iOS 13 draining my battery

Agreed: 13.2 did not solve the problem. I was really hoping 13.2 would let me get through more than a half day before the battery was fully consumed by (per battery statistics) Safari. I’m having to charge 2-3 times per day or stay within a cord length of a power outlet, which pretty much makes an iPad much like a corded phone chained to a wall. This didn’t happen until iOS 13 and has persisted through every subsequent release.

Although posting this will probably jinx things, 13.3 seems to have resolved some of the issues. Although I can get a full day out the battery again (although it's ending the day at about 10% instead of 60% like I could on iOS12), doing certain things like updating apps or using Chrome still hammers the battery (albeit much less severely than it did on 13.1/13.2). At least my SE is now usable. Still wish I could go back to iOS12 for the better battery life and working Mail app though.

The latest update, 13.1.3, fixed the battery-drain problem on my iPad Pro. Never had the problem on my iPhone 8.

I have experienced this with my SE since downloading the new OS last Sunday. In my case, the battery indicator shows fairly normal discharge over the course of the day, followed by a sudden drop to 0. The battery discharge graph shows this happening at about 8-9 hours of usage. My Transit App, appears to use a bit more battery than most, and I do open it around that time for my commute home, but no similar drop is apparent when I use it earlier on my way in. This is reminiscent of how my old 4S met its early demise four years ago - slow draining of the battery all day, followed by an abrupt drop to 0 with no warning.

Yes!! I still have a 8plus, reluctant to upgrade as I love my loopy case. 😏

since update phone DRAINS!! Just to find this forum went from 65% to 31%!!! Like what! My phone use to last all day now doesn’t get me half way through the day! I’ve turned off all background apps, even put into dark mode!

iTunes freezes, apps stutter & freeze! This is the first time I’ve ever had issues with iOS update. 😞 not good.

I opened a new topic, specifically about 13.1.3, based on my comment here. If you are having trouble with specifically 13.1.3, consider contributing there, too, so if Apple techies see it, they know that 13.1.3 did NOT fix the problem.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250774583?answerId=251472513022

13.2 seems even worse than 13.1.x.

Today I got this message:

All I'd done was open the app store, the battery dropped from 60-odd % to 9%, then the phone restarted and that message came up.

Battery health still showing as 100%.

I'm having the same issue on my iPhone X - prior to the latest 2 updates, I could get about 2 days out of a full charge, now I'm having to charge it at least once a day. A day ago I checked the battery usage and it said that the flashlight was on for 1 hour & 59 minutes - which is was not, I haven't used the flashlight in weeks. I had not accidentally turned the flashlight on, since accidentally turning it off seems about as unlikely.

I have an iPad Pro with the same update and its battery life seems about normal.

Hopefully they get this resolved soon.

Same issue to me, my iPhone 7 drop 1-2% ever minutes and heat up, no matter what i am doing, even texting people safari browsing web site still cause a huge battery drain n heat up the phone, the problem since i update to ios 13, and today ios 13.3. the problem still got no fix , and i think apple is not going to fix it at all , and force people to buy a new iphone. BTW i just bought my iPhone 7 a year ago.

As a follow up to my post above, my battery life has gotten a bit better with the last 2 updates, I can go about 36 hours between recharges, but this is still 10 hours less than before the iOS 13 update.

However there is still some anomaly's that I'm still seeing - according to my iPhone battery usage chart, out of the last 24 hours the flashlight has been used for 11 hours & 36 minutes, with continuous use from 8:00pm to 4:00am. With my iPhone right beside my bed, I think I would noticed if the flashlight was on.

I've also noticed that my Apple Watch is also needing charged more often since the iOS 13 update.

I'm still hoping they get this fixed soon.

I’ve had it for a little while and there’s no improvement with 13.1.3. Still drains rapidly when installing updates especially.

What kind of email accounts?

is it downloading attachments or doing anything else resource-heavy?

I am having a very similar experience with my iPhone SE. It is definitely a bit unnerving to watch the battery charge percentage drop before your eyes in real-time. This has happened since IOS 13 and has continued on through each update to 13.1.2.

Thanks for the suggestions. I have done several re-boots and the app usage seems normal. What looks off is that screen on time is long, right now 1h 4, and screen off is low, 1m. This is occurring when I'm not using my iPad.

I have the same problem with my IPad Pro. Never had a problem with battery life until I upgraded to latest iOS. Battery life graph shows a constant drain even when it is shut off all night. Tried multiple reboots, no change.