Does your Android 12 phone allow you to set charging to 85% of capacity?
What happens if you go to Android 12 > Settings > Battery and device care
and then you _longpress_ on any given item to bring up extra screens?
In another recent thread (on total ownership costs of all things), is a
current discussion about what battery options are on Android 12 phones.
My el cheapo (free) Samsung has the following basic set of options.
<
https://i.postimg.cc/VL6HGPGc/battery01.jpg> Android Battery Settings
which includes the "Auto optimize daily" and "Auto restart at set times"
and "Adaptive Power Saving" options ("Turn power saving on and off automatically based on your usage pattern") along with Battery status,
Battery level, Battery capacity, how long it's been running, etc.
That set of shots also shows "Adaptive battery", which says "Extend battery life based on your phone usage", and the ability to turn "Fast charging" on
or off, and, of course, the "protect battery" feature which says "To extend
the lifespan of your battery, limit the maximum charge to 85%".
There are a whole bunch of other default battery settings on my el cheapo (actually free) Samsung such as a battery setting for each & every app. <
https://i.postimg.cc/8Cm6hqWZ/battery07.jpg> Settings for every app
The more I look, the more battery care settings are in my battery settings
such as this "More battery settings" for "Sleeping apps" where there is an option to "Put unused apps to sleep" as shown in this screenshot below.
<
https://i.postimg.cc/0y9qM0hc/battery17.jpg> Background Usage Limits
Here you can see which apps are sleeping, and which are deep sleeping, and which apps are be in the never sleeping apps listing as shown here.
<
https://i.postimg.cc/28QDSK91/battery18.jpg> Control sleeping apps
Here you can see more power saving options, which changes the screen
refresh rate, and background network usage, syncing and location checking
is curtailed if necessary, and there are even additional limits such as limiting the CPU speed to 70% and decreasing brightness by 10% and limit
apps and home screen which is described as "For maximum power saving, allow only selected apps, limit all background activity, turn off Edge panels,
and change to a dark theme", which is grayed out for some reason on mine.
<
https://i.postimg.cc/Bv69NQSF/battery19.jpg> Limit CPU Speed to 70%
Is that last option grayed out for you too?
I wonder how many of these nice features, if any, are on other Androids.
Does your Android 12 have those settings?
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