Extreme Battery Drain after Nougat Update

[Eric Peterson8]

My S6 battery drains 3 times faster with nougat. Factory reset, clear cache, disable all apps, safe mode, ultra power mode, turn off BT and Wifi, turn off cellular (by switching to GSM which is not available), all did nothing. Turned off scan nearby, location accuracy, etc as suggested above. "Ultra" lower power does nothing except lie about battery (says 110 hours left when it is draining 3% per hour). The phone drained 1% per hour before nougat. I do nothing with the phone (obviously), it just sits on my desk.

The only way to stop the drain is airplane mode.

 

[storvay]

Same. I tried absolutely everything and the drain was awful. Downgraded to MM via Odin and the phone is amazing again.

 

[rramirezg]

Hi storvay!

Are you still having good batery life with MM?

 

[storvay]

Hi

I sold the phone so can’t comment on that.

 

[jackrock]

I have to charge my phone through the day or it's drained in a few hours, certainly won't make it through a work day. I put it in airplane mode if I won't be able to keep charging it.

 

[Raider Fly]

My Note 5 can still last the whole day with moderate usage on nougat (usually getting 15-19 hours). I've had to charge it once more today though because I was playing some intensive games on it. mine has a snapdragon, which I'm guessing is less power efficient, but still. I used to be ending days with 40% and now I'm ending with 5. I am just a student in high school so it isn't that important, but it's still frustrating.

 

[CBonney]

I have the same problem. It sucked after Nougat.