@goatwildernesscollective What amazes me the most in that screenshot and the "almost 13h" part is that I remember the battery life in earlier batches without the several optimizations to battery life done by the #librem5 team over the years.
The work done to improve battery life on the #librem5 even without suspend is really amazing.
@joao totally agree its a continous progress i would say 200-300% uptime improvement so far and i am sure there is still runway remaining. Almost seems it shouldnt be the highest priority anymore and just a top 10 focus area. Next top focus area i mind is resolving app slow search results (e.g. searching contacts typing letter B results in almost an app freeze, happens on desktop too so not Librem 5 specific more a Dev Kit issue?
@joao That's nice, but why on earth do you need a PHONE with wifi and mobile off? You measured the uptime of a non-product like this.
I like the idea behind the phone, but the lack of delivery by Librem made me switch the order to a PC instead. The linux phone OS is simply not there yet unforuntately. I truly hope it comes, but am betting on Pine64 rather than Purism.
@martijndevrieze I measured the phone in the conditions in which I needed to use it on that day. I did not needed wifi nor mobile data on that day. Only needed to make half a dozen phone calls. Most of my Internet usage during the week is on a laptop.
I usually do not like to use GPS, if there is a place I do not know how to get, I look up on a map at home, before going or I just ask folks on the street. wifi not being on, if I am on the street most of the day, I do not need wifi card on.
@martijndevrieze Also I did not exactly hid that fact when I made the post.
But hey, today I still have 37% battery with 8h32 min uptime, and mobile data on.
Since I was most of the day so far in the street, I did not had wifi on.
Also disabling the wifi on the librem 5 is just flipping a switch on the side of the phone.
@joao don't get me wrong, i like what you did and am somewhat jealous cause I never received my librem5 and just gave up on it.
Switching off wifi when not home is just normal sanity and sanitary use ;)
Sounds like a not to bad battery life, but truly hope it will improve drastically still. My current graphene based pixel easily lasts up to 18 hours on 5g with quite extensive use.
@joao the flipping a switch is what i truly wish for on all my future phones. I love hardware switches.
@joao truly amazing, I suspect that with suspend and the goddies that probably come with the bookworm release, I will approach the daily driver stage soon.
@joao I just received mine, and I'm pleasantly surprised by the battery life (because of all the comments I had seen on it). I guess this is all down to work put into optimisation. Compared to the Pinephone, the in-use lifetime seems to be much better. Obviously, currently the Pinephone can suspend and stay asleep for longer, but I get the impression that once suspend support lands, the battery profile in the Librem 5 is going to be much better than the Pinephone.
@joao nice!! i noticed the last 5% battery arent accurate regardless of standby/suspend setting causing too many notifications to occur, the battery profile needs to be reconfigured to account for possibly higher discharge rates when charge drops below 30%, which isnt linear regardless of app use.
Looking forward for production ready suspend though! Your estimate makes sense i believe.