8.1.2 battery drain (iPhone 6 PLUS)

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8.1.2 battery drain (iPhone 6 PLUS)

Helllo Apple Community,

I am writing regarding a problem I am having with my iPhone 6+.

Basically, after updating to the iOS 8.1.2, I am having serious battery drain issues with my iPhone. I used to be doing around 14-15 hrs total (I could go down to 1%) with LTE on and medium-heavy usage (I use Spotify, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Message and Pinterest a lot- no problems!) but only 3 or 4 hours in, I am now already at 50-45%! VERY WEIRD considering this is an iPhone 6 PLUS. For example today, after only using Safari, 15 minutes of Waze and texting I reached 77% (within a 3 hour period).This is very strange because I could last a day and half when I was at iOS 8.1.1.

Anyone else experiencing this problem? I am very disappointed because I used to experience STELLAR battery performance from the iPhone 6 PLUS. Fortunately, I have a screenshot of how great my batter used to perform (attached)

As you can see I had 15 hrs and 11 minutes of standby and about 8 hours of usage (take note, I unplugged around 11 am the day before)

Now after 8.1.1 update, I am only getting around 6-7 hours! Very big difference! Please, someone help me. The reason why I chose the iPhone 6 PLUS was because of its battery performance... and now? It's as good or slightly better than my iPhone 5 battery.

*please note: I have note changed my routine! I've been doing the same thing.

Thank you, Apple community. Happy holidays!

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.1.2

Posted on Dec 22, 2014 11:36 PM

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Dec 23, 2014 4:46 AM in response to Nrlopez

I recently purchased my iPhone 6 Plus and ever since I got it out of the box I'm seeing at least 15hrs of both usage and standby time. Usage is always symmetrical with Standby. I know for a fact I'm not on the phone for 15hrs and I'm fairly sure it is the 8.1.2 update because I have a friend with an iPhone 6 Plus and he hasn't updated to 8.1.2 yet and he can definitely get a day and a half out of it. Now I did have my Pebble smartwatch connected to it, but it only took up 1% of the battery life I was looking to see if I could downgrade, but since Apple quit signing the firmware file I'm out of luck. The big reason I got this phone was for the battery life, what gives? Where's the amazing battery life that I've seen reviewers and others mention?

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Dec 23, 2014 4:51 AM in response to stigmatix

Tell me about it! It's as if Apple took back the feature that made the iPhone 6 Plus so attractive. I am really bummed! I am hoping for a fix soon otherwise what a bummer!

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Dec 24, 2014 5:03 AM in response to Nrlopez

Okay, so I'm finally seeing battery life like I should be seeing. Did a few things so not sure which one it was:

- Turn off background app refresh for apps that really don't need it,

- Turn off location services for apps that really don't need that function

- Turn off Auto Brightness

- I had a facebook account on my iPhone (not the app). I removed that, not sure if its a contributor, but who knows?

- Reset your iPhone (hold down Home + lock buttons) until the Apple logo appears.

Hopefully these can help! I'm going off a day without charging and at 65% battery life.

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Dec 25, 2014 1:16 AM in response to stigmatix

Thanks for the reply!

I Just wish we didn't have to have all these work-arounds to get a fully functioning phone!

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Dec 26, 2014 1:18 AM in response to stigmatix

It's also a good idea to turn off the automatic update checks. If there's a new version to an app, you'll see the red circle next to the app.

But you avoid this constant checking of the apps for updates. If you have many apps, this can also stress your battery.

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