iPhone 14 Plus iOS 16.4 Battery Drain

It's not an issue that only affects some people. It affects everyone, however only a few are able to perceive and complain. The vast majority who come to perceive treat it as if it were normal.

https://www.cultofmac.com/812222/ios-16-4-1-update-doesnt-fix-iphone-battery-drain/amp/

For those of us who are affected by the battery drain, it is *not* a low priority. Some of us work or don't stray far from home and can recharge easily during the day; others might have to buy a portable charger, which should not be required for an expensive device such as an iPhone and which itself must be recharged to be functional. I've already reported my continuing problem here and to Apple and hope they will come up with a solution or give us a way to go back to iOS 15.

Having worked for a major (international) company, nationwide complaints were taken seriously. That was a few years ago. I’ve since retired. Maybe things have changed. I’ll keep complaining to Apple on their feedback site, too.

On the left of the screenshot above, from 9 pm to 3 am, the phone was set in airplane mode and low battery mode and even shut down while I was sleeping. But the battery was still draining from 90ish to 51 when I woke up. Why?

Well, I did my update several weeks ago. I turned off everything that I could think of that would be draining the battery and running in the background! Battery drain is getting worse not better..I’m very frustrated. All of these updates are creating issues on my phone. I’m seriously considering switching over to an android.

It appears that thousands of iPhone users are having this issue. Lucky you if you are not having the issue.

Not experiencing the issue certainly does not make you” special.”

Although your answer certainly does seem unsympathetic and not helpful for people who are experiencing a serious problem.

I updated to iOS 16.5 last night. I was desperate. I figured the battery drain couldn’t be any worse… to which the Universe replied “challenge accepted”. Yes, it seems worse. I’ll give it a week or two to see if it settles down. If not, I’ll start shopping for a new phone. Don’t think I’ll ever update iOS ever again. 🫤

My battery health is only 87%, down from just maybe 88% before iOS 16. I don't know if the percentage is a factor in daily battery drain. All I know is that with iOS 15, I did not have to charge the battery during the day to keep the phone functional from about 8 a.m. to about 11 p.m. or midnight. It rarely got below 25 or 30 or even 45% in all those hours, even on high-usage days. With 16.5, it has already lost another 2% in a half hour since I posted my last response.

Is everyone here making official complaints with Apple? I’m glad I read the posts because I thought the same as the rest: maybe the newest update would correct this issue. I’m glad I didn’t do it. I can’t imagine Apple is reading all these and not realizing it’s a massive problem. My battery is brand new. It shouldn’t drain after a few hours. Shame on Apple. We all know they could fix this if they wanted to do so. Just hate to go back to android but my mom has an LG and the battery life is awesome. Great functions, etc. sorry, Apple, but things are not looking good for you

Thank you for sharing this.

It’s a disappointing that customers need to reset factory settings for something that was wasn’t their fault (ios not loading properly).

Hopefully there would be a solution that is as simple as an ios update instead of doing the extra work of backing up, resetting, restoring data).

I’m soooo not tech savvy so I think I’ll make an appt at the Genius Bar and have them do this for me, show them what Apple did for you. I was on the phone for almost an hour with online Apple Support back in April, right after the iOS 16.4 debacle and my phone was - again - restored “as new”. Nothing changed.

This information is great. Thank you for taking the time. Hopefully this will help a lot of Apple customers. Some day maybe I can find the time to set aside and do the same. If I had an Apple Store nearby…but sadly.

Again, thank you. Still a shame customers have to do this to fix Apple’s problem

I'm not sure if anyone is having this issue but, last week I updated my iPhone 14 Pro Max to iOS 16.5. I noticed the battery kind of drains a bit quicker, I got the phone back in March of this year. I really want Apple to make another update so all iPhones have a better battery life

Agree! My iPhone was draining fast with 16.4 update. 16.5 made it drain a bit faster. I’ve been on and off internet for the past 45 minutes and battery has drained 9%.

See post from Criptonomicon. I’m going to try that but with Apple Genius Bar assistance. I’m a bit technologically challenged. 😩

I was at the Apple Genius Bar this morning to reset my iPhone 8 Plus to factory settings. Did everything in the above scenario, using my phone (not computer), under the watchful eye of one of the techs there in case I screwed up. I did remember to back up to iCloud and turned off Find My Phone.

Only thing… iOS 16.5 didn’t need to be reinstalled because either the iCloud restore brought it over or the factory reset did. Everything restored as before, but…

Was at 80% battery when I returned home, used iPhone for 54 minutes and now battery is at 77%.

Is this normal? All I did was check a few emails and hop on internet…(?) 🫤