Battery problem after update to IOS 9.3.1

I updated my Iphone 5 to IOS 9.3.1 about a week ago, whereafter the battery drained within 3-4 hours. I thought that the battery finally packed up and ordered a new one !

The problem still exists, now the battery lasts max. 5 hours.

Any solution apart from switching off many of the standard features ?

iPhone 5, iOS 9.3.1, null

Posted on Apr 1, 2016 4:55 AM

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May 17, 2016 2:54 AM in response to Madalaaa

I had the same nasty problem - loss 6-10% battery every hour without any touching on my iPhone SE after iOS update. I tried everything for repair: reset all settings, recovery mode, every possibíle way to repair....

I have WATCH sport edition and I really love them. They can be connect to iPhone with two possilbe ways - bluetooth and Wi-Fi. When i turn off bluetooth on phone, WATCH connect to Wi-Fi and after this battery drain on phone stop.

Ya, now i can recieve sms, make calls etc.. only, when i am log on wi-fi, but it is still better then lose all batery in half day. I believe that Apple solve this problem.

So i dont know if you use some device connect on bluetooth, but if yes, try turn bluetooth off, reset phone and wait...


Thats all and i hope, that this post help someone.

"sorry for my english"


May 21, 2016 2:52 AM in response to ReyShredzz

Same problem here. iPhone 5, after update to 9.3.1 (update screen was nagging all the time). Battery status fails to update, hangs at 8% phone switches off randomly. Tried 3 times DFU, did even crash at the welcome screen. Brought it to genius bar, "they never heard of the problem, must be an software issue", they did an DFU and installed most recent 9.3.2. I configured everything as new iPhone. Phone worked for 12hours, then it went off (battery was empty), and since then, the same crap again. Thanks, Apple, for breaking my perfectly working iPhone. 😟

Jun 1, 2016 4:14 AM in response to Izazk

I only use original cables, and it doesn't seem like a hardware problem.

I've been looking around for solutions ad someone suggested to switch off wifi-assist. I tried that and it seems to be working for me! Others have been solving disabling iCloud synchronization for mail and calendar.

This is definitely no hardware issue, there seems to be conflict between apps and software.


If anyone still have this issue, try read this post from where I found my solution ios 9.2 battery drain (iPhone 6) , might not be working for everyone, but give it a try

Jun 1, 2016 10:24 AM in response to Madalaaa

I don't understand why Apple can't fix this. My battery went from 80% to 20% in 90 minutes when waiting at the doctor's office with no WiFi. This is ridiculous. This happens all the time. The strange thing is that it drops quickly to 20% then 12% then the phone shuts down. If I plug it in, then it immediately shows about 35%, not 0%. This happens all the time and I can't use a phone like this. This is why Apple is losing market share. They cannot even keep the current equipment running more less adding new products.

Jun 9, 2016 6:30 PM in response to Madalaaa

For all of you saying its the batterie, the support is right, its not the batterie its the cpu, its blasting att full force even tho it only realy needs to only use 10-20% as average, the rest 80% is used for quick burst when loading apps or something else that needs to be quick but needs allot of cpu, once a app is fully loaded the cpu should only be at 5-10% unless its a performance heavy app like a game then it needs about just 20%. But as it is now when i run games my phone use 50-100% cpu causing my phone to reach atleast 75deg C. How do i know you ask? Well its because it feels the same as the metal around my fan vent on my laptop when the gpu gets to 80+ C. My phone gets to above finger temp just from me typing this on safari.

Jun 10, 2016 3:38 AM in response to Madalaaa

same problems here too ! after i updated for a weeks ios 9.3.2 my IP6S , charged 100% full 2hours plus. then i rest my fone stand by no 3G only wifi connected standby 1hours battery lost 10% with nothing touched ! full 100% at 11pm and sleep, when i wake up at 6am left only 60%. the fone so hot after fews minutes used . ( i just bought and used for 9 mouths only at Singapore apple store ) before i was updated i can use for a day with heavy load (3G play game safari etc...)

Anyone can help me fix that problems if not will destroy the battery life more maybe i change to use samsung better 😟

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