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MizuNoHane

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Which iPhone model (and iOS version)?
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It's an iPhone 6 Plus.

deano1972 said:
Can be the sign of a battery with a lot of wear.

I would try a complete discharge then full charge to try an re-calibrate it though.
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That's my next thought. I actually had the battery replaced when I broke my screen a few months ago, so I would be surprised to see it wear down so quickly. The same issue is happening with my fiancee's iPhone 6s and my friend's iPhone 6, and this all started with the current iOS build so I'm more likely to attribute it to these. However, I'll definitely try a rundown and recharge and let you guys know how it goes.
 
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Well I'm astounded...

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Some background, I got my iPhone 7 plus Friday 24 February so very new. Coconut battery told me it had 1 cycle on it on Saturday morning when I transferred everything and it was manufactured in January. So last week I decided on March 1st to run it down over two days. I popped over to France (Geneva in practically surrounded by French territory for any North Americans reading this) with data roaming turned off. Everything else on though...and the iPhone was switching in the border area between two French providers (Orange and SFR) and Sunrise my Swiss provider...plus different wifi networks in the shops and shopping malls I visited. Very nice indeed and I am very pleased with the phone. I will admit I subsequently turned off raise to talk as I find it rather annoying and find the live wallpapers a bit of a gimmick. Intense gaming is rather harder on the battery as well but that's why I still have my external battery.
 
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Nisaja

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My battery issues have now been solved. Bought an iPhone 7. Running iOS 10.2.1. I get a solid 8 hour usage.
 
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Well i observed that new betas are more optimized for Iphone7/7+ , with beta 5 i barely make 5 hours on usage and with 10.2.1 6 hours ( on iphone 6 with 3% battery wear ) .
 
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pandi.ruvina

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Hello I have an iphone 5S, updated to the latest ios version 10.2, but the battery keeps draining in standby mode, even when not using it at all. Tried all the parameters on how to maximise battery life, tried all the steps from all the forums possible, restored the device as new, closed all location services, background app refresh and even turned all the time power reserve, but the battery keeps draining! Anyone who can help me, maybe not being able to restore the device as new properly? or is something that is hardware related? because already run a diagnostic, it shows 95,79% of capacity of being charged to 100% and has only 300 cycles.
[doublepost=1489760512][/doublepost]Hello I have an iphone 5S, updated to the latest ios version 10.2, but the battery keeps draining in standby mode, even when not using it at all. Tried all the parameters on how to maximise battery life, tried all the steps from all the forums possible, restored the device as new, closed all location services, background app refresh and even turned all the time power reserve, but the battery keeps draining! Anyone who can help me, maybe not being able to restore the device as new properly? or is something that is hardware related? because already run a diagnostic, it shows 95,79% of capacity of being charged to 100% and has only 300 cycles.
 
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pandi.ruvina said:
Hello I have an iphone 5S, updated to the latest ios version 10.2, but the battery keeps draining in standby mode, even when not using it at all. Tried all the parameters on how to maximise battery life, tried all the steps from all the forums possible, restored the device as new, closed all location services, background app refresh and even turned all the time power reserve, but the battery keeps draining! Anyone who can help me, maybe not being able to restore the device as new properly? or is something that is hardware related? because already run a diagnostic, it shows 95,79% of capacity of being charged to 100% and has only 300 cycles.
[doublepost=1489760512][/doublepost]Hello I have an iphone 5S, updated to the latest ios version 10.2, but the battery keeps draining in standby mode, even when not using it at all. Tried all the parameters on how to maximise battery life, tried all the steps from all the forums possible, restored the device as new, closed all location services, background app refresh and even turned all the time power reserve, but the battery keeps draining! Anyone who can help me, maybe not being able to restore the device as new properly? or is something that is hardware related? because already run a diagnostic, it shows 95,79% of capacity of being charged to 100% and has only 300 cycles.
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Try a dfu restore then set it up as new and test the phone for a couple of days without installing any apps.
http://m.imore.com/how-to-iphone-ipad-dfu-mode
 
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pandi.ruvina said:
What after doing this? can you explain to me further more?
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What is there to explain .. follow that guide on the link to do a full dfu restore then test the phone for a couple of days without installing any apps etc, if it doesn't drain on standby you've fixed the problem and it's not a hardware fault. If it still drains its most likely a hardware fault.
If the problem returns only after installing all your apps you then know it's something your installing causing the problem.
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pandi.ruvina

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deano1972 said:
What is there to explain .. follow that guide on the link to do a full dfu restore then test the phone for a couple of days without installing any apps etc, if it doesn't drain on standby you've fixed the problem and it's not a hardware fault. If it still drains its most likely a hardware fault.
If the problem returns only after installing all your apps you then know it's something your installing causing the problem.
Cheers
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By hardware fault you mean that is the battery that is needed to be replaced or something else on device?
 
