My only Bluetooth is a JBL Flip 5 that gets turned off and on and it’s had no issue connecting. Hopefully more people keep contacting Apple and make them aware of this battery issue.
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iOS 14 battery life
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My battery life seems just the same or better. I know people tend to not agree but I think you need to wait a few days before judging battery life - depending upon settings.
I did get the message when I plugged in last night telling me that charging won't go past 80% until a certain time - will be 100 before I normally get up and use
I did get the message when I plugged in last night telling me that charging won't go past 80% until a certain time - will be 100 before I normally get up and use
I forgot to mention when I talked to Apple Support they gave me a link to the Apple webpage and said to go to the section under contact and leave feedback.
Yeah my Battery Life on the XR is worse. I went on a walk today and what started at 82% went all the way down to 70 and I was just listening to a podcast. I hope a quick future update fixes this.
These threads pop up every single year.
Do you not think you’re just using it more, hence the battery appearing to drain faster?
Do you not think you’re just using it more, hence the battery appearing to drain faster?
The thought did occur to me that now that I see the percentage, maybe this is normal. Still, I have been able to use the phone throughout the day without charging. I don't think I can do that now.
It seems to be unchanged for my 11 Pro Max. Last night I put it down at 54% and when I got up it was at 50%, after about 7.5hrs... I typically charge every other day
My iphone XS max is heating up like crazy after ios 14 update. Needless to say, battery life is also severely affected. However, wife's XS max and daughter's XR arent affected. I clean install 2 times but with similar results. While on 13.7, the only time the phone will get this level of hotness is a badly written app that is causing it. Now, i turn on the screen and heat will start to generate. 
There’s so many factors involved in the overheating and battery issues you people are having. Best solution is to go back to iOS 13.7. never Download the first iteration Of a major update. Wait. Especially if you have an older phone. And let the masses report back on any issues before you take the plunge. I have no sympathy for you
mine was horrible today. I was at 30% by 4 pm with minimal usage. I tried plugging it in at 20%, put it in airplane mode, and let it be. 20 mins later it showed 18%!?!
If everyone waits with the best solution then there will be no masses updating.
Are you doing a clean install and then using it without any apps. If you’re reinstalling all your apps and one of them is the culprit then the clean install isn’t going to make much difference.My iphone XS max is heating up like crazy after ios 14 update. Needless to say, battery life is also severely affected. However, wife's XS max and daughter's XR arent affected. I clean install 2 times but with similar results. While on 13.7, the only time the phone will get this level of hotness is a badly written app that is causing it. Now, i turn on the screen and heat will start to generate.
Hi I faced the same problem as well, battery drained off fast and phone get heated up. When I check on the batt status it says the Health used 80%+ of the battery and iPhone storage Health app taken up the most space suddenly.
But! But! Then you’re missing out on all these super cool new features!! 😜
(still on 13.7 on my 11 Pro, managed to squeeze out 4 days between charging...)
Ah, the infamous on / off or hard reboot solution. How long has that been the go-to for Support? It's true such a thing might help get ducks in a row, but it's hardly a solution.
I tried that - rather than calling them and being told to do so - but it doesn't appear to have fixed things. I thought it was imagination re: drain at first, but this is hardly the only location I've seen comments about it.
Sigh.
Expecting a iOS 14.x patch (sorry, 'update') soon. I suspect Apple is a little sensitive about blowback on their OSs and batteries now...
Have been using iOS 14 since developer beta 2. No problems and same battery life. I’m on an 11 Pro Max, but there are always people and phones that have update issues.
Can’t live in a cave.
My XR definitely seems to be using a little bit more battery on 14 than it was on 13.7. Only probably a few more percent a day with minimal use. Most likely just iOS doing bits behind the scenes. Otherwise will likely be fixed quickly with a patch.
How can I restore to 13.7? The settings will be the same after that?
I will wait until iOS 14.1 or 2 if I can...
