Battery drain with new update

[birvini]

I installed the new update a few days ago and I have instantly noticed that my battery life is terrible. I did a factory reset to make sure the update was "happy". This has not helped at all. I was usually able to go 17-19 hours with moderate use and have 45% battery left. Now I'm at 15% after only 14-15 hours. I only run one home page with a battery widget on it. The display is turned down to 25% as well. I frequently use task manager as well to stop CPU eating apps like Facebook from using the battery.

I thought this update was supposed to enhance battery usage and not hurt it. Any ideas?

[eccoburn]

No ideas, but I had the same result after updating.

[frozencloud]

My battery is draining as well. My battery is currently about 60% after 5 hours, when it usually 80% pct.

[omegaglory23]

I am having the same issues. Is it possible to undo the update, and go back to 2.3.4?

[JoeR32]

Clear your RAM.

[ricktat]

I take all battery compliants with a grain of salt but am seeing it on my phone. I forgot to charge it last night and woke up to the phone being completely dead for the first time ever. I could normally just wait and charge it the next day with no issues.

The RAM usage seems to be lower than before but it still saying Android OS was the culprit.

[birvini]

Before the update if I didn't use the phone it would drain 1% an hour on standby. Now it is draining at a rate of 4-5%. It has to be update related because it started right after I downloaded it.

[pounder001]

No issues here since the update, my phone has currently been on for 6hrs and 15 minutes and has lost 15% which seems ok to me?

Edit: I have been experiencing the same battery drain issues as others, and called Samsung who claimed that no complaints had been logged with them on any battery issues with 2.3.6.
Take the time to call or use Smsung's live chat to let them know about the battery life issue

[j-bo]

I checked the battery after updating.. I am not seeing any increase in battery drain at all.

[samuel317]

I am also seeing the battery drain after the update. 1% drain per hour before. After 4-6% drain per hour. Ive also realized that the apps such as social hub and media hub, keeps coming back more frequently then before. Before the apps i closed stays closed until i charge my phone. After, they come back within a hr.
Also my phone heats up faster then before. For example, I could play about 30min of words with friends, but after the update, within 10-15min my phone gets hot and my phone shuts down(after the couple low battery sign). Once it cools off, my phone battery life goes to maybe 10% lower than what it was before i played the game. Oh and also. After this event, my phone says "charge your phone" even if i green battery bar.
This update sucks, I wouldnt update if you havent done so.