After update to iOS 13.5.1 battery drain is ridiculous and phone overheats

Is it possible to roll back to 13.5? My iPhone SE (the old SE) has turned into a piece of $#!%... It worked find until about a week ago when I updated to 13.5.1... now it’s glitchy, runs hot and runs the battery down SUPER Fast...

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.

13.5.1 is a horrible update. I changed no setting. My usage has not changed. Yet my phone flies through a battery that shows 89% on battery health. My phone is often warm to hot. PLEASE fix this update.

Having the same issue. Went into the battery stats and it says that music background activity accounted for around 60-80% of battery consumption even when I was asleep! Also the phone was running insanely hot.

i turned off notifications for music as well as using cellular data and updating the library. Recharged the phone and reset it. All of a sudden there’s no music listed as a draining resource and it’s running remarkably cooler. Hard to say about the battery life as this is all happening today but just the fact that the phone Isn’t burning hot is a major improvement!!

FIXED: Turn off dark mode then turn off the iphone and back on. Worked for iPhone 7plus.

I will sure miss the warmth of my burning hot iphone on a cold night but I guess it'll be nice to have more then 2 hours of battery life and a pocket without burn marks. Apple bug... you will be deeply missed. Thank you for not burning my house down while I slept. :)

More details: I had already done a full reset and only re-downloaded only the apps I actually use but the problem was still there. So for those of you who are about to try a full reset, maybe try switching off dark mode first.

The issue might be different than what is mentioned in this thread.

Go to Settings > Battery.

Check out Battery Activity.

I suspect you will find an app or two that are using significant battery in background mode.

The only solution I have found is to delete that app.

There are a number of threads about this issue. Some I've read, no one seems to have any better solution. I've heard this issue will be fixed in the next iOS update.

Maybe this will help.

Neal

I am having the same issues. Phone gets hot after a few minutes of use. Battery drains from 100% to 79% in a few minutes when phone is not in use. I have reset my phone which didn’t help. All the 19 suggestions do not work. My battery health is 100% and the battery is less than a year old. It takes forever to recharge. Very disappointing how this update causes more problems.

Same here and now Apple Watch too. Strangely, my battery says Messenger Notifications is using most of my battery. Have no idea why.

I’ve turned off all background app refresh, I turned off all notifications. Even though before my phone would last two days before the update with notifications and background app refresh on.

it's really weird that people are seeing different app's as the culprit. considering everyone's seeing that 13.6 seems to solve the issue not much more to do about it.

10:30 and my iPhoneX battery is still in the 90%'s and never heated up. hopefully this works for some other people too!

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.

On my iPhone 7 the cpu is also pegged at 100% and the phone is unusable. I can’t even listen to podcasts or type out messages. How do we see what processes are running? I installed a terminal app and tried “ps” to see the processes but that didn’t work.

this update has to be rolled back immediate!!!

Very disappointing from Apple. This update literally ruined my life. Since this update, I am no longer able to use my phone properly. Let me tell you about my experience with this update. My battery literally exploded because of the heat and isn't able to charge anymore. The phone got so hot that it burned my leg. very painful.

I have always had a lot of confidence in the Apple brand. However, now this confidence has dropped to 0. I am furious and demand an immediate update. Very disappointing.

Greetz.

I am watching the screen with all apps closed and my battry just dropped from 88% to 63% in 10 minutes. Last night it went from 28% to 4% in less than 5 minutes and just shut off. The phone is hot after I charge it and over all stays warm. I want to upgrade my 6s plus to a new iphone this fall when the 12 comes out, but this current drain really is not acceptable. Phone is barely useable like this.

Same thing for me. My XS is always hot after updating. It’s been this way for several months now. Battery life is drained super fast when doing simple things such as reading emails or surfing the web (light media, text only) or even nothing at all. This latest update really sucks! Apple please fix this. I simply can’t use my phone anymore. I have nothing running in the background, I’m only using 1/3 of the space and still it’s hot! I wished I never had upgraded iOS :(

Same here with an iPadPro 10,5 (2017): The battery drains unbelievably fast (doesn´t last the night to wake me up after a full charge), charges extremely slow (like half a day) and the device gets so hot around the apple that I´m putting it on a cooling pad while charging or using. Tried to change to another charger (also apple), doesn´t seem to help. It´s ok-ish while just charging, apple sign gets hot instantly when screen is turned on.

All those cute little tipps on how to save battery life seem just ridiculous in this context. It´s a three year old device that I planned on using at least one or two more years before passing it on to a family member. We have older ipads that are almost never used which do last for weeks with a charge. Now my wonderful shiny iPadPro is shot. I don´t think I want another iPad if this can happen again. It hurts less with a cheaper device...