I restored my device the other day. Tuesday or Wednesday to be exact. The deleted app was a social media app. I restored my device from the computer and restored as new. However, after doing that I noticed that there was an update on my MacBook after restoring. I never had this issue before with this much battery drain even with my usage.
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iOS 16 Battery Drain Thread
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Yes, iOS 16.3 drains more battery than the previous version on my 13 mini. Not a lot more, but still. However, a big drainage must have another explanation, most likely a demanding or faulty app.
16.3 is so bad for my battery life :-(
Everything turned off except WiFi - battery still drains faster then before.
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Everything turned off except WiFi - battery still drains faster then before.
iPhone 12 mini
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Off to a new start today. 2+ hours in with 85% left. Let's see if I'm going to hit 10+ of battery life today. 🤞🏻
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Update: 14% left. With a 0% battery could have hit 6.5 hours on iPhone 14 Pro Max. Ehhh... It's ok not so great. Could be better!
I don't know if I should post here, my battery health is at 78 percent, it is overripe for replacement, but still...with that same battery health and iOS 15 it lasted significantly more than in iOS 16.
I use an iPhone 6s on iOS 10 with 63% health. Battery life is flawless. By that I mean, the iOS version has more relevance to determine battery life than battery health... what device do you have?
What’s your screen-on time? Can you post a screenshot of the last 24 hours screen?
I will charge phone to 100 percent tomorrow and post screenshot after it reaches like 10 percent
I just can tell it doesn’t last as long.
Wow. I cannot tell the exact screen-on time from that screenshot, but you unplugged it on Sunday at 23:18. Monday’s screen-on time is a little under 3 hours, what, 2h 45 min? I don’t know whether you used it on Sunday between 23:18 and 00:00, but even if you did… that’s about 3 hours 27 minutes of screen-on time, at best, from 100% to 8%. I don’t know exactly how you used it, I don’t know what the deleted app was, and I don’t know settings and brightness, but that is very poor almost regardless of that.
The fact that throughout the entire screenshot you used more than 100% and screen-on time isn’t even that high only reinforces my point further.
The Xs’ battery life was never astonishing, but according to screenshots back on iOS 12 it could quite comfortably reach at least 7 to 8 hours of moderate use. The X and the Xs were between 4.7-inch iPhones and Plus models, so more than 6-7 and less than 10-12. Between 7 to 10 hours depending on use. That screenshot shows… 3 to 4 hours. Or half that of iOS 12.
Always low brightness and Bluetooth turned off. The deleted app was supremacy1914 a browser game. It’s very poor. I guess my battery is to be replaced
Maybe give it a shot without the browser game, it might be that, but if it isn’t that, and it is iOS 16, yeah, that’s very poor.
I'm starting to see a big spike in background activity for mail right as I updated to 16.3.1 after updating despite everything being on manual. I really hope it's just doing something, and I don't have to completely reinstall the OS again to make it go away...
I’ve been having battery drain on my iPhone 14 Pro Max. Can’t seem to get rid of it. I used to end my days with ~50% battery life. I’m at 20% right now with only 5.5 hours of SOT.
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It took longer than it should have, sorry. I barely used my phone yesterday and today, I was mostly on desktop due to work. I’m putting this out here if it’s worth anything.
I’ve loaded back iso 15.6rc now. I’ve increased to 4.18h and it’s only the 2nd day of usage. Well it’s better! Of course I’m way behind on security now. Damn