Samsung S6 battery drain after update.

[Loose rivets]

Not for the first time.

However, I spotted this on a Samsung blog this AM

Past weeks was some time ago in 2017 but I had a download the other day which rebooted the phone.

Any comments folks?

After the "Update Complete" the drain on the phone battery will occur at a rate of about 8% per hour and continue until the background update completes. I suspected and confirmed that this background update was sending the update files through an "over the air" channel, not the data channel nor the WiFi. How did I figure this out? When the battery was draining, we turned off all of the radios (airplane mode) for about 30 minutes. The battery draining ceased. When we turned the network (voice) radio back on without data mode enabled, the battery drain began again. The update finished after about 2 days for this past weekend's update. The "update complete" message needs to include a message that states, "Expect heavy battery usage to occur for the next 1-3 days to complete additional update operations. Plan to charge your phone continuously during this period of time."

[jimjim1]

All your data are belong to us!

Probably all your files are being sent to the Chinese or the NSA or ... by txt message.

XModem makes a comeback.

[pax britanica]

Jim Jim makes a very good point- be very very wary of any update thats not from Samsung or Google/Android

[Loose rivets]

Yes, one tends to assume updates are kosher, though I don't know why. Having let them in since I purchased the phone, I'm not sure what's lurking in it now.

It was guarded by Kaspersky courtesy of Barclays - until the last phase of cold war reinstatement.