IOS14 severe battery drain on SE

As far as I can tell, the in-phone diagnostics about battery health are thoroughly unreliable. The diagnostics on my iPhone said the battery still had 91% capacity, but the phone acted like the battery had maybe 10-20% capacity. I finally took it to an Apple store, and the tech noticed some screen anomalies/discoloration. He theorized the battery had failed almost completely, and was starting to swell. That made sense to me.

But it appalled me, since the phone is only 2.5 years old. And since iTunes had meanwhile screwed up my back-ups, I concluded that at least in my experience, Apple itself was completely unreliable. So I threw away the iPhone, and got a phone that has a replaceable battery. Sigh, I was once such a fan of Apple, but now I think they suck.

I had the same problem. The battery only last hours even I’m sleeping at night I left the phone 100 percent before sleeping, but when I woke up the phone was off. I tried to reset the phone twice but nothing happened. Even though I use low power mode it still drains so fast.

Btw My battery Health is 100% says on the settings

iPhone SE 1st Gen.

iOS14 is actually killing iPhone Se 1st gen. Frankly speaking, apple online support seem to have no resolution for this, they just route you to the stores.

I'm considering downgrading my phone to iOS13 but that is again a hectic solution and might break my phone.

Seriously, can anyone from the Apple team respond to these queries of soooo many iPhone se users???

If Apple want to maintain any reputation for reliability, they really need to provide SE battery replacements for free. iOS 14 drains the battery fast, even it the diagnostics claim the battery is healthy.

No company is going to warrant a 4 year old battery. Unless you're located somewhere without mail-in apple support, paying $500+ for a new phone in lieu of mailing it in to Apple for $49 to get a new battery is insane.

I got my SE 1st gen in early 2017 and the battery started to fade a little in 2020, and then IOS14 did it in. Didn't seem unreasonable to me to spend $50 over the course of 4 years, but maybe I'm not so thrifty; certainly am not gonna get buttchapped about it.

You must have some rogue apps if you have a new battery and only 2 hours of standby. My 1st gen SE will last about 2 days on standby with IOS14 and a fresh battery.

there is some serious animosity toward apple in this thread that appears to be trumping any logical thoughts

Apple cannot ‘admit’ to something that is not true.

As you say some people may have a problem.

If you personally have a problem start a NEW discussion showing your battery usage for the last 24 hours and 10 days and health%

and we can help you.

You can only represent your own issues here, or provide useful feedback, if you check the forum terms of use.

I think its pretty clear that SE batteries are the weak link and the upgrade to IOS14 made it worse. While I was willing to pay the battery replacement fee to move on with life, folks like SonofCortland are obviously not. Unless you actually have experience with the SE, you probably shouldn't be contributing to this thread.

“...iPhone SE batteries are a weak point, and often need replacing after only two years of use...”

Iphone batteries are designed to last at least 500 full charge cycles before needing replacement. That is 70 weeks if you use the full charge every day like I do. Most last a little longer but 2 years is average for all iphones.

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iPhone Battery and Performance

I have similar problems. It started with having to charge my SE more often but 2 weeks ago I wasn't even able to charge it any more. I sent it to apple to have the battery exchanged. They sent it back and said they had run a diagnosis, nothing was found and it should work now. But it didn't. I tried different chargers, tried to load via Macbook or with a powerful powerbank - nothing helped. So I drove to the closest Apple Store because now the phone didn't even show the battery symbol on the black screen when I plugged it in. They said they loaded it for a while with "a more powerful" charger and it should work, now. But it still doesn't load with the chargers I usually used.. I think it started with iOS 14 but as no problem was found in the store, what could I do? Has anyone a similar experience? Any idea if the problems might be caused by iOS 14?

By the way - sorry for language mistakes - I couldn't find any helpful posts in my own country's Apple Community...

I am having the exact same issue. The battery drain is very conspicuous. In a manner of minutes I watch the battery go down in intervals of 10%. It’s very frustrating. I’d been avoiding updates for months for fear of this. There are a whole host of other issues I have with this iOS, but battery is the biggest issue.

Best not to confuse the actual capacity in milliamp hours with the estimation of that value by the firmware.

It may be true that it is an estimate based on voltage and some instantaneous instantaneous current measurement, though I was not aware of that. That would be a power measurement anyway, battery capacity requires multiplication by time.

Charge capactity = v*i*t

Even so, failing parts of the battery will give lower voltage for any given charge level and if you multiply one good number by a wrong number you still get a wrong answer. How else do you explain sudden stepwise drops.

I did have that problem on my wife's 6S when I handed it over. I recalibrated the gauge by running flat and left for one hour (no more), charged to 100% and left on charge for 1 extra hour. Immediately force restart the phone at the end. That recalibrated it. The remedy is no longer recommended however so I should not recommend it.

It will cost you $49 to find out if it's the battery, or carry on enjoying the performance.

My wife has an SE 1'st generation 2016 which had 92% life in October 2020. Updated in October to 14 os. The battery used to last 3 or 4/5 days. Now only 88% life and has to be charged 2 or 3 times a day. Being in contact since october 2020 and been fobbed off with rubbish snake oil salesman or women. I have taken it to an Apple store in Watford on Monday of this week for a battery replacement. They said they done a diagnostic test and did not find a problem with the phone and would not replace the Battery. The man that dealt with me was very rude and tried to embarrass me in front of customers in the line outside the shop. You cannot go into the shop as of covid. They don't mind putting you at risk of covid 19 as I am 75 and my was in isolation for one year. I have written to them twice for a resolution by recorded delivery in the last month and they have not replied. Does anybody know who the independent referee or adjudicator is?. Hope somebody can help please

Exactly the Same thing Happening with me , after 2 hours charge its 1% only... And the phone is running with multiple restarts and still running.