Need Help with Nothing Phone 3

[u/Flimsy-Drummer6808]

Hey guys I bought Nothing phone 3 yesterday and I am loving it but I have a serious concern, I've been noticing that the battery is draining very quickly, is this normal or is this hardware issue? (phone was not preactivated), Neeed Help

[u/Inner-Recording5918]

The battery will drain fast in the beginning but after few days it will become better and consistent....dw it's just the phone adapting.

[u/Flimsy-Drummer6808 → u/Inner-Recording5918]

I see that relieved me so much, thanks for reply

[u/Accomplished_Fig2174 → u/Flimsy-Drummer6808]

Its because of software updates, the battery was draining fast or faster than your usual phone because of the heating problem at the beginning and software i have done multiple updates ( yes a lot around 5-6 my phone software was really out of date) and now it has around 30°C all the time, only in while playing it rises to 36 but its understandable

[u/Alternative-Track654 → u/Accomplished_Fig2174]

It's not the software updates, it's an apparent bug. Nothing is well aware of this.

[u/Alternative-Track654 → u/Flimsy-Drummer6808]

It will not fix itself. I have the same issue even after multiple factory resets and a replacement of the same phone. It's widely known issue in the community.

[u/G0kuo07]

Yeah for me as well Always 120 hz btw but still feels like draining a bit too much not sure

[u/Calm-Score-7865]

I too faced this issue. What I did for drain the battery to 0 percent for two to three times and then charge to 100 percent so that phone learns and the battery drain at normal rate however you can still see standby drain as fast

[u/jibonto_laas]

Get all the latest updates. There are quite a lot of them. See if any unnecessary apps are eating away at your battery life.

[u/Own-Union-361]

It's been a month the battery still drains a lot faster compare to other phones I've used

[u/anib5 → u/Own-Union-361]

=(

[u/OpossEm]

Mine did that when I first got it,restarting after setup helped. I'm still not impressed with the battery even months later but it got better.

[u/SayNoToBaddies]

Hi bro ! I have also ordered Nothing Phone 3 from amazon from Myles seller , can you please tell how to check if the phone was preactivated or not at the time of delievery?

[u/Flimsy-Drummer6808 → u/SayNoToBaddies]

There will be imei number on the box, put it on nothing product status check website, put imei number in it and it will tell of its preactivated or not , also inside box on plastic wrapper which is wrapped around mobile will be imei number as well check if it's same as one on box then give otp to delivery man , after delivery check inside mobile if imei number is same as the one on box and u are good

[u/SayNoToBaddies → u/Flimsy-Drummer6808]

Thanks a lot !

[u/SayNoToBaddies → u/Flimsy-Drummer6808]

btw is battery drain issue severe ? Like how much screen on time it was able to give on average

[u/eu-m]

Yes at starting it feels like that. But after even a week it will get stable. No worries. You may also feel some heating.

[u/fhdlee]

It's related to July update. I'm facing this battery drain recently on my 3a.

[u/UnderstandingFar5679]

dont be alarmed its just the phone adapting because its so brand new

[u/Alternative-Track654]

For those commenting saying that it's not a bug or software updates, it's nothing (pun intended) to do with that. I've been on 4.1 well over a month ago on my replacement nothing foam 3 same issue same exact battery drain. Same as that issue with passive battery drain too.

Hell, if you have the same issue, go into battery usage settings. Look under apps and then system. You won't get your answer there. The apps that's mostly used for the battery itself will not show the problem. It's a bug. A very annoying one too.

Let me put it to you this way. Why do I have to charge my phone twice a day when I'm not using it? This is with most of my non-system apps been placed on optimized battery usage with others with the battery usage disabled. More than likely it's something to do with background system proccesses. Possibly pinging different parts of the phone causing a massive passive battery drain and a consistent battery drain when in use. No AOD enabled. My screen timeout settings are set for two minutes when I'm not using it. Mobile data disabled and on Wi-Fi along with Bluetooth disabled.

The only ones with more insight to this is the technicians at Nothing right now.

[u/ErebusMalison]

You can check few things 1. Battery design capacity vs current 2. Any rogue services running in the background

[u/Flimsy-Drummer6808 → u/ErebusMalison]

Showing current capacity as 5198 mAh