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iOS 16 Battery Drain Thread
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Reverend Benny
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Have been using 16.7.2 since mid last week (same day as it was released) on my private phone and it works great. Don't feel its any different than 16.7.1. It feels like the battery lasts a bit longer, but can't say for sure as I don't use my phone the same way every day.
Have also had it installed on my workphone since friday, have fever apps on that one and are also runnit MS defender on it. Have been sitting mostly in my bag since friday when I last charged it and it was alive on monday morning as always and seem to be running fine.
Have run into a problem with MS defender but that's most likely have to do with our setup since i'm part of a evaluation group to see what impact defender has on mobiles.
Have pushed out 16.7.2 to around 100 people at work and haven't heard back from anyone regarding issues.
Most of these Phones are SE2020, SE2022, iPhone 14. We have a few 11 and 13 but they are only a handfull.
Have also had it installed on my workphone since friday, have fever apps on that one and are also runnit MS defender on it. Have been sitting mostly in my bag since friday when I last charged it and it was alive on monday morning as always and seem to be running fine.
Have run into a problem with MS defender but that's most likely have to do with our setup since i'm part of a evaluation group to see what impact defender has on mobiles.
Have pushed out 16.7.2 to around 100 people at work and haven't heard back from anyone regarding issues.
Most of these Phones are SE2020, SE2022, iPhone 14. We have a few 11 and 13 but they are only a handfull.
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Background App refresh turned off?
I swear, when I turn that off my battery life gets worse than when I just leave it on Wi-Fi. It’s like the phone just sorts itself out with processing after a while and background app refresh being turned off is like throwing a wrench in it
Reverend Benny
macrumors 68000
13pro here with 85% health and been updating to 17.2.1 which has improved battery life ever so slightly. Updated from 16.7.2 which also worked fine with my device.
Had major battery issues with iOS 16 for a while but it seemed to be related to the "Apple Fitness bug" and was resolved when reinstalling the app.
James6s
macrumors 68020
Reverend Benny
macrumors 68000
The problem with the "Battery" stats is that it doesn't give the full picture.
Sure, the stats look crazy if you are just looking at it sitting there, but we don't know what's going on the in the background. It would be better if Apple gave us the full picture (some advanced battery stats) or no stats at all.
FeliApple
macrumors 601
Yes, but there’s clearly something wrong there, something on the background or a stuck process, it’s wrong regardless.
Lucky736
macrumors 65816
This last update. 16.7.12. Absolutely trashed the battery life on a phone I use that I transferred an old land line to. Very very disappointed. Background everything is off. Anything that can be shut off is, as it was before. It hardly has anything to begin with. Battery life is 1/3 of what it was at BEST. This is bad.