I know there are many like this. But some have very basic methods, that may or may not work. Since most/all threads are currently inactive, I thought of creating a new one. MOD: YOU CAN DELETE THIS THREAD IF YOU WISH
So let's start giving this 2 year old phone, a battery life. Every post claiming with tips/tricks should also provide a screenshot of their Screen On Time, and Time on Battery (since unplugged/ full charge)
https://forum.xda-developers.com/at...crypted-galaxy-s6-battery-life-t3120047/page2
The above is a link to an xda thread, where a person claimed to have some improvements in battery life due to encryption.
There is no tricks or adjustments. there is no way we are in the hands of Samsung for some we expect updates
In my case, I use arter97 kernel, underclock CPU to 1200/1600 (default 1500/2100), I read ebook over 7 hours a day, the battery can last one day with wifi always on
dnaeeeutd said:
In my case, I use arter97 kernel, underclock CPU to 1200/1600 (default 1500/2100), I read ebook over 7 hours a day, the battery can last one day with wifi always on
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how slow does your device get for day to day use ?
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I am curious to know battery life in Nougat
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In my case, I use arter97 kernel, underclock CPU to 1200/1600 (default 1500/2100), I read ebook over 7 hours a day, the battery can last one day with wifi always on
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Rom ? Any screenshot?
I think that I may have worse battery life than MM, also for some reasons the estimated battery life is stuck at learning device patterns. Any thoughts?
Hello All i have a quesrion does anybody has a problem with checking which application is hibernated? I mean in stock settings? I cant open drop down list with hibernated applications screenshot attached.
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Has anyone changed the battery and would like to share if it worths to spend 45 Euro? Thanks
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Hello All i have a quesrion does anybody has a problem with checking which application is hibernated? I mean in stock settings? I cant open drop down list with hibernated applications screenshot attached. View attachment 4089063
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Same here
Well I think this is something
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Well I think this is something
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Stock battery? Stock ROM? Which kind of use? WiFi, 4g, Bluetooth, GPS on?
Could You use accubattery and check atual battery capacity (use 7d)?
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I have to restart the device after about 4-5 days
100-0 3 hour st. 2 year degradation
I've realised that most roms just have false claims of giving better battery life. Nothing works.
I've got s7 edge battery in g920f. Can't get 2h SOT
How is Your stats guys. I think that Android N drain my battery even more that 6 did.
I have s7 edge in my s6 flat with NNE 3.0 rom battery 6h SOT from 95% to 7% and all things activated wifi,gps,Aod,screen brightness 75%....
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I have s7 edge in my s6 flat with NNE 3.0 rom battery 6h SOT from 95% to 7% and all things activated wifi,gps,Aod,screen brightness 75%....
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Wow. That is unreal. How long does it take you to calibrate battery? Do You think Its roms fault that drain my battery so quick? I have a android wear watch connected at all times
you guys posting these kind of results and I'm sitting here with my 1 y o s6 barely getting 2 hours of sot. tried different roms but now i never get more that 2.5-3h
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Wow. That is unreal. How long does it take you to calibrate battery? Do You think Its roms fault that drain my battery so quick? I have a android wear watch connected at all times
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I dont use bt and for calibration let the battery discharge to 0 and get the phone shutdown and full charge the battery.
Do this for 3 or 4 cycles and that all i do.
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well, installed the alpha 3 version on my desire hd but the battery life is very very bad!! in 2 hours my battery dropped from 100% to 43% and i didn't used the phone at all! nothing was open! in the alpha 2 version i had an excellent battery life but now i'm frustrated. my battery is fine. what can i do about it ?
tnx for the help
Any other info you'd have would be awesome. Kernel, inspire or DHD?
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sorry i forgot
its desire hd
and the kernel
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You're using HSDPA, which uses a LOT more power than WiFi. Screen brightness, animations, screen on time, signal strength, Overclocking & undervolting all affect your battery life.
Brightness at 30-40% is a good compromise,
Using WiFi rather than HSDPA/3G is also a good thing to do,
Using only some animations helps battery life,
Varying signal strength (e.g. if your phone is constantly searching and going up or down can put strain on the battery,
Overclocking can put a huge amount of stress on the battery as it has to provide the CPU with more power than normal (likewise underclocking uses less CPU power and can help you save battery),
Using different schedulers e.g. BFS will affect battery life too.
Finally, just using the Sense UI can have an adverse impact on your battery.
Also please post your battery use as that'd help identify your power hungry applications
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tnx dude but all settings are set to battery saving (no animations etc..)
and in alpha 2 it was the same settings and i had great battery life
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tnx dude but all settings are set to battery saving (no animations etc..)
and in alpha 2 it was the same settings and i had great battery life
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I'm on alpha3 and after 21 hours i'm on 33%.....wifi always on, 1200/384 ondemand cpu..... And battery calibrated...
