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Battery issues since update?
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same boat... so you'll definitely downgrade?
i'm wondering whether to wait it out till some kinda update..
I'm literally downgrading as I type this.
I have an iPhone 8 Plus arriving this week and I'm handing down this 6S Plus to my wife - so I want this handset to be in good condition and not suffering any sort of catastrophic battery drain otherwise I'll hear no end of nagging from my missus...
If I thought Apple would fix this in the next 24 hours, I'd wait. But I can't seem them issuing an update for, what, another week or two at least? Not sure how soon Apple have responded to issues like this in the past?
Good luck!
I'm literally downgrading as I type this.
I have an iPhone 8 Plus arriving this week and I'm handing down this 6S Plus to my wife - so I want this handset to be in good condition and not suffering any sort of catastrophic battery drain otherwise I'll hear no end of nagging from my missus...
If I thought Apple would fix this in the next 24 hours, I'd wait. But I can't seem them issuing an update for, what, another week or two at least? Not sure how soon Apple have responded to issues like this in the past?
Good luck!
i see..
hmm.. not sure i will too..
downgrading then upgrading etc..
as long as i can hold on.
i hope an update is in the works.
good point I have since turned background app refresh off completely, I dont think I even use any apps that would benefit from refreshing in the background
on the topic of background app refresh, what really is the point of it? what apps even benefit fround refreshing in the background and what does turning it off do to disable what the app can do?
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I have an iPhone 5S. Since updating to iOS 11 I am having rapid battery drain issues on my 5S. I can literally watch it decrease by 1% every couple of minutes, even when it is not in use.
I have checked Battery Usage and there is nothing that would explain it there.
The battery percentage being displayed is out of whack too. It can show 41%, plug it in and it shows 86%. Unplug it and it drops to 35%.
I'm hoping that Apple will be coming out with a fix soon.
I have checked Battery Usage and there is nothing that would explain it there.
The battery percentage being displayed is out of whack too. It can show 41%, plug it in and it shows 86%. Unplug it and it drops to 35%.
I'm hoping that Apple will be coming out with a fix soon.
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I having some of the same issues on my including the battery percentage being displayed being out of whack. It can show 41%, plug it in and it shows 86%. Unplug it and it drops to 35%. I am having rapid battery drain issues on my 5S. I can literally watch it decrease by 1% every couple of minutes, even when it is not in use. I have checked Battery Usage and there is nothing that would explain it there. I'm hoping that Apple will be coming out with a fix soon.
I tried that once today. Someone suggested repeating this process a few times. The battery is draining fast enough that I will have the opportunity to try that today!
My typical day used to end up with anywhere from 35%-70% battery left. Now I can't get past early afternoon without recharging. The worst part is I am now reluctant to use many of the features of the phone because it will kill the battery. So what good is having a smartphone if I can’t use the smartphone's features. I have an Apple Watch that has watch OS4, so I can't downgrade my iPhone. Geez this is disappointing. I am traveling now, but when I get back home, I will try reinstalling OS11.
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I’ve tried that and it has had no effect at all. Just lost several hours of my life effing around with back ups and restoring etc. Not to mention the cluster f*ck that is the Apple Watch when you move / restore the iPhone it is paired with.
I've discovered something that seems to get the battery life on my iPhone 6 and iPad Mini 4 back to normal. I simply turned off bluetooth. That is, not just hit the toggle in the control center that disconnects BT but doesn't turn it off, but actually go into the settings and turn it off.
I have a 2 months old 7 Plus and battery definitely drains noticeably faster with iOS 11.
this is so poor..
iOS 11 so far has nothing but trouble, first that USE-LESS files app that everyone had high hopes for,and now terrible battery life issue.I've encountered many glitches and bugs as well..including horizontal lock mode freezing / acting weird while watching videos,terrible lag while browsing camera roll and more.
the only good thing is the new control centre.
this is so poor..
iOS 11 so far has nothing but trouble, first that USE-LESS files app that everyone had high hopes for,and now terrible battery life issue.I've encountered many glitches and bugs as well..including horizontal lock mode freezing / acting weird while watching videos,terrible lag while browsing camera roll and more.
the only good thing is the new control centre.
iOS 11 on a Verizon 7. Battery drains about twice as fast as 10.3.x.
Not sure if it’s related, but the device gets noticeably hot when charging.
I think somethings wrong with the power management firmware.
Not sure if it’s related, but the device gets noticeably hot when charging.
I think somethings wrong with the power management firmware.
I was having battery issues on my iPhone 7 Plus as well. Since iOS 11, I consistently got 20% less battery at the end of the day if compared to iOS 10.
Now I got an iPhone 8 Plus while waiting for the iPhone X (call me crazy), and the battery is back to how the iPhone 7 Plus was on iOS 10, if not better. It really seems like iOS 11 is currently only optimized for new devices.
Now I got an iPhone 8 Plus while waiting for the iPhone X (call me crazy), and the battery is back to how the iPhone 7 Plus was on iOS 10, if not better. It really seems like iOS 11 is currently only optimized for new devices.
Out of curiosity - a lot of people still make the claim that iOS (somehow) takes days to "index" or "re-index". Is there actually any proof to this at all?
I hooked my iPhone up to Xcode Instruments, and there is absolutely no indication there is any background activity.
Edit - doing a test now. I've disabled everything Search/Siri related, to measure the effects. I have a hunch that the quantity of machine learning Apple has stuffed into iOS is simply too much for basically every device except the iPhone 8, 8+, and X - as these devices have a specific low power cores which are designed for that purpose. It can apparently do 600 billion operations a second... if Siri machine learning requires that much processing, no wonder every other device is draining like mad as it is doing all of that processing on the standard CPU.
Would also explain why people are seeing more drain using their phone rather than idle - any message/photo/app you use etc will be processed through whatever machine learning is in place.
I hooked my iPhone up to Xcode Instruments, and there is absolutely no indication there is any background activity.
Edit - doing a test now. I've disabled everything Search/Siri related, to measure the effects. I have a hunch that the quantity of machine learning Apple has stuffed into iOS is simply too much for basically every device except the iPhone 8, 8+, and X - as these devices have a specific low power cores which are designed for that purpose. It can apparently do 600 billion operations a second... if Siri machine learning requires that much processing, no wonder every other device is draining like mad as it is doing all of that processing on the standard CPU.
Would also explain why people are seeing more drain using their phone rather than idle - any message/photo/app you use etc will be processed through whatever machine learning is in place.
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