My old phone's battery life went from 4 hours to 2 days after a factory reset

I was about to buy a new phone because my Pixel 6a would die by lunchtime. On a whim, I backed everything up and did a full factory reset last Tuesday. I didn't reinstall half the apps I used to have, just the essentials. Now, after a full 16 hour day of normal use, I'm still at 40% battery. It turns out a bunch of background apps and old cached data were killing it. Has anyone else gotten years more out of a gadget just by cleaning it out properly?

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benbrown19d ago

Why didn't I try that first?

harperjackson19d ago

Wait, you mean you spent all that time on the complicated fix before checking the power cord was actually plugged in?