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B. Diddy Having never solved this problem I recently made a discovery that's almost certainly the cause, or at least related to, my previously mentioned issue (phone freezes on the last step of entering max battery saving mode 'applying dark theme')
In the pull down menu that has icons for various settings, including power saving mode, I found a hidden icon for a second power savings mode! This second battery saving mode/menu is locked into the max power saving mode. I can change the settings for the 'Max' profile in this separate instance of the battery saver menu/app but it doesn't seem to have any actual effect.
This second power saving mode also responds strangely, for example it's only accessable by pressing the words underneath the icon and never the icon itself, it's probably also worth noting that it's visually just ever so slightly different than the normal battery saving menu (maybe it's what it looked like in a old version?)This bizzaro battery saver can also indicate the battery percentage remaining but isn't able to estimate how much battery time is left (meaning it's not getting the data on battery usage by other apps?), also this version of battery saver will run in split screen mode which the regular battery saver app doesn't do.
Maybe this extra detail can help someone diagnosis my issue. The whole situation is extremely weird. If there isn't a straight forward solution how would I go about doing a full reinstallation of the firmware?
Having stuck it out with BlackBerry to the bitter end this is my first Android phone and it's all still fairly unfamiliar to me..
Considering this post is long winded let me just clarifying what I'm asking, has anyone heard of a issue on the S7 where there are two competing power saving modes? Assuming there isn't a easy fix how would I download and do a clean install of the firmware (a Google search turned up competing instructions)? I'm on a AT&T S7 if that's a factor.
Thanks once again, as always every bit of advice is appreciated.