Battery drain in iOS 14.4

Yes, you're correct about the apps before the iOS14.4 update not affecting the battery rundown as much, it's only after the update that I went through all the possibilities and that smaller iPhone batteries were mostly affected. I have noted that other more recent larger phones are experiencing rapid decline in battery capability also, which is why I believe the problem is Apple's coding and that they don't appear to be inclined to fix this issue or admit that it has anything to do with this included traceability!

Thanks for bringing up this issue.

I have iPhone7 and noticed SIGNIFICANT degradation in battery life when iOS 14.4 came out about a month ago. This was a ‘new’ battery that was replaced back in Oct.

Phone will show 100% charge for 20-30 min, then shutdown. Then once restart, it shows 10%.

Apple, you have to take responsibility for some flaw in iOS 14.4 and fix this, please.

anyone else having these types of problems?

Yes Apple is using some kind of a battery draining system to update you on new smartphones with every new update, this strategy is very deadly and many users of iPhone 6, 7, 8, X, Xs, 11 and 12 series are locked in it and having problems, the only solution is to see the next software which may solve the problem.

Thanks for the tip. Exposure Notifications might well be the culprit. I noticed that my iPhone X battery would drain in the middle of the night (like 4:00 AM) even when the battery level was 60% in the evening. Those drain times look correlated with the times that Exposure Notifications was active; Exposure Notifications is active every 4 hours.

(BTW People are also reporting issues with iPad. I cannot confirm that. My iPad Pro 10.5" is having no battery issues with iPadOS 14.4.)

My iPad Pro 9.5 works fine, but it isn’t cellular so there could be iOS variation depending on connectivity. Apple needs to redress priorities if they aim to keep the client base happy, battery management is the main bugbear to my knowledge and a major concern!

I used to be fairly satisfied with my big i-phone 6se. Only 2 years old and worked great. Now, I want to throw it in the trash after installing 14.4. The software "up"date basically destroyed my i-phone's functionality. Severe battery drain (100% to 0% crash in 2-1/2 hrs), as well as battery capacity dropping by 17% (from 97 to 80), and wi-fi is now almost not functioning. Everything takes so long to load it's not worth waiting between every click. Rebooted, everything turned off/disabled yada yada. Do other smart phone brands suffer from the same unbelievably pathetic problems? I really want to switch to a different brand and try them out. Wanted to be loyal, but **** bro, they're making it impossible. My view of these i-products is tainted for life. I will monitor their response to this debacle so they will make the choice for me.

Hi my phone got disabled and when i restored and updated it, the battery juice started going down very fast. I have an iphone 7 plus and when it was on ios 13 the battery drain went alot slower how the heck do i fix it

Hi,

i am experiencing the same problem and i checked that this setting is off

have tried hard restart 2x and still face the same problem

any advice?

when’s the next upgrade going to be rolled out and is it going to fix this bug?

If you backed up the phone before updating, I suggest you restore to that previous incarnation. Quite a few of the higher level community specialists will suggest it’s a battery fault - as they have previously. When my iPhone started playing up following iOS 14.4 update I turned location tracking, background app refresh and exposure notification settings all to OFF and although not what I consider to be a long term fix, it has improved battery drain to almost pre-update levels!

Good luck

I was using iPhone XS. After iPhone 7 it was outstanding battery life on iOS 13. Easily 2 days. When I upgraded to iOS 14 I barely able to get to evening.

Bought a brand new iPhone 12 mini. Installed iOS 14.4 out of image. No software except original apple. Not even office and iMovie.

Putting it on the table for a night for, say 11-12 hours, will eat up around 17 percent. This is nonsense. With a couple messenger and two additional mail boxes it adds maybe 3-4 percents. Ri-di-cu-lo-us. If not M1 in MacBooks, I'd be on Android with windows already.

Apple, I don't need the latest best of the best of the best that doesn't work. I want something stable and reliable. Latest 5nm process, decent battery and my phone will die within two days even without using it at all. ***?

Omg I have had an iPhone SE for 4 years, NEVER had a problem and have never updated it. I was forced to update to iOS 14.4 in order to use and app and my battery has been draining ever since!

Happened with my phone before that, so I avoid updating at all costs. Absolutely abhorrent business, knowing that we’ll have to buy a new one when we update. What a cone

I posted, and Apple removed my post saying "Hi JohnTheSavage

We removed your post Battery because it contained rants or complaints that weren’t constructive. We understand wanting to share experiences, but these forums are meant for technical questions that can be answered by the community."

Yes, I have posted elsewhere on the forums that I have the same problem.

I don't suppose the app involved was related to covid tracking and tracing by any chance? I believe the 'exposure notification' feature became active with iOS 14.4(?)!

Previous to this update my SE series 1 worked as expected with battery drain commensurate with usage, iOS 14.4 enters and battery drain and ageing issues exploded onto the scene! I suspect Apple will not remedy these issues as would possibly require overloaded battery replacement for millions of affected devices.

The forever chasing of smaller batteries compound the problem, capacity becomes the weakness until manufacturers replace the old lithium with materials that can handle the constant on app refreshes and updating of iOS which is now the norm. Apple, plus I suspect other system creators (Android etc), need to hang back on the software updates and once again concentrate on what users want, rock solid reliable devices!