iPad battery drains after updating to 16.3.1

Apple wants you to update your device, plain and simple. Really sad on their part. I bought a new Ipad 2 days ago at Best Buy with the intention of restoring from backup of my 6 th gen Ipad. I backed it up before going to get the 9th gen model. Got home and attempted to do the restore. It was backed up on Itunes. Came to find out the backup had mysteriously been encrypted although I never use encryption and Know for a fact I did not enter a password and it kept requiring a password. It would not let me access the backup. I had another older backup that would not transfer. I tried the quick start? putting them side by side which also wouldn't work. I finally got a message I needed to update IOS on old Ipad to IOS on new one. And as I found out the old one would not update to new one's IOS and therefore the transfer would not work. Took it back to Best Buy and was told by Geek Squad they had no way to transfer either and I should go to an Apple store because they had a magic way to possibly do it. I returned it and am now in the market for a Dell 2 in 1. Also my 6th Gen drains with not a minute of use making it worthless. Apple will soon be history in our home. One of the least user friendly products known to man.

This official Apple response is unhelpful and condescending. It really shows a lack of understanding. We all know here how to minimize battery drain using features basic such as low power mode or preventing apps with high-demanding power needs from being used in the background, or checking our battery health readouts in settings, etc. NO ONE in the thread is asking for base-level user tutorials on how to manage their device. My situation, for example, a near brand new iPad mini, loses 10% battery every THIRTY MINUTES by reading and typing in a journal. Usually, yes, I turn on low power mode, but I shouldn’t have to do that unless Apple is deliberately false advertising, which I know that isn’t the case because I’m not new to Apple products- my household currently has in use an old SE (used as a music box), old iPad, old iPad pro, MacBook Pro, iPhone 11, iPhone SE 2022… you get the picture. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH OUR BATTERY POWER MANAGEMENT AND YOU AREN’T HELPING.

This is a joke! What is apple doing to solve this issue?

My iPhone 12’s battery 🪫 lasts half the time it did before this terrible update.

This isn’t serious.

Thanks for the advice, will try this.

This update killed the battery of both my iPad Pro 11" & iPhone 13 Pro. Apple pls get your sh*t together

I have an IPad Air 6th gen and it was doing fine with the battery. I recently updated to the 16.4.1 and suddenly my battery is draining like a cup with a hole in it.

Since the update, when I try to move messages to mail folders on my iPad Pro, mail just quits! I will not update my phone!

What does: “ I blended knee…” mean? Couldn’t figure it out if I substituted: “ I blended knee…”

Thanks.

Go into Settings, Battery, Battery Health & Charging. At the bottom is “Clean Energy Charging”. Turn this off.

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Hey EulaDeb, did having a new battery installed improve anything?

I don’t have this. I agree with others that it seems like since the latest update my iPad drains faster.

No such option in iphone 13pro

I think Apple should add a new tab on battery to show battery use since the last charge.

Abalee this exact same thing has happened to my daughters IPad hers is a Gen 5. I’d like to know what Apple are doing about this issue because clearly it needs addressing.