Siri and Battery Drain Problem

Hi,


Last night my iPhone 7 intensively used battery power from 85% to 8% in the morning.


I checked battery statistics and found that Siri used 99% of battery time evenly all the night.


I had to restart my iPhone to stop battery drain.


I didn't use Siri at least several days before this problem.


iPhone 7 128GB, iOS 12.1.2

iPhone 7, 12

Posted on Feb 6, 2019 12:49 AM

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Mar 29, 2019 8:14 PM in response to Igor Kokarev

I have same issue and saw this on another post. Can’t vouch for it works but I’ll try anything at this point.


There is a solution to this. The Siri drain occurred for me after using text dictation ...so something to do with the microphone...I searched the forums here and another user had posted to go into iTunes and play some songs from your library or the store. This disconnects Siri's stranglehold. I did that and the Siri drain stopped. About an hour later I checked my battery usage and Siri had dropped from 65% to about half...it takes awhile to disappear completely from the top 3 of the list as the measure is for a 24 hour period, but next day it's back to 1% I try not to use the microphone but sometimes it's necessary and invariably Siri latches onto the battery, however this fix has worked without fail several times.

Feb 6, 2019 1:01 AM in response to Igor Kokarev

Protect you Battery:

  1. Put on Low Power Mode
  2. Put Auto Lock On (1 min)
  3. Put Auto Answer Off
  4. If you Want to watch continuous Video. Stream it on TV or a Monitor.
  5. Charge before it drops below 20-30%
  6. Try connecting to Wifi in place of Cellular.
  7. Periodically Check your Battery Health (Settings > Battery > Battery Health)


Do not keep Siri Open and AutoLock in Never mode.




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