IOS 16.4.1 (a) rapid response Battery Drain

If the issues you have described are a direct result of the iOS 16.4.1 (a) update, it is highly likely that a substantial number of users who have performed the software upgrade are encountering a similar problem.

I have iPhone 12 Pro and I do not any such issue as described by you.

Without a precise understanding of the underlying issue, it may be challenging for forum members to provide targeted solutions to the difficulties you are encountering.

Protect & Prolong the life of your iPhone's Battery:

1. About the battery usage on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch ...
2. Batteries - Maximising Performance - Apple (IN)
3. iPhone Battery and Performance

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To prolong the life of your iPhone battery, you can follow these tips and best practices:

To prolong the life of your iPhone battery, you can follow these tips and best practices:

1. Optimize Battery Charging: Enable the "Optimized Battery Charging" feature on your iPhone. It helps reduce the wear on the battery by slowing down the battery aging process. You can find this option in Settings > Battery > Battery Health.
2. Avoid Extreme Temperatures: Extreme temperatures, both hot and cold, can negatively impact your battery life. Avoid exposing your iPhone to excessive heat or cold, such as leaving it in direct sunlight or in a freezing car.
3. Use Original Chargers and Cables: Always use Apple's original chargers and cables or certified third-party accessories. Low-quality chargers or cables can damage the battery and reduce its lifespan.
4. Avoid Draining the Battery to Zero: Charge it whenever the charge becomes lower than 20%
5. Optimize Display Settings: Adjust your display settings to optimize battery life. Lower the screen brightness, enable auto-brightness, and use shorter screen timeout durations.
6. Minimize Background App Refresh: Limit the number of apps allowed to refresh in the background. Go to Settings > General > Background App Refresh and disable it for apps that don't require real-time updates.
7. Disable Push Email: Push email notifications can drain your battery quickly. Instead, set your email accounts to fetch data manually or at longer intervals. You can change this setting in Settings > Mail > Accounts > Fetch New Data.
8. Disable Unnecessary Notifications: Reduce the number of unnecessary notifications you receive. Go to Settings > Notifications and customize which apps can send you notifications.
9. Limit Location Services: Some apps use GPS and location services in the background, which can drain your battery. Go to Settings > Privacy > Location Services and disable location access for apps that don't require it.
10. Update iOS: Keep your iPhone's operating system up to date. Apple regularly releases updates that can include optimizations and improvements for battery life.
11. Limit Background App Activity: Close or force quit apps that are running in the background but are not needed. Double-press the home button (or swipe up from the bottom on iPhone X or later) and swipe away the unnecessary apps.
12. Enable Low Power Mode: When your battery is running low, enable Low Power Mode in Settings > Battery. It reduces power consumption by disabling non-essential features.
13. Avoid Battery Drain during Storage: If you need to store your iPhone for an extended period, make sure to charge it to around 50% first. This helps prevent the battery from draining completely, which can be harmful.
14. Disable Dynamic Backgrounds and Motion Effects: Dynamic backgrounds and motion effects use additional processing power and can impact battery life. Use a static wallpaper and disable parallax motion effects in Settings > Accessibility > Motion > Reduce Motion.
15. Limit Widgets: Widgets on the Today View can consume battery life. Remove or limit the number of widgets displayed by swiping right on the home screen, scrolling to the bottom, and tapping Edit.
16. Adjust Auto-Lock Time: Shorten the auto-lock time on your iPhone. Go to Settings > Display & Brightness > Auto-Lock, and select a shorter time interval to turn off the screen more quickly when not in use.
17. Use Wi-Fi Instead of Cellular Data: When possible, connect to Wi-Fi networks instead of relying on cellular data. Using Wi-Fi consumes less power than using cellular data.
18. Enable Airplane Mode in Low or No Coverage Areas: When you're in an area with low or no cellular coverage, enabling Airplane Mode can prevent your iPhone from constantly searching for a signal and draining the battery.
19. Disable Background App Refresh for Cellular Data: If you have limited data plans, consider disabling Background App Refresh for cellular data to reduce data usage and preserve battery life. You can find this option in Settings > General > Background App Refresh.

By following these tips, you can help prolong the battery life of your iPhone and maintain its overall performance over time.

What it loses over two weeks is irrelevant, because the loss isn’t linear. All that matters is how long it has been since the phone was new. Plus the fact that a drop from 98% to 97% is never a 1% drop; it is a drop from 98.0% to 97.9% and thus is a 0.1% drop, because the calculation does not round, it truncates.

