I have not had any change in battery life, in use or standby, since the update to iOS 11.0 and 11.0.1.
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Battery issues since update?
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I have not had any change in battery life, in use or standby, since the update to iOS 11.0 and 11.0.1.
Thank you for the gadgethacks link but as I followed the instructions my iphone just lost 20% Xd
If one thinks that's what they do, would one want to give them more money to upgrade?
iPhone 7+ and the batt drain is terrible! Very light use and by the time I leave the office the phone is at anything between 10-20%. Before it would be 30-40% as I always check because I stream music to my helmet on my commute home. Its awful
Did my upgrade a couple of days ago, didn't really notice at the time, but everything is normal now.
Slightly worse battery life on iPhone 7, significantly on iPhone 6S Plus. Both clean installs last week and upgraded to 11.0.1. iPhone 7 did 2% drop overnight without any use, which finally seems okay to me. I will see what happens during the day.
(iPhone 7 plus) Did the OTA update first and had serious battery problems (SOT down from 5+ Hours to 3- hours) Did a hard reset and didn't use a backup, reinstalled all apps from the App Store. Didn't help. Installed IOS 11.01 again using iTunes. Didn't help. Example: battery lost 2-3% overnight which is fine. When i started using my iPhone the next day battery went down to 75% within half an hour just by using Safari for 25 minutes and a 5 minutes WhatsApp
Downgraded to 10.3.3 and everything is fine now. SOT up to 5+ hours again and all the other bugs are gone too (screen sometimes not responding, apps crashing).
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Thanks for your input. If a clean install from iTunes with no backup restore doesn't help, nothing else will. That's disappointing coming from Apple and the number of betas prior GM. Back to 10.3.3 before they stop signing it
My IP7+ was having problem with the battery and the standby and usage time was the same and I had to charge 2 times a day. I couldn't stand it anymore and I decided to download the 11.0.1 IPSW to restore. I was on 11.1 beta 1 btw.
Initially, the shift restore won't work and it said my phone cannot be restored and it went to the screen showing the cable connected to ITunes logo. It was there until some time until it prompted to try upgrade instead if restore failed. I tried that and the phone got upgraded back to 11.0.1 finally. And I setup my phone as new and glad to report that battery is back to normal today. After a full charge yesterday at around 10pm, as of now 452pm, it is at 72%.
I still don't know what caused the problem initially but an update seems to have recovered it. Now, I've downloaded back the 11.1 beta 1 and thinking whether to press the Install button to get back to the beta.
Initially, the shift restore won't work and it said my phone cannot be restored and it went to the screen showing the cable connected to ITunes logo. It was there until some time until it prompted to try upgrade instead if restore failed. I tried that and the phone got upgraded back to 11.0.1 finally. And I setup my phone as new and glad to report that battery is back to normal today. After a full charge yesterday at around 10pm, as of now 452pm, it is at 72%.
I still don't know what caused the problem initially but an update seems to have recovered it. Now, I've downloaded back the 11.1 beta 1 and thinking whether to press the Install button to get back to the beta.
My usage times don’t add up. I just used my phone non stop for 5 hours today, but the usage time says 3 hours and 20 minutes.
It’s as if it’s not calculating the screen on time
I’ve noticed this on iOS 10.3.3 as well. I thought it was a bug and updated to iOS 11. Still the same!
It’s as if it’s not calculating the screen on time
I’ve noticed this on iOS 10.3.3 as well. I thought it was a bug and updated to iOS 11. Still the same!
now getting suck in IOS.. every new ios have battery drain issue. I dunno why they always mention customer satisfaction.
sorry for the 90%+ that have no problem, as always every year. so its the mostly silent (no reason to complain) vs the few who scream any & everything, silent vs noise, well obviously the noise looks huge when its up against nothing..
yup android has no battery issues or any issues period, yup blackberry has no issues, yup windows phone has no issues, yup yup its always & only apple. wow people...
my ipad air 2 takes ages to charge then loses power fast
my iphone 6 has always had poor battery life but ios11 seems to have made that worse too
battery life seems something apple don't seem to care about in their crazy slim fetish
my iphone 6 has always had poor battery life but ios11 seems to have made that worse too
battery life seems something apple don't seem to care about in their crazy slim fetish
There’s a chance the battery life is excellent but it’s just the reading that’s off. I’ve been at 1% for four hours (0330 to 0730) after it dropped 60% through the night.
You could be right, however my iPhone powered down after reaching 0% .... after 2:50 hours SOT.
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It’s because the battery gauge is not calibrated. Use it until it turns off and charge it back up to 100%.