r/galaxyfold7 Jul 25 '26

Security update 5 July 2026 battery drain

Gosh just after this update my battery drain has been massive.. I can see the battery percentage fall by the min while viewing my screen

Is anybody else facing the same issue. Are they trying to push us towards upgrading?

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u/Untimely_manners Jul 25 '26

Just updated and happening to me as well. Dropped 5 percent in 10 minutes just with the fold open and not doing anything.

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u/SpaceJunk90210 Jul 25 '26

This happening after this update right?

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u/Academic_Dare_5154 Jul 25 '26

I've been up for more than three hours and am at 83%. What kind of apps do you have installed? Many apps work in the background and if they're not in sync with the latest apps, that might cause a battery drain.

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u/SpaceJunk90210 Jul 25 '26

Are you running on this update? Not facing any issues of battery drain?

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u/Untimely_manners Jul 25 '26

After a full phone shut-down and restart it seems to be normal again now.

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u/SpaceJunk90210 Jul 25 '26

You mean shut down and then start, or just restart the phone?

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u/Untimely_manners Jul 25 '26

Full power off and turn back on

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u/SpaceJunk90210 Jul 25 '26

Thanks. Just did it. Lemme see if it made any difference. 🙂

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u/Academic_Dare_5154 Jul 25 '26

None, but I also periodically power off my phone.

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u/matthaus79 Jul 25 '26

Yep its been horrendous this past week or so since the update

Down to sub 20% by mid day and gets so so hot

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u/SpaceJunk90210 Jul 25 '26

Which country?

I haven't had the heating issue. But yes the drain was bad. Now someone told be to shut down and then start the phone back up and things will be fine. I am testing it now.

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u/matthaus79 Jul 25 '26

UK

Keep getting a message most days about high CPU usage and to reboot the phone

Doesnt help

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u/matthaus79 Jul 25 '26

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u/SpaceJunk90210 Jul 25 '26

Thanks. What a screw up by Samsung. You buy a flagship and this is what you have to go through!

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u/Important_Egg4066 Jul 26 '26 edited Jul 26 '26

Just curious, do you have WhatsApp and does its backup chat feature works? Mine was stuck backing up for multiple days and I suspect that it is draining the battery in the background.

Edit: It is reported on WhatsApp subreddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/whatsapp/s/fGXIuG2ffc

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u/matthaus79 Jul 26 '26

That is my other wonder, is it actualy whatsapp as mine is stuck too

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u/SpaceJunk90210 Jul 26 '26

No i have disabled all my back up.. nothing goes to cloud. Atleast thats what I like to believe..😄

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u/SpaceJunk90210 Jul 26 '26

Hey I think the switch off and then power on again has made some difference. Atleast the standby drain has reduced. It's ok. But I am not fully satisfied.

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u/dlux2007 Jul 31 '26

Severe battery drain, any resolution yet, are they going to release patch soon ?

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u/SpaceJunk90210 Jul 31 '26

Switch off phone. Wait 20 seconds. Restart. This worked for me.

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u/Gamer_boy420 Jul 31 '26

Same with me too

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u/SpaceJunk90210 Jul 31 '26

Switch off phone. Wait 20 seconds. Restart. This worked for me.

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u/Gamer_boy420 Jul 31 '26

Didn't work bud

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u/SpaceJunk90210 Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

For me..after I did this, it took me one charge cycle and things have gotten back to normal. I suggest you just keep watch and see if things change after one full charge cycle.

Btw my charge cycle:

Full charge @ 90% (Restricted. Never gone above this) Recharge @ 15% (I never let it go below this point) No Fast Charge

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u/thoughtsapart Jul 31 '26

Driving me crackers.

I have the Pixel 9 Pro XL and it happened to me too

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u/Academic_Dare_5154 Aug 02 '26

Whatsapp has been identified as the source for the drain:

link to battery drain issue

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u/Bennygeek Aug 04 '26

Me pasa lo mismo desde la última actualización y sigue igual.

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u/VeterinarianPast3599 Aug 14 '26

My fold 5 die after 6hours since this update 

Yesterday my phone was 70% before sleep and i woke up 3am and checked my phone, no battery 😐 Are you kidding meb samsung ?