My 6s plus is at 78%.
You definitely should replace the battery if you continue to use it as your main phone.
Not only do you have to deal with battery drain but it causes performance issues as well.
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iPhone iOS 13 is a serious battery drainer & Apple locked us from downgrading back to iOS12 using iTunes!
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You definitely should replace the battery if you continue to use it as your main phone.
Not only do you have to deal with battery drain but it causes performance issues as well.
I know this can be a PITA, but has anyone tried resetting and setting up as new? The only reason I ask this is because my old 6S Plus and 7 Plus did not have any battery issues like the ones I’ve read about here, and both were updated from 12.4 to 13/13.1/13.1.1/13.1.2, or whatever the iOS 13 path has been.
And the batteries on both were around 85%.
And the batteries on both were around 85%.
Is it just me, or does it seem like every iOS release within the past quarter decade or more has had a battery drain issue?
6s here. I think you’re just seeing a coincidental timing of your battery finally giving out. I’m on my 3rd battery (I replace them with $25 ones) and I noticed my battery life falling off a cliff PRIOR to iOS 13. If anything it’s gotten slightly better with the new OS.
Once I pop in a new battery I’ll be a happy camper, but this phone is likely going to head to my dad if I finally get around to upgrading in a few months.
Running latest beta 13.1.2 and awoke again this morning to very poor battery life. Taking the advice I found here in the thread I reset settings and have already noticed a major difference for the better. The first hour or so this morning I was down 30%, barely using the phone and for the past several hours I’ve only dropped 20% additional and I’ve been using the phone. Very pleased with the results and I would recommend a settings reset to anyone suffering from poor battery life with iOS 13.
My XS Max and iPad air 3 seems almost the same or a little worse but not that much. On the other hand my iPad air 2 suffer from drastic battery drain since updating to 13.1.2 from 12.4. The battery health is at 87% and it was decent on 12 but really awful on 13 so far.
I think iOS 13 is realy not optimized for older devices.
I think iOS 13 is realy not optimized for older devices.
Nope, iOS 12 really decreased my battery life from iOS 9 on my iPad Pro 9.7 after Apple forced me to update.
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“I’ve noticed a bit of a decrease, but nah, updates don’t decrease battery life”. Brilliant.
I agree with that to some extent. I don’t believe Apple really optimises the latest IOS for 3 or 4 year old devices, which is why a lot of people with older devices report worse battery usage after upgrading to the a new IOS. It’s too much of a coincidence for so many older devices batteries suddenly ‘failing’ right after updating, that there must be something else going on. I don’t believe this is intentional by Apple, just that they probably don’t spend as much time optimising the latest IOS for older devices Instead and prioritise optimising it for the latest ones.
Doesn't seem that iOS 12.4.2 exists for iPhone 6s or later iPhone models (which are compatible with iOS 13).
Good news is soon you should be able to downgrade to anything between iOS 10-12 forever once there’s a release based on the checkm8 exploit I believe. It’s been hard following all the info that’s been coming out about it. I have a 6S that needs a new battery, I’m going to have it replaced and keep that phone for as long as possible.
Whaaaat? Can u give me the link or more info,please? My dream is I downgrade to iOS10 😁
I have a brand new battery on my iPhone 7+ and battery life is subpar. My iPhone 6 is actually better for battery life than the 7+ (because it's on 12.4.2).
Anyone got an iPhone with iOS 13 and a Mac with Catalina? I heard from other threads and posts that the battery drain is from conflicting files during iCloud backup from a Mac on the same account with anything older than Catalina? (I got a Mac Pro still on Mojave) Does anyone have a Mac with Mojave or older with an iOS 13 iPhone or a Mac with Catalina with an iOS 13 iPhone, has your battery been better after your Mac upgraded to 10.15? I just hope this is true, so we can all solve this battery issue.
Only if your device has an *ipsw file that will load. The iPhone 6s has no such file. Apple says:
Available for: iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPad Air, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 3, and iPod touch 6th generation
Sure doesn't make sense why a trillion dollar company doesn't invest some money in taking care of the millions of customers for older devices...unless they wanted you to buy the latest products out there. Which they do. Seems rather unbelievable that with all their resources, they can't slap a couple of software engineers on to fix this persistent and worsening issue.
Unless, oh wait, they wouldn't want to.
that's nonsense, the guy himself said that downgrading will be impossible because of the secure enclave and system apps dependent on it
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Same phone, same problem. I had one day last week where battery was what it used to be, since then it's been pants again.
Launch day device, battery health is 97%.
Your battery is knackered. Time to get a new one.
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It‘s very difficult to prove a negative, really the onus is on you.
I’ve also experienced an important reduction in battery life in iOS 13.
In the early betas it was fine I think, but starting from the latest iOS 13 betas the battery life was shortened. Then I left the beta when the final version was released, and now in 13.1.2 the phone still smokes the battery.
I have an iPhone X at 90% battery health.
before, I could make the day and at night still have maybe 15-20%
Now, for the same usage, I need to charge it in the afternoon/evening, the battery drops much faster.
I just disabled the location services, as I saw the icon pretty much all the time, let’s see how it goes.
In the early betas it was fine I think, but starting from the latest iOS 13 betas the battery life was shortened. Then I left the beta when the final version was released, and now in 13.1.2 the phone still smokes the battery.
I have an iPhone X at 90% battery health.
before, I could make the day and at night still have maybe 15-20%
Now, for the same usage, I need to charge it in the afternoon/evening, the battery drops much faster.
I just disabled the location services, as I saw the icon pretty much all the time, let’s see how it goes.