battery drain iphone 6s 13.1.2

I'm having the exact same problem except on an iPhone 7 (13.2.3). The phone drains randomly and without notice to less than 10%, sometimes it even shuts off. When it comes back up it still reports that last charge, which is usually 80%+. My phone is in a Smart Charging case and barely makes it less than 80% by bedtime. Never saw any issues like this until iOS13.

It's very frustrating and Apple doesn't seem to care to fix, also cannot go back to iOS 12 due to there being no IPSW files signed anymore for that version to revert to.

If anyone has figured out a way to fix this please post. Seems to be another attempt tp push people to upgrade phones that are perfectly operable.

I did virtually nothing with my iPhone (6s) all day Sunday, left it plugged in all day. This morning, put it in my pocket w/o checking anything on it.

About mid-day I checked Battery and saw that Siri had used up >60% of my battery and the charge was down to about 30%.

This is without doing next to nothing with the device other than carrying it around. Took a picture of the screen just in case that helps.

Now, about a week ago, took the device to the Apple Genius Bar who did some basic testing and told me the Capacity at 92% was fine but suggested I replace the battery (which was replaced December 2018. What happens if that does not fix it - buy a new device I was told.

Seems to me with the experiment I did, that Siri is the problem?? How do I turn it off??

I've factory reset with fresh install and continue to have the same issues. That may be 'gotta try it anyway' issue, but I've went so far as deleting every app (even Apple's own apps) on a fresh install with everything turned off (background sync, location sync, wifi, bt, etc) and it still drains within a couple hours on a. phone charged to 100%, with battery health at 100%!

My 6s is still having problems after install of IOS 13.3. When the problem started, battery health was at 92, now at 90%. Latest problem is when battery drops to less than 40% it will just shut down on me without warning, as if the battery is dead. After plugging in for just a couple minutes, charge is back above 50%. Just very frustrating. Im starting to leave the phone plugged in whenever i can at home, office or in car...

If you read this thread and many other threads and tech articles you can search on Google, there are fixes offered. However, there is NO overall fix, there is not a solution to battery drain caused by the IOS 13 updates. You can see if you research that some people tired this or that & it worked for them individually. It happens on other phones too, not just the 6S and has occured in the past with updates. Personally I tried EVERYTHING, including a new battery (though mine was at 100%), deleting all apps, , as well as a resetting the phone and making every adjustments you can make to save battery...all to no avail. I'm keeping my 6s, I don't use it enough for it to be a problem and I'm never far from a charger. I will not purchase another iphone until Apple owns up or solves the issue.

I woke up this morning to find my phone had powered off overnight. If you look at the photo showing the battery level it shows a almost full charging dropping in an instant to near empty. This is what I found when I powered back up.

as I type this the charge is holding steady at 10%. The battery health shows battery performing at 100%.

I am going to now put the phone on charge to see how quickly it reaches full charge.

‘ I expect to report back soon. ‘

It took half an hour to reach 91% after dramatically showing a near instantaneous drop to 10% so there must be something wrong with the battery meter reading rather than the battery itself being drained. ( The battery reading had continued to hold at 10% until I put the phone on charge. )

Any thoughts?

This morning, I picked up my phone which was plugged in all nite and the reading was 100% charge. By the time I walked it out to my car, about 2 minutes, the level had dropped to 1%. This device is pretty much unusable unless it is plugged into a power source.

Just loads of frustration on my part - and from what I am reading, everyone else's too.

APPLE Wake up!!!! What are you doing about this problem???

I am taking numerous screen pictures to document the battery level at different times. Suggest everyone do the same as electrosim2001 and others have done!

rdrahn wrote:

This morning, I picked up my phone which was plugged in all nite and the reading was 100% charge. By the time I walked it out to my car, about 2 minutes, the level had dropped to 1%. This device is pretty much unusable unless it is plugged into a power source.

Go to Settings>Battery>Battery Health. What does it say?

