After the February update last night, my phone has become nearly unusable. No videos play, freezing in Duolingo, slowed performance, and glitchiness throughout. Can't use Facebook or Instagram due to the video issue—videos are frozen and won't play. Additionally, the phone is overheating, very hot to touch. This phone has been cool since I got it two weeks ago. Really upset. Hoping the March 2nd update will fix it. I have the 1TB unlocked version directly from Samsung.
3rd Update: 3/4/24 12pm: The phone is nearly unusable post-March update. On the first day, it consumed nearly 60% of the battery while idle on my kitchen counter unplugged. The next day, with 1:30 of active screen use, it used 124% battery, reaching temperatures of 40-45 degrees Celsius. Videos on social media platforms and Talk-to-Text randomly fail. These issues, along with others, started after the March 2nd update. Restarting temporarily resolves the video and Talk-to-Text problems, but I need to restart the phone 5-7 times a day to keep it functional. Before the update, the phone worked flawlessly. I am hoping someone else has a solution. I don't think there is something wrong with phone but the software.
2nd update 2:30pm :I spoke too soon. Video has stopped working on Instagram and Facebook again. I have restarted 3 more times in hopes it would resolve it. Everything worked flawlessly as of last night before the february security update.
One other issue, power drain. My cell phone is plugged in and it cannot fully charge if the screen is on. IT has been stuck at 74% for a while now. Now at 73% after about 15 minutes of showing 74%. If things were working correctly, it should be charging at 1% or faster per minute, and that is not happening. It is just stuck saying 7 minutes until full. I have the advanced battery support turned on so it only charges to 80% max, but now it wont even do that. Currently it has no major apps running, it is just sitting next to me. The screen is very warm.
1st Update, 11am : Phone has restarted after March 2 update and now videos will play again. That was very unsettling and I wonder how many people returned their phones because of the glitch with the February update. I am glad I only had to deal with it for a few hours.
That is exactly what I was dealing with for 8 months. It was awful. Mine was the note 20 Ultra. I could barely go out of the house without a big battery charger in my pocket. I uninstalled WhatsApp after I got my s24 Ultra and I noticed that it would not overheat as much. It was acting more normal. I believe it is a conflict with some random app but for me I have 3 to 400 apps on my phone, so it's not a simple solution. I just stumbled upon the one that was causing the one on my new phone. I do miss the Samsung Health app because I used it extensively for 4 years and I do miss updating it but again I need a phone that works all day. I would try whatsapp, Facebook messenger, Samsung health and Synology apps if you have any of those. If you don't have any of those apps, I'm not certain what is the problem. Some apps seem to get behind the background app manager and so they use a lot of battery without letting the system know. It's bizarre but too many of us are having these problems. I'm pretty upset that I had to spend almost $1,000 plus trade in a very valuable phone just so I don't have this problem. It's unacceptable.
Yeah, I had to uninstall. Killing apps made no change on my issues either. Something is conflicting, but each phone seems to be different. So frustrating.
I have exactly the same issue after March 15 2024 firmaware upgrade F946U1UES2BXBE (Galaxy Z Fold 5)
Now, wireless charging barely charges it and sometimes even when charging I can see the battery % slowly going down until it dies. And it happens with my three wireless charger. With cable it charge very slowly and never reach 100%.
The only way to fully charge it fast is powering off. Very frustrating.
I'll try to implement all your suggestions, otherwise I'll have to call Samsung for a new one (very time consuming).
