@OrenGazala wrote: Well I got the new September patch too.  Right now I won't update since I see some people here says it doesn't change anything.  I don't know why Samsung is doing this thing. Why would they send each month security update without fixing that stupid issue?    I've seen someone in XDA said he solved the battery drain issue on oreo by flashing the modem of nougat but staying on oreo. I asked him for specific instructions on how to do that.  Does anyone know how it's possible? I think I've seen that thread on XDA forum, but that was resolving standby battery drain. I resolved mine by switching VoLTE Calls option off. However, many of us here have problems with battery drain while the phone is being used. Android shows that the screen is the biggest battery drainer, which is obviously not true, because that problem started with firmware update released around July. First version of Oreo which was released around May was perfectly fine for me. I was happy until that unfortunate July's update arrived... ... View more

@Fightmilk wrote: Is anyone on the forum based in the UK or Ireland? I am going to email the CEO using the link below. Would be good if a few other people could do the same to bring this forum to their attention. email-the-ceo Thanks for the link mate. I'll send them an email in the evening. This is becoming a joke now. I'm seriously beginning to believe they are doing this deliberately. Changing bootloader to v3 (without any particular reason) in the latest update so people cannot safety go back to Nougat confirms my theory. They basically want to kill S7 and make us buying new phones. I might actually make their wish come true, but my new phone will not be Samsung, that's for sure... ... View more

@AliTheMan wrote: I've got the update and so far the battery drain is still there.... I don't know if I should replace the battery or not. The Samsung member app says my battery health is good and nothing is wrong with it. Should I replace the battery? Any suggestions would be much appreciated  I'm afraid that this problem has nothing to do with battery. It is simply a firmware issue which Samsung doesn't give a s*** about. I'm really angry now. If you are saying that this update hasn't fixed this issue for you, I'm going back to Android 7. "Thank you" Samsung for breaking our phones! ... View more

It seems that another firmware has just been released. However, it seems to have bootloader v3. Has anyone tried it already? Is there any improvement with battery life time on that firmware? I'm referring to the battery life when phone is being used etc.       ... View more

@Carolll wrote: Hi all, is there someone more that got the august security patches? Some say it brings no improvements or significant changes at all, here still getting too much heat for nothing I've got August security patches, but there is no improvement. I have no problems with battery when phone is idle, but as soon as I start using it, battery goes down at huge rate with no apparent reason. I have two identical phones with exactly the same issue. Both were running Oreo with no problems until firmware update released at the end of July. I'm at the edge of patience. I submitted logs via Samsung Members, but I keep getting reply advising me to take both phones to the nearest Samsung Center which is 50 miles away from me. They probably don't even bother forwarding my logs to developers for analysis. Typical customer support. I'm not going to buy Samsung phone again. ... View more

@Tester3 wrote: For whats it worth I used a solution posted earlier by Franky5 and it worked for me.   To start a I have a Verizon Galaxy s7 edge with Oreo. I have been plagued since the moment I upgraded the OS to Oreo with battery drain and a constantly hot device. My battery would only last 4-5 hours and the cell standby was responsible for 40-50% of that battery drain.   I tried wiping the cache first, monitoring the battery drain over a few days of usage - no success as the problem still existed. Then, I tried resetting to factory defaults , monitoring the battery drain over a few days of usage  - no success.    Then I came across Franky5's solution and decided to try it. To my amazement it seems to have worked for me. Franky5 suggested a couple of solutions but I only tried the following: "Go to developer options (By clicking several times on build version, in software information) and changing the Background Process Limit, I set it to 3"   I've now tested this solution for a couple of days and my cell standby usage went from 40-50% to 2%. That's just amazing. My battery drain seems to be close to what I was getting on Nougat prior to the Oreo(although maybe still a little more that Nougat by 5-10%.) But a least with the fix I can make it through the day without needing to charge as I did with Nougat.   I have to admit something I found weird though. I went back into the Background Process Limit setting and it was set back to Standard Limit. I did not change it back to this, it changed magically. BUT, this battery drain problem did go away when I changed this setting and it has not returned even though the setting changed back. I haven't done anything else that may be responsible for solving the issue. I use my phone in the same physical area and my cell coverage/signal strength has been consistent throughout including using 4G.   Thanks to Franky5.   I've tried this, but unfortunately, it has made no difference :-( ... View more