Maybe try another radio.... I don't know.....
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which radio you using?
Radio 26.14.04.28......
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isnt that a inspire radio?
its also good for the dhd?
You have all radios here :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877295
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well, installed the alpha 3 version on my desire hd but the battery life is very very bad!! in 2 hours my battery dropped from 100% to 43% and i didn't used the phone at all! nothing was open! in the alpha 2 version i had an excellent battery life but now i'm frustrated. my battery is fine. what can i do about it ?
tnx for the help
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I think it's not battery/rom problem but kernel problem. Very similar issues were reported in Infinity thread. Sometimes battery percentage falls/going up suddenly. I've noticed this problem too.
it seems wifi's the culprit (many say that), try switching it off and checking battery life
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I think it's not battery/rom problem but kernel problem. Very similar issues were reported in Infinity thread. Sometimes battery percentage falls/going up suddenly. I've noticed this problem too.
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But the battery neither drains the way it says or charges on itself. If you let that cycle continue you'll see. After the second time "charging itself" it has around 20-30% battery left and stays that way until it turns itself off if lower than 1%
That of course might not be, if your phone drains 50%+ within 2 hours
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kgowrav said:
it seems wifi's the culprit (many say that), try switching it off and checking battery life
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I also noticed that if you turn on wifi the device runs damn slow for half a minute - suspected something with wifi :-/
hey
i'm also running this rom my battery life is excellent counldnt be better :good:
The battery life on Alpha 3 is the best for me..Excellent battery life.
5Hrs of Screen on time here and still there was some charge left :good:
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The battery life on Alpha 3 is the best for me..Excellent battery life.
5Hrs of Screen on time here and still there was some charge left :good:
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5hrs!!!
could you give more info cause i'd love to get 5hrs of screen on
Can't complain about battery life neither.
For my purposes it's perfect enough
This is before the usual 2-times-jump-up-self-charging-battery-stuff. So I guess there might be still more % in it then battery monitor says
Hi all,
Lemme give you some of my information about my Z5 before we throw our SoT screenshot.
I bought it on UK amazon last October and it was international version. I checked it on Xperifirm and it said mine was taiwan version.
I was having battery drain problem and was guessing the problem was because different region might cause battery drain problem due to mobile data support. So I flashed it on US version and wanted to compare the battery life before and after update.
Due to new user policy I am not allowed to post the link to my SoT image, so i might just let you guys throw out screenshots. But for me I got 3h 43m screen on time when the battery is 16%. I unplugged the charge at 10am in the morning and record it at 1 am next day.
So here it is guys. If you updated your Z5 to 6.0 would you mind throwing out your SoT screenshot and give a comment about how you think about the battery performance for marshmallow so far.
Have a nice day!
You can't post a link to an image?
I am currently on About 4 hours and 40% battery.
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You can't post a link to an image?
I am currently on About 4 hours and 40% battery.
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Adaptive brightness only 1/4 on, 3G only, Wifi and Bluetooth on. I would love to get better battery life, MM is definitely an improvement over lollipop tho
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Can someone help me figure outwhy my phone is constantly awake? looks like I should be getting at least an hour more screen time. Only have a few basic apps- Facebook, messenger, inbox, snapchat. seems like my android os is constantly downloading over WiFi? 53,000+ packets received via android OS - anyone else have this?
Pretty sure Facebook and Snapchat are huge drainers.
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Pretty sure Facebook and Snapchat are huge drainers.
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Should I be a happy with my 4 Hours SOT ? What I wants know is, are these users who get 5 hours plus simply cheating but not using such apps
c0des said:
Should I be a happy with my 4 Hours SOT ? What I wants know is, are these users who get 5 hours plus simply cheating but not using such apps
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I updated recently so haven't had the chance to check battery time yet, but back on 5.x I noticed a huge difference when I uninstalled the Facebook app. I replaced it with just the mobile version since its nearly just as good anyways.
I don't use snapchat, but Facebook is on mine with emails constantly using data. Mostly on WiFi except about an hour a day.
Yesterday was a day for testing and making sure it all work. Wasn't a normal day, but you should be getting a little more. If you have just updated leave it a few days. Could be just setting up.
Mine not bad
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Mine not bad
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unusual for Z5 performance. Are you satisfying with this SoT?
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That is impressive!
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How in the world do you get such a hi SOT? I barely reach 4 hours here :crying:
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i bought the galaxy s7 edge yesterday in b&h (new york) and im not living in new york
(So there is no one I can turn to him)
i bought the galaxy s7 edge because the 3600 Mah battery (before the galaxy i had iphone 5s)
After about an hour and a quarter had been 83 %
10 hours and the phone turn to 0%
Is there anything I can do ?? Facebook has been deleted and is still the same
Edit: maybe its because the sd card?
you can try and do a factory reset. My edge had average battery life when I first got it. Did a factory reset and battery life has improved dramatically.
