my battery life on iOS 14.6 is terrible… is it just me or anyone is experiencing this thing too??
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
Same. Have turned off all Apps. (I know, I know. Shouldn't make a difference.) In System settings, under "Battery," shows Music app as big energy user with "background activity."
iPhone XR, iOS 14.6. Problem started with update.
After iOS14.6 update my battery is terrible on iPhone XS.
Overnight when the phone is not in use the battery drops by 7-8%, this is not normal, also the battery health is reduced by 1%.
Apple fix this.
battery drain and heating issue are coming since ios 14 official release and i think apple never fix this issue in ios 14
my apple product experience is worst. android is better than ios . atleast they hav 4000 mah battery and battery drain issue is not much in android . But in o phones maximum general 3000 mah or 2815 mah battery and also a battery drain issues . Nice work apple . Apple never listen to our customers in across world .
By this time, it should have been fine. I know it takes a lot of processing power to get an update started, but it should only take a few days to be back to normal. Hopefully apple will make a fix for this. And apple, I know you read these. Because I get stuff like… “we recommended one of your posts. Or, “your post was removed just cuz”.
There is no solution for battery drain and heating issue cz its apple fault to not address battery drain and heating issue sinnce ios 14 release ios 14 are full of battery drain bugs . It not resolved until apple just release an update especially for these issue for all series of iphones or we have to change our device i think . And i don’t understand why apple not to fix these issue there are now 6 ios 14 versions but they never fix it. Why apple why ?
Since the alleged calibration 100% but before any of the version 14 crap it was 96%. I was one of those who went from full charge to 5% in 5 mins but that was false reading. The version before 14.6 was calibrating allegedly and battery lasted all day. Now with 14.6 my battery health shows 100% but had to charge 3 times yesterday with little use. Today down to 25 with little activity apart from posting this and 5 WhatsApp messages. Luckily I’m not travelling when phone access is a must in case of issues
How nice they deleting our comments now! I can't paste a link here "because it contained advertising".
Guys go to YTube and check "iOS 14.6 Final Battery Test video : Terrible results"...
The results are horrific!
my Iphine 12 pro Max and my iPad pro
both have the same issue, my iPad has the previous ios version and still same issue,
according to Apple support, just now. Now many people have issues lol! I send them this link.
Even with the regular browsing, scrolling through products on Amazon and scrolling through the web pages, the phone heats up quite a bit and the battery drains very quick. I hope this unexpected hearing doesn’t damage any other hardware on the phone :(
@Apple: we need a fix for this asap!
I’m the second poster on this thread and that’s exactly what I did. I never used Apple’s podcast app anyway so it wasn’t even remotely a sacrifice. I find Overcast a first rate experience and it also syncs w Apple Watch. As for battery drainage, however, it’s still a problem — albeit not as dramatically so.
Shocking battery drain on my XR, health is at 94% and has been for a long time so be interesting to see if the update affects that.
it was 100% this morning and down to 27% by lunch time, nothing different to usual usage.
We need 14.6.1 soon!
This past weekend I left my phone of its charger before going to bed. My battery level was at ~80%, when I woke up the battery had drained to 6%. This had never happened before installing iOS 14.6. In addition, when I went to recharge my phone, the battery would not charge. The lightning bolt in the upper right hand corner of my iPhone 12 Pro would not accept the charge until I shut off the phone and restarted it.
iOS 14,6 update Battery Life reduction…WOW! Used to be able to get 2+ days of battery life previously, but now lucky to get 1 day before I have to recharge. Even reduced screen intensity to bare minimum and operate in the dark mode all the time. COME ON APPLE - PLEASE GET THIS FIXED!!!!
Just adding my voice to this very valid complaint. I have an iPhone 11 Pro Max. Today I started at “charged” (actually 80% per the battery app). Over 12 hours it dropped to 44%, sitting on WiFi and doing almost nothing (with the screen off). Battery life was excellent under 14.5.1.
screen dump attached in case it’s useful. Regards, M.
I used to be a Samsung person. I’ve had a Samsung device, and an apple device. My apple device had been fine if we’re talking about bugs. But I just love Samsung much much more. The operating system has a lot less bugs. And Samsung’s just has a more fun. And colorful look to it. Apple’s is just kinda boring. The font is boring. The menus are boring. App icons are boring. Apple hasn’t had a refresh in, I can’t remember how long. Apple adds features, and adds bugs, but never fixes bugs, and never changes the look. And after iOS 14.5 and 14.6 updates, my device has been awful. Mostly the battery life. But iOS 14 was a TOTAL TRAIN WRECK. I like the new features that came with iOS 14, but it’s just been so buggy. I would be better of with Samsung. My dad spent years trying to convince me to try apple. I finally gave in, and with iOS 13, my device was functioning well. (Key word “functioning”) and now, he regretted trying to make me switch. He has his phones provided by his job, so he has to go iPhone. But, I’m sure he would be happier with a Samsung.
Battery drain on iOS 14.6
