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’m using iphone 13 pro max. Notice this battery draining issue after this update as well. As the phone usually will optimise charge when i leave it on charger overnight, i simply thought the optimise charging went haywire when i woke up to my phone being on 74% charged. When i was looking through my messages (while my phone’s still connected to the charger, the battery went down to 64%). And it’s still 64% as i’m typing this message…
Mark2060 wrote:
I'm also having the same issue. My battery percentage also dropped from 100% to 96% after downloading the new ios 15.6.1
Do you mean your the battery's maximum capacity under Settings>Battery>Battery Health?
How old is your phone? If it's more than four to five months old, you're in great shape. Battery Health gets reclalibrated when you do an iOS update. So, if it was lagging a bit, you may see a drop of a few percentage points.
What I found frustrating is the closest Apple Store is over 150 miles.
I took the phone to BestBuy to have a new battery installed.
Due to the fact my battery health
was/is above 80% they would not replace the battery. They told me Apple would not allow for it even with me waiving and discounts. They did not care that in the time to drive from my home 25 miles away the phone dropped from 100% to 85% in 45 minutes with no use. I shut down everything possible and left only enough to run the phone.
Exactly same situation. Multiple reboots done but nothing changed. Turned off almost everything but still same
I know Its important. I am just trying to find what causes the heat.
Same issue here with iPhone 13. Restart does not help, browsing a few websites makes phone heat up unusual. Closing all apps doesn't help either.
Same issue here iPhone 7+, Battery is dropping 25% in 2 hrs sitting, no applications running. Ready to take in for new battery but afraid I will be left with the same situation.
I'm glad it helped you.
Yes, After updating 15.6.1, started a battery drain issue in my iPhone 12 device.
Rolling back is not a good idea because serious security issue is worse than heat
I'm also having the same issue. My battery percentage also dropped from 100% to 96% after downloading the new ios 15.6.1
I am having the same problem on my IPhone 11 Pro since the latest update. Did the restart. Very frustrating.
Good idea, thanks. My provider is AT&T. I noticed another writer who also had that service.
I hope they can help you.
This discussion string today only dropped my initial 100% at 8:30a to 70% at 12:30p on wi-fi
iOS 15.6.1 Battery Drain
