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Q: ios 9 update battery drain problem

First, don't respond with general battery life advice!  After upgrade to ios 9 then 9.01, the battery life on my iphone 5s has been reduced dramatically.

 

This is not a settings issue as I verified all my previous settings are the same as before the update.  All location services and background app refreshes are off and were off prior to the update.

 

There is clearly a problem with the ios using more resources.  All the responses I have seen regarding this issue give the same general advice for conserving battery life. This is not a "settings" issue - update resulted in maybe 50-60% of the previous battery life.

 

Any fixes in the works?

iPhone 5s, iOS 9.0.1

Posted on Oct 1, 2015 7:55 AM

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  • by Lady.Bug,

    Lady.Bug Lady.Bug Oct 6, 2015 3:47 PM in response to gajendrasinh
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    Oct 6, 2015 3:47 PM in response to gajendrasinh

    How did you make it resolve the battery drain? I am on 9.0.2 and this thing is draining my battery like no one's business. I am constantly having to find a power source

  • by Lady.Bug,

    Lady.Bug Lady.Bug Oct 6, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Cessna18
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    Oct 6, 2015 3:52 PM in response to Cessna18

    *** Apple?! We should not have to go through these hoops. I am really upset because 9.0.2 is a bug. Fix it already.

    I've done everything suggested on multiple sites and nothing has resolved the problem. The suggested solutions are hopeful band-aids. I want a real solution. How about quality checking it before releasing it? How do we resurrect Steve Jobs from the land of the dead in order to avoid continual mishaps like this?

  • by Lady.Bug,

    Lady.Bug Lady.Bug Oct 6, 2015 3:54 PM in response to Cessna18
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    Oct 6, 2015 3:54 PM in response to Cessna18

    Right on!

  • by seven59889,

    seven59889 seven59889 Oct 9, 2015 12:52 AM in response to JeffB1973
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    Oct 9, 2015 12:52 AM in response to JeffB1973

    I Have the same problem and it gets hot too, most of my apps started to glitch

  • by JerPa,

    JerPa JerPa Oct 10, 2015 4:56 AM in response to seven59889
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    Oct 10, 2015 4:56 AM in response to seven59889

    Same problem here.

  • by kmiklas,

    kmiklas kmiklas Oct 10, 2015 3:30 PM in response to Cessna18
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    Oct 10, 2015 3:30 PM in response to Cessna18

    +1

     

    The only thing that helps is putting the phone into airplane mode--which is an annoyance.

     

    There must be some constant chatter going on between the device and the app owners and/or the Mother Ship.

  • by Janet Grogan,

    Janet Grogan Janet Grogan Oct 10, 2015 4:53 PM in response to Cessna18
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    Oct 10, 2015 4:53 PM in response to Cessna18

    Has anyone found anything that helps with this battery drain?  Mine only started with upgrade to 9.0.2, my partner has no problem with his phone on 9.0.2 & we both have 5c phones.  I don't understand it at all.

    Janet

  • by reyane,

    reyane reyane Oct 11, 2015 11:23 PM in response to Cessna18
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    Oct 11, 2015 11:23 PM in response to Cessna18

    Since the 9.0.2 update, I can't even listen to five minutes of music without my phone dropping 10% of its battery. Like thanks, but I can live without this update Apple.

  • by paints2020,

    paints2020 paints2020 Oct 12, 2015 4:45 AM in response to Lady.Bug
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    Oct 12, 2015 4:45 AM in response to Lady.Bug

    Amen!

  • by JRP_KS,

    JRP_KS JRP_KS Oct 12, 2015 4:56 AM in response to thunderzzz
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    Oct 12, 2015 4:56 AM in response to thunderzzz

    Thanks resetting my phone has worked.    I usually add 1 additional step before doing the reset.   I stop all background tasks first.    iPhone 5 and 6s are working fine after doing the reset using 9.0.2.   The 5, was draining the battery prior to the reset.

