Samsung Galaxy S7 Battery Life Problem

[Jon45]

I got a Galaxy S7 Exynos about 3 weeks ago and have noticed the battery life has been draining pretty quick compared to what I have been reading in reviews about the phone. Yesterday I got about 4 hours screen on time with GPS off, mobile data off, Bluetooth off, and WiFi on. I have checked the battery usage and it seems to be mostly the Screen and Snapchat but even so it still seems abnormal. Could I have a virus on my phone? Could I have a defective battery and how can I check?
Thanks

 

[NiffiIsenguard]

Try turning off the Always on display and setting the screen to auto dim stopped mine from chugging it even then thought sounds like a rare bad battery at worst case scenario

 

[Jon45]

Yeah thanks for the reply I've already turned the always on display off and it doesn't seem to make much difference and my screen is at 40% to 50% brightness anyway so I don't suspect that's the problem.

 

[Tim1954]

Seems to be fairly heavy drain.. Maybe a faulty battery.
You could try a scan if you suspect malware but I doubt it is. I'm a heavy user and I get nearly a day out of mine...

 

[Jon45]

How could I check if it's a faulty battery? Can I run any tests on my phone or do I have to take it to Samsung?

 

[chanchan05]

4hrs of screen on time, ok. But how long was the standby time? Is it dual sim? How is the signal? I'd like to see GSAM graphs.

 

[Cakefish]

Me too. Can't seem to get past 4 hours of SOT even with setting GPS off and denying most of my apps permission to access location.

 

[Jon45]

I'll have to wait a while to get you some GSam Graphs but the phone usually has about 2 bars upwards and it is not dual SIM and a lot of the time I have it on it is not on standby.

 

[Jon45]

Me too. Can't seem to get past 4 hours of SOT even with setting GPS off and denying most of my apps permission to access location.

Yeah it's reassuring to see it not only my phone

 

[JonovisioC]

I get 4 to 5 hrs sot , no gaming and AOD and GPS off. Seems about right. My screen is set to 30%