iPhone 14 Pro Battery Draining Fast

I own iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max. Battery life on both are nothing short of amazing. For example it is now going on noon. My 14 Pro Max has been off its MafSafe Charger, since 7:30 AM this morning and my remaining battery is 98% at this very moment.

If your battery is draining faster than you expect, you need to see what is using the battery.

Go to Settings > Battery and wait for the categories to populate. You likely have something running in the background you need to stop running.

You can also Force Restart your iPhone (something you should do routinely anyway) by following the procedure in this support document --> Force restart iPhone - Apple Support

You should leave your Wi-Fi on when away from home. If you don’t navigation apps will not work well, as most navigation is done using the location of known Wi-Fi networks. GPS only works outdoors with a clear view of the sky. Trees, tall buildings, and even heavy precipitation can block it. So leave Wi-Fi on and turn off VPN.

And something to think about→Don't use VPN - GITHUB

There are two legitimate purposes for using VPN:

• To allow access to a private network such as a school or business when you are not on site. 
• To allow access outside of a country with a repressive government that has restricted Internet access. (This has suddenly become more important)

Any other use is risky, and can lead to problems. VPN disguises your location by making you appear to be somewhere else in the world. But you usually can’t control that “somewhere else”, and if it is in a location that an app isn’t approved for the app won’t work. Plus the fact that the provider of the VPN knows everything about you and your location, as well as what sites you access through the VPN. So you are totally dependent on the VPN provider’s honesty. As a start, if the VPN is free, DON’T USE IT. The provider has to make money somehow, and if you aren’t paying them then they are selling your private data to make money. But even those that charge can’t necessarily be trusted. For example, a few years ago Avast was caught selling user browsing data. They claim they have stopped doing so. 

You don’t really need VPN when using public Wi-Fi, because all communications between your device and the servers it accesses are end-to-end encrypted.

If you want VPN for privacy about the sites you visit, that’s not a good choice as discussed; instead you should download and use the TOR browser.

With iOS 15.2 and later for iOS/iPadOS and MacOS Monterey 12.2 and later Apple now has iCloud+ Private Relay, which is not VPN, but provides a safer browsing environment than VPN, and it doesn't spy on you→About iCloud Private Relay - Apple Support

This is pretty strange. I’ve noticed my iPhone 14 Pro Max draining quite a bit faster than before the iOS 16.3 update, but it’s still exhibiting the best battery life I’ve ever had in an iPhone - as it should be, and as it’s marketed. The always-on display should have negligible effect on the battery life, as it is significantly dimmed and uses only a 1 hz refresh rate (which means it literally refreshes once per second which is almost nothing).

Now, while I haven’t experienced the horrible drain that most of the users in this post are describing, I can offer a few tips that have greatly helped me in the past with older iPhones that didn’t have such great battery life (looking at you iPhone 12 Pro). It will be a bit of a long post but hopefully helpful to many of the users here.

