HTC 10 battery drain issue after Oreo update

[Android Central Question]

Is anyone else experiencing excessive battery drain after the recent Oreo update from Verizon? I had a full charge 4h 45m ago and my battery is already down to 51% with minimal usage. The only device or app usage above 5% is the screen with 10% at 1h 3m.

I usually get through the day easily but now I am having to charge before the day is over if I want to use my phone at all.

Thanks for any help.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Have you already tried wiping the cache partition? https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-25804

 

[skynny70]

Welcome to Android Central! Have you already tried wiping the cache partition? https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-25804

Thanks for the advice. I did this last night but it doesn't seem to have helped the issue with the excessive battery drain. It has been off full charge for 3 hours and my battery is already at 66%. I have made two phone calls, sent several text messages, and replied to some emails. Nothing in usage is higher than 6% which is the "screen" for 38 mins.

I have had no previous issues with battery drain until I upgraded to Oreo this past weekend. Arggghhh!

 

[B. Diddy]

Does any app show up as using an inordinate amount of battery in the battery stats?

You could also try running in Safe Mode for a while to see if the problem is due to a 3rd party app you installed that might not be playing nice with the new update. https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-25901

 

[skynny70]

The battery stats look pretty standard to me.

 

[B. Diddy]

Mobile Network Standby seems a little high -- that can increase if cell signal is poor. Try installing GSam Battery Monitor and look at the Cell Signal Strength graph over the course of a charge.

 

[skynny70]

Battery life has improved slightly but still not what I used to get before the Oreo update. Here are some stats from GSam Battery Monitor.

 

[B. Diddy]

Cell signal strength seems fairly unstable. Has this always been the case? Are you able to see what your battery life is like in an area with solid cell signal?

 

[skynny70]

I have not been in any different areas than normal. Basically work and home. My home doesn't get great cell signal but I have lived there five years and didn't have this issue prior to upgrading to Oreo. I am at a loss.

 

[B. Diddy]

Did you already try using the phone in Safe Mode for a while?

 

[TBoltJ]

I have not been in any different areas than normal. Basically work and home. My home doesn't get great cell signal but I have lived there five years and didn't have this issue prior to upgrading to Oreo. I am at a loss.

I found I had a similar issue when I first upgraded but not as bad. Have you updated your apps to more current versions? I had held back as many were changed for Oreo. I especially found that upgrading the Verizon messages app helped. I kept finding very long wait times to open each message the first time. I ended up updating over 30 apps and Id say it normalized out over the next day or two. I will suggest you read the reviews for each app for the current version before you update as some have bugs. I didnt clear cache or anything but I did restart the phone after updates. FYI I restart my phone periodically and it helps a lot!

 

[skynny70]

I found I had a similar issue when I first upgraded but not as bad. Have you updated your apps to more current versions? I had held back as many were changed for Oreo. I especially found that upgrading the Verizon messages app helped. I kept finding very long wait times to open each message the first time. I ended up updating over 30 apps and Id say it normalized out over the next day or two. I will suggest you read the reviews for each app for the current version before you update as some have bugs. I didnt clear cache or anything but I did restart the phone after updates. FYI I restart my phone periodically and it helps a lot!

I have updated every app except Chrome because I was having the known email issue. Maybe that won't occur now that I am on Oreo? I will look into that and see what happens.

 

[skynny70]

I think I may have resolved my issue. At least I have improved the battery life anyway. I did some Google searches and found these two posts on Mashtips.

https://mashtips.com/android-oreo-extend-battery-life/

https://mashtips.com/find-battery-draining-apps-android-oreo/

I also updated Chrome which I had not done in 5 weeks due to the email issue I was having. I am not sure what helped. It may have been one specific change or a combination of all the things I did from these articles but I am seeing less battery drain.

 

[ItsjustmeMV]

I have the same problem!!! But after seeing this post i checked to see my background usage, and i had a lot to see hahah. Facebook is the devil! 9hrs of background usage is criminal... guessing that's why my phone was draining fast... Thank you for this post! Hopefully i solved my problem too

 

[Principino93]

I have exactly the same issue and also was having problem with shutdowns and bootloops when low battery etc. I replace battery and it resolved that issues, but still have trouble with battery drain. When phone is not used battery is great, get 92% points on htc battery test but when i start to use it battery is going down rapidly, im getting max around 3h on sot with new battery... And i see like you skynny high drain on mobile network like never before, on older android i was having 1 maybe 2%, now sometimes around 7-10%,and higher results on android system and kernel. Dont know what to do, i have done also factory reset after replacing battery and it hadnt changed anything. That tips you have linked didnt helped me