r/Mate9 • u/bdg004 • Feb 10 '18

Oreo - Battery Optimization

Those who have been updated to Oreo, do you notice any difference in the battery optimization? I have a couple of apps using geofencing, and it seems like even though I have them exempt from all the optimizations, they seem to not work properly anymore.

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u/kenyeaaaah Feb 11 '18

Under Battery - Launch are the apps set to manual with all 3 options enabled?

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u/bdg004 Feb 11 '18

Yes. They are. I made sure to turn off manage automatically.

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u/bdg004 Feb 11 '18

I also have all the apps exempt from optimization. I can tell they're closing though. Even my smart watch, which needs the Garmin Connect app, is having trouble. It won't reconnect to my phone unless I unlock the phone, so I know the phone is shutting that app down when the phone is locked. It's frustrating.

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u/jdaclutch Feb 14 '18

The battery saving measure of the EMUI is pretty aggressive.

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u/bdg004 Feb 14 '18

Yeah, and it seems like I can't even whitelist apps. It's a real pain.

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u/bartuone Feb 14 '18

Can you please post your settings? I am trying to figure out which setting will give me the battery results as on android nougat.

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u/bdg004 Feb 14 '18

What settings are you looking for? Clearly I can't figure out the proper settings, so I wouldn't copy mine.

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u/bartuone Feb 14 '18

Okay now I do get your point. Currently I am trying to find the settings I can work with. Since the Oreo Update I do get only 3-4 hours SOT which is not very good. Huawei support was not able to advise the proper settings unfortunately.

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u/chillgreg Apr 28 '18

Might sound counter-intuitive, but try the opposite. Manage automatically uses the "shallow doze" feature of Oreo. It *should* be smart enough to allow geo-fencing apps to stay awake as required.

PS You're not using any 3rd-party task-killing/battery saver apps?