One UI 5.1 update causes faster battery drain on some Samsung Galaxy models

This is sometimes considered a 'cruel' trick that manufacturers often abuse to force users to upgrade to a newer device. Although it is not clear how right or wrong, this 'nightmare' seems to be happening to some Samsung Galaxy phone users who have finally upgraded their devices to the new One UI 5.1 update.

The story is that Samsung has just released One UI 5.1 update (based on Android 13) for a series of high-end devices to improve performance and add some new features. However, almost immediately there have been many cases of Galaxy phone users complaining about their device draining battery abnormally fast after upgrading to One UI 5.1.

The problem has been posted on Reddit by more and more Samsung smartphone owners. An Exynos Galaxy S22+ user complained about a drop in battery life from 7 hours ago to 4.5 hours after updating to One UI 5.1. Others who are using the Galaxy S22 Series are also complaining about the lower battery life after installing the new update.

There are many cases claiming that One UI 5.1 update somehow tampered with system settings and changed their phone's battery mode to Maximum performance mode. If you have this problem, the easiest fix is ​​to go into your phone's battery settings and reset it to a lower usage mode.

In addition, the Samsung Keyboard application also used unusually much power after updating One UI 5.1. Therefore If the above method does not work, you can try another workaround, which is to clear the cache and data of Samsung Keyboard. Remember that this will also reset some other settings on your phone. The procedure is as follows: Settings > Applications > Filters > Show system apps > Samsung Keyboard > Storage > Clear cache and data.

As of now, there is no word on why the One UI 5.1 update changes the phone's battery settings, and there has been no official response from Samsung regarding the issues. update mention. The good news is that it looks like Samsung is aware of this issue, which means a fix is ​​likely to be released soon.

Kareem Winters

Update 22 February 2023