iPhone 7 Plus with iOS 13.4 battery drain problem

Honestly, the fact you have to have so many options disabled just to make the battery last A DAY is a joke. Apple should put more time into making batteries last - and less time into making god awful TV+ shows! Haha, I’m kidding - this chat needs some humour but seriously, why should battery life be a concern in 2020?

I have 6 iOS devices and they are all have battery life issues since the 13.4 update. My 2017 iPad Pro is the worst. It drains @ a rate of 20%/day when it is sleeping...and when doing a FaceTime call it only lasts for only 2 hours. ...and yes it was much better before doing this IOS update.

There is never, ever a time when nothing is running on an iPhone unless it is powered down. Just the fact that it is on means that every few minutes the phone reports it’s location to the cellular network, and if the signal is weak or fades completely that uses huge amounts of energy. And that usage is not reported in the battery app.

But you should be charging the phone overnight, every night. It’s better for the battery, and it means the phone can back up every night.

I'm sorry, but even if we do charge our phones every night as you suggest, that doesn't explain why people's batteries are draining so fast.

The fact that more and more people are reporting this, is ridiculous. The fact that some people keep doing their absolute best to deny the problem at every step, passing the buck back onto the user and their devices, is frankly shameful.

In any problem, if there's one common denominator, then the likelihood that that is the cause of the problem. As the only thing everyone who posts about this have all done, is upgrade from 13.3.1 to 13.4, and now our batteries are all dying on us, proves that the fault lies with the iOS. Constantly claming otherwise does not prove anything other than that some people clearly have a vested interest in denying the problem.

Apple need to fix the iOS battery drain issue.

QuickTimeKirk wrote:

There is no battery drain issue in 13.4.

Correct. I have 4 devices running iOS 13.4. None of them have any problem with battery life. it is as good or better than it was on any previous versions. And of the estimated 500 million devices that have updated, if there was a widespread problem you would see thousands of posts about it.

I don’t doubt that there are a few users who have seen battery life drop, but that has been true with every one of the 50+ updates that have been released over the past 12 years. So anyone who has a problem is welcome to come here and rant, or can use that same wasted time productively by troubleshooting the problem.

I'm seeing a lot of complaints similar to yours.

I am in the same boat.

Recently updated from 13.3.1 which had issues with battery power drainage, to 13.4, which had similar issues.

No one seems to know what causes it.

Lots of people say it's not the operating system, but what else can it be?

Doing an Apple Discussion Forum search brings up dozens and dozens of similar complaints.

Are we really meant to believe that all of us suddenly have done something to else to cause our devices to act in this manner?

L.Finch. (USA)

Sorry Apple has a proven track record of substandard updates: https://www.google.com/search?q=ios+problems&prmd=niv&source=lnms&tbm=nws&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj67Pvh073oAhWBGM0KHd4lBgQQ_AUoAXoECAwQAQ&biw=414&bih=719&dpr=2

Next time back up your claims.

It is a real shame to see how bad battery life is for some users. The issue seems to affect so many different devices - new ones included, and only seems to get worse with the new updates. Remember back with iOS 10 when an iPhone 7 could last 2-3 days?

I just installed a new battery Restored iphone, tried all tip on saving battery life Makes No Difference.

Battery Drain like crazy

It is an ios problem!!

No problem before 13.3.1 upgrade now same with ios 13.4

Up to Apple to fix the problem or lose customers... I am looking at the motorola g7 and Samsung. They have great Battery Life..

Yes, I’m facing the same issue here. I got an Iphone 11 3 months ago, upgraded it from ios 13.3.3.1 to ios 13.4 2 days ago. Now my battery drain at unusual speed and constantly overheat.

battery health percentage from 100 to 99 then now 98%.

My phone battery used to last more than a day and now it couldn’t even last for half a day and need to charge it.

After updating iOS 13.4 my battery also draining fast...

Why we need to wait to drop battery health up till 80 % ?

Why apple can't solve this problem...people like me not gate enough time charge iPhone twice in a day...Please do something.

Just one simple statementU

turn, on, low power mode

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Jesus Christ God hasn’t anyone told you about the dumb low power mode feature d It’s a bloody beauty T

and are use it yJust one simple statement

I am also having a drastic battery drain problem since installing iOS 13.4 on my 10XR. It appears that Siri is taking 77% of my battery life and the phone now drains overnight. I never had this problem before. Strange that I updated my wife's 10XR and she does not have a battery drain problem. Her Siri battery draw is 4%. I contacted Apple Support via the app and was told it is a known problem and to do a Reset All. I did that but it does not appear to solve the problem. Still searching for a solution. Is it possible to go back to the previous iOS?

I have the iPhone 8, it was lasting about about 12-13 hours on YouTube at 1080p

after the update to iOS 13.4, Battery does not last 1,5 day, I mean, now it lasts half a day at best with 2-3 hour usage, battery health was 99% and now it is 97, I thought I am killing the battery slowly but then I thought that I updated, phone starts having frame drops here and there when you are scrolling on the internet/messenger/twitter/discord/instagram, I just upgraded from iPhone 4s about 2 months ago and the iPhone 8 after the update feels weird, I think that I am using the iPhone 6s instead of 8 (at speeds..)

Hoping that Apple fixes that on the iOS 14, but I am going to do a research on September if any people are having any problems, I am using it for almost 1 hour now and it is at 72% (48-52 mins)

We are very unlucky..

I wish there was a proper solution to suggest. The community says restoring from backups or starting fresh doesn’t help the situation. Currently using Low Power Mode, using LTE as little as possible and turning off True Tone seem to be the only suggestions.

Frustrating, but I’ve also turned Siri off completely and battery seems to lasting a little longer.

Let’s hope Apple release iOS 13.4.1 with battery fixes soon - truly disappointing that so many users are being affected with terrible battery life across so many devices.