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iOS 18 Battery Life Thread
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Still 3rd party, maybe that’s why you could have problems.
Why you didn’t gave your 12 PM an original battery replacement ?
Many reports of bad battery with 18.2
Will change next year so my friend replaced this for free. These 3rd part battery has been developed. Put it in my 12PM I dont care.
But blame is on me in this case for upgrading to a beta
Might or might not be the battery, but its obvious that the BMS can't communicate with the battery as it can't tell the health of the battery (from the screenshot). Since it can't figure out health and performance it may impact performance. But if that's standby time, performance when on battery or the throttling CPU I wouldn't know.Many reports of bad battery with 18.2
Will change next year so my friend replaced this for free. These 3rd part battery has been developed. Put it in my 12PM I dont care.
But blame is on me in this case for upgrading to a beta
It would be interesting to get an official word from Apple how it treats 3rd party battery when it comes to performance.
I have installed "Omnistat", an app which shows information about CPU, memory usage, etc.... And I can see that my iPhone has a "load average" higher than another iPhone without my apps / iCloud account,....
I have also seen that my iPhone has more "network activity" (very small) than another iPhone 16 (without my iCloud account and apps) but bot background activity enabled in settings.
Yesterday, I have used my phone a lots of time but not very long each time and this pattern is disastrous for my battery.
I would like to find the culprit !
I have also seen that my iPhone has more "network activity" (very small) than another iPhone 16 (without my iCloud account and apps) but bot background activity enabled in settings.
Yesterday, I have used my phone a lots of time but not very long each time and this pattern is disastrous for my battery.
I would like to find the culprit !
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Can you share link to this app?
I have found Omnistat 2 app in AppStore which apparently is no longer supported (last update a year ago that added support for iPhone 14 so this is highest supported iPhone).
Not sure if this is app you are using.
But aside that this app looks great for troubleshooting.
Does it show CPU usage per each app/process?
Yes it’s Omnistat 2 but it works perfectly (I have bought it few years ago)
It shows CPU usage, average load, memory usage but not the process name (it would be perfect!)
18.2 battery life has been better than 18.1 for me which is surprising the amount of AI I’ve been using.
A couple of days ago, I've postet a screenshot of my iPhone 16 Plus with 18.1. I still find this Software Version Rock-Solid, but i've a weird issue- it seems my phone is restarting while beeing in airplane mode and just connected to the wifi. I've reached out to Apple Support via Chat, they did a remote diagnosis and can't explain this.
Is anyone is experiencing the same issue or having seen that before? In my daily life, the phone is working as usual, no sudden restarts or freezes at all.
Is anyone is experiencing the same issue or having seen that before? In my daily life, the phone is working as usual, no sudden restarts or freezes at all.
Interesting because on my IP 14 battery consumption in idle is very low. Close or no change to how it was in 17.7.2.
I really can’t complain.
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To be honest, I don't know anymore what to do.
After one month of having 16 Pro 256 battery seems to be unpredictable. There was a day when I was able to have 4h SoT in 50% battery usage but it was the maximum I was able to achieve (WiFi).
Now, when I am in a business travel, using LTE battery drains quite quickly. But still, 3h SoT is my average with WiFi and moderate usage. It is impossible to have the same issue with 3 different units. And I have a feeling (can't confirm it) but limit set to less than 100% causes battery drains more quickly.
Please disregard the highest stats marked with red. I was charging the phone during the day.
Apple claims everything is ok, service engineer will say it is ok because it depends on apps I use. At the same time I see that other people can use and use and use their phones and have a minimal battery drop.
I really hope that 18.2 will improve the battery efficiency.