iOS 13.1.2 Battery Drain on iPhone

All am i doing since updating ios 13.1.2 is charging my phone. I am using 6s and it was working fine until i did this update lastnight. Please apple fix this issue as i am losing my patience and might lose trust in apple in future.




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Posted on Oct 9, 2019 8:02 AM

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Posted on Oct 14, 2019 11:30 AM

I had the same problem too on my iPhone 6s plus. Immediately noticed the power drain issue after the upgrade. And the iPhone is getting very hot.


The following setting changes seem to work for me. Hope that helps you all

  1. disable 'Optimized Battery Charging' in the battery setting
  2. disable most of the location service options as described in https://youtu.be/vO0QRxgAOP4
  3. disable 'Share iPhone Analytics' and 'Share iCloud Analytics' in Privacy setting
  4. TURN ON 'Limit Ad Tracking' in Privacy setting
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Nov 5, 2019 8:10 AM in response to law04

Same with me. iPhone SE suddenly got less than half the battery life as stone as I got the beta back in May. I already had my settings optimized with background app refresh of on most my apps etc. after a month I realized it was my WiFi. If I turned it off, it was back to what I expected. Filled bug reports and waited, but even after the public release, same problem. Tried restoring my device in case it was some thing buggy from upgrading or the betas, but no Improvement. Finally decided it must be the model of phone itself so I boy the bullet and upgraded to the iPhone 11Pro. Guess what? Still the same issue! If I turn WiFi off I get 2 full days, but worth WiFi on, only one. The graph in the battery setting shows a steady slope down at more than twice the angle with out any usage by me if WiFi is on. Without WiFi, it looks almost flat over 24 hours if I don’t use the phone, while with WiFi ON, its a steady drain from 100 - 0 over 24 hours. This is UNACCEPTABLE, Apple!!!!! iOS 12 was a perfect update, how can 13 be this bad still after months and countless updates??!?!?? FIX IT

Nov 9, 2019 3:20 PM in response to CaptainAmerica1982

No it’s not like that at all. As I said Above, identical problem with my SE (iPhone 6s internals) and my brand new iPhone 11 Pro. Apple doesn’t engage in that stuff - iPhone are still the longest lasting and BY FAR the longest-supported by updates of any device. This issue is the software and needs to be fixed. iOS 12 didn’t do this to devices old or new. Apple doesn’t and has never sabotaged older devices to force upgrades. This issue, if anything, is more pronounced in my brand new 11 pro. Please figure this out and fix it Apple!

Nov 13, 2019 7:57 PM in response to MarioFernandes

I am having somewhat the same issue. Since update, my fully charged phone is down to 1% within 3 hours. There has been no change to my use pattern. Then the phone will work for hours at 1%. Plug it in to charge, and it will say full charge within 15 min. I know I will soon need a new phone and have been checking my options. This is not the first time apple has put out updates that ruin battery capability, forcing people to upgrade when they are not ready. Love my apple, but considering others as I do not like being manipulated into purchasing another.

Oct 14, 2019 3:30 PM in response to MarioFernandes

Same issue. Update kills my battery life. IPhone 7. I followed the advice in the linked video above and it has improved drastically the life of the battery. However I am not quite sure what was the crucial setting that made the difference. Perhaps the new Battery Health thing? Apple please patch this update. Get out your garlic coders and make this battery vampire go away!!!! Halloween or not! You know what’s scary? Buggy updates! The end.

Oct 16, 2019 11:18 AM in response to law04

I have followed the advice of all experts regarding power save on iPhone 6s since updating to iOS 13 (latest as of 10/16) and battery’s charge diminishes to single digit level within a couple of hours. Prior to this update my battery only needed nightly charging. Is an update to resolve this something we might expect soon?

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