Recent content by tommyboy65

That's the one. My phone was not much more than a short lived pocket warmer for the weekend, but, notwithstanding the HSE claim that a "fix is imminent", the issue went away Monday morning

Yeah, but the COVID tracker wasn't showing as high, Google Play Services was, and forcing that to shutdown didn't seem to work

Seems fine this morning. It may be related to the COVID Tracker app in Ireland - just heard on the news that it caused battery drain issues over the weekend. It didnt show up as an app that was hogging the CPU, but maybe there was an update for it that drove Play Services mental

Tried that too ... no good

Since Friday my phone (Samsung S7) has been draining battery at a fast rate - just this morning it has gone from 100% to 86% in 23 minutes. Looking at the culprits, it seems Google Play Services is by far the highest battery sucker. I also get messages stating that...

Funny I just replaced my A5 with an S7. Both have same versions of Android - on the A5 there is an option int he stock email app (Settings -> Display -> Message preview line) to switch this off, that option does not appear to be available in the app on the S7:(