IOS 13.1.3 battery drain

OK, do this-->Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support

Don't log in to iCloud, install any apps or add any email accounts, and check your battery life for a day. If your battery life is still bad restore your phone using iTunes so it gets a fresh copy of iOS 13. Report the results. If battery life is OK log in to iCloud. Test again for a day.

If battery life is still OK restore your backup and test again. If battery life gets worse you have a defective app. Start with Facebook as a likely suspect.

Go to the Settings app. Tap on Battery. It will list all of the apps that are using a significant amount of energy and how much each contributes. If you tap on one of the apps it will display the breakdown of screen and background usage.

I had the battery drain issue on an iphoneX. I recalibrated my battery and it is working much better.

1. Discharge the battery completely.
2. Charge the battery for a full 6 hours with the power off.
3. Power on. I was good to go.

Not quite as good as before but very close.

I had the battery drain issue on an iphoneX. I recalibrated my battery and it is working much better.

1. Discharge the battery completely.
2. Charge the battery for a full 6 hours with the power off.
3. Power on. I was good to go.

Step 1. is very easy todo at the moment just wait a few hours and it's drained :-)

For the third time, you can stop the drain instantly by removing all active apps, then restart the app you want. Double click on main page, swipe up to remove each app until gone. Then restart the one you want. The drain indicator will then hold until the real status catches up.

Apple need to fix this software problem brought in on iOS 13 and carried through up to the latest level. It is NOT a hardware problem.

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So many complaints? Are you serious? Here is an example of "so many complaints"

That's almost THIRTEEN THOUSAND complaints and 2.6 MILLION views. At a time when there were only 100 million phones. To scale that up to the present that would be over 100 THOUSAND complaints. That was a real problem that affected about 5% of all iPhones, and it was fixed in 2 weeks. So it accumulated that number of posts in 2 weeks.

If your phone has a battery life problem you need to find the app that is causing it. HINT: It isn't iOS 13.1.3. It is one (or maybe 2) apps that are not working correctly. You need to find the apps, kill them and restart your phone. My battery life with iOS 13 is noticeably better than it was with iOS 12, which was also pretty good.

I’m on iPhone 7 13.2.2 and had real drain issues - draining within a workday and then switching off. I started doing the recalibration process ... the phone did not drain overnight like it had been. Recalibration process gets you to turn off a bunch of things. I’ve turned the contrast up a little (in dark mode), location services back on but the rest left off (background App refresh and auto app updates) - drain issue resolved.

My battery problem was greatly reduced by turning off the contrast as if using it in the dark and only turning it up when I was using the phone !

Usually, links to external sites in posts are to drive traffic to the poster's site (and thus get click credit) rather than to actually solve a problem. Especially in this case where the 3 minute video could be summarized in 3 short sentences.

If your battery state of charge jumps around you need a new battery. Take the phone to an Apple store where they can test it and replace it if needed. Or use the Contact Support link at the top of this page; they can do a remote test. If you install the Apple Support app from the app store you can contact support directly from the app and schedule an appointment. Or use the link below.

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Thank you for responding! I had tried it once before but somewhat half-heartedly. I also noticed that when I turned iCloud photos off my battery stopped draining almost immediately. Obviously this is inconvenient but apple doesn't seem to have an answer for this.

Same on SE. phone gets hot, battery indicator starts draining really fast. Can stop it by double clicking and killing all apps running. Indicator stays at stopped position for ages until real level catches up. Brought in on 13.1.2, still there on 13.1.3.

definitely a software problem.