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>>moelf+(OP)
I installed GrapheneOS on my Pixel 4a after Google deleted the battery life[0], and while the initial move was frustrating with things not working, I've adapted and have a nice feeling of security while using my device again. It feels like it's mine, and I don't have to worry about who will spy on me or rug-pull me next.

[0] https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/113917226566692707

>>OsrsNe+D4
Of all the selling points for GrapheneOS, I don't think battery life is one I'd highlight. Their Google Play services shim smokes my battery. Like 20-30% discharge while overnight idle kind of bad.

>>tengbr+k8
That's not at all normal. Sandboxed Google Play doesn't consume more batter than privileged Google Play in a standard Google Mobiles Services device. It indicates something is very wrong with your setup.

>>strcat+u8
Its definitely pretty close to normal. Battery drain is probably the top mentioned drawback in any online post discussing GrapheneOS.

>>tengbr+Ma
No, it's not at all normal. Here's a poll someone did on Mastodon with 124 anonymous responses from our community:

https://23.social/@mj1982/114210416377875387

54% Battery consumption is lower under GrapheneOS

13% Battery consumption is lower under stock Android

33% Can't tell the difference.

For users with a single profile with sandboxed Google Play installed before other apps, it should be very similar to the stock Pixel OS if you installed the dozens of Google apps they bundle on GrapheneOS and disable the various privileged apps they integrate which aren't usable on GrapheneOS. The stock OS drains more power with a typical simple setup because it has so much more installed and running. If you make it similar, it's nearly the same. If you use a more complex setup with multiple profiles and multiple push implementations on GrapheneOS, that's going to use more power. It still shouldn't drain nearly as much as you said above without something seriously wrong with the setup.

It's very easy to make battery life much worse. Using multiple push messaging implementations simultaneously is inefficient. As an example, using sandboxed Google Play in your Owner user, sandboxed Google Play in a work profile and a Private Space without it with various apps doing their own push would of course be far less efficient than a single Firebase Cloud Messaging push connection shared across the entire device. Having 2 installations of sandboxed Google Play you always keep running would be less efficient than privileged Google Play. Regular privileged Google Play shares the same processes and connections across profiles since it's built deeply into the OS and is implemented that way for efficiency like many OS services. If you compare having a single privileged Google Play vs. multiple sandboxed Google Play alongside apps doing their own push, of course privileged Google Play would be more efficient. You can use GrapheneOS with a similarly efficient setup and battery life will not be worse. You likely just have an inefficient setup. It can still be hard to narrow down what's really draining battery usage despite Android's battery stats getting much better over time.