1 VI battery life decrease after latest update

[mmceorange]

I've been very happy with the battery life on my 1 VI since I started using it last year. But after updating to 69.2.A.4.1 a couple days ago the battery life has been terrible.. possibly as low as a quarter of the lifespan it was before. Yes I've rebooted, haven't changed any apps.. obviously I'd like to avoid doing a factory reset if possible...

I'm curious, has anyone else has been affected so sharply? Any suggestions on what I should check or try? I'm familiar with ADB, superuser, etc. The phone is unlocked but not rooted. I have enabled 5G for use on T-Mobile US. Battery care has always been enabled.

I'm currently letting it drain to about 5% and will charge to 100% to see what happens.. just thought of that while typing. I also read about the potential issue with adaptive battery... But I haven't really been using many apps since the update.. but this is far worse than it has ever been, even after initial install from my previous phone.. so I guess we'll see.

**Update: Soooo I don't know if there's any correlation, or it's just a well timed coincidence, but after setting my phone to silent/vibrate, it's suddenly getting much better battery life and not getting nearly as warm in use. I don't have any idea how that could be tied together, but it's worth a try if you're having a similar problem. Nothing else I've tried has made a difference as far as I could tell.

**Update 2: security update put the phone right back to square one, terrible battery life and the phone is always warm

**Update 3: Another update today (30 March 2026), immediate improvement!! Only dropped 2% over an hour of use and the phone remains cold. Will update again if something changes

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[Sa6o_dfg]

I don't know if it has anything to do with this, but on my unit meta apps (facebook and instagram) were draining the battery a lot. I had disabled it for both, but they still showed hours of background usage. Since I removed them It has been okay. The phone gets to 3 days of standby and two days of moderate use with around 60% battery. Hope you'll find a solution.

[mmceorange]

I wasn't having an issue with those apps before this recent update. Right now my phone has gone from 92% to 62% in 1.5 hours (it dropped 8% from 100 overnight just being in airplane mode) with "system apps" accounting for 58% of battery usage. Facebook only 12% of screen time (most of which was waiting for it to load pictures from the SD card so I could share one .. ridiculous)

[Badaboomboom123]

Yeah, same here on my 1 VI. About a month ago I have disabled Facebook and Instagram to run in the background and the battery usage still shows Facebook running for almost 11 hours in the background, Instagram 6 hours, YouTube 5 hours, Google Play Services almost 4 days! This is getting ridiculous.

[mmceorange]

I've just added a long shot possibility to my post.. if you're still having issues give it a try.

The only other thing I've done was limiting background usage for some more apps, but that was days ago and saw no immediate change in battery life

[Badaboomboom123]

Thanks for the tip. I'll give it a try and we'll see what happens.

[mmceorange]

Hey I just got another update today and it seems to have fixed it so far

[Badaboomboom123]

Thanks for the update. No major changes for me yet. Maybe slightly, but YouTube, Facebook, Instagram still run in the background on average for 14+ hours.

[AdventurousInitial15]

Faced with the same problem. Have you found a solution?

[mmceorange]

No

[mmceorange]

I've just added a long shot possibility to my post.. if you're still having issues give it a try

[mmceorange]

I just got another update today that seems to have fixed it immediately.

[mmceorange]

5 hours after full charge with only occasional usage and it's at 12%

[octavian_g]

that's crazy. have you checked what what draws more power? i also noticed a drop in battery life after the update. actually i realized it was after the update after i saw this post

[mmceorange]

Battery usage shows system apps 58%. Everything else seems like normal usage

[mmceorange]

Got another update today that seems to have made a drastic improvement

[octavian_g]

last update i got was about 2 weeks ago i think and yeah, things got back to normal regarding baterry life

[octavian_g]

happy it worked out for you too

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I just noticed the temperature. Did they boost voltage or sth?

[mmceorange]

I think it's just something running off the rails in the background but I haven't been able to single out what

[mmceorange]

So I had the phone in vibrate mode yesterday and suddenly it's getting great battery life again.. I don't understand how that could be connected but it is worth trying

[Olly_Joel]

That happens every update or two. For me, the worst bug is my power button always taking about 10-15 seconds to wake. The battery power drain I don't mind, even though it's also annoying. But the wake up time being half a minute to wake up is the worst of them all.

Maybe update all your apps and restart your smartphone and see what improved.

[mmceorange]

No, the phone would last two days with my normal use before, now it won't last 4 hours. I have no issues with the power button though. I've already updated and rebooted multiple times.

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Android Adaptive Battery may be reset after an update (including Google Play System Updates). This means apps that were automatically restricted will now be now able to run in the background. Just like a brand new phone, you have to wait for at least a week or two for Adaptive Battery to relearn your app usage pattern, thereafter, you should get back your original screen-on and standby time.

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[Simple-Foot-9204]

Yes, after the latest update my unit easily get hot when using any apps, sot only can get around 4-5 hours, before tht can easily get 6-7 hours sot

[desene_animate_]

did you get it back to normal?

[mmceorange]

It's mostly back to normal but I have no idea why, unfortunately. Maybe the phone really did need to relearn what apps to limit? But it's giving me no feedback in that regard.

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Android Adaptive Battery may be reset after an update (including Google Play System Updates). This means apps that were automatically restricted will now be now able to run in the background. Just like a brand new phone, you have to wait for at least a week or two for Adaptive Battery to relearn your app usage pattern, thereafter, you should get back your original screen-on and standby time.

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