iOS 14 update caused 10 minute battery life

Question

Level 1

4 points

iOS 14 update caused 10 minute battery life

What I know is prior to installing iOS 14 my unplugged battery time would run about 5-6 hours.

After installing iOS 14 my unplugged battery life is about 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes unplugged at 100 percent the screen goes dark, no "Low Battery," warning, just dark.

Already tried holding both Home and Wake/Sleep button, confirmed no ghost apps running in background, tried back up, full delete and reset, and the result remains the same.

Pressing the Home button brings up the dead battery icon. Immediately plugging back in usually results in a restart and log in screen. Battery level is then yep, still 100 percent. Battery Life is at 99 percent.

Apple Support only keeps suggesting turning down screen brightness and other such useless advice.

I notice others have the same issue and the, "help," from the community is as useless as Apple's advice.

The only common variable among we who are reporting this is the installation of the iOS 14 update, decent battery life before that, zero battery life afterwards.

Seems the issue lies in iOS 14.

Posted on May 13, 2021 12:53 PM

Reply

Answer 1

Top-ranking reply

ChrisJ4203

Level 10

236,363 points

May 13, 2021 2:44 PM in response to drluccia

Try restoring to factory and setting up as new, not from a backup. Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod to factory settings - Apple Support Do not add any additional apps or anything like that. Test the device for a bit. Something extremely unusual would have needed to occur to result in that change. My guess it was a problem with the iPadOS install. Restoring to factory will download and install a fresh version of iPadOS that will not happen when you restore to a backup. If things work after setting it up as new and not from a backup, go ahead and restore the backup and see what happens.

Reply

Answer 2

Ferd II

Level 10

104,871 points

May 13, 2021 2:26 PM in response to drluccia

I had a similar situation occur with an iPhone 6s after installing iOS 14.5.1., and I used the advice provided in Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support listed under the paragraph labeled "Restore your device from a backup on your computer" to correct the problem.

Reply