1. Turn off background app refresh. While this feature can help apps to be a little quicker when you first open them because they’ve updated some of their content in the background, it also causes a bit of battery drain. It doesn’t affect apps like Messages or Mail however, so you’ll still get important alerts on time. You’ll notice a difference, if only an extra 10% battery at the end of the day, with this off. Alternatively, if you have apps like OneDrive, AllMyBatteries, etc., you can manually toggle background app refresh off for all apps except ones like these so that they can still do the heavy lifting in the background without you having to keep the app open.
2. Use Wi-Fi when possible, and don’t force 5G usage. Cellular drains battery much faster than Wi-Fi because it’s constantly searching for the best signal. 5G, while faster than LTE, uses even more power, so set it to “Smart Data Mode” in Settings > Cellular. This will let your iPhone choose when to use LTE (in every case possible) vs 5G (when you’re gaming, downloading audiobooks on the go, or if LTE is just too slow right then).
3. Don’t force close your apps when you’re done using them. iOS is good at managing its system resources, and unlike Android, does not run out of available RAM or suck battery life if you don’t force close your apps. (This is even more so on the Pro models which have more RAM.) On the contrary, force closing apps clears away the little bits of memory your iPhone uses to remember where you were at, so when you reopen the app, it uses more power loading everything again.
4. Use low power mode when your battery is draining fast. It disables all background activities, slightly dims the display, and temporarily turns off a lot of little bells and whistles that are nice to have but not necessary for operation. It also cuts some of the power to the CPU, so this solution might not work for avid gamers, but everyday users surfing the web or messaging/calling won’t notice a slowdown. Yes, this is an unsatisfactory solution, but we know that much of the battery drain is related to the latest updates so there’s a very good chance Apple will tackle the issue promptly. It’s not a forever thing.
5. If you have a HomePod mini(s) or HomePod, turn off Transfer to HomePod in Settings > General > Airplay and Handoff. This is the feature that lets you hold your iPhone near the HomePod and transfer music between the two. While cool and handy if you use it a lot, most people don’t, and the downside is the devices’ Bluetooth are constantly hunting for each other every time the iPhone’s U1 chip detects you’re even remotely near - ie, in the same room - as the HomePod. It can significantly drain battery; if you don’t use it, turn it off.
6. Finally, a bit of an almost-cliche tip: backup and reset your iPhone (aka “wipe and reload”.) Some people aren’t going to want to go to the trouble of doing this, but I still have to mention it because it’s worked so many times for me. Sometimes, especially after getting a new iPhone and transferring the data from the old, bogus data and system files or caches can accumulate and slow down the phone or drain battery life, and the extra load can even cause it to heat up. While I’m not sure why this happens so often, I can say that resetting can make a world of difference in both the responsiveness and battery life. And if you do a backup first, it’s not too big a hassle to go through this process.

How to back up your iPhone or iPad with iCloud - Apple Support

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support

I hope this helps.

No words can describe how disappointing this is. My iphoneXs battery works better at 80% battery healthy than my 14pro max at 100%

What I did:

1)Turned off always on setting

2)Turned off Haptic Feedback

3)Turned off find my feature for airtag

Yet this result.

Having the same issue as well and no answers from Apple on this. Don't know what is going on and why they keep saying this phone should have a better battery life than the previous phones when is not the case. I feel like I am using a galaxy phone. Just horrible battery life

my iphone 13 pro had 100% battery until i did the ios-16 update now it shows 97% ! wow explain..

Received new iphone 14 pro and battery drains to 20% by 3pm never ever had my 13pro got that low in a year of owning it ?

must be a huge battery defect form manufacture for sure...

So where do I go from here? I have 14 days from delivery to return my phone.

Spent £1200 for what ?

A phone that I can't use to its advertised capability because Apple tell me to turn off funtionallity to save the battery WTF

Did you do what was recommended above and go to Settings > Battery > And see whats using the most battery? When you set up the phone, you may have brought something over which is corrupt. You can back up your phone on your computer and restore the phone from backup (again, using your computer). These are some things you can and should do.

No one I know with iPhone Pro (including the two I own) are having any battery drain issues.

If you try the above actions and none help, then schedule an appointment at your Apple Store Genius Bar for evaluation.

Thanks to you all for trying to help.

Feel a bit of an idiot as it was me leaving the wifi on whilst away from home that was the drain.

After a very polite call from apple support, we discovered the cause, my VPN always trying to connect.

As a ex android user and totally new to iPhone it didn't realise the problem.

learning new things every day

My phone is a couple of days old. All of the transfers have been fully downloaded. Yesterday on the way back to the house, two our drive, It was almost dead after playing a couple of albums. Today, fresh charge, I woke up as usual around 6:15, checked email, social media and some news, set it down and got the kid around, made breakfast, coffee, etc. Went back to the phone and it was at 80%! I've already turned off a lot of features such as the always on clock, etc. Tonight after a short charge, had dinner sat down and it was dead and super hot! WTF is going on?!

