Battery drain while using Hotspot
When I use hotspot through bluetooth, the battery of my iphone 6s drains fully within 1.5 hours. Is this expected?
The maximum capacity of my battery is 81% as per my battery health.
iPhone 6s, iOS 13
When I use hotspot through bluetooth, the battery of my iphone 6s drains fully within 1.5 hours. Is this expected?
The maximum capacity of my battery is 81% as per my battery health.
iPhone 6s, iOS 13
You could be at end of battery life
But to answer your question, you should only need one full charge maybe two bigger charges ALL day for about 4-6GB of data on hotspot with the 6, not sure about the 6s
Iphone 11 Pro, I can get much more than the 6
right now I am at 2 GB and been solidly using phone and hotspot since about 7:30 AM
I'm at 59%
before the last iOS update I would be higher on battery, but I am getting drain with the newest iOS
Lots of factors to consider
But age & battery near 80% say it's about time for battery to fully die at that rate,
if you have had it in solid use for several years, just spend the money and get another battery now
Thanks for the helpful answer.
I have been using the phone for 2 years now. However, battery drain with hotspot has been an issue for a long time now. I thought of asking the question only now. I have never got past 3 hours while using the hotspot. I think this is a real issue. How do I report this?
How long is a long time? How many devices are connected to your hotspot, what tasks are they running, and how good is the signal you are getting on LTE. Also, Bluetooth will drain it faster than a WiFi hotspot connection.
You may have been using this iPhone for only 2 years but you probably weren't the first owner. You need to replace the battery in that iPhone and then try using WiFi for your hotspot connection.
two years and a long time not more than a few hours on hotspot. That’s telling me you probably need a battery soon.
my 6 even when it died after a few years gave me hit spot with 3 charges all day the original and two others toward the end of life when new only the over night and a good top up after mostly drained.
the iPhone 11 Pro on contrast will get me now 8-14 hours hotspot one charge. Before the last iOS update I could go 14 hours and still have significant battery for rest of day.
3g or one bar signal will kill battery faster as in a full drain on iPhone 11 Pro in 8-10 hours or less. Wifi calls and use will not be very demanding.
when battery gets too old things that use to take 20% of battery can take 50-80% ie you can’t do same for same timeframe. It can continue to slowly die off or it can quit over night.
theres nothing to report with an old battery
if this was a phone one year or less then sure
guptasonal wrote:
The maximum capacity of my battery is 81% as per my battery health.
You need a new battery.
Using the personal hotspot will drain the battery faster than otherwise.
Battery drain while using Hotspot