@OrenGazala wrote: Well I have decided to wait for the next update and that's it. If Samsung won't be able to make it be better, Ill revert to nougat. I saw the discussion here about the bootloader version, mine is 2 which means I can do that.   I also checked for custom roms in XDA, saw there is a big lineage os 15.1 thread development going on there but it is currently doesbtd support Bluetooth calls (which is critic in car or with zungle glasses).   Moreover, anyone can confirm something about the official 8.1 update to our variant? And where the hell are Samsung staff members in this thread? All I can see is fraustrating customers complaining about the battery drain and that's it. This is ridiculouse..  My next phone won't be Samsung for sure! @OrenGazala actually I don't think there will ever be an 8.1 version on the S7s, they are not able to get the 8.0 version right, can you imagine how many bugs we would need to bare on the 8.1, God forbid 😂 .    However GSM Arena is announcing a September patch, the G930FXXS3ERHD. Did anyone got that yet ? And if yes, is it fixing the battery drainage issue ?    Here is the article from GSM Arena published yesterday, September 15:   https://m.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_s7_and_s7_edge_get_googles_september_security_patch-amp-33276.php   ... View more

Back in the early days of smartphones when there were only BlackBerry and Iphone I had an issue with my Blackberry after they updated their software, it was something that made my phone kind of unusable because I couldn't open some sites in the dedicated browser, you know what BlackBerry did after I had complained to their CEO (as I did now for at least 10 times complaining to Samsung's CEO in my country) ? They had sent me free of charge their latest model that didn't had that issue !!! Now this is the way to compensate loyal customers that suffer because your *****ups!!!    To be honest with you I'm almost sure that nobody from Samsung even reads those threads but if they do, they should compensate each and every customer that suffers from their incompetence that is now lasting for more than 3 months, by offering them a free new device that actually works properly !!!  ... View more

@Angelo23 wrote: Hello guys I have to say that my operator updated by OTA my phone in Spain 10 days ago.   I was having batery drain issues since 1 month aprox. My phone was version G930FXXU2ERD6. Updated to version  G930FXXU2ERGE/G930FXXU2ERGC and all works fine now.    Battery recovered original duration levels from last months and usage of Cell Standby is max 4% daily. Before the update, Cell Stanbdy usage was 30-40 % daily.   Regards @Angelo23 Got the same ERGC basebad version with ERH6 built number a couple of days ago and for the moment, as you said the Cell Standby drainage is lower, I can't say yet if the general battery drainage stopped but what I can say is that the Phone app started to get stuck for few seconds whenever I'm dialing a number. So don't cellebrate yet, Samsung fixed something but broke something else !!! ... All the software developers should be fired, how is it possible that no one can fix the issue properly ?!! ... View more

@Fisiksguy wrote: Out of interest, has anyone else taken their phone to a Samsung support centre over this issue? This is what Samsung had suggested when I talked to them over online chat. The support centre reflashed my phone software but it made no difference.  Did a visit to a support centre solve the problem for anyone?  @Fisiksguy I took mine based on their request and NO the problem wasn't fixed. I believe I already posted that, they changed my phone's battery and mother board and of course that has nothing to do with the software bugs.  ... View more

Hi guys,    Just had a chat with one of Samsung's executives in Romania after I've sent them at least a dozen of emails regarding this issue and I was astonished when he told me that I am probably the only one reporting this problem in Romania and Bulgaria.  Of course that's a lot of bull but just to be sure, is there anyone from Romania or Bulgaria (Samsung Bulgaria is affiliated to Samsung Romania) experiencing the battery drain on an S7 Flat with the following update ?:    Baseband: G930FXXU2ERGC  Built: R16NW.G930FXXU2ERGE Security Patch: 1 July 2018    Please let me know.    ... View more

Hi guys, I've got an OTA update yesterday, not sure if that was meant for the Romanian market because I was in roaming, it's the G930FXXU2ERG2 for Samsung S7 Flat.  I can't say anything yet but for the first day it looks like the Cell Standby dropped from an average 40% usage to a 6 % one.  And yes, this one has July 1st security patch.  Hope it will do the trick for me, I'll let you know in the upcoming days.  ... View more

