Home Accessories drainig battery, app Home is NOT installed.

After updating to 16.2 and accepting new terms from iCloud, Home Accessories is working on the background. I downloaded Home and delete it again but the problem still exists. I dont use anything from Home and also turned it off in iCloud (witch I also don't use) What to do?

iPhone X

Posted on Jan 14, 2023 8:58 AM

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Jun 7, 2023 3:55 PM in response to Mihael_Keehl

Thank you for your suggestion. After an online search, I found a thread that FIXED my problem. I downloaded the HomeKit app again, then using the 3 dots in the upper right corner, opened on my name and account (that I never signed up for and had NO home appliances paired), scrolled to the bottom and clicked on “delete home”. Then closed the app and deleted it again, by the next day the Home Accessories battery usage had completely dropped from my screen. This is an issue I have wrestled with for months with no success, and finally seem to have resolved it!

Jun 20, 2023 4:12 PM in response to Iets

I had the same issue. Then I took the following steps and Home Accessories no longer consumes my battery. You may not need to do all of them. Step #1 is non-intrusive. #2 only impacts specific device apps. If you use Apple Home, #3 and #4 wipes off your existing settings and you may want to do them only as last resort.


1) Restart iPhone


2) Open Settings, check if you have any device apps and turn off Home Data:


3) Open the apple Home app (if not existing, install it from the app store). On its main page, tap "..." at the upper right corner, then remove "My Home"


4) Download the following profile from Apple. Then go to Settings/General/VPN & Device Management, install it. Then go to Settings/Home, tap "Reset Homekit"

http://appldnld.apple.com/iOSProfiles/HomeKitReset.mobileconfig


Jul 5, 2023 4:59 AM in response to Iets

I just found this as well as I have a 4 month old iPhone 14 and the battery suddenly started loosing power super quick. Even over night on low power, 40% and DND it would die. Never happened normally. I’ve just added the home app again gone into settings on the app deleted and removed from iPhone and it’s now removed itself from my battery area however I now have it saying Siri has been taking up 48% when I don’t even use Siri either?!


is this a fault with the newest update?

Aug 28, 2023 1:40 PM in response to Iets

OK so after one week of struggling with the same issue on my iPhone XR (iOS 16.6), I managed to resolve it.

Here is what i did, inspired by other comments found in this thread :


1) Restart iPhone


2) Reinstall "Home Kit" and "Apple TV" apps (those two were not installed on my iphone)


3) Turn off iCloud temporarily (Settings >> iCloud >> Log Out)

(this is a very important step ! Since my HomeKit app was stuck on the fisrt screen "finding / loading scene" or something like that...sorry I don't remember exactly)


4) In the Apple TV settings, under "Allow TV to Access", turn off "Allow Live Activities" and "More Frequent Updates" and close the app.


5) Open the Home Kit app. On its main page, tap "..." at the upper right corner => "Home settings" => slide to the bottom of the page and tap on the "Delete home" button. Close the app.


6) Turn iCloud back on



Hope it can help !

Aug 29, 2023 5:45 PM in response to adrianursocool

Thanks for the tips! Let us know if it works long term - I tried something similar and it always comes back. Mine will be good for weeks, then drain my battery in a few hours with that dreaded "Home Accessories" back at the top of the list. Shutting down the phone is the only thing that stops it. I wish an engineer could look at that period of time and see what the heck it's doing. It's in some weird loop or something. So frustrating!

Sep 1, 2023 12:35 PM in response to Gen-X-rules

Hi, I had this same issue (Home Accessories not installed yet draining battery). I followed this support thread for weeks and tried EVERY suggestion, some worked for a few days but then the issue would return. There’s even an earlier comment where I thought I had fixed this problem only to find it returned again several days later after my “posted solution”. I also tried the link to the Reddit community without success there either. I finally wiped my phone and returned it to factory settings (scary) and then set it up again (surprisingly easy after backing up to iCloud and only took a few minutes.) I am a senior citizen and NOT particularly tech savvy but this fixed the issue for me once and for all. It’s been over 4 months and Home Accessories has never reappeared. Good luck…

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