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Battery Draining fast after ios 16.3.1

Why is my iPhone's battery is draining ultimately fast after updating to ios 16.3.1 ? Especially while playing games.

iPhone 14 Plus, iOS 16

Posted on Feb 15, 2023 12:01 AM

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Feb 15, 2023 4:54 AM in response to chaituu

Please go through the following links.


Protect & Prolong the life of your iPhone's Battery: Batteries - Maximising Performance - Apple (IN)



Try some of these options too.

  1. Avoid Screen Mirroring
  2. Put on Low Power Mode
  3. Put Auto-Lock on (1 min):- with the Low power mode it will be 30 Sec
  4. Disable Push notifications for apps you do not use often
  5. Keep your iPhone Facedown to prevent notifications to light up the screen
  6. Enable Auto-Brightness:- Settings > General > Accessibility > Display Accommodations > Auto-Brightness [Enable]
  7. When possible, manually lower the brightness from Control Center
  8. If you want to watch continuous Videos/Movies. Stream it on TV or a Monitor
  9. Don't force close apps; Apps that are not on the frontend screen are paused by the system to save energy. Apps require more energy to re-launch. Apps that are open in the background use large memory is a myth and quitting them is counterproductive
  10. Location services may please be allowed only while using the app. Avoid the "Always" option wherever available
  11. Set your iPhone to fetch email & Calendar data from the internet less frequently
  12. Turning off Background App Refresh 
  13. Charge before it drops below 20-30%
  14. Periodically Check the Battery Health (Settings > Battery > Battery Health)



Feb 20, 2023 4:07 PM in response to SravanKrA

How about instead of telling us to stop doing this and stop doing that with things we always do on our phones, how about Apple stops making updates on our phones that constantly drains the battery in the blink of an eye. Most people's battery life is fine until Apple "has" to do updates that don't really do anything but drains the battery life.

Mar 25, 2023 9:11 AM in response to Daveypez

100% agree. My phone fully charged this am now less than 5 hrs has 17%

made a phone call no open apps. Not even my music & the battery almost gone.

LT user so yeah seem this off & on over years from Applre updates but never to this severity.

FYI on a 14 & 14Pro.

Pro not used at all (except will be now as back up to this one! Until Apple releases the “fix” to this “non” issue.)

very irritated.



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