@ovidiul wrote: @WonderToy  Then why only happened on s7 and why Samsung do nothing ? Samsung Romania did not even bother to answer me.  @ovidiul I'm from Romania too, look you have to contact the CEO, not the regular average ***** that's working for Samsung's customer service. Do that !... although they won't help you too much but at least they will be more aware of their sitty update problem ! And by the way this update is about s7 and s7 Edge ! ... View more

@WonderToy wrote: Start Googling. There are Oreo Standby drain problem on S7, S8, S9, OnePlus devices, Sony devices etc. Grow up and stop whining. We need solution, not a bunch of crybabies crying over Samsung.   @dj1891 Name a single "non-dirty" company. I dare you.  @WonderToy do you have an S7 or an S7 Edge that's having this issue ? If not, than please go to the sites that suits you're phone maker and model !  ... View more

@dj1891 wrote: Just a thought, would switching to Wifi calling help with standby drain? I never use wifi calling to be honest. @dj1891 I have used Wi-Fi Calling but this option only helps you get better quality calls while you are on an Wi-Fi network in order to save your data plan but besides the fact that Wi-Fi Calling is not always available it doesn't help saving you're battery too much. The Cell Standby process goes rogue because of this but in the update, I activated the Keep Wi-Fi During sleep and the process still consumed 10% of my battery during a 7 hours sleep. ... View more

@SmashMix yes I did contacted Android Authority just a couple of hours ago. Wrote a brief description of the issue and send them the link to this thread. ... View more

@VSiam wrote: @Kianda wrote: There are some new modem firmwares around that some users at XDA are testing already and the drain seems gone. I and others here already tested this new modem firmware, it fix battery stats for "cell standby" but not the bug itself, you can read a few pages back. And Android System drain is a newborn after cell standby drain "fix". :smileylol: But user at XDA in this thread mentioned that "Android System Drain fixed by flashing TGP Kernel". There is always hope. :smileyhappy:   @KornelB, perhaps we need some media attention like GSM Arena etc.? @VSiam yes, I belive that would be a great idea, let's contact GSM Arena and Adroid Authority, let's organize a little bit, we can't let Samsung threat us, US flagship buyers, like heard that must follow their trend, I'm sure you all agree with that, we paid for our devices which got bricked because they decided to !!!  @VSiam do you have the means to contact GSM Arena ? I'll contact Android Authority and you guys that are posting here, let us know which one will back us up !!! Let's do something, let's make them understand that they can't fk with the users !!!  .... otherwise no one will take us for granted!!!  ... View more

Guys, I have to say it's crystal clear to me that Samsung won't do anything about this issue, they don't even admit it's there, which is quite tragical !!!  Why am I strongly convinced about that? Well, I have sent at least 50 Error Report via Samsung Members app, at least 20 emails to the CEO, talked to at least 4 so called Samsung experts and 2 of representants of the top management, which I'm sure you've done too, and all of them told me that they "didn't got any reports about that issue" besides mine !!! I'm telling you, I even recorded the conversation with them, I could post them if I had the possibility to upload files although the conversations are in Romanian, anyway it's clear that SAMSUNG DOESN'T WANT TO ADMIT THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THIS UPDATE !  So if you want your headfk to stop, do as I decided to do: forget about Samsung which turned into another *****y company like Apple that wants to force their clients to spend their cash buying newer models and go for Google phones or Huawei or other brands that show more respect to the customer, I sure will ! ... View more

@Kianda wrote: SM-G930F - Android 8.0.0 Same issue; severe battery drain caused by cell standby. Since Oreo I need to charge the smartphone way more times than before.   Ticket already opened. Screenshot and all possible info provided. Fu**s given by Samsung? None. I mean 20+ pages of reports and still nothing? Bug happens I know, I'm not mad for that... What is really  embarrassing here is that Samsung refuses to acknowledge this. @Kianda I'm not sure that someone from Samsung is actually reading what we are writing here. For example, yesterday I was contacted by a Samsung representative due to my several Error Reports sent to them using the Samsung Members app, and when I mentioned that there are other users reporting the same issue on Samsung Community, he said he is not aware of that, as they usually take in consideration what was reported directly to them not on some blog even if the blog is on their website. That's why I suggested to you all to send error reports via the Samsung Members app and even to write those complains to the CEO, those emails that you will write will be distributed to the top management of Samsung's regional representative.  ... View more

