I have Home on the phone but nothing is connected to it.
Few separate apps like Wyze cam and Tile apps are on the phone, I see Tile running on occasion but that's about it, that doesn't seem to drain the battery.
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Horrible battery life with iPhone 12 Pro max after iOS updates
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Few separate apps like Wyze cam and Tile apps are on the phone, I see Tile running on occasion but that's about it, that doesn't seem to drain the battery.
Okay, thought I would take a shot in the dark, lol. I don't know Wyze but I use tile and I see it there as well but does not seem to do anything hardly either. Having Home app alone is not doing much from what I can tell but when you see decreased battery life, is the phone warm more often, specifically when you are not doing anything with it? If so, there is something that is calling the CPU(would create heat and use more power.) If that is the case, I would try to narrow it down to what is open first, then go from there. It very well could be a "misbehaving" application that is causing the issue. Could just be the OS though also, sadly.
Hmm, my Ecobee and Arlo security system are set up with Home. I deleted my home. Lets see what happens. Thanks
It should not hurt but I don't believe that you had to remove the app itself, just remove the devices from within it like the Home app was just not set up. Either way, hopefully you will see improvement
I didn't delete the app, just my home profile from the appIt should not hurt but I don't believe that you had to remove the app itself, just remove the devices from within it like the Home app was just not set up. Either way, hopefully you will see improvement
It’s this site/forum draining your battery, even being on here for a few minutes drains a few percent quickly because of all the ads, apparently they’re working on a fix, haven’t heard anything and doubt we will.
Install a ad/content blocker.
My battery life is back to normal and no more heat since installing a content blocker.
90% battery left 1h40m usage.
Nothing wrong with iOS 14.6 or 14.7, tested them both, ever since I installed a content blocker, the battery drain and heat from this site/forum has stopped.
Install a ad/content blocker.
My battery life is back to normal and no more heat since installing a content blocker.
90% battery left 1h40m usage.
Nothing wrong with iOS 14.6 or 14.7, tested them both, ever since I installed a content blocker, the battery drain and heat from this site/forum has stopped.
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Been like this for a while now, whole time I was blaming iOS 14.5 and onwards, when it was never the problem.
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If you're getting terrible battery life on your iPhone, it's not because of iOS.
Seeing a lot of people saying they've been having terrible battery life on iOS 14.5 and onwards on their iPhones, I was one of them. Turns out macrumors is having some issues on their site/forums which is draining peoples battery like no tomorrow, they are working on a fix. Decided not to use...
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I unpaired/re-paired the Apple Watch and things seem to have improved – a LOT. TBC once more than one night passes.
It did it again last night. The cat woke me up at 3:30 am to be fed and I happened to check the phone and prevented a complete battery drain. There appears to no apps consuming the battery. Should I try a factory reset? If so is it OK to restore from a backup on my Mac? Thanks.
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That's your call bud. Make sure that your backup is uptodate prior. If you do restore back, I would try to restore as a "new phone" without any configuration first. After a couple of days, if things look "better." Try restoring to backup and test again. If it was good before the backup restore, then there is something up with your backup. Either an app or setting, or something deeper than what the user can see.
I backed my phone up on my Mac and also ran an iCloud backup and then performed a factory reset. I decided to try the easy route first and restore the backup. Last nights battery usage was the best that I have seen in over a year. I am not declaring victory yet but usage for the last 12 hours appears to be as it should be.
Fingers crossed that is all that you needed to do. No matter the platform, OS upgrades is always an "iffy" thing because in most cases, there are old things that are left behind afterwards. When talking about computers, it is better to do a fresh install of any major OS version, rather than continuous upgrades.