying the P8 to purchase a solar panel charger for my external Google camera. That will be nice not having to charge it every 3 monhts or so.

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#3155411 3-Nov-2023 12:58

timmmay: I've read that mobile battery usage is quite high on the pixels, particularly 5G. It looks to me like using mobile data for 20 minutes used more battery than using Wi-Fi for 4.5 hours.

Read that the issue seems to stem from connectivity issues.

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#3155424 3-Nov-2023 13:38

Jvipers2:
timmmay: I've read that mobile battery usage is quite high on the pixels, particularly 5G. It looks to me like using mobile data for 20 minutes used more battery than using Wi-Fi for 4.5 hours.

Read that the issue seems to stem from connectivity issues.

Yeah, using an inferior modem I think it was, Qualcom has the best around but Google can't use it with the custom CPU.

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#3155472 3-Nov-2023 15:15

Could go into settings and put LTE as the preferential connection speed, i don't really "need" 5G as i never noticed slowness even on my old Samsung 4G LTE speeds (I still hate the idea i've got to turn off 5G for the sake of battery). Also "Mobile Data always active" can be turned off in developer options.

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#3155481 3-Nov-2023 15:27

I've just switched off "Mobile Data always active" and selected LTE / 4G, which is all I get where I live and has always been plenty fast enough for me. Thanks hotsupes :)

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#3156880 7-Nov-2023 11:34

timmmay:
I've just switched off "Mobile Data always active" and selected LTE / 4G, which is all I get where I live and has always been plenty fast enough for me. Thanks hotsupes :)

Has this improved your battery life?

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#3156881 7-Nov-2023 11:43

Jvipers2:
timmmay:

I've just switched off "Mobile Data always active" and selected LTE / 4G, which is all I get where I live and has always been plenty fast enough for me. Thanks hotsupes :)

Has this improved your battery life?

Not really. Mobile data uses a lot of battery, fortunately I rarely need it at the moment, I'm usually somewhere with WiFi.

My battery usage today is CPU 33%, Mobile Network 31% (5 minutes usage), WiFi 24% (2.5 hours) usage.

All in all the battery life is very good. I charge every 1.5 to 2 days, and I only charge to 80 / 85% or so. Charging to 100% and using it to 10% I'd easily get 2 days battery.

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#3157050 7-Nov-2023 16:18

timmmay:
All in all the battery life is very good. I charge every 1.5 to 2 days, and I only charge to 80 / 85% or so. Charging to 100% and using it to 10% I'd easily get 2 days battery.

Does charging to 85% really work to preserve the battery? If so, is there a setting to do this automatically or do we have to manually stop it?

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#3157055 7-Nov-2023 16:41

I read some research papers a few years ago, and some articles published by AccuBattery. The conclusion I came to was to prolong lithium battery life do not charge over 80%. Conversely, it doesn't particularly matter how low the battery level goes, though I tried to keep it above 10%. I charge to 80% or 85%, with approx monthly charges from 10% to 100%. I think I have some of the research and PDF form at home, I could dig it out if anyone is interested.

My pixel 4a battery was kept in the range of 20% to 80% most of its life, with monthly full charges. After 3 1/2 years of usage at AccuBattery said the battery was still a rated at 97% of original capacity. It may have still been that if I charged all the way to 100%, I don't really know for sure.

Samsung phones have a protect battery function which stops charging at 85% but pixels don't have anything like that as far as I'm aware. Instead I use the AccuBattery app which can make a noise when it reaches a given charge level so you can manually unplug the phone.

To automate that I had the home assistant Android client monitor my battery level, including sending level every minute when it is plugged in and charging. When it reaches 80% I have the smart plug that the charger is attached to turn off. It's quite a simple automation if you know home assistant.

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#3157096 7-Nov-2023 18:09

Well my phone and Nest Camera solar charger have been held up by Customs

This is the message when I go to tracking.

The parcel or shipment has been assessed by New Zealand Customs and they require an import entry before it is released from our facility.

Why does this happen?

Your parcel requires a Duties and / or GST assessment which will be undertaken by:
- A Customs Broker as nominated by you (Personal use goods or commercial goods)
- Yourself directly with the New Zealand Customs Service (Personal use goods only)

What happens next?

You will receive (or will have already received) a letter or email advising of the requirement for a customs clearance to be undertaken to enable the release of your parcel.

I guess since Customs won't have my email they will snail mail advisement.

Yet when Youshop assessed the package, they charged me GST and the following fees

Inbound Entry Fee:

$ 91.89

Parcel Post Clearances:

$ 63.25

The second charge looks like to me that is the clearance fee they say I now have to pay a broker.

I have lodged a query with them and will try to call also.

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