@Carolll I saw that the Samsung Members app comes preinstalled once you upgrade to the Android 8.0, don't think he has to download it, it's just hidden somehow in the Samsung folder. ... View more

@Vylet22 wrote: @ KornelB- Thank you so much for the reply and trying to help this rookie. Okay, 1- don't see a "members app" 2-would love to use the other outlets mentioned if my phone wasn't restarting every 15 mins or so. I'm lucky if I get this post in.... @Vylet22 the Samsung Members app should be in: Apps (swipe up or down in the home menu) Samsung folder, Samsung Members. You will need to have a Samsung account if you don't have one I believe you can easily create it when the app starts, although not 100% sure as I created my Samsung account with the startup tutorial (you know when you first set up your phone).   I never had that restarting by itself issue but I belive you could try to either do a hard reset by pressing the power button and volume down (press both at the same time and keep them pressed until your phone switches off, it will restart by itself), or do a cache wipe. Again, never had that issue, maybe other senior members have better ideas of what you could try.  ... View more

@Vylet22 wrote: If you give us contact info, I'm sure everyone on this thread will do so. Now, a week and a half after Oreo update, it's not just decimated battery life anymore. My phone is HOT and it restarts at random- while using it and while it's charging. I wake up n it has restarted ovwrnight @Vylet22 in order to send an error report you have to use the Samsung Members app that comes preinstalled with the Oreo update, go to the Support tab, Send Feedback and then choose Error Reports, it will by default send along with your message the system logs from your phone.   If you want to write an email to the CEO go to Samsung.com, Contact, Contact the Top Management or write to the CEO and you'll need to fullfill you details and then submit your message to the top management.  ... View more

Hi guys,   Let me update you on Samsung's responses so far, I have sent about 15 error reports, they have replied that "we are looking into the issue and we will notify you as fast as we have a solution" so playing stupid....    I have emailed the CEO 5 times now, everytime a guy called Sorin Nastase calls me back and asks me to submit my phone to one of their services one more time (I did submitted the phone onces and they have changed the battery and the mother board !, of course with no success because they have kept the same faulty system software). Very curious and strange is that when I asked this Sorin Nastase to provide a replacement during the time my phone is in service he said that they could only provide an S6 Edge or an A3, when I asked why do they have the S6 Edge and not the S7 as a spare he couldn't logicly explain, what he did mentioned is, and I quote: "this is the first time someone reported such an issue", call me crazy but when the Samsung representative doesn't want to provide you a similar phone as a replacement while yours in in service, this can only mean 2 things: 1. They know that replacement will have the same issues and they don't want you, as the user to realize that because you might sue them; 2. They know about the issue but they are  not willing to do anything about it, so they want to sacrifice the S7 and S7 Edge, forget about it and make the users go spend another 8-900 bucks for the S8 or the S9.   So, guys, I'm saying that we should all do the following: remind Samsung that they are responsible for the premium devices that they have sold us and now they are trying to make us get rid off by sending them at least 20 Error Reports per day ... we all have to write several messages to the CEOs and remind them that they can't ***** with the customer as they see fit !!!      ... View more

Guys, I'm sick and tired of this issue, Samsung is making too many mistakes that are affecting the users, first battery that are a manace to the customers and now system updates that are making the top products unusable.  I'll seriously consider changing the producers, either Huawei or HTC. Really serious about this, I'm sick and tired to wait until they will fix their *****ups. ... View more

The nerv that Samsung has is really unbelievable!  Everytime that their incompetent engineers are failing making the customer pay for an expensive product that is either being broken from the moment it's bought (batteries exploding) or their other incompetent software developers are braking it afterwards with software updates that nobody from Samsung cares to check before it is released ... THEY ARE ASKING US, THE CUSTOMER, TO BE PATIENT and wait until they are fixing their *****ups!!!  Really ??? That much nerv and disconsiderance ???? ... View more

