Camera Draining Battery

[Vegas Josh]

Android 11 on a Samsung Galaxy S20 plus

Why is my camera app draining my battery (36% today) when it's only been active for 2 minutes and background for 4 minutes? I don't even let it run in the background per my app settings.

 

[mustang7757]

Hi , welcome to AC!
So no long videos or 4k going on?
I would Clear data for the camera app and force stop it then monitor the next charging cycle

 

[belodion]

A Power Off and Restart is always worth trying too.

 

[Morty2264]

Welcome to Android Central!

Have you downloaded any new camera editing apps lately, or anything of the sort?

I too agree that a restart of the device may fix the glitch. Keep us posted on what happens!

 

[Vegas Josh]

Thanks for the advice! No new apps or long recording. I did clear the camera app data. That seems to be working. Active camera time of 8 minutes today and it's only used 1.7% of the battery. That's much better. I'll let y'all know what it's at towards the end of the night.

 

[mustang7757]

Thanks for the advice! No new apps or long recording. I did clear the camera app data. That seems to be working. Active camera time of 8 minutes today and it's only used 1.7% of the battery. That's much better. I'll let y'all know what it's at towards the end of the night.

Ok sounds good keep us posted.

 

[Morty2264]

Thanks for the advice! No new apps or long recording. I did clear the camera app data. That seems to be working. Active camera time of 8 minutes today and it's only used 1.7% of the battery. That's much better. I'll let y'all know what it's at towards the end of the night.

That's great that you found a solution! Please keep us posted on what happens!