Why is my Galaxy S24 battery draining so fast?

[Scott_H]

I just got the Galaxy S24 and the battery life seems to be draining faster than I expected for a brand new phone. I’m mostly just texting, using a bit of social media, and have the always-on display turned off, but I’m still needing to charge it by mid-afternoon. Has anyone else run into this with their unit, or did I maybe get a lemon?

[JamesMM]

Yeah, mine did that for a couple days. It started dropping fast even with light use. I think some apps wake up in the background and chew through power.

[JackC]

I had a similar drop and trimmed it by turning off background activity for a few apps and stopping auto video autoplay in social apps. It helped a little.

[Addison_A]

Could be a lemon, or maybe the signal search in your area is heavy. I wouldn’t rule out a faulty unit yet, especially on a new model.

[Ethan.M]

I kept thinking it should last longer, but then I drifted into other things and forgot to check every setting. Could be something else too, like a rogue app updating in the background. Not sure.