Samsung/Gear VR users heads up! Oculus Home huge battery drain

[Haggisman]

Just a heads up for anyone who has a recent Samsung phone and Gear VR, the Oculus VR app appears to have a bug which hammers your battery (my S7 Edge hit 10% battery before lunchtime at work yesterday, it's usually still at ~60-70% by the time I put it on to charge at 11pm when I go to bed!!)

It's advised to uninstall the app until it's updated (but your Gear VR won't work without it)

http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/0...p-samsung-phones-causing-heavy-battery-drain/

 

[lmfy2k]

Update 3:23 ET: Oculus says you do not need to uninstall the app and that you just need to update the Oculus app when you open it. Here is the company’s official statement on the battery issue:

We recently pushed an update to the Oculus app that inadvertently caused some people to experience phone battery drain. The team has issued a fix that prompts people to update the Oculus software when they open the Oculus app. If they do not see the prompt, then the phone has been automatically updated and no further action is needed.

 

[Deleted member 66701]

Mine updated yesterday am and it's all OK now.