BATTERY DRAIN DRAMATICALLY ON IOS 16.1.1

Apple software do such a sloopy work these days , not only modern ios full of bugs , apple still couldn’t figure out how to get better battery 🔋 with every update

and lastly i wouldnt ever upgrade to ios 17 whenever it comes because apple has a history of intentionally make iphone slower with every update and force people to buy new device , fyi apple your greed will never be satisfied no matter how many trillions you get every passing year

I tried all suggested work arounds - force restart, restart etc. but no improvement. Seems like Apple's QA ain't focussed on making sure the releases are good. Can accept some minor bugs.. but battery drain isn't necessarily minor.

12 mini here. IOS 16 battery was good but after the 16.1.1 update battery drains dramatically. Furthermore, during the call when the phone on my cheek, I can not volume up or down. I need to remove my phone from my cheek to volume up or down the call voice. What happened Apple?

Today, for the first time, I am thinking of replacing my apple with an android device.Every update is a problem with the battery.I don't know why you do this to people who have been loyal to you for 13 years.I've been using an iPhone since 3Gs, but I think that this iPhone 12 Mini will be my last iPhone even if I wanted to buy a 14 Pro.New update should solve the problem, but when you have Apple with a new update, you get a new problem.Apple I think it's time to say goodbye.

Thank you for sharing the problems with iOS 16 I am not going to download it until the battery problem is resolved I have bought iPhones since iPhone 6. and I am really contemplating going back to android if this isn’t fixed.

iPhone 12 Pro Max. Updated from last iOS 15 to iOS 16.1.1 (my big mistake). I got a huge battery drain!

1. Please stop post suggestion like: "turn on auto brightness, turn off background ops and this and that... and etc". It doest help and sounds like "turn of as much features as possible to get a 25 years old Nokia instead of modern phone." According to this logic the best way is to turn of phone and keep it in a desk drawer for the time been. But I paid for functionality and I want to be able to use it as I want.
2. One more suggestion - "your phone has to index everything so just wait day or two or three or...". Apple has to make a progress indicator for index process in these case. How can we know it is finished or not? And indexing must be done while phone is charging and connected to wifi. Better at night time. No! Apple has its own logic! That's why I got discharged phone today morning!
3. I already tried: 1. All suggestions from above. 2. Reset network and settings. 3. Restore using DFU. So do not repeat my mistake and do not waste your time - it won't help.
4. In my case 2 apps always drain battery. WhatsApp and Locator.

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Since the recent update, my iPhone battery is draining so fast that my phone is not usable unless I keep it connected to the charger. I basically don’t have a phone anymore once I leave my home as battery drains too fast. This is terrible! I have powered down and turned on my phone 3 times but the problem persists. Please please fix this issue.

Same issue as everyone else. I upgraded from 13 pro max to 14 pro max and totally regret it. I have tried all the fixes and nothing. My battery drains so fast even when I’m not using it. My 13 pro max had twice the amount of battery life which was the best in the world!! What happen Apple? Shouldn’t the 14 pro max be the same battery time? So disappointing it must be the software, please fix Apple. Waste of money…. need to go back to 13 pro max as that was the king in battery, definitely a downgrade to 14 pro max!!!

Ive been impacted by the battery drain as well but I've also noticed that the battery percentage has started act glitchy in which it'll read an incorrect reading? Has anyone seen this bug/glitch on iOS 16.1.1 with the battery indicator being slightly out?

I am thinking about switching too. I have an 12 mini and since 16.1.1 my battery drains like crazy :(

I have to charge it twice a day, my battery health also dropped after the update from 97% to 94%

this is crap

I’ll try shutting off contacts to iCloud but this is absolutely ridiculous. I’ve spend hours researching and turning off every possible thing to stop this dreaded battery drain. Now I only have photos on automatic iCloud backup. This is maddening. My phone drains 10% per hour with very minimal running in the background. I’ve tried all the work around tricks to get more out of the battery. People will say 10 hours of battery life is good but that’s not what I paid for. I’m dreading to call AT&T tomorrow because they are just going to suggest everything I’ve already done. At this point I just want the phone swapped out. I’ve used iPhones exclusively since they came out and this is very disappointing. I just bought a 30v because it took 8 hours to charge from zero to 100% yesterday with my 12v charging cube. Rapid battery drain and extremely slow to charge. Hopefully the 30v charger at least solves the slow charging.

I am beside myself as well. I've never had a battery drain after an update and yes, they pushed this one hard. It's disgraceful that this was not one of the issues addressed on any online discussion or article. I did my research because I always do so thoroughly before an update. I am a looong time Apple gal and frankly, I'm going to check out Android, because this is not acceptable. Hey Apple, get it fixed.....

I had the same thing today with my 14 Pro Max. Yesterday I let it die, charged with optimized charge turned off. First hour on wifi 0% battery consumption - until first phone call. Now 10% battery consumption per hour, whether I do anything or it just stands. iCloud for contacts and calendar I have off.

I have the 14. My battery life will be around 70+%. Then it’ll just die. I plug it in, it’ll show no life. Then after being plugged in about 3-5 minutes, I’m back to 70% again. All this after the 16.1.1 update. Apple must fix this.