I have been noticing lately my battery is dying faster than normal and I feel my phone heat up in...

[G+_Jason Perry]

I have been noticing lately my battery is dying faster than normal and I feel my phone heat up in my pocket.

 

I thought it was just me forgetting to exit out of an app or something like that every once and a while.

 

Now I just noticed I can clear all my apps in my tray and come back to it literally 30sec to a minute later and there are a completely random set of apps in it again.

 

Any suggestions? I have a Samsung GS7, I do have avast installed. The closest event I can think of to when this started is I had a whole bunch of updates a few weeks ago, then I started noticing this.

[G+_Jason Brown]

Samsung battery issue, and it's heating up?! Throw it as far as you can and duck for cover!

[G+_Jason Perry]

Jason Brown?, why would apps be opening on their own?

[G+_Black Merc]

Jason Perry apps calling mothership for ... Well lets see.... Tracking, updates, active status(notifications), ads, sync with cloud,... Basically everything that those permissions do when you install an app that has full access to everything on the phone.

 

Watch those permissions when you install, if it's just a calculator, why does it need wifi/bluetooth?

[G+_Ben Reese]

Jason Perry you probably know this, but the apps in your recent apps list may not actually be open and open apps may not actually be in your recent apps list. On Android, apps often run in the background taking up ram just so they're ready when you call on them. In settings, you should have an option to view battery usage per app and maybe RAM usage per app. I'd probably go off those two metrics to find what's eating battery.

 

Also, you may check your location (GPS) settings. There's an option in there to allow constant scanning even if wifi and Bluetooth are "off". I've seen that kill my battery in the past.

[G+_Jason Perry]

Ben Reese?, I am starting to think it has more to do with my upgrade to Nougat and the device management widgets disappearing from my device. I use to have a very nice set of widgets on one of my screens.

[G+_David Bruns]

I have noticed this too with my battery, I have not noticed the app closing issues, but my battery has seemed to drain quicker and heat up in my pocket.

[G+_Chris Eckeard (StMerlin]

Jason Perry? anytime an Android phone recieves a major update, I recommend doing a factory reset. It tends to help reduce problems arising from an upgrade.

Also, take Avast off there. If you are using the Play Store and not downloading apps from Russia, China, or anywhere else outside the US, you are fine.

If you are using Avast for device location, use Google's own Find My Device App. I can't think of anything else that Avast might be used for.

[G+_Golden Retriever]

There is a large list somewhere of apps in the app store that are infected with malware that generates false ad Revenue clicks.

[G+_Golden Retriever]

express.co.uk - Home

 

I believe more were found after this article

[G+_Steven Werds]

I had Avast my battery was always running out fast too. I got rid of Avast. Avast will constantly run in the background, slow your charging as well.

[G+_Ben Reese]

I haven't installed an AV on my phone in probably 6+ years. Lookout is usually pre-installed and I typically disable it. Left it enabled after my last factory reset and it hasn't ever flagged anything.

 

 

Addons Detector is more helpful to me. I run it occasionally to see what types of ads my apps are all using. If it adds a shortcut to my home screen or gives me an ad in the notification tray, it has to go.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.denper.addonsdetector

[G+_Jason Perry]

Well Ben Reese?, I am going to have to tuck that one away. I like it.