New UI 5.1 update and battery drainage (2024)

FAQs

Does the UI 5.1 drain the battery? ›

Battery fast draining since new UI 5.1 update. My Samsung S20+ phone and Watch 5 Pro. Since the latest UI 5.1 update my phone and watch5pro batteries are draining really fast, now they are not lasting 24 hours.

Be patient. It's normal to experience a drop -- even quite a significant drop -- in battery life after installing an iOS update. In the aftermath of an update, iPhones must carry out several background tasks that consume more battery power than usual.

Try clearing One UI Home cache from Settings and restarting the phone. If that does not help, then next step would be to clear One UI Home data from the Settings.

One of the main reasons is the high display refresh rate (120 Hz), which consumes more battery power. Another reason is the always on display feature, which keeps the screen on even when the phone is not in use. High brightness levels and having cellular data enabled all the time also cause battery drain issues.

If your phone's battery is draining faster than usual, it either means you're using a lot of energy or your phone is not using energy efficiently. This could mean you're overworking your phone by running too many applications, or something is physically wrong with the phone battery itself.

The sudden drain in your phone's battery can be due to several reasons. It could be because of a recent software update that is consuming more power, or applications running in the background, high screen brightness, enabled push email settings, or possibly a faulty battery.

Everything was fine before the 6.1 update. I could easily get 5-7 hrs SOT as I am light user. After the 6.1 update I can't even get through the day without charging once at least, sometimes more than once, and ending up flat at the end of the day.

How to save battery life on Samsung S23 Ultra? ›

Turn brightness to auto-brightness. Decrease the amount of time before your screen goes to sleep. Change the screen refresh rate from 120Hz to 60Hz. Turn on power saving mode.

On One UI 5 on my Galaxy Watch 4, it essentially doubled (!) my battery life on battery saving mode. Before, my battery was basically drained after 12 hours from 90% starting and now, I have 58 % left from 91 % 12:45 hours ago. I bet it is because they enabled some more bloat.

One UI 5.1 delivers several exciting new features that allow people to fine-tune nearly every aspect of the mobile experience — from appearance, to communications, actions and more. Samsung introduced new features that can understand how devices are used and make recommendations accordingly.

Yes, 5G can use more battery than 4G LTE in many scenarios. You're also not alone if you've noticed higher battery drain than usual while connected to a 5G network. Samsung, Apple, T-Mobile, and others have admitted that you should probably switch to 4G if you care about battery life.

Open Settings, then swipe to and tap Battery. Below Power saving and Background usage limits, your battery usage will appear. Tap View details to review information on certain app usage, along with Screen on time and Screen off time. This way you can pinpoint what is draining your battery.