How can I downgrade? My phone lasts less than half what it lasted before the upgrade.
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iOS 16 Battery Drain Thread
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Yeah. Is there any way to downgrade? I’m gonna eat until Friday to see if it fixes itself otherwise I have to downgrade. I’m at 20% after a full charge, that never happened before.
13 pro. Running like a 2009 Android.
Battery is disgusting and seems to overheat while charging.
Removed all Lock Screen widgets now. See if that helps, I bet we’ll see a 16.0.1
Battery is disgusting and seems to overheat while charging.
Removed all Lock Screen widgets now. See if that helps, I bet we’ll see a 16.0.1
On my 13 pro max, I’m not seeing a drain overnight when the phone is unused, but am definitely seeing it drain quicker during normal usage. Have been down to 50 ish percent by end of the day where its normally down to about 70 by the end of the day
Battery Health is 100%
Battery Health is 100%
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I wish I knew how. My phone is barely off the charger more than 4 hours now and has already dropped from 100% to 53%. My battery health is 100% because I recently had a new one installed on my SE2. Usually my phone would barely have dropped anything after only 4 hours. Apple really screwed something up on this update
Mine seems to be about the same as 15.6.1 even after about two days. If it gets even better it would be more than welcome.
yeah im thinking people are overreacting online rather it be an ios 16 problem
Your phone will need 24hrs to settle after an update.
Then try a few hard restarts - volume up, then down, then hold the power button till you see the apple logo.
Battery drain hasn't really been an issue on the betas of 16.
A few devices mentioned some drain, but the majority of us found the battery solid and improved.
Try a few hard restarts - press volume up, then press volume down, then hold the power button till you see the apple logo.
A few devices mentioned some drain, but the majority of us found the battery solid and improved.
Try a few hard restarts - press volume up, then press volume down, then hold the power button till you see the apple logo.
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How is it that there's a battery drain thread every time after an iOS release?
People expect everything to work on day 1 despite hundreds of posts advising giving it a few days. Every year it's the same old cycle.
People expect everything to work on day 1 despite hundreds of posts advising giving it a few days. Every year it's the same old cycle.
Different people each time maybe..? I've literally never had an issue with battery drain after any iOS release until this one. It's depleting incredibly fast. Hence checking out these forums to see if it was just me.
I'll give it a couple of days though and see if it settles.
No. Seriously, the phone is always hot, it’s an iPhone 13 Pro and it wasn’t like this before. I lost 40% battery overnight, I was sleeping, that’s not normal at all.
Yeah. This is also the first time that dis happens to me. Im gonna try a restart
thats not a thing, volume up, down and holding power button doesnt do anything
nvm you press quickly not hold it down.
either way im on another cycle and battery life has not improved. i may just downgrade to ios 15.7
I literally saw my battery drop 2% in one minute. Apple really goofed this one up imo. Never had any issues like this before on any updates aside from this update.
Battery just dropped another percentage as I typed this posting. Might take my SIM card out and go back to using my old Huawei phone until apple gets their act together. I’ve also been having the heat issue that a few others have been talking about. Gets hot like it’s been sitting on the charger for a long time in the car with the sun in it…but it’s not connected to any charger at all.
Battery just dropped another percentage as I typed this posting. Might take my SIM card out and go back to using my old Huawei phone until apple gets their act together. I’ve also been having the heat issue that a few others have been talking about. Gets hot like it’s been sitting on the charger for a long time in the car with the sun in it…but it’s not connected to any charger at all.
13 Pro, no difference in battery life for me. Home & Lock Screen only used 2% battery on the current cycle, I have the dynamic weather wallpaper and two complications (weather & calendar) on my lock screen, dynamic weather also for my home screen. Background activity for Weather was 8% (6 min), Calendar didn't even register for battery usage.
I'm seeing more discharge than usual, but it's because I've been using the phone a lot more - playing with settings, tweaking things, switching back and forth between wallpapers, updating apps, etc. I expected it and it's not out of line with what I normally see from my phone.
I'm seeing more discharge than usual, but it's because I've been using the phone a lot more - playing with settings, tweaking things, switching back and forth between wallpapers, updating apps, etc. I expected it and it's not out of line with what I normally see from my phone.
Thats the same Lock Screen and complications that I have. Yesterday I was working so didn't have time to play with the new features. The battery was 60% by 11am. Thats insanely fast depletion compared to what I'd normally see. Hopefully it'll settle down.
The "Find My" thing is strange, seems it only randomly affects certain devices. I have one person and five Apple devices connected to it, and "Find My" doesn't even register in my battery usage unless I actually open the app and use it.
I am about to remove my AirTags from the device and add them to my phone from work instead to see if that makes any difference. However, Find My is even shown as #1 on my iPad and I do not even have Find My or Location Services enabled on that device! (doesnt leave the house)
Very strange. I already did multiple restores from scratch without a backup
I did a clean restore and then downloaded my iCloud backup. I’m gonna check if this helped at all, right now at least I can say the phone is not getting hot like yesterday.
I've changed the weather background to colour background and I’ve noticed less battery drain overnight.