Ever since updating to iOS 13.5.1, my phone's battery drain is ridiculous. Previously, from the time I removed my phone from the charger at 6:30 AM until I put it back on the charger at 11:00 PM, my battery would drain to around 80%. Now, it's at 80% by 8:30 AM. The device is also hot all the time. Clearly, something is wrong with this update, and it needs to be fixed.
iPhone 11
Hi Bella_1954
Sadly some updates do cause iPhones to work harder [generating heat], they usually settle down after a few recharge/restart cycles.
If you contact Apple Support they can diagnose any battery issues or whatever.
Turning off Push and changing to Fetch Manually helps [see SravanKrA's tips above] as well as turning off Background App Refresh.
Check Settings>Battery to see what is using the most power and adjust that app if you can. If you know an app using the most power is one you close properly then definitely do a Force Restart - this clears up any legacy issues that have carried over from before the update [if you left a lot of apps 'open' when you update, this can happen] -
Force Restart: In quick succession: Briefly press & release the Up Volume, then briefly press & release the Down Volume, then press and HOLD DOWN the Power Button, and keep it held as the screen shows the power off slider, still keeping the Power Button held while the screen goes dark and keep it held until the Apple logo appears, then release it. The phone will restart, hopefully a lot cleaner than before.
best of luck.
I finally had some success improving battery life some. I disconnected from iCloud, and turned off all of the iCloud features, including Siri, this helped significantly.....
Apple really screwed this update up; we have to disable most features to get any battery life.....
iPhone is back to normal. Thank you Carl!
1 -Back up iPhone
2 - Restore iPhone (this is back to factory settings). My phone got a bit warm during this process, but never hot.
Once hello appears on iPhone, you can unplug phone and use phone for an hour. If the phone does not get hot, proceed to step three.
3 - Restore backup. I let all the apps download and waited an hour before I began using different apps. My phone did get a tad warm during this process but never hot like before.
Carl explained to me that when the latest software was installed on 29 June, it appears to be a bad batch. If after step 2, my phone was still hot, he told me to restore again. Fortunately, it worked the first time. If after you restore the back-up and your phone gets hot it is a data issue and it is a trial and error method to figure out which app is causing the problem.
When I was on the call with Carl, he felt it was a software issue right from the start due to the phone being hot and the battery health is 100%. He ran a diagnostic check on the hardware remotely and it came back that the hardware was fine. For me it was worth the 45 minute wait to get to an advisor and I did asked to be bumped to a more senior advisor.
My phone is back to normal and I hope this helps solve your problem.
Updating all my apps and restarting the phone has seemed to fix the overheating and battery drain issue for me. iPhone 11 Pro
Have you tried turning off dark mode and turning the phone on and off? Worked instantly for me. I have 7Plus.
Protect & Prolong life of your iPhone's Battery:
Try some of these options too.
Disable dark mode! Sorted it for me. Must be a bug.
Disable dark mode.
Installing 13.6 beta 2 fixed this issue for me. It was horrendous beforehand. I was charging my phone twice per day and losing a percent every two minutes even if I was just texting someone.
Install 13.6 beta via https://beta.apple.com
Update to 13.6, the issue is fixed with that version.
My iPhone 7 purchased April/2019 presented same behavior after I updated to 13.5.1. Prior to that, I never had any problems with phone or battery. Immediately after update, phone demonstrated excessive, expedited battery drain - usually moving from 100% to near 20% within two hour period. This was consistent behavior after 13.5.1 and battery often very hot. I took to BestBuy apple tech who did diagnosis and advised "Green check for battery performance," which was absurd. Then tech tried disconnecting battery from motherboard then back and thought that would cure problem. It did NOT. Next hoop to jump through in this circus act is to surrender phone to apple for further games. I made no adjustments to phone after 13.5.1 update. Consequently, the problem is clearly with the update and apple appears to not want to admit they have a problem with 13.5.1 update. Meanwhile, clients suffer with no remedy. No accountability or responsible remedial action by the company. The norm these days. Sad.
Once I did the 13.6.1 update, my issues disappeared!
Before updating to the latest iOS 13.5.1 as told on your post what was your earlier iOS version. Then you can look into the iOS changes that has happened between the earlier version on your iPhone and this new version that you have updated now.
This will give you a broader idea of the issue, if it is directly linked to the iOS version or is triggered by something else.
Because iOS 13.5.1 was only for security update, you may probably be carrying a legacy issue from previous iOS versions.
SravanKrA - While I appreciate the responses, most, if not all, were already in force or not appropriate for the way in which I need to use my phone.
I have turned off / deleted several apps that were using much more battery that before and will see if that helps the situation.
Hi sravan
This is not the case. I have exactly the same issue, nothing changed on my phone, i did the update, now the battery life is shot.....Not even half as before the update?
Even on low battery mode from morning, it doesnt reach 3 pm.....I have never needed to charge at all untill bedtime (11 pm).
Iphone pro 11
After update to iOS 13.5.1 battery drain is ridiculous and phone overheats
