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Battery issues since update?
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The wasn’t charged to 100%. I left the phone with a 75% of charge and wake up this morning with 55%...
Agree that routine “clean ups” of OS’s should be done, but personally, I hate setting up as new.
The furthest I’ll go is updating the OS, back up Phone, and then restore from backup.
Just too much work. Call me lazy, but I have a ton of stuff on my phone and getting things back to the way they were is a huge pain in the as.
I too wish it “just worked.”
I’d rather wait every 2 years if it meant a refined product is released.
I’d still be on 10.3.3 if my AW3 didn’t make me upgrade.
The furthest I’ll go is updating the OS, back up Phone, and then restore from backup.
Just too much work. Call me lazy, but I have a ton of stuff on my phone and getting things back to the way they were is a huge pain in the as.
I too wish it “just worked.”
I’d rather wait every 2 years if it meant a refined product is released.
I’d still be on 10.3.3 if my AW3 didn’t make me upgrade.
I voted slightly better battery life because it's def not worse and was great on IOS 10. OTA'd all the beta updates and am a tad concerned to take any more of them as the iPhone 7 is running so smooth, hate to risk messing with that. But on the other hand it may get smoother yet if thats even possible and even better battery life, so bring it on !
Okay. Just a heads up though. I left my iPad in standby for 8 hours and then it showed 8 hours usage! Somehow iOS or the apps are using power without you actually doing things. Which is if course a big problem.
My 7 plus was burning through the battery until I updated to 7.0.1 which resolved the issue. It now lasts as long as my 8 plus. I could probably get 2 days out of both devices but I plug both in on my nightstand when I go to bed.
I had 2 iPhone 7 Plus and the one which had a battery issue had been on the betas from beta one. The other was put on 11 when the GM was released. It was likely an issue from beta causing that phone to burn through power. Normally at the end of the betas I do a restore from GM then restore my backup and reset settings, but hadn’t done that this time. I did reset settings after the 7.0.1 update tho.
I had 2 iPhone 7 Plus and the one which had a battery issue had been on the betas from beta one. The other was put on 11 when the GM was released. It was likely an issue from beta causing that phone to burn through power. Normally at the end of the betas I do a restore from GM then restore my backup and reset settings, but hadn’t done that this time. I did reset settings after the 7.0.1 update tho.
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iPhone OS updates should work by click-and-install.
Nowhere or in any way does Apple recommend a clean install.
Having iPhones since years, first time I face such battery issues by upgrading.
Nowhere or in any way does Apple recommend a clean install.
Having iPhones since years, first time I face such battery issues by upgrading.
If you call Apple support, the first thing they will RECOMMEND will be a full restore via iTunes and a clean install to rule out an application issue. As an example, Facebook was guilty of causing high battery usage previously. And you have daily battery hogs such as snapchat which is terrible for battery life (not to mention data usage)
I have had battery issues on numerous iPhones after upgrading. On the 3GS and 4 their were issues where the speaker stayed ‘live’ causing rapid battery usage and the phone to become hot.
If you CALL. You only CALL when you have a problem which should be avoidable in the first place.
Can you point me to some written published Apple recommendation as you mention?
Personally not using Snapchat and Facebook only via website (because of the massively overblown app...).
If your battery life is affected, then it’s a bug right? So either you try to troubleshoot it yourself or you call support. Some prefer option 3, which is to moan about it on a forum which helps no one.
Not agreed. Apple reads these forums, and as the logic of the two quickly released 11.0.1 and 11.0.2 suggests there are more than a few bugs to be ironed out.
Of course, haven’t had any issues with iOS 10... and I’m not going to start from scratch AGAIN, so Apple fix this asap
I’m sorry but that’s just plain crazy, post on a forum for Apple to read, but you post on macrumors, not the Apple support forums??? You would rather play Chinese whispers than call for help directly? Hilarious, that’s made my day, pmsl.
I’m outta here
My 6s seems to be pretty much the same, maybe slightly worse but nothing stands out. I didn’t do a full restore or anything like that.
I get that a clean install is the best way to go, but it’s pretty unrealistic to expect all users to go through the trouble of doing that. Ultimately it is on Apple to provide a product that works well. The reason I’m an Apple user is because Apple product “just works”. As a consumer I shouldn’t be told that “you need to do this this and that if you want your product to work”.
I get that a clean install is the best way to go, but it’s pretty unrealistic to expect all users to go through the trouble of doing that. Ultimately it is on Apple to provide a product that works well. The reason I’m an Apple user is because Apple product “just works”. As a consumer I shouldn’t be told that “you need to do this this and that if you want your product to work”.
Yes, that is what I did. I still used my old iCloud account. I just set it up as a new iPhone. That’s the only way you can get iOS 11 to work normally, with battery life even close to iOS 10. If you restore your backup, it’ll mess something up and kill the battery.
When I updated to iOS 11, my battery life was down by around 1.5 hours compared to iOS 10. I updated to iOS 11.1 Beta after being on iOS 11 for a week. The battery life immediately went down by 1.5 hours compared to iOS 11. I thought it was a bug in my backup so I started fresh. Restored to iOS 11 using iTunes and set it up as new. Didn’t even sign in to iCloud. Updated to iOS 11.1 Beta and then Erased all content and settings and again set it up as a new iPhone. That’s as clean as an OTA update can be. It was STILL the same. 1.5 hours less. I then realized that OTA updates mess something up, no matter how well your previous iOS version performs. I then restored to iOS 11.0.2 and set it up as new again. Now I’ve only lost around 40 mins of usage when compared to iOS 10. It’s performing better than iOS 11.
It is a lot of work, but I found a neat little trick. Just go to the update screen on the AppStore, click on your image on the top right, click “Purchased” and select “Not on this iPhone” and download everything you want. Let them download overnight. Sign into them next morning. Would save a lot of time. Most apps use iCloud, so when you sign in your data will still be there.
Try it. The battery life will be a whole lot better. Guaranteed.
I did it when iOS11 was released. I think it helped a bit, but it is **** again, this is just a temporal solution and I don’t recommend anyone to do it if you don’t want to configure everything again. I’m losing 20% everynight and I clean installed iOS 11 without restoring from a backup.
There’s your answer. That messed it up again. I’m sure the battery life was ok while you were still on iOS 11.
Unfortunately that’s the nature of software development and personal computing. Nobody can guarantee seamless experience on millions of devices when the users have the choice of using the device as per their individual requirements.
My fiancee iphone SE update to 11 drained battery quicker than normal but still made the day playing music to air pods on and off.
first update 11.0.1 she pretty much back to where she was before ios11.
she done the 11.0.2 update but not heard her complaint so must still be ok.
first update 11.0.1 she pretty much back to where she was before ios11.
she done the 11.0.2 update but not heard her complaint so must still be ok.
Yeah Apple needs to sort it out. For some reason doing an OTA update messes something up in the software that causes issues. That’s when you get lag/stuttering and bad battery life. Until they fix it, the best thing we can do is restore and set it up as new.