My iPhone SE is hot to the touch since downloading the 15.6.1 upgrade. Also the battery level is dropping quickly in both that phone and two iPads with the upgrade. No applications are open/running on the devices.
It seems that the OS upgrade is causing something to run in the background that's heating the devices and gobbling up the battery life.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
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I have had inconsistent behavior with the past two iOS updates. For this latest one, my phone would die twice in one day. I've seen on REDDIT people saying it's the phone indexing things after the update and to give it time, but I don't buy it. This is going on 72 hours now and seems to be getting worse. I've definitely done a force restart many times and didn't seem to do anything.
I just ended up plugging into my macbook and doing a full restore. Then restored my backup from iCloud and all seems good. My phone is no longer overheating and draining my battery nonstop.
I have had inconsistent behavior with the past two iOS updates. For this latest one, my phone would die twice in one day. I've seen on REDDIT people saying it's the phone indexing things after the update and to give it time, but I don't buy it. This is going on 72 hours now and seems to be getting worse. I've definitely done a force restart many times and didn't seem to do anything.
I just ended up plugging into my macbook and doing a full restore. Then restored my backup from iCloud and all seems good. My phone is no longer overheating and draining my battery nonstop.
wruhm wrote:
I've been working to isolate the issues on my phone. The battery health is fine. There is something constantly pulling/pinging Cellular System Services in the background. It appears that's what is gobbling my data plan and causing the battery to discharge more than normal. (It started right after I downloaded the 15.6.1 update.)
It slows down when I turn off Cellular Settings.
Will be calling Apple Support.
Better suggestion would be to call your cellular provider. There have been a lot of reports of this, which I would attribute to the cellular providers not updating cellular services appropriately for 15.6.1.
After every iOS update, it is advisable to Force Restart your device.
See how here --> Force restart iPhone - Apple Support
Agreed. I had to turn off Cellular Data to stop the battery drain (and data gobble from Push Notifications). Spent an hour with Geniuses at Apple store. They had no idea how to fix. Said to call Apple support to report the issue.
I've been working to isolate the issues on my phone. The battery health is fine. There is something constantly pulling/pinging Cellular System Services in the background. It appears that's what is gobbling my data plan and causing the battery to discharge more than normal. (It started right after I downloaded the 15.6.1 update.)
It slows down when I turn off Cellular Settings.
Will be calling Apple Support.
The FORCE RESTART as suggested by lobsterghost1 seems to have fixed the issues (or significantly improved them).
Thanks for your help!
You were correct, lobsterghost1. Thanks for the suggestion.
I contacted my cellular provider, AT&T. The AT&T rep said "Apple has released iOS 15.6.1, along with a warning to update now, because it fixes two security holes already being used to attack iPhones. That's the reason it is using large amount of data but AT&T firmware will correct all the phones settings and will fix this issues.”
He promised to send the new AT&T firmware to my iPhones. "Once the update is installed, it will correct all the phone settings and you can get better network coverage and it won't consume large amount of cellular data.”
He also said "AT&T is sending update only to customer who requested because, this new iOS update is consuming more data."
Fingers crossed this fix does the trick to save both battery level and cell data.
You may be using GPS in the background. Try turning it off.
OT51 wrote:
With all of these postings I have to think this is systemic and on Apples radar. It’s important to send your concerns to Apples site.
If it is systemic and caused by 15.6.1, why do I have absolutely no battery drain on iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max. None, whatsoever.
Never assume something is system wide, just because a few people have an issue after an update. Since the dawn of iPhone, and after EVERY iOS update, there are threads from people on these forums claiming the update caused unusual battery drain. Given the millions upon millions of users out there and the fact this is the most visited iPhone forum in the world, it would take far more reports of an issue for this to be something everyone is facing.
If you walk into a hospital and see nothing but sick people. Would that mean everyone on the planet is also sick?
Same problem on iphone SE. Didn't solved by force restart.
But noticed that when reaching 1%, now the phone can work for another hour. Looks like battery calibration was broken in 15.6.1.
Same problem on my second iphone SE.
Heat source is near the power button marked the area. What is located there?
With all of these postings I have to think this is systemic and on Apples radar. It’s important to send your concerns to Apples site.
Do you mean Location Services? I thought that needed to be always active in order to use the Find My Phone feature. And there are a number of System Services that appear to use it.
I don't have a specific GPS application other than Maps and that was not running.
Thank you for the reply.
The Force Restart only works temporarily. After a couple if days using, my iphone 12 Pro max getting hot again! I did the force restart 3 times now!!! Any suggestions in rolling back to the previous version? Or a new update is coming soon to fix the problem?
I have had the same issue since this update. Also, a friend of mine complained about this.
Getting almost suspicious here… I really do not hope this is well-thought Apple plan to force us into buying new ones? I hope Apple puts its money where its mouth is and resolves this problem promptly.
iPhones are costly and should last long, also for the environment.
iOS 15.6.1 Battery Drain
