Battery drain after iOS 14 update.

The "optimize battery performance" suggestions don't work. I've done all of them and the phone says my battery is good (97%)! Last week my car died and after calling for help my phone died. It was at 100% when I left home (5 minutes before it died). The one person who volunteered to pick me up during Covid, got lost and my phone was DEAD! It's cold out and I had to walk 3 miles home. I will think twice about buying an Apple phone again!

This absolutely a software issue. My Phone has been draining power like a fiend ever since I downloaded this iOS / update. It’s crazy bad. Time has not fixed this, resetting/turning my phone on and off hasn’t fix this. We’re in the middle of a pandemic and this is going on too?? My boyfriend is seriously considering dumping Apple and going Samsung As a direct result of this ridiculousness. I don’t know what the engineers at Apple were thinking when they released this or why they haven’t put out an update.But they need to hop on this yesterday!

I am having the same issue. The battery was fine prior to the recent install. As I type with zero other applications the battery life has deteriorated.

I would have to charge my phone after about 6 hours of use, now it’s after a 45 minute phone call.

please post instructions or direct me to removing this downgrade to my phone.

I bought a new iPad and it worked well for about a month and then the same issue with the battery draining began happening! I’m a diehard Apple fan, and I’m really frustrated with this issue! Their products are not cheap and when I called customer service they were seemingly unaware of the issue, at technical support? Hopefully someone will get the problem resolved.

I have the same problem. My 6s (with a replaced battery; battery health is 95%) was fine until the 14 updates; now it drains in minutes. I can only use my phone for emergencies. Apple, please fix this, or face another lawsuit. If I have to get another phone, I can guarantee you it won't be an Apple. I'm done with your nonsense.

Looks so. This problem occurred to my phone straight after the iOS update. The day before there was no such problem.

Today I’ve checked my battery life, it’s 84% so far, so I don’t think I need to replace it. And I think the problem is in iOS software.

I’ll try to reset to factory settings and see if it helps, but it is pain.(((

it is the iOS 14 that causes this issue.

I reported this issue last year.

An operating system update should not require anyone to reset the phone to factory setting or battery replacement as some are suggesting.

This is the price consumers are paying for not buying an iphone 12.

There are a large number of decent smartphones in the market with much better battery performance.

Due to apple's lack of response to this issue, I moved on to a different brand and am very glad I did so.

It's absolutely ridiculous that within 2 hours of removing my 6s Plus from the charger the battery strength has dropped from 100% to 1%. I can't rely on it when I have to leave home. Even keeping it plugged in and charging in my car while using navigation causes a major drain. I'm very fed up and aggravated that there's been no acknowledgment or announcement from Apple about this issue. You need to step up now or lose many users to other phone providers.

Thanks but I already have a new battery. This is not a hardware issue. I had zero problems before the iOS download and now I have nothing but battery drain. It’ll get a little bit better and then Every time I do an app update the battery drain gets worse after having equalized out. I now have battery back ups everywhere. This is so uncool

I had battery drop outs on ios 13.x and neglected the battery by use a click on battery pack all the the time. With apps I am always very carefull because they can been poor writen or simply not been updated and use a lot of system resources. There are so many app’s out now and they all should somehow be ready for the latest version. When is Apple willing to investigate this sort of issues?

Hi fellow Apple users,

after my update, my iPhone 6s Plus crushed a few times. Fortunately I get a used iPhone xs in time. N my 6s plus has officially unable to use.. couldn’t even start. I tried reboot from iTunes but it just gone dead. My worst experience using supposedly reliable Apple.. Sign.. I’m sure Apple will do nothing about it..

Well, my comment asking when Apple was going to do something about this and mentioning the previous class action lawsuit about the same problem was removed by Apple as violating their terms for this site. So the good news (?) is that they do actually monitor this site and are aware of the 1500 complaints about the ios14 update.

Same exact problem here. I already replaced the battery, battery health is 95%, already contacted Apple support, who could find nothing wrong with my battery. Everything was fine until I did the ios14 update. Now my iphone is a paperweight.

Thanks for sharing your story. Apple should help you out and they made the first step, if it occurs they need to fix it again. If it still is a problem Apple needs to replace your phone with a new one. These are the rules in the EU. Not shure about the USA, let me now or I try to find it out.

I did a factory reset as well, and a battery replacement at a Official Apple Mac store. But now my iPhone is in trouble again. Suddenly my battery is gone. When I hook it on juice it is back to 39%? What is going on?

I did an update recently to 14.4 so there might be some trouble in the code. And a lot of people do have the same troubles when you look at views and comments.