  • by iosdroid,

    iosdroid iosdroid Oct 12, 2015 6:16 AM in response to Cessna18
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    Oct 12, 2015 6:16 AM in response to Cessna18

    finally i founded solution for massive battery drain in iphone 5s after ios 9 update..i dont know how much logic on these but its gvs somthing to smile..

     

     

     

     

    this is only my personal experience a true experience...

     

     

    i had issue with battery draining after ios 9 updates..sleep less nights , searching for solutions..nothing helps ..

     

     

    chated with apple agent..nothing helps..

     

     

    after all the failures u found out myself smthng to smile..

     

     

    my iphon gets hot everytime after that i m experiencing massive battery drains..

     

     

    so the 1st step is removing iphone covers..use wthout fancy covers ..bcz ios 9 is added with powerful new fetures thts mks i phone cpu too much loads and mks the device heats .so just use your iphone without any rubber or metal covers..

     

     

    then another solution is to clean the speaker area also microphone ..remove the dirts inside ..gv space to heat comes out..

     

     

    ..after this ..i seen myself my iphone not droping battery like bfr..its a clear ios 9 bugs..but this is a small solution for thise who experiencing poor batterydrain..

     

     

    1.remove any covers.

     

     

    2.clean the speaker microphone charging socket ..

     

     

     

     

      so thats it a small solution for battety drain..but i dont know how much logic on these .but its works fr me..

     

     

    its a ios bug..we can wait for apple new update to fix for this ..we love iphones..its not intended to use like this..but we can hope..everything will be fine ....cheers

  • by aallen ,

    aallen aallen Oct 12, 2015 10:25 AM in response to Cessna18
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    Oct 12, 2015 10:25 AM in response to Cessna18

    I noticed a massive drop in my battery power when I updated to 9.0.2. I thought it was just me, but evidently not. I wish Apple would address this issue. I also have tired all the "normal" fixes and nothing is working. I turned my phone off last night, like off off, with 34% of power and when I turned it back on in the morning it was at 17%! That has never happened to me before. I have tired everything to no avail.

  • by Ragnar777,

    Ragnar777 Ragnar777 Oct 12, 2015 7:13 PM in response to thunderzzz
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    Oct 12, 2015 7:13 PM in response to thunderzzz

    This is stupid. Why should I get an update and then have problems and have to do all kinds of crap to fix it? Seriously. ***.

     

    I Don't like the lower case Keys.

     

    I Don't understand  apple support pages are micro font and require scrolling left to right. On phone. All other sites adapt so things are readable. Unforgivable. ***?

     

    I Want answers !

  • by raghavendra raofromguntur,

    raghavendra raofromguntur raghavendra raofromguntur Oct 13, 2015 5:44 AM in response to Cessna18
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    Oct 13, 2015 5:44 AM in response to Cessna18

    Even i have the same problem. Serious Battery Drain. My phone got switched off form 60% without any use in the whole night. This happend the after the update of ios 9.0.1 and updating to ios 9.0.2 doesn't help. Please fix this as soon as possible. I tried below options but no use

    1. resetting the phone.

    2. keeping the phone in aeroplane mode.

    3. always on low power mode.

     

    Nothing worked out.

  • by phupper,

    phupper phupper Oct 14, 2015 11:26 AM in response to Lee1963
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    Oct 14, 2015 11:26 AM in response to Lee1963

    My 5S has the same battery drain problem with IOS9.  Additionally it showed that my Flashlight app was using all the power even though I had not used that app.  I uninstalled the Flashlight app days ago but it's still showing the Flashlight app using power.  Such BS.  Apple doesn't even give you the choice to dismiss a particular update.  If you choose "don't install now" it says "how about tonight?".  Seems kind of pushy to me considering they hadn't done enough testing.

    "The number of people experiencing this issue is not critical"

    So I'm guessing the update worked fine on your phone...

     

    Cheers

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