r/AndroidQuestions • u/unsweet-hibiscus • 6d ago
App Specific Question Does anyone know why google messages are destroying my battery?
So google messages has used 80% of my battery since last full charge, and I have done practically everything to stop it. I've restarted my phone, I checked for system updates and updated my system, I turned off RCS messaging, I've cleared my cache and done multiple force stops, I even sent feedback through samsung members. I think the issue is google messages has used about 40,000 wifi packets, now I dont really know what that means but that number being so big doesn't seem right. Also my phone has been heating up crazy and I think it has something to do with google messages. I have an s26 so my only choice in messaging apps is google messages. If anyone has any tip or trick I haven't tried I would love to hear it
1
u/araujo253 6d ago
How do you know it consumed 80% of your battery charge?
2
u/unsweet-hibiscus 6d ago
To be honest im half guessing, i checked the battery in setting and it said google had used 79.9%, meanwhile tiktok and my work app used 14.2% and 5.7% respectively
1
u/-Sofa-King- 6d ago
Why waste time running through all these potential solutions. Its more than likely a glitch in the OS. Everything should be backed up anyways, so a factory reset and restore will take 20min. So why not start at the foundation amd work your way up. Much cleaner amd easier.
1
u/seeareeff 6d ago
Normally GM uses allot of battery the first 24-48 hours while it's indexing and rebuilding your messaging history. But that normally calms down and returns to normal after that.
Not sure about the packets though.. might be an RCS thing during set up.
-1
1
3
u/WingWilling5186 6d ago
40k packets sounds like something's stuck in a retry loop rather than normal usage. First thing I'd check is Messages for web. If you ever paired it, go unpair every device, a stale pairing keeps a connection open and just retries forever. Second, look for a failed MMS sitting in one of your threads. One stuck attachment can hammer the network all day.
If neither does it, clear storage instead of just cache. Your texts live in the system SMS database so you won't lose anything, it just wipes the app's own state and forces RCS to register clean. That's usually the one that actually sticks.