Honestly, my phone's battery life was a joke for months until I did this one thing

Tbh, I was only getting like 3 hours of screen time on my Pixel 7 and was ready to buy a new phone. A friend told me to check the battery usage by app, and I found a social media app was running in the background constantly. I restricted its background activity, and within a day my battery easily lasts until bedtime now. Has anyone else fixed a gadget just by changing one dumb setting?

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the_reese1mo ago

My old Galaxy S10 had the same background drain problem. I always blamed the phone's age, but limiting a few apps made it last way longer. It's crazy how much difference one menu can make.

quinn_wood1mo ago

My friend's S10 was the same... @the_reese, that one menu saved his trip.

wyatt_green311mo ago

Background drain on an S10 is one thing, but a menu actually saving a whole trip? That's hard to believe. What was even in there, a "disable everything" button? Phones from that era would die if you looked at them wrong.