Feature proposal: Ultra Power Saving Mode

benzo301

First of all sorry if there might have been previous discussions regarding this topic, but I couldn't find any so I'm writing this.
So as we know many stock and custom ROMs have the option called "ultra power saving" that limits all backround activity and limits the apps to only 4-8 (Including SMS and calls). It's really useful when you cannot charge the phone for prolonged periods of time (for example when you are hiking or out fishing), so my question is why does GOS not have it? Is it simply not compatible or is there no need for this from the users? Personally I'm a nature guy and this would be really helpful when hiking or camping for multiple days with no power source avalavile.

And don't get me wrong, the current battery saver is absolutely excellent, but I feel like there's a need for something more extreme for situations like this.
Thank you all and have a blessed day!

Lucian

This is probably the only Stock Android feature I miss in GrapheneOS

benzo301

Lucian Same, I don't know how this is going completely unnoticed, it should be fairly easy to implement.
Our devs are doing incredible work for GOS and I don't want to sound critical of them, I love everything about it and I know there's much more work to be done rather than doing this for a future update. But still, it wouldn't be that hard and it would most probably be greatly appreciated by the whole community.

GrouchyGrape

benzo301 if it's a common enough issue for you (wanting to shut down services to prolong battery), I would use either a secondary profile or private space for nearly all apps. Then, only leave your critical apps (e.g. Signal/Molly) in the Owner profile.

If you want to preserve battery, turn off that profile and you're only left with the owner + anything critical.

I agree that ultra power saver would be nice. As a "nature guy" myself, I usually just keep the phone turned off and tucked away until I want/need it.

The way I use it, even at home, I can comfortably get 4 days of battery life out of my Pixel 8 so it's never been a real concern for me personally.

Novalissoide

benzo301 it wouldn't be that hard

How would you know whether it's hard to implement or not? 🤨

EverettHitch

GrouchyGrape the way you describe your phone use is not that of an average user. It don't make sense confining apps to profiles for battery saving since main profile always runs so it is actually crucial you only run the one profile and disable what you can.

benzo301

GrouchyGrape The secondary profile is exactly what I've been doing, but I can't keep the phone completely turned off because some calls are crucial for me, and the main issue is backround usage of cell signal in this scenario. I have a 9a which is supposed to have the best battery in the pixel series and I get around 1.5 days by using this method.
Why not make a feature that simply limits all that to the minimum?

Lucian

GrouchyGrape if it's a common enough issue for you (wanting to shut down services to prolong battery), I would use either a secondary profile or private space for nearly all apps. Then, only leave your critical apps (e.g. Signal/Molly) in the Owner profile.

Secondary profiles have a lot of annoying limitations, therefore many people want to use the owner profile