My iPhone battery draining faster after iOS 17.4.1 update

Sorry, but I NEVER use my iPhone, and I mean never & the battery before the iOS 17.4 update would last 5-6 days. Now it doesn’t even last 1 single day. I do everything thru my iPad, including calls, social media, photos, etc. since I don’t get to leave my home except 4 times a year. How else would a never used iPhone go from 5-6 day down to less than 1 day starting the day of the 17.4 update? Just asking……

My Battery used to last almost 2 days, I have de iPhone 15 pro max, have it for less than 3 months, my usage hasn’t change, it actually decreased, in less than 3 hours barely using it my battery went from 100% to 66% it is crazy, besides that I also noticed a temperature increase while using the phone. I hope they fix it.

This started happening right after I updated. Doing casual stuff, like taking a couple of pictures, scrolling through safari, watching a couple of TikToks depletes battery at an unprecedented level. I’m very familiar with my phone usage patterns and how much battery I usually use and this is definitely the update’s fault. Even not using the phone depletes battery at a very weird rate. My battery health is at 100% and I’ve had my iPhone 13 barely 5 months, so I doubt it has anything to do with the phone itself.

I also have an old iPhone SE that worked fine until this update hit, now the battery is going down very fast too. I’m shocked there is still no official communication on this egregious flop from Apple’s side, given an update is rendering new machines practically obsolete after just a couple of months of use.

iPhone 13 Pro max - Bat health 87%

My battery lasts two full days if I sleep with it on airplane mode.

Since the update it now lasts a day, if even. It’s now 4pm and I’m at 23%. Definitely need to charge before I got out tonight.

This has me so angry, because two days ago my phone was absolutely normal.

SORT THIS OUT APPLE!!!!!!

Add me to the list of complainants.

Older iPhone SE, with a new battery by Apple in Nov 23 showing 99% health - so its probably not my battery.

I primarily use my phone for MFA for work and a few intermittent text/imessages. It mostly sits on my desk all day.

I haven't changed my user behavior.

Used to be I'd just charge when I went to sleep and never worried about the battery. Now I will pick it up mid day and see it at 20-30%, where before it would go all day at 50% or more.

I've noticed huge jumps in battery loss. Like, you pick the phone up and its at 20%. You power on, do one MFA push or one quick message, Screen on less than 1 minute, you are at 16%.

Twice I have picked it up, noted it at 4% or less, unlocked and it powers off in my hand. Its always been that 4% I was good for half an hour, at least. Now it just... dies.

This phone on earlier iOS, for years, has been fine. My user behavior is consistent over the past 4 years since I've owned the phone (outside of the battery needing replacement last fall when they health was down around 80%). This is definitely a "recent release" kind of problem and not a user-behavior or device wear type issue.

The prime user of battery seems to be Mail and Notifications, based on the battery report page.

I deleted some less-used mail accounts, no change.

I set it to low power mode, no change.

I also expreried the same issue. I brought an iPhone 13 Pro With 85% battery capacity and I had it in ios 17.3. After the ios 17.4 update I lost 3% of battery capacity within 2 weeks and now the battery dramatically drops after 5-6 hours of usage from 85 to 20%. I wish apple could fix the issue by rolling out the ios 17.5.

Same here.

iPhone 13 mini.

year old now but still 96% battery.

Rarely use more than 50% battery in a day.

At 5pm today it is at 19%, had to charge yesterday at 6pm, never had to charge before.

Had 30 mins screen time.

Think Bluetooth is a real issue.

Phone gets really hot when connected.

This needs sorting.

Also noticed iPhone tracking was back on and was getting messages from apple saying some one in China was trying to log into my iCloud account.

Not sure if that was related.

what the phuck u did to my iPhone (12)

my battery health is84%

My phone is over heating and the battery is draining as much as possible

because of ur phking update 17.4.1

while using normal apps like WhatsApp,insta,youtube

ur company only needs money

u don’t need the satisfaction of ur customers

phck apple 🤬

iPhone 14 Pro user here.

Same problem, battery depletes in less than a working day. I have to juice it up twice if imma use it throughout the day. Plus charging time takes longer than usual. Please Apple, fix this issue asap.

Using 17.4.1, like everyone else. Saturday night left phone unused on a chair all night, battery dropped from 100% to 50% in 10 hours. Sunday night , battery drained from 80% to 38% overnight. There is a big problem with this most recent update and apple need to sort it. Battery health 100%.

My iPhone 13 Pro Max is experiencing the same thing. I NEVER used to have to charge my phone before the end of the day prior to this update. The question is, what the heck is Apple going to do about this? Is it a bug?

Since I installed 17.4.1 ios update on my iphone 15, there is an abvious battery drain despite of the fact that I ammore than a moderate user. From 100% full capacity, my iphone goes to 80% without any special use. Apple should immediately take care of this huge issue. It absolutely tends to affect our daily routine. I am totally dissapointed from this specific update.

After reading many of the comments I want to share that I have similar experiences: much faster draining of my battery.

However, I also clearly notice faster charging to a full battery capacity. This makes me suspicious, because how can the capacity change due to the 17.4.1 installation? I refuse to believe my battery made a sudden jump in performance in that regards. Are we being played (again) by Apple? Please share your thoughts.

It’s not my battery. Updated to 17.4.1 last night, battery dead at 4:20pm with no change in everyday usage. It never dies. iPhone 15 Max Pro.

Same