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you can try and do a factory reset. My edge had average battery life when I first got it. Did a factory reset and battery life has improved dramatically.
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i I did it an hour ago and after one hour i have 93% for Almost nothing
First off, give it a few days to adapt. From the little information you provided, I can see that there are no apps that are optimised. The software will automatically optimise and will save power on apps that aren't used in three days.
Secondly, we need more information. Please post what apps are draining what percentage of the battery, whether or not you have the Exynos version or the Snapdragon version, and so forth.
From the battery menu, click on battery usage and scroll down to see what apps are draining your battery
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First off, give it a few days to adapt. From the little information you provided, I can see that there are no apps that are optimised. The software will automatically optimise and will save power on apps that aren't used in three days.
Secondly, we need more information. Please post what apps are draining what percentage of the battery, whether or not you have the Exynos version or the Snapdragon version, and so forth.
From the battery menu, click on battery usage and scroll down to see what apps are draining your battery
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I think it's not relevant beacuse it's before the format and now I don't download nothing (only what's app and instagram )
*sorry about my bad English
As said, wait a few days. Battery use will get better.
It's also dependent on many things. Brightness setting, cell reception, apps installed, app use etc etc...
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I think it's not relevant beacuse it's before the format and now I don't download nothing (only what's app and instagram )
*sorry about my bad English
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Post your usage, your start of day, end of day, screen on time, etc as well.
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First off, give it a few days to adapt. From the little information you provided, I can see that there are no apps that are optimised. The software will automatically optimise and will save power on apps that aren't used in three days.
Secondly, we need more information. Please post what apps are draining what percentage of the battery, whether or not you have the Exynos version or the Snapdragon version, and so forth.
From the battery menu, click on battery usage and scroll down to see what apps are draining your battery
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Post your usage, your start of day, end of day, screen on time, etc as well.
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I think the battery it's OK right now (I listen today a lot of music with Bluetooth speaker and saw Many videos)
yotams20 said:
i bought the galaxy s7 edge yesterday in b&h (new york) and im not living in new york
(So there is no one I can turn to him)
i bought the galaxy s7 edge because the 3600 Mah battery (before the galaxy i had iphone 5s)
After about an hour and a quarter had been 83 %
10 hours and the phone turn to 0%
Is there anything I can do ?? Facebook has been deleted and is still the same
Edit: maybe its because the sd card?
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Read this http://www.sammobile.com/2016/04/08...he-samsung-galaxy-s7-edge-improves-with-time/
As other have stated, give it a few days to adapt. Right now you're installing apps, they're filling up cache.. Well everything gets settled. You're probably also just unlocking it, just for unlocking like everybody else when they get a new phone. Over 2 weeks your battery life should increase dramatically if you don't factory reset, as everything needs to settle again then.
Now. This is bad.
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Ugh. I need some assistance. I've done all I can to maximize battery life, but my phone is just not going to cooperate. According to battery apps my battery is healthy, but you have got to be kidding me. Look at this. It's quite terrible.
Is that like 1 hour into a new rom or something...looks like you have no battery stats to go by. Plus if your stock 8.0 stand by is horrible... Flash a custom kernel and underclock the large cores...that has really changed my battery life.
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Is that like 1 hour into a new rom or something...looks like you have no battery stats to go by. Plus if your stock 8.0 stand by is horrible... Flash a custom kernel and underclock the large cores...that has really changed my battery life.
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It is just a few hours after turning on my device. I will record my battery percentage throughout the day and repost a new image. It's pretty dreadful
It gets better. Don't worry to much. I still recommend flashing a custom kernel.. there are some really good ones around here and underclocking the big cores has really changed this device for me
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Now. This is bad. Ugh. I need some assistance. Look at this. It's quite terrible. :crying:
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Check your battery capacity with a program like Accubattery like everybody else does. Have you not read the 25 or so other battery threads here on the exact same topic? Step #1. Test your battery!
Gsam battery can offer some good battery stats as well. You will want to enable ADB on your 6P and then you can enable more stats in Gsam. ( google Gsam enable more stats)
What helped my battery life was turning off bluetooth scanning ( search bluetooth scanning in settings). Gsam was showing a bluetooth wakelock using a lot of battery.
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Check your battery capacity with a program like Accubattery like everybody else does. Have you not read the 25 or so other battery threads here on the exact same topic? Step #1. Test your battery!
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I probably should have stated that I have done this and attempted to root and use gsam and the like to disable wakelocks, and mess around with alarms and services. No increase of screen-on time.
