[android] Nexus 5X poor battery life since 8.1.0

[Dos_Box]

I've been suffering this for more than a few months now and it seems to vary depending on random circumstance.

Last Friday my 5X lost 20% of it's battery power within one hour of leaving the house with minimal usage and nothing running in the background.

Sometimes my phone will go through an 8 hour day using just 30% othertimes it's getting critical.

Battery testing apps have reported the battery as being 'good' and the phone is 2.5 years old.

I know there are many comments from other 5X users out there in other forums saying that since 8.1.0 (and even 8.0 in some cases) many 5X owners have experienced vastly reduced batttery life and I'm wondering if anyone on here has suffered the same?

There are the standard tips about turning off loads of features which, IMO, sort of defeat the idea of a smart phone if you do.

If yu have any hints or tips or just the knowlege that it is now a doomed phone, please let me know.

[theeggmaster]

Not the same phone, but my Wileyfox Swift 2 started displaying the same sort of battery issues when I installed the updates to 8 and 8.1. I also got random reboots thrown in for good measure. They admitted there were some bugs in 8.1. Their fix was:

 

1. Turn off "Jump to camera" - go into settings, click the search button and type "camera". Turn off jump to camera.

2. Turn your device off, hold volume down and the power button for 5 seconds. Then use the volume down button to hover over "wipe cache partition" and use the power button to click yes.

 

Can't hurt to try these steps!