On February 1st, the company unveiled the Galaxy S23 series, which runs Android 13-based One UI 5.1 out of the box. Starting February 13, Samsung has begun to release the S23 lineup’s exclusive One UI 5.1 software with its older flagship devices including the S22 series.

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Features apart, the Galaxy S22, S22 Plus and S22 Ultra users are facing different kinds of issues (via PiunikaWeb) with their smartphones such as battery drain, heating and low power efficiency. Users believe that the situation was better before December 2022 patch, which got worse with January 2023 patch.

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Among consumers, there are discussions that the battery drain and heating issues are generated on models due to chipset maker differences as well as Samsung Foundry. The Exynos 2200 and Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processors are manufactured by Samsung Foundry.

Due to inefficient processes, the system on the chip gets affected by battery consumption issues due to thermal management. Since consumers in some countries such as India are quite satisfied with their Galaxy S22 phone’s battery, the issue is mainly reported spotted on Exynos models.

During Exynos 2200’s internal testing, Samsung faced critical thermal throttling due to the chipset’s inefficiency and additionally powerful GPU, which forced it to reduce clock speed by 0.61Ghz. To bring the world’s most powerful GPU, Samsung partnered with AMD and used Xclipse GPU in the Exynos 2200.

Due to Exynos’ heating and Foundry’s production efficiency issues, Samsung turned to Qualcomm and decided to ditch its self-developed SoC from the Galaxy S lineup. This year, the Galaxy S23 series uses Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset manufactured by TSMC, worldwide.

We hope Samsung will soon fix battery draining and heating issues on the Galaxy S22 devices through a firmware update. Since hardware issues can’t be fixed with even hundreds of firmware updates, they could be reduced or optimized with code changes.

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Updated on March 15

Due to bad battery life, some Galaxy S22 Ultra users are wondering to upgrade to the Galaxy S23 Ultra, which is setting new records in efficiency. Meanwhile, it’s bad to hear that the company has not yet completely fixed the battery draining issue on the S22 series.

Are my apps that power hungry ? To where I can’t even get 3 hours of SOT, without having to charge. ABSOLUTELY love the phone but considering upgrading to s23 ultra just because of the battery upgrade. Which I can’t even say it’s worth paying the extra 5-600 dollars for that. from S22Ultra

Mar. 11

Samsung started rolling out March 2023 security update to the Galaxy S22 series. And we have noted different feedback from consumers, with some users having better battery efficiency, while some are still complaining about the drainage issue.

Mar. 4

Galaxy S22 Ultra (Exynos) users continue to report (1, 2) battery drain issues on their smartphones. Hopefully, the March 2023 security update will bring improvements to battery efficiency as part of fixing the issue.

Feb. 23

After upgrading to the One UI 5.1 software, some Galaxy S22 smartphone users are still facing battery draining and low power efficiency issues. Not only the screen on time, but the battery is also getting more consumed while the screen is off, or not in use.

Feb. 14

Reports suggest that the One UI 5.1 update has not fixed Galaxy S22’s battery-draining problems.

Feb. 13

Samsung pushed the major One UI 5.1 update for several Galaxy devices including the S22 series. It’s now expanding to both Exynos and Snapdragon models, worldwide. Hopefully, the One UI 5.1 update will resolve the battery draining and low power efficiency problems.

Feb. 7

Concerns like abnormal battery drain and low power efficiency continue to emerge (1, 2, 3, 4) on the Galaxy S22 series devices. The company has recently pushed the February patch for select Galaxy models, and we hope, it could fix the battery and heating problems.

I have had the Galaxy S22 (Exynos) for almost a year now and my experience has not been completely satisfactory The battery gives me between 2-3 hours of SOT, and the device’s performance has been quite poor. There are frequent lags, the phone gets very hot, and if l’m playing a game (not a heavy game, for example Brawl Stars) while listening to music with the Galaxy Buds Pro, the music cuts out and the experience ends up being very bad. Does anyone else have this problem? Do you think that if a go to the technical service they can give me a solution?

Feb. 5

Two more Galaxy S22 smartphone users reported having battery drain and overheating issues. According to the first affected user, their S22 heats up in general usage (such as WhatsApp, Twitter), however, the device is already delivering bad battery efficiency.

Second user said that they have fully charged the smartphone and the battery drained by 13% without any usage in the meantime. The user speculates that the Always on Display feature is eating battery heavily, however, there seems a software issue.

Jan. 31

A Galaxy S22 smartphone user said on Reddit that Samsung’s authorized service center can just factory reset the device and recommends waiting for a few days since the battery health is good. It looks like processor issues and buggy software is causing the battery drain and overheating issues.

Jan. 30

Samsung released the 2nd January 2023 firmware update Galaxy S22 series in certain regions but the battery drain and overheating issues continue to emerge. Meanwhile, there are different kinds of workarounds, which has the latest entry of turning off “Adaptive Battery” feature.

• Open System Settings >> Battery >> Adaptive preferences >> Turn on “Adaptive Battery”

Jan. 28

A Reddit user @lazykryptonian said that the Galaxy S22’s overheating issue is caused because of the chipset’s design and Samsung foundry problems. Further, they added that “Some are much better than others but there’s no control over getting a decent one vs bad.”

Jan. 27

A Galaxy S22 Ultra user claimed that after restricting background activities of unused apps, the battery consumption is greatly reduced. As per the user, the battery consumption before restricting activities was 10% per hour, which is now 2% per hour. You can also try it as a temporary fix.

