Moto Z Force Droid extreme battery drain since Oreo update

[Looneyman]

Recently, my Moto Z Force Droid finally received the long promised 8.0 Oreo update. And, like many, many others, Oreo has rendered my Z Force phone basiclly useless due to a ridiculously fast battery drain, even when the phone is sitting idle with the screen off. Just a week or so ago, before the trainwreck that is Android 8, the battery would last in standby mode for days, and would easily last an entire day of my "normal" amount of use. Now, when idle with the screen off the battery drains from 100% to 0 in less than seven hours, and if I actually try to use the phone the battery life drops to under two hours. This is unacceptable.  Personally, I think it's time for Lenovo and Verizon to step up and admit they totally messed things  up with this update, and either release a downgrade back to Android 7, or, if the rumors are true that the Oreo update did in fact damage these phones, replace all affected Moto Z Force Droids free of charge.

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[supagypsy330]

I'm lucky if I get a full hour of use out of a 100% charge.  It's an absolute disgrace.  I've been a Verizon customer since like 2002 but I'm planning on switching to T Mobile as soon as my contract is up because of this.  It's completely useless to have a mobile phone that must be tethered to a power outlet 24/7.

[pelong56]

I would make this move carefully.  All providers, and their phone manufactures are in this game.  It is a two year game to get one to re-cycle their phone to a newer model.  One carrier to the next is going to be the same.  If you never leave the city, you have options, but in the rual west where I am not so much.

Interesting enough after I started blogging my phones problems, and performing the recommended fixes, Wa La, it now lasts a whole day or more???  But, the location and blue tooth has to be turned off.  The mystery of it all???

[robrivas]

I've read all this and tried all the routine fixes described in Moto Droid troubleshooting. The bottom line is that I might improve my battery life if I turn off Bluetooth and location. I paid a lot of money for my Z Force Moto Droid in order to have the features. Turning off Bluetooth and location would greatly diminsh the value of the phone. I've had Droids for my last three or four phones, and the one I have now makes me very happy except for the battery drain. It might have lasted me another two years. However, I'm going to buy a new phone, and it won't be a Droid. I really feel for all the people, unlike me, whose finances are seriously strained by having to buy a new phone. And I won't give my old phone to the battered women's shelter because I wouldn't want a victim of dometic violence find the battery is dead during an emergency.