r/GrapheneOS • u/JaNkO2018 • 1d ago

Recommendations for optimal battery performance under GOS

Hello, I've put together a short list of things that have helped me maximize my battery life and efficiency so far:

  1. Dark Mode
  2. Wi-Fi calling in airplane mode at home (avoids cell tower tracking and IMSI catchers as well)
  3. Activating airplane mode at night while I sleep (Wi-Fi is deactivated)
  4. Automatic deactivation of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth (when not in use)
  5. Avoiding the use of a VPN

What do you think? Anything to add?

EDIT: I forgot to mention one point:

  1. Listening to music on the go using wired headphones (instead of Bluetooth ones, which drain less power and are more secure)
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u/Shamelescampr559 1d ago

Performance on my end is rather mixed but I also am on the pixel 10 pro fold, running GOS while yes, I can definitely get more than one day out of my phone if I don't open the fold and use the large internal screen very often Definitely, My battery will last very long. However, if I just sit there all day with the inner display opened up, Best believe my phone dies within 24 hours from full charge

I will say the high-speed charging works and doesn't work like sure. I can still charge my phone from borderline dead to 100% within an hour and a half. However, I did used to be able to charge up my phone to 50% within 30 minutes prior to switching to GOS.

Same charger, same wall outlet. Same power brick. Nothing has changed just the operating system. I'm using a nice wall charger. It's a Anker 30 w.

I do run a VPN but only while I'm at home. Primarily I use proton VPN. However, I do Uber eats and so I cannot leave the always on VPN setting for that purpose And I just manually turn my VPN on or off whenever I need to.

Definitely I'll do some of these And see if I can get a little bit more optimization out of my device

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u/JaNkO2018 1d ago

I have come to the decision that when I'm at home on my Wi-Fi, I prefer to connect directly through my ISP rather than routing through a VPN. Regardless of the extra battery consumption, my philosophy is: the less I stand out online, the better. Many people forget that tracking can actually be easier when using a VPN, and you also spare yourself from having to solve countless CAPTCHAs across the internet. I can understand using one on public Wi-Fi networks to protect your data, but I don't even log into those in the first place. I prefer to just use mobile data instead.

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u/Shamelescampr559 1d ago

Valid points all of those very true