The issue is squarely on Apple's shoulders and it is directly related to iOS 13. The problem is that they will never admit it. They replaced my phone, so I have a brand new 6s with 100% battery health and I still have poor battery life. It doesn't always drop as quickly as it did before, but the length that the battery lasts is nowhere near the length I had with iOS 10.3.3.

It is quite infuriating that Apple doesn't see this as a problem, which makes it incredibly difficult to get support from them. I had my phone charged to 100% before going to bed and then took it off the the charger. No applications left open, background refresh is disabled, and when I woke up six hours later it was down to 89%. Just sitting, not being used. Putting the phone in Airplane mode and disabling the radios (cellular, wi-fi, bluetooth) I have found the battery life while sitting idle to be much better. Maybe a 1-2% drop over eight hours. However that pretty much renders the phone useless for anything that requires a network/internet connection.

Within a few minutes of usage (checking email, which is messed up) and opening Google Hangouts for work the battery dropped to 85%. When you look at the number of minutes of screen time it is usually 1-2 minutes and the corresponding depletion of the battery is 3-4%.

Also, I have found with the Mail app in iOS 13 it will show a notification on the home screen icon that you have mail, but when you open the app, no new messages are shown. You have to wait a few seconds for it to pull the email from the servers. Very frustrating and not how it worked in prior iOS releases. Sometimes you have to manually refresh the email boxes a few times before the new mail will even show up.

Would be nice if Apple even looked at these forums to see the complaints and concerns of the people that are keeping them employed, the consumer. Right now they primarily act as a way for the consumer to vent, and that's about it.

SlimJim186 wrote:

Would be nice if Apple even looked at these forums to see the complaints and concerns of the people that are keeping them employed, the consumer. Right now they primarily act as a way for the consumer to vent, and that's about it.

These forums are a place for users-to-help other users. Apple is quite clear about that in the Terms of Use to which we all agreed when signing up. Venting is not terribly productive and, beyond a certain point, not permitted.

If you want to discuss the matter with Apple, you are free to do that. You can start with the Contact Support link in the upper right corner of every page of these forums.

I've already done that, multiple times. Please go back to the beginning of the thread and this will be obvious. As you will also see there are many pleas for help directly to Apple from many of the other members posting in this thread.

I've had this problem since updating to 13.1.2. I've gone through battery diagnostics both through phone support and at the genius bar with no useful fixes. My battery health is 88%. I've turned off Background App Refresh and other tips they suggested. They suggested updating all my apps and updating to the latest ios but I'm really hesitant and doubt that would fix the problem.

One thing I noticed is that the battery tends to drain rapidly overnight when no apps are running. I've gone to bed with the battery at 100% only to wake up with it at 1%. I tried putting it to airplane mode before bed. When I wake up, it's at about 80%. I turn off airplane mode and get ready for work and about 30 minutes later it's down to 1% again. I suspect there is something running in the background when either data or wifi is on. Battery usage does not show anything other than the regular apps I use but somehow the battery just drops its charge suddenly.

Thanks for your suggestion.

I can certainly do that but I I did take it to the Apple GB in late November. They told me the battery was OK, but suggested to replace it with a new one at the cost of $49 (The battery was replaced in December 2018). Based on what others have said in this thread, that will not resolve the problem, so I pass on that option unless they will refund my $$ if it does not resolve the issue.

I was told if battery replacement did not resolve the issue, I could always purchase a new phone - also not an option in my opinion.

From what I have read here, this is an IOS 13 issue with iPhone 6, 6s, 7 and 7s.

rdrahn wrote:

Thanks for your suggestion.

I can certainly do that but I I did take it to the Apple GB in late November. They told me the battery was OK, but suggested to replace it with a new one at the cost of $49 (The battery was replaced in December 2018). Based on what others have said in this thread, that will not resolve the problem, so I pass on that option unless they will refund my $$ if it does not resolve the issue.

I had the battery in my iPhone 7+ replaced just before updating to iOS 13. It feels as if I have a brand new phone. I have no problems with battery life.

Every year, when a new version of iOS is released, there is a spate of posts saying that the newest version has destroyed battery life so it's not really helpful to pay attention to any of that. Deal with your phone and your problem.