topic Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery in X Series

Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Jimbles77 — Sun, 25 Feb 2018 20:41:54 GMT

So 48hrs in and going from where I had a 2 day battery life through moderate use of the phone I am now down to 6 hours using the phone in exactly the same way.

Am not going through multiple settings changes as in my thoughts a software update should improve matters not kill the use of a device!

Anyone got any good news or do I wait for 8.1?

Great job Sony you have created a brick, you need to fix this QUICK

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Jon141414 — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:54:02 GMT

Oreo update has also severely reduced the battery life of my x compact. I've gone from 1 and a half to two days battery life to barely 1. The long life was one of the main reasons I chose the phone, and the thing I was most pleased with. I hope they sort this. Will be contacting sony as my phone is still in guarantee.

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Jon141414 — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 18:46:41 GMT

Just another quick thought. The auto screen brightness seems to have been working overtime, like it can't decide what the ambient light is. Might be using the extra battery making those constant adjustments. Going to turn off the auto brightness and see if it makes a difference.

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Jimbles77 — Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:26:49 GMT

Ah mine is all over the place too, seems to dim then get lighter very unstable... Have turned it off but still watcjing countdown of the battery...

What is really strange is the phone is warm now...

I suppose its good for the cold weather

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Jbb3 — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 16:23:32 GMT

Same here, I am on 34.4.A.2.19. Battery life has been cut in half compared to before the upgrade to Oreo.

Sony, you have to fix this!

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Strampke — Fri, 02 Mar 2018 22:58:14 GMT

Try a software repair

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

JoWhitecan — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 02:34:13 GMT

The same thing is happening to me aswell I wish I could go back. I would take it off the charger and leave home fully charged at 12 and return at 1130 later that night and still have around 20-40 percent left. After the update, my phone dies around 8 or 9.

Sony please fix this!! Or at least give the option to go back

Is there any way we could get the 15 hour battery life back?

Jo and white

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Jimbles77 — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 13:19:06 GMT

It’s so sad, a software upgrade should not require such involvement trying to solve what is basically a software error.

Dont bother clearing your phone and starting again it is a software error with the aoreo upgrade that has obviously not been tested well enough by Sony.

Spent far too long clearing and restarting and it is still working with a now warm and quickly dying battery... Just pushed the button on a Galaxy, can’t live with this.

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

JamesBakstr — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 14:13:25 GMT

Same here!

After updating to oreo, the battery life is just half the time with same usage!! and the phone overheats!!!

SONY, PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM!!!!

I hope it will be solved soon..

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Hupfi13 — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 19:37:26 GMT

I updated to Oero two days ago. Battery life decreased since then. According to Andriod system information, standy-by constributes about 30% to power consumption. However, this ai not reliable at ll, because some apps I use often are not listed at all ...

Unfortunately with Oreo it is not possible anymore to show CPU load anymore, so it is difficlut to find out what is causing the battery drain.

I general one should appreciate Sony update policy and the timely release of security patches. But very often the updates are causing only trouble, while the newly introduced functions are of litte use. Onece the system ist running well again I will disable system updates.

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Jon141414 — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 20:32:37 GMT

So I tried turning off the auto screen brigtness and it does seem to have had some effect, but the battery life is still nowhere near what it was. Like others, my phone is running hotter at times now. Is there a way to see whats running in this android version, perhaps to identify the culprit when it is hot? Also does anyone know if its possible to roll back to the old version?

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Strampke — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 23:12:07 GMT

Here is all the information you need to tackle the problem.

2 more things:

- have some patience after an update and give your phone a few days to settle.

- delete the latest installed apps, the drainer may be amongst those.

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Jon141414 — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 10:04:23 GMT

Thanks for the information. However I have not installed any apps recently and the update has been installed long enough to have settled. We know that it is down to some thing in the oreo update. Just need to find out what it is, and sony to fix it!

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Jimbles77 — Mon, 05 Mar 2018 20:20:55 GMT

Maybe some good news, received notification of a system update which is the first since Oreo was installed nearly two weeks ago.

I don't want to speak too soon but the battery seems better although the phone still warms my hand.

Version number that seems to be an improvement is 34.4.A.2.19 which installed this morning 5/3

Hope this is some good news... On screen battery usage still quite high though.

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Leejjon — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:50:24 GMT

Please let us know if it is still bad after this update (maybe update next week or somthing). I have an unbranded device in the Netherlands and I didn't even got the Oreo update, still on 7.1.1

But if it is as bad as the people here describe it I am doubting if I should update.

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

dplp — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 04:51:53 GMT

Fix it now Sony!!

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

paraben — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 12:27:37 GMT

I am running 8.0.0 (build 34.4.A.2.19) for more than a week now (Vodafone Netherlands). Battery runtime is the same or even better than 7.1.1. Perhaps you should look at the app consumption since the last full charge (Settings - Battery - Advanced). Perhaps this gives you a lead to the problem.

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Peterborregaard — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 18:56:26 GMT

So yes, phone runs really hot, like 45 Celsius, battery drain is totally unacceptable. Leaving charger at 0600 (100%) and at lunch around 1100 (30%) with almost no use. Then using ultra battery saver, thinking it surely must disable the culprit that is causing the problem. Sadly no, at 1300 phone shuts down, still around the 45 Celsius hot.

I already ordered and will receive my Galaxy S8 tomorrow.

Eventually Sony will fix this, then maybe I will be able to sell this brick.. Running same build as most 34.4.A.2.19

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

JamesBakstr — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 22:41:51 GMT

The problem has to be in the update. The avarage consumption based on long time usage was around 12-13 percent, so the phone lasted around 7-8hours which got me through even a longer day.. with screen on doing casual things i do.. now it is 17percent and i get around 5 hours even though the data are off gps off bluetooth off and all the settings really moderated.. and temperature 45celsius is really high for im basically not doing anything...

Please solve this problem sony!!!!!!!

Re: Oreo killed my X Compact Battery

Rekiotsu — Fri, 09 Mar 2018 07:44:37 GMT

Hello. Yesterday I updated to Oreo, and right after that came new update(build 34.4.A.2.19) and I took it. With the first Oreo update I immediately noticed the problem with the light sensor making constant subtle changes. I took the new update right away without waiting at all, but it didn't fix the light sensor.

Haven't noticed greatly lower battery drain yet at least, but I am still worried about it. Sony should still look into it for sure. Also the light sensor problem is bad, since the auto adjusting brightness feature is really handy.

Other notes about this notorious Android 8.0.0 update is that the clock app doesn't let you change the sound volume for each alarm separately anymore and black theme is not nice, also the home button and the other buttons are much less nicer than they were.

First of all, I think Sony should be more careful with updates and not make them actually break stuff instead of fixing stuff. Second, there should be easily accessible change log about updates. Third, there should be option to go back to older software versions. So in other words, Sony please do something. People can easily lose trust in the brand, and that's bad.