Losing 20% overnight is in the normal range; smartphones are always doing something, such as receiving texts and email, update app content (News, weather, stocks, etc), processing notifications. However, you should be charging the phone overnight.

The absolute best way to get maximum use on a charge, as well as slow the decline of battery capacity long term is to enable Optimized Battery Charging (Settings/Battery/Battery Health) and charge the device overnight, every night. The battery will fast charge to 80%, then pause. During the nighttime pause the phone will use mains power instead of battery power, allowing the battery to “rest”, and thus reducing the need to charge the battery quite as often. The phone will resume charging to reach 100% when you are ready to use your phone; it will “learn” your usage pattern. If you enable iCloud Backup (Settings/[your name]/iCloud - iCloud Backup) the phone will back up overnight also, assuring that you can never lose more than the current day’s updates. Here's more information→About Optimized Battery Charging on your iPhone - Apple Support

There have been complaints about battery life after every one of the iOS updates that have come out over the past 15 years. The sad fact is that there are about 6 billion smartphones in use around the world, and 6 billion users are unhappy with their battery life.

Here is a long analysis of what to do about it→The last update killed my battery! - Apple Community

No applications were listed this was precisely my issue!

But my problem has been solved thanks to Apple Support so to all my battery issues fellows out there please read the below steps :

• When I received my phone, I restored it from my iPhone 11 and this was apparently the issue
• I had to completely reset my iPhone 14 Pro after syncing all its data to iCloud
• I then did the setup again but WITHOUT restoring an iCloud save (I set up the phone without connecting my Apple ID)
• Once the phone was set up I then connected to my Apple ID and synced all the data
• Had to download all the messages, download all the apps from the App Store (they are stored on your profile to find them easily)
• Finally MAGIC HAPPENED !! Left my phone overnight on my stand table and lost about 5-6% of battery
• I had heavy usage of the phone while restoring the data and the battery didn't drain nor did the phone overheat while charging

So the issue was apparently coming from my iPhone 11. You'll find below the screenshot of my battery usage overnight and can clearly see the difference with my previous screenshot!

Dear Lawrence, I'm sorry but YOU CAN leave your phone without charging overnight and you actually should if your battery is not below 20% as you will use one more charge cycle than necessary and then shorten your battery life :)

Friends, please now enjoy the "stellar performances" of your brand new iPhone 14 Pro !

pfdemai wrote:

•Dear Lawrence, I'm sorry but YOU CAN leave your phone without charging overnight and you actually should if your battery is not below 20% as you will use one more charge cycle than necessary and then shorten your battery life :)

Yes, of course YOU CAN, you can do anything you want including standing on your head while holding the phone, but that doesn’t make it right. And if you don’t charge overnight with Optimized Battery Charging enabled it will shorten the useful life of your battery in the long term.

The absolute best way to get maximum use on a charge, as well as slow the decline of battery capacity long term is to enable Optimized Battery Charging (Settings/Battery/Battery Health) and charge the device overnight, every night. The battery will fast charge to 80%, then pause. During the nighttime pause the phone will use mains power instead of battery power, allowing the battery to “rest”, and thus reducing the need to charge the battery quite as often. The phone will resume charging to reach 100% when you are ready to use your phone; it will “learn” your usage pattern. If you enable iCloud Backup (Settings/[your name]/iCloud - iCloud Backup) the phone will back up overnight also, assuring that you can never lose more than the current day’s updates. Here's more information→About Optimized Battery Charging on your iPhone - Apple Support

Your battery health seems as if it may be severely compromised as you’re never charging to 100% and in fact barely above 75%.

Further you have not tried Low Power Mode, nor have you mentioned what Settings -> Battery shows are the apps using the most power.

I would recommend making an appointment to have your phone examined; most are having no such issues.

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