@AntS wrote: Hi all.   Just a brief update: Our software teams are investigating this issue, but determining an exact cause has proven to be more challenging than expected. They're continuing to look into this until they find a cause and a solution for you - and we'll keep you posted on any news.   In the meantime, please do keep submitting your experiences here and log files via error reports through the Members app; as well as keeping your phone's software and apps updated to the latest versions. I would think twice when I would want to keep my phone's software updated next time!!! If I wouldn't have kept my phone software updated NOW MY PHONE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN A WORTHLESS PIECE OF ***** WITH THE *****TIEST BATTERY EVER !!! So DO NOT UPDATE your phone software UNTIL YOU READ CAREFULLY AND MAKE SURE THAT SAMSUNG ISN'T BRAKING YOUR PHONE AGAIN !!! ... View more

@VSiam wrote: @srg-b, @KornelB - Since allegedly fixed firmware is already in the wild for TW & HK regions, there is no reasons to worry about OTA for other regions. Or it is? Moreover, ERF4 is AFAIK 4th public release of Oreo for S7. First in May was for BTU only and gets bootloop, then second fixed went global, 3rd EREM become global too (current latest) and now started ERF4.   But if you want to try new build right now, you are free to flash BL/CP files with Odin, links for G930F(D) and G935F(D) are already posted in this thread. @VSiam I have the EREM right now as you can see from the pic, I would like to try the new ERF4 but I'm not so good with that software stuff man 😁 and besides that I really don't understand why the Samsung representative in my country (Romania) is denying that they have encountered the same issues up till now, that can only mean that they are covering up.    So what I will do, I'll submit my S7 flat to their service,  as they've  requested, not before making screen shots of everything that I can regarding the software version ... and see what they'll have to explain when they will check what they are now stating as "never been reported here". If they will fix the issue I hope I'll be able to identify what they did, but if they won't, I'll make sure that this entire sarrade that they are pulling goes public, and I mean public, TV, online you name it ... even if I'll have to pay for it I sware I'll do it !    I'm sick and tired of that bull man, first they have wasted my time going to the service where they have replaced the battery and the mother board, which didn't helped at all !!! Than they are now asking me to submit the phone once again to "further check the issue"... come on !!!    ... View more

@srg-b wrote: good luck waiting for samsung to patch a non-flagship device I totally agree with Srg-b, I have the same Baseband and Build as Rezakho and I have already contacted Samsung 3 times now, even talked to the representant of the top management... their answer is "there were no reports on such issue in Romania, so this is the first time a user reported such situation".   They have asked me to leave the phone in their service for them to be able to further study the issue, which I will actually do,  so I have to tottaly agree that there will be no patch soon.   I will keep you guys informed but as I said before, it looks to me that they either don't know what they are doing or they are just trying to cover up for the faulty software that they are pushing into people's phones.    ... View more

The Samsung representative in my country is a total joke (Romania), after they asked me to reset the phone to the factory settings, which of course didn't helped, they checked the phone online via Smart Tutor, which didn't helped either and eventually asked me to go to one of their service shops where they have replaced, get ready for this: the S7 flat's MOTHER BOARD AND BATTERY !!!    That happened last Thursday. Since then, I'm getting 5 hours more on my new battery, which is normal regarding that fact the old one was one and a half years old, but I'm experiencing the same issue with the Cell Standby using between 25 and 35 percent of my battery.  Even when the phone is not in use during the night, I'm getting a 20% drainage. Yesterday for example, when I went to sleep the phone had 20 % battery and when I woke up 7 hours later I found it dead.   So, that makes it clear, they either don't have a clue of what they are doing or they are just trying to cover up for their software *****up, in any case one thing is sure, this is not a hardware issue. ... View more

Don't bother to do a factory reset, I already did and didn't changed anything, still the Cell Standby is eating up my battery. However what it seems to have a little impact in making the Cell Standby consume a little bit less is to disable the "Keep Mobile data turned on" option from the Developer menu, which is on by default. ... View more