Battery Life is back to normal after Factory Reset

[FastMoneyPlaya]

I've had my S7 for almost 2 years and it was starting to get a little laggy and the battery life was getting worse. I was wondering if the age of the phone caused the reduction in battery life, so after trying cache wipes and other tricks, I decided to do a FACTORY RESET since I had never done one before.

Well, my phone runs like new again! On a typical work day, I'd wake up around 6:30AM and start using the phone for typical things like checking email, a couple of phone calls during the day, some texting, streaming TuneIn while getting ready in the AM, etc... By the time I finished work, around 5:00PM, I'd be down to around 50% battery, which is not as good as it used to be (more like 70-80%). Keep in mind, this is not heavy use (like I'll do on the weekends).

I'm please to report that after the Factory Reset, my battery is back to that 70-80% range after a day at the office. Furthermore, the slight laggyness and some bugs have gone away - i.e. GMail syncs better/faster, apps are smoother, etc...



So rather than buy a new phone, I think I can keep this one a little longer! Hope this tip helps...

 

[B. Diddy]

That's great! Did the lag and poor battery life start with the Oreo update, or was it already happening before that?

 

[FastMoneyPlaya]

I'm not sure. I really started noticing the lag and battery life about a month or two ago. It might have just been a gradual build up of things. One thing I've noticed is my internal storage is now 17 GB / 32 which is down from about 25GB before the reset. I have pretty much installed the same ~100 apps that I had before. Perhaps my phone just needed a good house cleaning and the Factory Reset did the trick.