Jan. 25

Samsung provides you with tips that will show you how to get the best out of your battery in everyday usage and how to look after your battery. The tips are as follows:

• > Reduce display brightness level
• > Close, disable, or uninstall unused Apps
• > Turn off Always On Display (AOD) or set a schedule
• > Toggle off WiFi, Bluetooth and GPS when not in use
• > Turn on Power saving mode
• > Check your device Signal bars

Jan. 24

Some users reported having overheating issues during video calls, as well as on WhatsApp video calls. And amid battery drain controversy, a Galaxy S22 Ultra user said that his phone’s brightness was fading day by day, which could be because of abnormal battery drain.

Jan. 23

Issues like abnormal battery drain and overheating continue to emerge on the Galaxy S22 series devices, with Exynos models being most affected. Consumers complained that the January patch destroyed battery performance and generated heating issues, even in normal usage.

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Samsung One UI 5.1 issue like battery drain and low power efficiency were initially reported for the Galaxy S22 and S21 series, however, the Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Z Fold 3 users are facing similar difficulties, as multiple user-generated reports and complaints were gathered by PiunikaWeb.

Consumers report that the battery life of their Galaxy Z Fold smartphone got almost destroyed after installing the One UI 5.1 firmware. In addition, some users claimed that the update has broken the charging function or it’s getting discharged rapidly.

Apart from Reddit threads, Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Fold 3 users are complaining about the battery draining problem on Samsung’s official community forum. This high amount of threads and reports indicate that the battery drain issue is widespread.

On the flip side, some Samsung consumers are reporting just the opposite. Their phone’s battery life got improved over the One UI 5.0 and the system software is delivering a better user experience. Do note that every major firmware switch requires a certain time to optimize the device and functions.

“Fold4 with OneUI 5.1. here. Nothing bad at all. More stable and Battery seems a bit better. Will see next few more days.” Source

Temporary solution

We recommend consumers wait until the March 2023 firmware update arrives for their device. Possibly, the company may deliver patches to improve the battery life got affected by the One UI 5.1 firmware. Meanwhile, you can try clearing the Android cache as a temporary solution.

Moreover, you should update the system apps and third-party apps to the latest version so they could perform well and efficiently with the new software. We will keep you updated on the matter and will notify you if any authentic input or acknowledgment appears.

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With a long-lasting battery, the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra brings all-day performance and allows us to stay connected with our family members and beloved ones.

As a fan of Samsung, I’ve purchased the top variant of the Galaxy Note 20 series, the Galaxy Note 20 Ultra and I was really impressed with its design and the work Samsung did on this flagship. (by the way, I am still impressed with this flagship)

As a smartphone enthusiast, I spent most of my time playing with different apps and around the entire software ecosystem of the smartphones but I don’t spend much time on the social media website, Facebook, or its mobile app.

Recently, I’ve spotted a big problem with my Note 20 Ultra’s battery life, all thanks to an app called Facebook and its service that runs in the background and drains the phone’s battery for unnecessary reasons.

This morning, Device care showed me a warning that Facebook is consuming intensive battery life. Then I jumped into the Device care’s battery details section and found that the Facebook app alongside its background service had been running silently without even using it.

As you can see in the screenshot, Facebook app usage for today is about 1.9% of battery share and it’s been used for 0 minutes but it has been active in the background for 43 minutes (and counting at the time of taking the screenshot). On the other hand, Facebook Services used for 0 mins but running in the background for 2 and half hours and consumed 1.6% percent battery life.

While looking at the battery usage for the last 7 days, I’ve found that the Facebook app ran for up to 6 hours in the background, and Facebook Services for over 20 hours a day, even though when I’ve not opened it for once.

Compared to this, if I sum up my actual Facebook app usage, then it’ll be a total of almost 30 minutes for the entire week.

Following this issue, I’ve researched on the web to confirm whether this problem is occurring only on my device or others too. The search results revealed that there are hundreds of Samsung smartphone users reported critical battery-draining issues just because of the Facebook mobile app.

Facebook is a massively used mobile app and offers many features for users. On other hand, it also gives a negative effect on the performance of the smartphone. Can you guess why it damages the performance of a smartphone? I can.

According to its terms and conditions, the Facebook application continuously runs in the background to check and send frequent notifications. Yes, when you are not using the Facebook app, it still runs in the background and consumes the battery as well as storage too.

Some Facebook users also suggest to stop using the FB mobile app to prevent unnecessary battery consumption because there’s no permanent fix that has been applied from Facebook on this matter.

In my opinion, if you spent too much of your time on Facebook then keep it in your app drawer. On the other hand, if you don’t want to keep it then open Samsung internet or Google Chrome and use the web version.

If you’re also facing critical battery drainage issues on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone just because of the Facebook application, share your valuable thoughts with us in the comments below.

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In the battery department, the Galaxy Note 20 packs a 4300mAh battery, while the top variant Galaxy Note 20 Ultra comes with a large 4500mAh all-day battery and recharges with a 25W super-fast charger.

Last month, one of the top carriers of the U.S., Verizon has rolled out 5G Nationwide connectivity update for all the carrier-locked 5G capable smartphones of Samsung.

After the recent firmware update, some of the Galaxy Note 20 series owners facing battery draining issues with their phones in the country. The battery performance has dropped to nearly 20-30% compared to before.

Read More: How to save battery life of your Samsung Galaxy Note 20 or Note 20 Ultra

Furthermore, the Galaxy Note 20 series owners complaining about the network speed after the recent software update since getting the 5G update in mid-October, data speeds were the same on 5G as 4G in the United States.

It is still unclear why these issues are occurring to the most expensive Samsung smartphones. We hope, the carrier and Samsung should immediately acknowledge this problem and roll out a fix with an OTA.

If you also from the U.S. and facing any bug or errors on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone, let us know in the comment box below.

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