@Liamm wrote: After the last update in Poland/Play mine is fixed. Phone is able to work for 2 days again. Today after 12h I've got 77% and stats say that battery should hold out for 1 day and 4h       I wish I could say the same thing about mine. I'm on the latest firmware and I'm still having issues...       ... View more

@Joakim wrote: @AntS With all due respect, but I don't buy it. Oreo was released for S7 after almost a year since that OS premiere and what Samsung developers did during that time? No beta tests? New OS should give us better battery performance, whilst most of us struggle to reach Nougat battery level. It's ridiculous. The funny part is that the very first release of Oreo for S7 may have been ok. I personally had no problems with battery life on Oreo until July update. So, initially everything may have been fine, but then they messed up something along the line. ... View more

Have you guys tried the latest firmware (released today)? I've applied it and unfortunately there is no change. So far I'm under impression that it is even worse. 20 minutes of browsing in Chrome via WiFi has consumed 6%. That's way too much. ... View more

@Mesho wrote: I got updated to ERGE on Poland XEO and it seems quite fair on day with only LTE. I just haven't seen device idle before with more than 1-2% - here we see 6% - have you noticed it? In my location with quite bad signal strength I typically have 4-5h of SOT on Nougat, right now phone isn't heating so it's not really disaster. GSAM shows that mvp on battery eaters from apps is kernel with lots of kworker, is it OK? As I mentioned earlier I had noticed significant battery drain during idle as well. However, after turning off "VoLTE calls" option under "Settings -- Connections -- Mobile Networks" idle drain problem disappeared. This however hasn't improved much greater battery consumption when phone is being used. During light internet browsing, I can literally see battery percentage dropping. This was not the case before firmware updates. Very frustrating... ... View more

@Halonkira wrote: Does your battery drain come from "cell standby"? I'm suffering in Oreo a serious battery drain of cell standby. The drain is only when you're using mobile data. I'm not the only one with this problem. My wife's and my phones suffered from the same problem. Battery drain when phone was idle was really bad. Switching off " VoLTE" option under Settings -- Connections -- Mobile Networks helped a lot. Battery drain in idle is back to normal, but phone still consumes much more energy during use. For example, 40 min of web browsing and few minutes of YouTube on WiFi consumed 10%. This was not the case before recent updates. It seems they messed something up with radios. Hopefully this will get fixed soon. ... View more

@James0071 wrote: Hi,    I really like my S7 Edge. However as a direct result of installing the Oreo update I have significant battery drain. The drain is attributable to cell standby which sometimes reaches over 50% of battery use. It definitely did not do this on Nougat, ever.    I have not added any apps to cause this problem and would really like a suggestion about what to do. I can't believe Safe Mode will have any effect as this has happened as a result of the upgrade, not rogue apps. I am not keen to do a factory reset either as I can't see the benefit. I have cleared the cache, removed some apps, restarted etc, turned off any battery hungry options in settings but to no avail.   If anybody could help me I would be very grateful. I believe it is a bug in Oreo or Samsung's altered version of Oreo but cannot prove either. I can't think what to do apart from find out how to downgrade back to Nougat, which I don't want to do.   Many thanks.   I have had the same probkem with my S7. Battery drain during idle was really bad etc.  Yesterday, I came across "VoLTE" option under Settings -- Connections -- Mobile Networks. I didn't remember having it before hence I disabled it. My idle battery drain is back to normal. However, the phone still consumes much more energy during use. For example, 40 min of web browsing and few minutes of YouTube on WiFi drained 10%. This was not the case before recent updates. It seems they messed something up with radios. I submitted logs via Samsung Members. Let's see what happens.  ... View more