Batteries are consumables; they lose a little capacity every time they are discharged, then recharged. On average this works out to about a 1% loss for every 25 “full charge cycles”. As one example, if you charge the phone overnight, every night (and that is what you should do; it is a best practice), it starts the day at 100%. If it drops to 20% by the end of the day before you charge it again overnight that counts as 0.8 full charge cycles (20% to 100%), or about 24 full charge cycles per month of use. For this example your battery capacity will lose about 1% per month. Of course, if the end-of-day level is higher than 20% the capacity loss will be a little less, and if it is lower than 20%, or you charge it during the day, the capacity loss will be higher.

Once the capacity drops below 80%, or if there is a message in Battery Health that the battery is not meeting peak performance expectations, it’s time to change the battery→iPhone Battery Replacement - Official Apple Support

The absolute best way to get maximum use on a charge, as well as slow the decline of battery capacity long term is to enable Optimized Battery Charging (Settings/Battery/Battery Health) and charge the device overnight, every night. The battery will fast charge to 80%, then pause. During the nighttime pause the phone will use mains power instead of battery power, allowing the battery to “rest”, and thus reducing the need to charge the battery quite as often. The phone will resume charging to reach 100% when you are ready to use your phone; it will “learn” your usage pattern. If you enable iCloud Backup (Settings/[your name]/iCloud - iCloud Backup) the phone will back up overnight also, assuring that you can never lose more than the current day’s updates. Here's more information→About Optimized Battery Charging on your iPhone - Apple Support

Well, the easiest way to deal with the phone dying overnight is also the best practice for managing battery capacity and life: Charge the phone overnight, every night, with Optimized Charging enabled.

The battery will fast charge to 80%, then pause. During the nighttime pause the phone will use mains power instead of battery power, allowing the battery to “rest”, and thus reducing the need to charge the battery quite as often. The phone will resume charging to reach 100% when you are ready to use your phone; it will “learn” your usage pattern. If you enable iCloud Backup (Settings/[your name]/iCloud - iCloud Backup) the phone will back up overnight also, assuring that you can never lose more than the current day’s updates. Here's more information→About Optimized Battery Charging on your iPhone - Apple Support

Troubleshoot the problem. There is nothing magical about battery drain. What uses energy:

• #1: Cellular phone calls and data, especially if the signal is weak
• #2: Apps

That’s it; those are the only things that use measurable amounts of energy, so whatever is draining the battery is using a lot of cellular data when signal strength is weak, or one or more apps. Go to Settings/Battery and see which apps are using the most energy.

I have never had any battery fast drainage with my iPhone 12 until now. Actually it gets warm as well. Hope it gets fixed soon. Even my iPads do not hold their charge as well either. I even rebooted all three devices but it made no difference

Serious battery draining iPhone 13 Pro running latest 16.4.1a update ,seriously Apple sort this **** out ,draining twice as fast ,only been using web,messaging and phone calls and the battery is draining ,BADLY !!!

Same ,Drianing ,Badly ,bet Apple doesn’t even acknowledge this ,after update to 16.4.1a my battery doesn’t even last a day like it used to on 16.4 ,They have seriously fuxxed this up ,Literally Leave my phone on just using the web a little bit and a few phone calls a day and BOOM!!!No Battery Left!!!

They are probably doing what they did a few years ago,Draining your battery on Purpose to make people buy there new Phones ,Bet they are seing as there new phone will be out in a few months ,Apple got caught doing this a while back ,draining battery’s on Purpose

The battery drain is happening to pretty much all that updated to it ,.Apple needs to sort there **** out ,I deleted the update rapid response ,seems to be ok at the minute will let you know how it goes

It’s to do with the latest update that is draining the battery ,No other Reason,it’s the Rapid Response that is to blame ,,No-one else had the issue before update ,,It’s the Rapid Response that’s to blame ,,I’ve Uninstalled that latest update and my battery is back to how it was before the update 16.4.1a(Rapid Response is to blame)!!

This Lawrence is simply telling us not to use our phone hahahaha.

my phone is back to normal now. I unplugged it 7am and now (10pm) battery is still 50%. my phone does not heat up too while charging compared when the (a) update is there.

I uninstalled the update and my battery is still sitting at 80% and I’m using it a lot ,no heat,No battery Drain,,when I had the update installed the battery went down to 35%,,Just goes to show Apple is up to something

Same issue after 16.4.1 (a)- battery not lasting through the day, when before it would have 50% at day's end. I took the advice in this thread and removed the (a) update and now all is well. Pretty lame on Apple here....

I have had my phone die twice now while I was sleeping. Only thing on was the alarm clock. When I look at the. Artery the last two times it said the magnifier was the culprit, 60% of the battery use. Deleted the app so I will see if this fixes the problem. I was not aware of this feature nor using it.

Scout the dog wrote:

My battery is dying SO fast under 16.4.1 a? What can you all do about this?

No one here can do anything about it.

What model phone do you have? How old is the battery? Go to Settings>Battery>Battery Health. What is the percentage next to Maximum Capacity?