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pandi.ruvina

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deano1972 said:
Why not do the DFU restore first and then test it before we speculate about any possible hardware fault causing the excessive standby drain ;)
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Ok yesterday i just made an DFU Mode, today i woke up in the morning, pulled off the charger at 06:00 AM, now that we are speaking it's 16:50 i'm at 36% battery, barely using it! no apps, no iCloud syncing, optimised all battery settings, no background, nothing! just leaving it , and the battery dropped by herself! What does this mean? it's the battery faulty, because i'm afraid i don't want to spend money for a battery that maybe is ok but the processor or maybe another "thing" is not working correctly!! So, what would you suggest in this case? Should i go for a new battery (from previous diagnostic it showed a 96% and only 460 cycles), or i should wait a couple of days?
 
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pandi.ruvina said:
Ok yesterday i just made an DFU Mode, today i woke up in the morning, pulled off the charger at 06:00 AM, now that we are speaking it's 16:50 i'm at 36% battery, barely using it! no apps, no iCloud syncing, optimised all battery settings, no background, nothing! just leaving it , and the battery dropped by herself! What does this mean? it's the battery faulty, because i'm afraid i don't want to spend money for a battery that maybe is ok but the processor or maybe another "thing" is not working correctly!! So, what would you suggest in this case? Should i go for a new battery (from previous diagnostic it showed a 96% and only 460 cycles), or i should wait a couple of days?
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Sorry you went through all those steps for no good reason. iOS 10 has terrible battery life. Period. End of story. That's why there's a thread this long on it. People will chase their tails telling yout it's a background app, bad battery, you need to do a DFU restore and all sorts of other nonsense that won't make a lick of difference.

I think most people have accepted it as the 'new normal.'
 
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mantan said:
Sorry you went through all those steps for no good reason. iOS 10 has terrible battery life. Period. End of story. That's why there's a thread this long on it. People will chase their tails telling yout it's a background app, bad battery, you need to do a DFU restore and all sorts of other nonsense that won't make a lick of difference.

I think most people have accepted it as the 'new normal.'
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Most people aren't experiencing terrible battery life.
 
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mantan said:
Sorry you went through all those steps for no good reason. iOS 10 has terrible battery life. Period. End of story. That's why there's a thread this long on it. People will chase their tails telling yout it's a background app, bad battery, you need to do a DFU restore and all sorts of other nonsense that won't make a lick of difference.

I think most people have accepted it as the 'new normal.'
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Disagree, my 6 was fine on ios 10 as is my 7 Plus, end of story. ;)
 
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pandi.ruvina

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mantan said:
Sorry you went through all those steps for no good reason. iOS 10 has terrible battery life. Period. End of story. That's why there's a thread this long on it. People will chase their tails telling yout it's a background app, bad battery, you need to do a DFU restore and all sorts of other nonsense that won't make a lick of difference.

I think most people have accepted it as the 'new normal.'
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Wow that was hard to swallow!! I mean i have friends that have other iphones between 6,6s 6 plus but none of them has the drain issue on the battery! My question is simple : trying all the steps mentioned before, replacing the battery could fix something or not?!
 
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pandi.ruvina said:
Wow that was hard to swallow!! I mean i have friends that have other iphones between 6,6s 6 plus but none of them has the drain issue on the battery! My question is simple : trying all the steps mentioned before, replacing the battery could fix something or not?!
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Possibly! It could be a fault with the battery or it could be another hardware fault causing the standby drain problem. Ive heard of a faulty Touch ID/home button causing this kind of battery drain
For example.

Forgive me but your battery cycles have jumped from 300 to 460 in a day reading your posts above
 
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pandi.ruvina

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deano1972 said:
Possibly! It could be a fault with the battery or it could be another hardware fault causing the standby drain problem. Ive heard of a faulty Touch ID/home button causing this kind of battery drain
For example.

Forgive me but your battery cycles have jumped from 300 to 460 in a day reading your posts above
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i hope it will be a faulty battery because where I live, Apple Store doesn't exist! about the cycles the 300 where like the month of November 2016, recently i re-run a diagnostic and shows 460 cycles!
 
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WeatherMate

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To improve the battery consumption of iPhone, you can check the following guidelines:
  1. Select the low power mode from the battery settings
  2. Check the apps that are draining the iPhone battery
  3. Rest or restore your cell phone.
 
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