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TL;DR
- A Galaxy S25 FE user recently thought a recent One UI update was causing their phone to overheat.
- Digging deeper revealed a WhatsApp background service was malfunctioning.
- WhatsApp wasn’t at fault either, as the conflict arose from two different instances of Google Play Services.
- One of them was due to an unofficial spoofer — MicroG — used to run to modded YouTube apps, such as ReVanced.
It’s often easy to blame the latest software updates for poor device performance, but that might not always be the case. Just like that, a user recently thought a recent One UI update was making their Galaxy S25 FE run unusually long and hot, but later discovered the culprit was something entirely unrelated.
Reddit user Jabbadava recently reported “severe battery drain” and “overheating” on their Galaxy S25 FE, even while it is idle. The title mentions One UI 9 and makes the recent beta rollout for the Galaxy S25 series look like the culprit that could have detrimental effects on the device’s everyday performance.
