FP4 battery life got worse after Android 13 update

Could you (or anyone else) try the following?

  • Download BBS (Better Battery Stats free open source version) from F-Droid appstore
  • Set it up and let it run until you hit the battery drain
  • Open up the tab “Kernel Wakelogs” and check whether “RMNET-DFC” is high on the list.
  • If it’s not that one, check which ones are high on the list

The reason for this is that I have the same issue on A12 (I’m waiting with updating until the freezes/crashes are fixed) and it’s caused by VoLTE.

My workaround is to disable VoLTE, which fixes the battery drain but now calls don’t get through if I don’t have 3G reception or the handover from 4G to 3G doesn’t work. Another option is to only use 3G.

I reported this to Fairphone, but they say, unless I upgrade to the newest version, they don’t want input from me.

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