I put in a new battery and with stock 8.0 it was about 2.5 sot. Got rid of stock kernel and started tweaking some things and get like 4 sot. I don't really trust the battery apps. They have done nothing for me
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I put in a new battery and with stock 8.0 it was about 2.5 sot. Got rid of stock kernel and started tweaking some things and get like 4 sot. I don't really trust the battery apps. They have done nothing for me
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I can't even get 1 hour screen on.
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I put in a new battery and with stock 8.0 it was about 2.5 sot. Got rid of stock kernel and started tweaking some things and get like 4 sot. I don't really trust the battery apps. They have done nothing for me
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I can't even get 1 hour screen on.
I haven't used my phone virtually all day and I'm down to 60%
PS. Any suggestions for a custom kernal?
I'm stock 8.0 ATM using ElementalX
I underclocked the big cores to 1500 /small leave stock at 1500
Leave off all the gestures to wake
Also turn off WiFi and Bluetooth scanning
I turn off location until I need it and keep brightness at 50%
If that doesn't help u prbly should replace ur battery
I bought a new back when I did my battery... it was pretty easy.
About 40 $ total..that's battery and back with new glass and bottom trim
If you do it urself just use suction to separate the body from the screen and watch out for the display ribbon under the center of the battery
noXcape said:
I'm stock 8.0 ATM using ElementalX
I underclocked the big cores to 1500 /small leave stock at 1500
Leave off all the gestures to wake
Also turn off WiFi and Bluetooth scanning
I turn off location until I need it and keep brightness at 50%
If that doesn't help u prbly should replace ur battery
I bought a new back when I did my battery... it was pretty easy.
About 40 $ total..that's battery and back with new glass and bottom trim
If you do it urself just use suction to separate the body from the screen and watch out for the display ribbon under the center of the battery
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Alright, thank you so much! I will be trying both of these.
This is with a custom rom, after this first test, I turned off wifi scanning.
and put battery saving from 15 % to turn on at 25%, also, I set the screen to use half the pixels while on battery saving, I'm hoping to reach around 5 hours SoT with around 24 hours of standby.
Should be doable?
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this is taken today, i am on stock with last sec patch, bat saver is set down from 15% to 5% but its just for disabling led to turn on, i never use battery saver.
Yeah, about normal SoT, but it depends on what apps you use, what number of them are running in the background etc. To me both of OP and Nikola_zr are pretty much standard SoT and overall battery life.
I was able to get this out of it, I'm quite happy.
As you can see I'm a heavy youtube user, I watch videos while I'm answering messages, or surfing Facebook.
Syndor said:
I was able to get this out of it, I'm quite happy.
As you can see I'm a heavy youtube user, I watch videos while I'm answering messages, or surfing Facebook.
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To be fair the app itself isn't really much of an impact, but the screen being on during that app. YouTube won't actually use much because we have a dedicated video decoder hardware.
You would find that 90%+ of that YouTube usage is screen on time while YT was in foreground.
Syndor said:
This is with a custom rom, after this first test, I turned off wifi scanning.
and put battery saving from 15 % to turn on at 25%, also, I set the screen to use half the pixels while on battery saving, I'm hoping to reach around 5 hours SoT with around 24 hours of standby.
Should be doable?
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If you're in oreo, this battery life is pretty normal. Why? There's only 4h on screen time, whereas Android oreo has (in this moment) the more enhanced deep sleep, being off-screen almost doesn't take battery life. This is why you got 23h withou charging.
Check out what I think a good battery life is like:
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this is taken today, i am on stock with last sec patch, bat saver is set down from 15% to 5% but its just for disabling led to turn on, i never use battery saver.
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This is an great battery backup example.
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CosmicDan said:
To be fair the app itself isn't really much of an impact, but the screen being on during that app. YouTube won't actually use much because we have a dedicated video decoder hardware.
You would find that 90%+ of that YouTube usage is screen on time while YT was in foreground.
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Agreed. Facebook app is a huge baterry drainer (trust me, I had a Zenfone 5, I NEEDED TO BACKUP BATTERY lol). So, since Zenfone I found out that stock Facebook app eat a bunch of battery (even if backgrounding), I started to use Web version and now FBLite wich does pretty much the same as the stock FB app, but almost without draining battery.
Tip: use FBlite and be happy
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This is an great battery backup example.
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Agreed. Facebook app is a huge baterry drainer (trust me, I had a Zenfone 5, I NEEDED TO BACKUP BATTERY lol). So, since Zenfone I found out that stock Facebook app eat a bunch of battery (even if backgrounding), I started to use Web version and now FBLite wich does pretty much the same as the stock FB app, but almost without draining battery.
Tip: use FBlite and be happy
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FB uses a lot on low RAM devices I've found, but on Mi A1 it doesn't seem like too much. If you turn off all notifications and video autoplay, anyway.
I've tried all the alternative FB clients and they're pretty crap compared to official app. None of them remember the news feed position you're at if you go in to comment on something, for example. It always reloads.