BATTERY DRAIN DRAMATICALLY ON IOS 16.1.1

Yeah it’s unfortunate that Apple may lose a lot of users over this long drawn out issue, that has no communication on when it will be fixed. Has anyone seen this as a concern from Apple?

I also tried turning OFF my Contacts in iCloud setting and that stopped the draining even more, when paired with the battery optimization work around. So both together seem to make the battery some what close to normal. The 16.1.2 update definitely did NOT fix the battery drain issue.

What a bummer.

Hi everyone, I can’t remember who posted the some sort of a solution, but…it said turn off optimize charging on your phone then use your phone until the battery dies. From there fully charge it back up. I tried this and it semi fixed the issues. Reason I say semi it’s still seems to die faster then before but not as near as what it was prior to trying this.

try it out maybe it will help you too…until Apple decides this battery issue is a major one and have their developers all

over the next update to fix it.

good luck!!

Fortunately, for me, it appears that 16.2 has “resolved” the problem.

I can’t help but feel like I’ve been gaslighted by Apple though. So they create an update that makes you use 100% more battery with no changes to your usage pattern, everyone throws a fit, so then they put out the next update where in the background now you’re only using 20 to 30% more battery power for nothing. Which was probably the intent in the first place, to push additional sales of new phones from people who assume that their phone is messed up for the battery is not working properly.

Since I’ve updated to 16.2 I have not had any overheating that I was having before, or the level of intense battery drain that I was experiencing from the previous update.

hopefully the update will fix it for others as well.

@arthuralaor

Went to my Genius appointment. He of course ran a diagnostic test and of course all systems came back operating as they should be. I was told to restore to factory settings. I'm currently in the process of doing this. My iPhone is backing up from iCloud as i type this. After informing the Apple employee that I have almost nothing backing up to iCloud and have every possible setting to the off position (that could possibly cause increased battery drain) and no background app automatically refreshing, It was recommended to add the Apple protection care plan before the 60 days expires. So I did that while I was at Apple. Someone from Apple is supposed to call me on Wednesday late morning to followup if my situation improved after the restore process. I should know by the end of the day tomorrow if there is any improvement. I will report back.

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Stopped working so I up dated to 16.2 battery is cracking now.

Go into iCloud settings and turn off Contacts backup to iCloud. Miraculously, this solved my extreme battery drain on my iPhone 14 Pro Max.

16.2 finally fixed the issue for me.

Have you restarted the phone since the update? You might also try a Forced Restart, no guarantee but worth a try...

Force restart iPhone - Apple Support (CA)

You might also want to look at this link...

The last update killed my battery! - Apple Community

Experience the same problem. Turning off optimized battery kinda works, at least for some degree. Also that I did I close all apps in background and reboot my iPhone. After that, draining while I sleep is almost stops. Pls fix that problem, on iOS 15 I had great battery performance even in my 86% battery health.