Iphone 11 pro max battery dying fast

Anyone else having a problem with the battery tanking? I’ve covered all the bases. Brightness down, location services only while using apps, no background app refresh, etc. my battery is consistently going down 50% in 5 hours for the past 24 hours that I’ve tested it. Regular use, no difference between sleep & wake, it’s losing the same amount. Ideas??

Posted on Sep 21, 2019 10:10 AM

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Posted on Sep 21, 2019 2:08 PM

There is definitely something wrong. My iPhone 11 Pro Max has been off the charger for 6 hours so far today and it still has 81% battery. At this rate, it will last up to 30 hours. Keep in mind that I am home so it has been on WiFi all day, which is much more efficient than cellular.


  • Go to Settings: Battery
  • View your usage for the last 24 hours
  • See if there are particular hours that stand out
  • Look at the apps and activity % to see which apps are sucking down the battery


Let me know what you find.


I have seen a situation like this before and doing a full reset of the phone fixed it. Not sure if we are there yet with your phone so you should check the list above.


Best,

Frank

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Sep 30, 2019 9:02 PM in response to ayoadrian

Let me give you some information for comparison to see if this helps. My iPhone 11 Pro Max today.


  • Removed from the Qi charger in my office at 4:27 PM
  • Was on WiFi
  • Taught class
  • Drove home while listening to a podcast (10 minute drive)
  • At home
    • I am on WiFi as well.
    • Screen on 5h 31m
    • Screen off 1h 38m
    • Played Grindstone (30% of my total battery usage) Note that it did not drain my battery by 30%. It was just 30% of the total usage this evening. I like to play while watching the news.
    • Listened to podcasts (17% of my total battery usage).
    • The rest is made up with a mix of different things.


The Battery settings also notes that my phone was at 100% until 6:30 (a full 2 hours after removing it from the charger).


So I have been off of the charger for 7.5 hours now and my battery is at 74%. At this rate it should last for 30 hours under the same usage load. This is typical for what I have been seeing over the 10 days since I got the phone.


What does your battery drainage curve look like over 24 hours?


One more question because I have to know: why don't you charge your phone while you are sleeping? If you are at all worried about battery life, I am dying to know why you don't take the 6+ hours per day when you are absolutely not using your phone to charge it.


Best,

Frank



Oct 17, 2019 2:44 PM in response to iPhone4Chick

Yes I started having this problem with my regular iPhone 11 a few weeks after I bought it. At first the battery life was phenomenal, a full charge could last me nearly 3 days, and I play games and such with it. Then one day it lost 15% overnight and proceeded to drain faster than my old iPhone 6 for the next several days. I called apple support and they ran a diagnostic which found nothing wrong. I then tried to find a solution myself, and tried updating all apps and the iOS to 13.1.2, none of which helped. But a few days ago the battery suddenly stopped draining again and made a half recovery. It's still not as good as before, but I can now get around 10 minutes of social media browsing for 1% of battery (and it also drains faster as the battery level gets lower). There was nothing that I could think of that could have triggered the drain or the recovery.


I'm sure this is a software issue after reading everyone's comments, so I guess we'll just have to wait until Apple comes up with a fix.

Oct 21, 2019 12:41 PM in response to frankxiv

Hey thanks for helping me out, but the thing is that I did check it and there was no app or something like that eating up the battery at night. I used to charge it overnight but I stopped doing that can that lowered my battery health on my iPhone XS Max significantly! So what I do is charge it up during I’m awake and not using the phone to full charge and then remove the charging while I’m asleep since it’s fully charged. So I don’t know what might be causing the issue

Oct 30, 2019 12:50 PM in response to iPhone4Chick

Hi everybody!


I have a similar question too. I'm sorry but I have to do a boring and unpleasant introduction first.


My first week with 11 Pro Max was amazing. Fully astonished by its battery capacity. Then, one week ago I decided to buy another lightning to usb c cable (mfi) with wall charger, both Aukey products. Plugging the iphone I noticed that lightning bolt icon just appeared for a second and then it turned white (no charging). My guess was bad wall charger. After I've contact Aukey Support they suggested me to try the combo Apple wall charger plus aukey cable. This time I have noticed that lightning bolt icon blinked twice and then the iPhone kept charging. There was definitely something with the cable because the opposite (Apple cable with aukey charger) worked fine without double blinking. Since then I have the impression that the iPhone lose too much battery percentage in too short time. I read by googling about Tristar chip (u2 ic) that can be damaged by faulty cables because of voltage spikes


Now my concern it's exactly this




What are your thoughts? It is unlikely?


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