Battery drain on iOS 14.6
my battery life on iOS 14.6 is terrible… is it just me or anyone is experiencing this thing too??
Yes. Have lost 5% off of battery health since updating.
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So after putting up with this issue of the App Store using around 50% of my battery each day for nearly two weeks (and with activity levels at 100% every hour, with almost all of it in the background) I contacted apple support online chat. They suggested a few things that I had already tried and so we went to the full restore whilst the phone is plugged into a computer. So I reset my phone 11 via my Mac (following their instructions) and then I restored via iCloud backup .
I have now had ten hours of normal battery behaviour; usually by this point in the day my iPhone would be nearly dead. It is still on 56% 👍🏻👏🏻
So if anyone on here is struggling with battery life since iOS 14.6 was released and has tried a number of things but not yet tried the full restore plugged into a computer (which is better than an untethered restore according to the apple support chat representative) then I would urge you try it. Yes, it is a pain resetting the phone and waiting for it to restore from backup (and I now need to reconfigure my banking apps and wallet) - but I'm very happy that the problem seems to be resolved.
Cheers
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That would be idea but the Podcasts app has been broken for a while. It just got significantly worse with the lady update. Hoping 14.7b2 is out today. Not sure it can get worse!
11 pro max. 89%. Just took out podcast app to see if anything changes.
One more voice about excessive battery drain with IOS 14.6. I would revert to the previous version, but am traveling without my computer with iTunes. Come on, Apple—release a fix soon!!!!
Like any software bugs, it’s really frustrating. It’s also very frustrating because when I was on the beta, I filed bug reports. Looks like it went unheard. But I will say this isn’t the norm.
Me too. Battery drain bad. First time in a year. Modest overheating as well. Turning off Bluetooth may help
@jerel2u:
Could you update us on whether this calmed down yet?
Did you see the response to your post by tonyinosaka about 3 hours after your post? How large are your music and podcast collections?
Everything was fine before 14.6 and after updating, I am experiencing the same issue. Even disabled background refresh/activity and updates and it shows 61% activity for the App Store.
It’s bad to the point that it’s plugged to a fully charged battery case and the internal battery percentage still keeps dropping
apple support claims that there is nothing wrong with the version. quote from apple support "I assure you that this concern is not in the iOS version".
I did that. I restored via the ipsw via finder and even set up as a new phone. Issue still persists.
My phone runs hot and drains battery at rapid rate when listening to a podcast. This happens on both XS & new 12 Max Pro
Rheland123 wrote:
Same here, since I updated my IPhone 12 to 14.6 it reduces 1% it's 2months old from me
A decrease in battery health from 0.5%-1% a month is normal.
Podcast 41 % and I only used it last night to listen to a downloaded podcast for one hour in sleep mode.
So pick 14. 5 and make sure that you're clear in the comments.
Battery drain on iOS 14.6