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iOS 14 battery life
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11 Pro. Might be slightly better. Nothing bad. On the other hand my Watch OS7 update forced me to unpair/repair my watch due to drastic drain on my watch.
11 Pro here, phone gets hot, battery drains fast. Was getting 3 days on a charge, now just one day. Removed a suspect widget (not on Home Screen), but watching a video makes the phone drain more than on iOS 13.7
This is the first time since I started using iOS (iOS 4) that I’ve actually noticed a meaningful decrease in battery life after an update. I know people always complain, but luckily I’ve never had an issue until now.
My iPhone 11 Pro is ending each day with about 20% - 25% Less battery life at the end of the day. This has been fairly consistent each day since updating and the usage of my phone has not changed. I work from home now, so it’s not really an issue. Just unfortunate.
My iPhone 11 Pro is ending each day with about 20% - 25% Less battery life at the end of the day. This has been fairly consistent each day since updating and the usage of my phone has not changed. I work from home now, so it’s not really an issue. Just unfortunate.
I had major battery issues where my phone would be off the charger with light use and was dropping 30-50% in 1.5 hours. The only thing that resolved it for me was erasing the phone and restoring the backup from iCloud. Battery life is now back to normal.
My Xs Max seems unaffected, but my wife's Xr is loosing battery charge rapidly. I have disabled all the background things that she can live without. We will see over the next few days how this goes.
I know this overheating and battery draining issue only affected some people. Like I said earlier, it affected my XS Max but not my wife's. I strongly suggest those affected to do a reinstall and setup the iphone as new (do not restore from backup), this fixed my overheating problem. I know it is a pain but worth a try.
My iPhone X loses about ~20% charge overnight (8 hours) since updating to iOS 14 three days ago.
I restored and set up as new my 11 Pro with iTunes and I am getting better battery than after OTA updating from 13.7 to 14.0.
I recommend everyone with battery issues do a restore and set up as new using iTunes or Finder. Don’t do it from iOS settings.
Last time I had to restore due to battery issues was when updating my 5S from iOS 10.2 to 11.0.
I recommend everyone with battery issues do a restore and set up as new using iTunes or Finder. Don’t do it from iOS settings.
Last time I had to restore due to battery issues was when updating my 5S from iOS 10.2 to 11.0.
assuming you bought the iphone se March 31, 2016 (when it released) through September 12, 2018 (when it was discontinued) you'd at a minimum have over 2 years of use on the battery. They are rated for 500 charge cycles and given you are charging once a day (probably more now) you've exhausted/consumed the battery, and the 93% battery full charge capacity shown by iOS is not accurate. Get a new battery for $49 and kindly step down from your soap box.WHAT THE HELL!? I just charged my iPhone SE (first gen), 93% battery capacity, last night to 61%... woke up today after 7 hours of it IN AIRPLANE MODE, in LOW POWER mode... and it's 31%!!! 30% of the battery just ... poof! gone!!
oh right, it's "working on things in the background"... huh fanbois?nah I get it... that happens... but I've never seen it like this.. IN ANY release! what the hell is this?
and my apple watch? watchOS 7? ... perfectly fine battery life.
😩 BTW, before this iOS14... it would drain maybe 4% AT MOST at night, during that time. .... This is upsetting.
XR bought in January: I got so used to charging once per two, sometimes three days with iOS 13, that I definitely notice needing to charge daily. (It doesn't drop to 0%, more to 40-50%, but I'm used to 70-75% at the end of the day. I'm not a very heavy user.)
On my XS I feel battery life is much better. However in my partners iPhone 7 it is pretty shocking. I did a clean install yesterday, so will give a couple of days to index.
