IOS 13.1.3 battery drain

I have been having this problem, BUT.. I think there is something else going on. I am suspecting the battery is NOT draining that fast... ONLY that the battery indicator is going down faster than it should. Why do I think that? Well, yesterday, my battery indicator, as usual, started dropping like a stone.. I let it do that without plugging it in. It reached 1% and THEN... I Facetimed with my partner for 1 HOUR on 1% and it did NOT die. Then I browsed News etc for another hour. Finally, it died after two hours being on 1%. So, I calibrated it by letting it be dead and unplugged for a few hours, then charging it to 100% leaving it plugged in for a few more hours. We'll see how it behaves today.

Further data: my iPhone SE was on 2% at 23:00 yesterday, left switched on overnight and was at 1% at 08:00 today. I then used it to check emails, do some browsing etc, then played music radio continuously from 10:30. It eventually died at 13:15. A pretty impressive 1% !

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.

It seems a bit more reasonable today, but you shouldn't expect the indicator to be fixed just because you calibrated your phone. If it is buggy, it will continue to give wrong readings regardless of battery level and calibration. My suggestion is to check how long your phone is lasting before it dies and check if this is any worse than before. You might panic and start charging it when it shows 3% when in fact it is at 10% or 15% and still has more hours of life in it. But 13 is definitely an unlucky number for Apple!

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.

With my iPhone 7 I’m having the same issue with the battery. As well the phone is overheating while I play pokemon go and the game crashes. Playing solitaire the phone heats. Typing this, the phone is heating.

The battery used to run all work day and now It’s dead before get home.

Just for reference if anyone needs it. I have tried everything. Erasing and starting over not from my icloud so that's it's legit a clean start. DFU restore (google it, i had never hear of it), optimized the battery twice. Nothing has worked. When I originally went to the apple store to purchase a new battery, he did an erase but put my icloud back on and said it should be good because the battery says 90% efficiency. But he also said to do the erase all and start from scratch if that didn't help. (Since it didn't help that's what I did, plus all the other stuff I mentioned). He did say that if that didn't do it then sometimes the efficiency read out doesn't read correctly so it could be a bad battery. I had planned to go back and actually have the battery replaced this time, but then I started to doubt if a new battery would even help since the SE is so old. In the end, I decided to let go of the SE and purchase a new phone. I was hoping it was just an SE problem since it's one of the oldest left but seeing the iPhone 7 mentioned worries me a bit. Anyway, if anyone ends up getting their battery replaced, I'd be curious to know if that fixed it.

I’m becoming to be a believer in the battery display issue rather than true drain. 13.2.2 battery life As displayed on my SE hasn’t been nearly as scary short as it was on 13 but still reads lower than it used. And my battery health reads 94%.

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.

Always had over 50% of battery life at the end of a day. Upgraded last nigh and I was at 15% by 3:oo, then phone died. Unacceptable battery drain.

This does not work for me. Can I go back to the old system?

I have this problem too. Same usage but since updating to the newest iOS my phone battery is dying even if I am not touching my phone. Goes from 100% to 20% in an hour or two...

Funny thing is... if I do a hard reset the battery life shows as way higher (70-80%) but then drops down again super quick. Not sure if it'll die or not but something is wrong with the software.

I am having the same problem. Genius bar employees couldn't figure it. They exchanged it out for a new phone TWICE!. Activated it as a NEW phone and 2 days later, Apple Photos showing consumption of 15 hours in background up to 82% battery usage. The back of the phone is uncomfortably hot. This is frustrating. Anyone got a solution(s)?

It sounds like your new iPhone is syncing with your iCloud photos to download them to your new phone. I might be wrong but it should get better once that process is over.

The problem I have on my XS is that there is literally no usage in the battery graphs but the battery drops at exactly the same rate. My old iPhone 7 has a flat line overnight. My XS battery drains even on low power mode or when I switch off all back ground refresh. Both are on the same iOS. I have another appointment at the Genius Bar and hopefully they’ll have a solution this time.

The drain is not real, it is just the indicator. You can immediately stop the drain by shutting down all running apps. When you log back in the power indicator will stop draining until the real power state is reached.

i have tried reloading all apps but have not been able to identify what kicks it off. Happens a good few times a day. At least it is a sort of workaround.

les

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.

les